Сelebrating 60 Years of Song
Sunday, March 29, 2026 4:00 pm

60 р. Ювілейний Концерт
неділя, 29-ого березня 2026 4:00 пп

Palais Royale
1601 Lake Shore Blvd. West, Toronto

Vesnivka Choir will present a program highlighting key moments from its 60-year history, spanning a wide range of musical genres.

Rejoice! Ukrainian Christmas Concert       
Sunday, January 11, 2026 4:00 pm

Разом Колядуймо!
неділя, 11-ого січня, 2026 4:00 пп 

Our Lady of Sorrows Church 
3055 Bloor Street West, Etobicoke

Rejoice! Ukrainian Christmas Concert – Opening the 2025–26 Season

The program will feature a rich blend of traditional and contemporary Ukrainian Christmas Kolyadky (carols) and Shchedrivky (New Year’s songs).

This concert will feature Folk song melodies which are traditionally rich with imagery and convey an array of emotions ranging from light-hearted playfulness to melancholy, sorry and despair. One of the featured songs "Rushnychok" speaks of maternal love. The hero in the song receives a "rushnyk", and embroidered cloth, from his mother that serves as a talisman to protect him and to remind him of home. The programming will also include compositions written for female voices, mixed voices, small ensembles and solo performances.

Our Christmas concert will include traditional and contemporary Ukrainian Christmas Carols (Kolyadky) and New Year songs (Schedrivky).

We plan to open the concert with a choral piece, "Molytva" by Larysa Kuzmenko, a Canadian composer of Ukrainian background. This prayer was originally commissioned by Vesnivka in 1988 to commemorate 1,000 years of Christianity in Ukraine and speaks to the need for people to have faith, hope, and truth, in order to achieve the dream of harmony and peace.