ALEXANDRIA, Va. – On November 10 at the historic Lyceum, now a museum in Old Towne, Alexandria, Va., The Washington Group Cultural Fund presented a concert featuring a number of Ukrainian artists living in the Washington area.
Co-director of the Cultural Fund Christine Lucyk welcomed a capacity audience in the performance hall. In introducing Spiv-Zhyttya, she pointed out that a cappella singing is a Ukrainian tradition spanning over two centuries. Consisting of 14 singers ably led by Oksana Lassowsky, the group began informal singing in 2011. It has become much in demand in the Mid-Atlantic states and often sings at the Embassy of Ukraine.