Victoria Petrak and the Maple City Community Orchestra performed a special benefit concert for Ukraine on February 19.
A highlight of this concert was the American premiere performance of Victor Kaminsky’s orchestral arrangement of “Second Ukrainian Rhapsody” by Mykola Lysenko—with Ukranian-born Solomia Soroka, professor of music at Goshen College, performing as violin soloist.
The orchestra also performed Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition” (arranged by Ravel) and Leroy Anderson’s “Jazz Pizzicato and Legato”.
MCCO concerts are free and open to the public. All freewill donations for this concert—nearly $6,500—were donated to the relief agency Unbroken, which provides comprehensive medical care and rehabilitation services to children and adults injured by the war in Ukraine.