Vesnivka Choir has demonstrated excellence in musical performance and continues to perform challenging and interesting programs. To date, Vesnivka has won eight 1st place CBC Choral Competition awards in this prestigious bi-annual competition. In 1993, Vesnivka attended its first International Choral Competition in Llangollen, Wales and won first place in the Folk category, competing against 22 world-class choirs. At the closing of the choral competition, the Choir performed at the grand finale and was awarded the esteemed W.S. Gwynn Williams International Trophy for outstanding performance. In 2000, Vesnivka Choir travelled to Linz, Austria where it competed in the 1st Choir Olympics and won a Silver Medal in the Folklore A Cappella category. Vesnivka Choir continually commissions Canadian composers in order to develop its repertoire, to provide for these creative individuals a venue for their talents and to introduce these new and wonderful sounds to choral audiences. These include: Larysa Kuzmenko, Zenoby Lawryshyn, Alexander Levkovich, Willi Hwozdetcky and Evhen Stankovich. Kondracki has nurtured the choral development of the Choir members through the introduction of several workshops held exclusively for Vesnivka and run by various Canadian interpretive artists, including: John Ford, Lydia Adams, Denise Narcisse-Mair, Donna Sherman, Roxolana Roslak and Alexis Kochan. Members have attended workshops in Toronto as well as other Canadian cities (St. John's, Newfoundland; Waterloo, Ontario; and Winnipeg, Manitoba to name a few). Choral clinicians included Lydia Adams, Bramwell Tovey, Wayne Riddell, Gerald Fagan, Elmer Iseler, Dianne Loomer, Leon Thurman, Maria Felicia Perez, The King's Singers, Robert Shaw and Maureen Forrester.
	Vesnivka Awards
	1982	CBC Choral Competition: 1st Place, Ethnic Category
	1984	CBC Choral Competition: 1st Place, Ethnic Category
	1990	CBC Choral Competition: 1st Place, Ethnic Category
	1992	CBC Choral Competition: 1st Place, Ethnic Category
	1993	Llangollen International Choral Eisteddfodd (Choral competition in North Wales): 1st Place, Folk Song Group Category; W.S. Gwynn Williams International Trophy
	1994	CBC Choral Competition: 2nd Place, Ethnic Category
	1996	CBC Choral Competition: 2nd Place, Ethnic Category; Ontario Choral Federation Achievement Award; Ontario Choral Federation Distinguished Service Award to Kvitka Kondracki
	1998	CBC Choral Competition: 1st Place, Cultural Category
	2000	CBC Choral Competition: 2nd Place, Cultural Category
	2000	Silver Medal in Folklore A Cappella category at 1st Choir Olympics in Linz, Austria.
	Vesnivka Concert Tours/Festivals
	1976	Canada. Sudbury, Thunder Bay, Winnipeg and Edmonton
	1981	England. London, Nottingham, Manchester and Bradford
	1983	Germany/Austria. Dusseldorf, Strasbourg, Salzburg and Munich
	1986	South America. Buenos Aires, Curitiba and Prudentopolis, Brazil
	1989	Canada. International Choral Festival, Toronto, Ontario
	1991	Ukraine. Kyiv, Cherkasy, Vinnytsia, Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk, Sambir and Lviv
	1993	Canada. International Choral Festival ("The Joy of Singing"), Toronto, Ontario
	1996	Holland/Belgium. The Hague, Doetinchem, Akersloot, Zoersel, Rotterdam, Assen, Utrecht and Genderingen
	1997	Canada. St. John's, Cabot 500 celebration first choral festival ("Sharing the Voices"), Newfoundland, Canada
	2000	Austria/Czech Republic. Vesnivka competes at first Choir Olympics held in Linz, Austria and participated in a Choral Festival in Prague, Czech Republic.
	2003	Spain. Vesnivka participates at the International Music Festival in Cantonigros, Spain (with 50 groups from 30 countries) and travels to Barcelona and Madrid.
	2007	Poland. Vesnivka travels to Poland to sing in numerous cities (including Warsaw and Krakow) for the Ukrainian communities and to outreach to new audiences.
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