Celebrating Koshetz the Choirmaster
Sunday November 3, 2024
Portage Avenue Church
1420 Portage Avenue (opposite Rae & Jerry’s)
7:00 pm
Featuring O. Koshetz Choir, Hoosli Ukrainian Male Chorus & The University of Manitoba singers
Tickets - $20 online with applicable service fees, or $25 cash at the door. Special online price for recent newcomers of $10 plus applicable service fees.
Olexander Koshetz has an impressive resume from composing to conducting, including leading the Ukrainian Cappella, which toured the world in 1918, a brief period of Ukrainian freedom. In the 1940s local Ukrainian immigrants revered Koshetz and saw him as a way to promote their culture with their children. They brought him to Winnipeg to lead summer singing courses for students. He did this until 1944 when he died in Winnipeg. The local community took him as one of our own and is interred at Glen Eden Cemetery just north of Winnipeg.
Concert Proudly sponsored by the Ukrainian Catholic Foundation and the City of Winnipeg Arts Council, Manitoba Choral Association and the City of Song programme celebrating Winnipeg’s 150th Anniversary through various events year long around the City.
Celebrating Koshetz the Choirmaster – City of Song
