News and AnnouncementsMay 7, 2023
It was a wonderful fall and winter season making the most in-person music since COVID and continuing to raise funds for Ukrainians and share Ukrainian culture through music performance (photo from benefit concert with musicians of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, sponsored by the Three Rivers Young Peoples Orchestras and raising money for Nova Ukraine -- please consider donating!). Please check the site again in early summer for some announcements including an upcoming Rachmaninoff event and new roles and new music. 
September 12, 2022
The website is updated at last after a long hiatus! Katie is excited to announce a busy line-up of performances this fall after two years of sparse performance opportunities and numerous pandemic-related cancellations. Katie will join Pittsburgh Opera again as a chorus soprano in Dvorak's Rusalka (long-awaited in the Burgh after being pandemic-cancelled two seasons ago). In October she will join her friends in the Pittsburgh music community for a fun and relaxed cabaret-style performance with Aria 412, themes "60s British Invasion," then later she joins colleagues at University of Pittsburgh to contribute East European songs and arias to the performance line-up at the annual East European festival. Finally, in December Katie will team up once again with local pianist Eric Dzugan for a composer anniversary concert in honor of Déodat de Séverac. This past summer, Katie had the honor of producing and performing in the most meaningful concert of her life: a fully Ukrainian program co-produced by Pitt's Summer Language Institute and Department of Music, featuring poetry, music, and art of classical and contemporary Ukrainian artists and benefitting Ukrainian refugees and defenders. The live-streamed video is available for viewing here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuFtbu-cQuI Due to a technical issue, a few pieces from the program were not live-streamed, including an incredible trio for soprano, violin, and piano by Vasyl Barvinsky, which Katie performed with Pitt colleagues Roger Zahab (violin) and Robert Frankenberry (piano). The audio recording of the piece "Song of Songs" will be made available on Youtube soon. If you appreciate this content, please consider making a donation for a relief fund for Ukrainians or their defense. The concert's selected beneficiaries were: https://www.razomforukraine.org/ https://kse.ua/support/donation/ Thank you and Слава Україні! March 21, 2020
This spring's performance of Stravinsky's Mavra has been cancelled in connection with the ongoing emergency coronavirus mitigation effort. Information about possible rescheduling will be released if and when if becomes available. Patrons interested in making a charitable donation during this time of uncertainty and financial loss for musicians and other performers may consider donating to one of these funds: https://artistrelieftree.com/?fbclid=IwAR3oW7RZ1UnXJq-8lTPYGLXsmH6X7ikhyDAM4gMx_kRNsjRp2ETubAaKWDA https://www.musicalartists.org/membership/agma-relief-fund/ |
Upcoming PerformancesSeptember 17, 20, 23 & 25, 2022
Chorus Dvorak's Rusalka Pittsburgh Opera Benedum Center 237 7th St. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222 October 4, 2022
'60s British Invasion Aria 412 Hop Farm Brewing Company 5601 Butler St. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15201 October 16, 2022, 1:30 PM
East European Festival Cathedral of Learning University of Pittsburgh 4200 Fifth Ave. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260 
November 1, 2022
Spectrale Musicale Aria 412 Hop Farm Brewing Company 5601 Butler St. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15201 December 11, 2022
Anniversary Concert in honor of Déodat de Séverac Levinson Hall Jewish Community Center 5738 Forbes Ave. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15217 May 2, 2023
Opera Caliente Aria 412 Hop Farm Brewing Company 5601 Butler St. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15201 May 6, 2023
Second Benefit Concert for Ukraine Sponsored by Three Rivers Young Peoples Orchestras with musicians of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Sewickley United Methodist Church 337 Broad St. Sewickley PA 15143 |