Dear folks: I've had a delightful weekend with an out of town visitor here to Cleveland, yes the very Roman Turovsky has been here to present some music to the Ukrainian cultural community played on the 13 course. Yesterday I assisted a little in playing some examples of 6 course and also 11 course repertoire in a brief lecture he gave to a class of banduria students, a discussion which touched as well on the torban. This certainly has peaked my own interest in the fascinating and often-neglected part of musical history! Roman also played some arrangements of Ukrainian folksongs on the 13 course, which I must say is a very suitable instrument for the haunting melodies.
To top it off there was an amazing solo vocal performance given last night by Mariana Sadowska of Ukrainian songs she learned from women in small villages during her travels, given inside the setting of a a former Ukrainian church on the west side of Cleveland's downtown. I would be interested to hear about any other interesting lute outreach that others have been doing. Kenneth Be -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
