Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center

Musicologist and concert programmer Leah Batstone leads a guided listening session through Ukrainian musical history. From “white voiced” folk singing to choral polyphony, experimental composition, and electronic music, discover the wide variety of genres and styles that define Ukraine musically. Prof. Batstone will introduce and explain several examplars of Ukrainian music by way of a short overview of Ukrainian music history. […]

Leah Batstone (Assistant Professor of Music History at Montclair State University and founder and Creative Director of the Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival in New York City) and Alex Tyutyunnyk (Instructor of Russian at UMaine) will engage in a pre-event discussion prior to DhakaBrakha’s performance at the Collins Center for the Arts. The pre-event discussion is free […]