I was practically in tears reading about the Ukrainian Children's Choir in New York getting ready to perform this weekend at Carnegie Hall. I never knew that the Carol of the Bells was written by a Ukrainian composer! And the fact that these kids who are hardly older than our students had to practice in bomb shelfters before coming here to perform - wow.
Here's a TV story about the children's choir in New York this weekend and it includes a video of them singing at Grand Central Station. The news anchor is also choking up!
https://youtu.be/Ids53WGVk9Q
And a page on the Carnegie Hall website has more about the history of this beautiful composition, which includes a video about it. It was first sung at Carnegie Hall in 1922 by the Ukrainian National Choir!
https://www.carnegiehall.org/explore/articles/2022/11/29/carol-of-the-bells
The power of music!
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