NEW RELEASE: Koshetz Choir tribute to Walter Klymkiw

WINNIPEG - The renowned Koshetz Choir has released its latest recording: The Olexander Koshetz Choir presents - a tribute to Walter Klymkiw."

Recently launched at the choir's annual fund-raising dinner, the CD is dedicated to the memory of the choir's long-serving conductor, Maestro Klymkiw, who died in December, 2000. The CD is a special "digipak" that includes a booklet with program notes, biographies of the choir and its conductors, and a special reproduction of Mr. Klymkiw's autobiography from Holly Jonas' "In Their Own Words - Canadian Choral Conductors," printed by Dundurn Press.

The selections on the CD were debuted in the summer of 2000 at the Intemational Society of Music Educators' Conference held in Edmonton. To be invited to perform for the members of one of the most prestigious choral bodies in the world was a true honor for the choir.

The music was recorded in September 2000 at Knox United Church in Winnipeg, under the direction of Mr. Klymkiw, Roman Worobec, Corinne Villebrun and Laurence Ewashko. Accompanying the choir on piano was Irene Chuchman. A number of small individual solos were performed by various choir members, including William Karabin, John Ens, Andriana Chuchman, John Martens, the Rev. Alexander Harkavayy and Donna Lynn Grills.

The CD's cover features the shadows of a music stand and an angel falling across a conductor's stool. Atop the stool is Maestro Klymkiw's pencil, as if placed for the last time. Providing exceptional production support were designer Frank Occhino of MKP Design and Productions and Clive Perry of Perry Recording.

The choir acknowledges the financial assistance of the St. Boniface Ukrainian Foundation, the UNF (St. Boniface Branch), the Thomas Cropo Foundation, Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko, the Foundation for Choral Music in Manitoba, and the Government of Manitoba - Department of Culture, Heritage and Tourism.

CDs are available from choir members, The Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Center and other local Ukrainian gift stores.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, June 15, 2003, No. 24, Vol. LXXI

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