Songs of Friendship: An Evening of Music from Ukraine

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Songs of Friendship: An Evening of Music from Ukraine

The United States Air Force Band is proud to present Songs of Friendship: An Evening of Music from Ukraine.

As a bilateral military music collaboration, the concert will showcase the strong friendship between the United States and Ukraine while celebrating the rich musical traditions from both countries. The Concert Band and members of the Singing Sergeants will perform music from both nations, such as Mykola Lysenko and Semen Hulak-Artemovsky from Ukraine, as well as John Williams and John Philip Sousa from the United States.

The concert will feature Col Maksym Husak, director and conductor of the National Presidential Orchestra of Ukraine and two soloists. Serhii Hurets, tenor vocal soloist with the National Presidential Orchestra of Ukraine, and Pavlo Gintov, a Ukrainian born/New York City-based pianist. This event will be a reunion for Mr. Gintov and Col Schofield, who previously collaborated in 2015, when Col Schofield was the commander of The United States Air Force Band in Europe, repeating their performance of the American classic, “Rhapsody in Blue,” by George Gershwin.

Colonel Don Schofield, Commander and Conductor of The United States Air Force Band

Colonel Maksym Husak, Director and Conductor of the National Presidential Orchestra of Ukraine

Serhii Hurets, Tenor Vocal Soloist with the National Presidential Orchestra of Ukraine

Pavlo Gintov, piano