NOTES ON PEOPLE (03/03/02)

NOTES ON PEOPLE

Wins university's concerto competition

NORTH SCITUATE, R.I. - The University of New Hampshire department of music announced the winner of its recent concerto competition, sophomore Katria Kuzmowycz.

Ms. Kuzmowycz is a music education major at the University of New Hampshire. A flute player, she has won numerous competitions and performs as a soloist with various groups. She is a member of the wind symphony orchestra, woodwind quintet and several other ensembles at UNH, and has several private students as well.

Traditionally, winners of the university's concerto competition have been upperclassmen, but Ms. Kuzmowycz's strong academic standing and exceptional performance ability were ample reasons to accord her this honor. She is currently in an accelerated program, planning to graduate in 2004 with both bachelor's and master's degrees in music/music education, and hopes to pursue a second post-graduate degree in music performance at another institution.

Ms. Kuzmowycz is a member of the New York City Plast Branch and the Lisovi Mavky Plast sorority. She resides in North Scituate, R.I.

As the recipient of this university award, Ms. Kuzmowycz will be performing with the UNH Orchestra as a featured soloist on Sunday, March 3, playing Antonio Vivaldi's Piccolo concerto in C Major, Op. 79. The concert will be held in the Johnson Theatre at 3 p.m.

Ms. Kuzmowycz is a member of Ukrainian National Association Branch 450.

Selected for honor at prep school

by Victoria Candon

SUMMIT, N.J. - The Rev. F. Kevin Murphy, headmaster of Oratory Preparatory School, announced that senior Markian Andrew Hadzewycz was recently selected student of the month at the Summit school.

Mr. Hadzewycz, 17, is a member of the National Honor Society and has received the St. Philip Neri Award for high honors with a 3.9 GPA. Last June he was awarded the Bausch and Lomb Humanities and Social Sciences Award.

He has participated in a variety of clubs and activities at Oratory, including the Ukrainian Club, Ski Club, Spanish Club and The Omega, the school newspaper. He is a varsity cross-country runner and was a member of the Oratory 2000 Valley Division championship cross-country team. He was also the tennis team manager and its running trainer, and was a member of the varsity track team. He received the Rams Club Sportsmanship Award for cross country.

Mr. Hadzewycz is a 12th grade student at the Morris County School of Ukrainian Studies. He is a member of Roma Pryma Bohachevsky's Iskra Ukrainian Dance Ensemble based in Whippany, N.J., and he volunteers for the Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund.

He is also an active member of the Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization and is working toward the equivalent of eagle scout. Last summer Mr. Hadzewycz traveled to Ukraine with the Chornomortsi fraternity of Plast. Having completed a training course for counselors of yunatstvo, he is now in charge of a troop of young "yunaky."

Mr. Hadzewycz plans to study history, political science and international relations when he enters college in the fall.

Mr. Hadzewycz lives with his parents, Andrew and Romana, and younger brother, Paul Alexander, in Morristown, N.J. The Hadzewyczes all are members of Ukrainian National Association Branch 287.

Notes on people is a feature geared toward reporting on the achievements of members of the Ukrainian National Association. All submissions should be concise due to space limitations and must include the person's UNA branch number. Items will be published as soon as possible after their receipt, when space permits.

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