The Music and Art Center of Greene County (MACGC), established in 1983, is the oldest classical music summer concert series in the region. MACGC features outstanding musicians performing in the architecturally unique Grazhda hall. The Center also offers courses in Ukrainian folk arts, such as embroidery, bead-stringing, egg decorating, and others (workshop offerings may vary from year to year). An integral part of the Ukrainian cultural complex built around St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church, the Grazhda is situated in the beautiful natural setting of the Catskills.
The Music and Art Center of Greene County was established in 1983 by composer and musicologist Dr. Ihor Sonevytsky. Among the eminent artists who have performed at the Grazhda in the past were Metropolitan Opera bass Paul Plishka, pianist Alexander Slobodyanik, violinist Oleh Krysa, composer Myroslav Skoryk, Kyiv Opera tenor Anatoliy Solovyanenko and soprano Maria Stefiuk, and the Leontovych String Quartet.
General information – performance schedules, changes and updates, as well as detailed directions and membership information – is available online at: www.grazhdamusicandart.org. Information is also available by calling 845-514-2960 or 517-980-1295 (July 1 – September 4). Inquiries may be addressed by e-mail to: grazhda@yahoo.com.
Concerts are held at the Grazhda on Saturday evenings at 8 p.m., with tickets available at the door.
The Grazhda is located on Rt. 23A in Jewett, N.Y., 5 miles west of the town of Hunter and 2 miles east of Lexington.
ГАНТЕР, Н. Й. – На сьогоднішній день Музична серія концертів при Центрі української культури в Гантері здобула собі визнання одного з видатних фестивалів клясичної музики, де існує нагода почути кращих українських та інших видатних артистів.
Музична серія заснована в 1983 році композитором і музикологом д-ром Ігорем Соневецьким, (яка провадиться під назвою “Music and Art Center of Greene County”), а від 2003 р. під проводом піяніста Володимира Винницького – як музичного керівника.
Управа ЦУК з наміром поширити членство цієї неприбуткової організації запрошує стати прихильниками Центру та музичної серії. По дальші інформації просимо звертатися на адресу: “Music and Art Center of Greene County”, P.O. Box 20, Jewett, NY 12444. Тел.: 845-514-2960 або 517-980-1295 (1 липня – 4 вересня), або grazhda@yahoo.com.
Архітектурний об’єкт “Ґражда” становить частину Церкви св. Івана Хрестителя і служить місцем літньої серії концертів.
Contact/Location/Directions:
Music and Art Center of Greene County
P.O. Box 20
Jewett, NY 12444
tel: 845-514-2960 or 517-980-1295 (July 1 – September 4)
Email: grazhda@yahoo.com
Website: www.GrazhdaMusicandArt.org
The Grazhda is located on Rt. 23A in Jewett, N.Y., 5 miles west of the town of Hunter and 2 miles east of Lexington. It is within an hour’s drive from Albany, via New York State Thruway, Exit 21-Catskill; and two-and-a-half hour’s drive from New York City, via New York State Thruway, Exit 20-Saugerties.
Map courtesy of MAPQUEST.
Music and Art Center of Greene County is supported by funding from Self Reliance New York Federal Credit Union, the Greene County Cultural Fund, the Peter Kellogg Trust, private donations, memberships, and admissions. MACGC is a registered non-profit organization with the New York State Charities Bureau, Registration no. 15-14-63.