STORRS, Conn. – On Sunday, April 7, the Women’s Bandura Ensemble of North America (WBENA) performed in von der Mehden Recital Hall at the University of Connecticut’s School of Fine Arts. Solomiya Ivakhiv, the renowned concert violinist and assistant professor of violin and viola, and head of the Strings Department at University of Connecticut, introduced the group. The 18 singers and bandura players presented a well-thought out program titled “Cycles of Song,” a Vivaldi-esque celebration of the changing seasons through a nightingale’s song filled with melancholy, joy, love and loss.