Ivan Zadorozny

Ivan Zadorozny [Іван Задорожний], (b. March 10, 1916, in Horodenka, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine; d. February 11, 1972, in Stamford, CT).

Timeline

1939-1941: Studied at the Mykola Lysenko Music Conservatory (Lviv, Ukraine).

1942-1949: Studied at conservatories in Vienna and Munich.

1949: Came to America.

1949-1962: Conductor of the “Prometheus” Choir (Philadelphia, PA), “Surma” Choir (Chicago, IL), and “Dumka” Choir (New York, NY).

1955-?: Director at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary UCC (Bayonne, New Jersey).

1962-1966: Director of the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus (Detroit, MI).

1963-1972: Professor of music at the St. Basil Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Theological Seminary (Stamford, Connecticut).