Yaroslav Kokorudz [Ярослав Кокорудз], (b. Aug. 22, 1919, in village of Paportno [с. Папортно], Peremysl Voivodeship, Poland; d. Мay 26, 1974, in Chicago). Doctor-anesthesiologist. Was graduated from the Conservatory, studied at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. Assistant conductor to Andrij Hnatyshyn (Student choir in Berlin). Graduate of from Berlin University (1944). After World War II, he worked as a doctor in camps for displaced persons in Karlsfeld and Ellwangen in Germany, where he organized and conducted church and camp choirs (1945-49). In 1949, he immigrated to the USA (Binghamton, New York), completed hospital. practice and specialization (1950–53). Moved to Chicago around 1960. Conductor of the choirs “SURMA;” Cathedral Choir “SLAVUTA” (St. Nicholas); “SUM” Youth Choir (1961–74).
Timeline
1945: Conducted church and camp choirs in Karlsfeld and Ellwangen, Germany.
1949: Came to America.
1962: Became director of “SLAVUTA” Choir (St. Nicholas UCC, Chicago).
Scores
Кондак (Kondak).
Composers: Plainchant.
Creator: Ya. Kokorudz.
Date created: n.d. (ca. 1962).
Place: none (probably Chicago, IL).
Description: Kondak (Tone 8) for Pascha.
Задостойник на Вознесіння Господнє (Ascension).
Composer: Kyiv Pecherska Lavra Chant.
Harmony by: Hieromonk Devyatin.
Creator: Ya. Kokorudz.
Date created: May 1962.
Place: Chicago, IL.
Description: Hymn to the Mother of God and Irmos 9 for Ascension.
Шлюб (Wedding).
Composers: Various.
Creator: Ya. Kokorudz.
Date created: May 1962.
Place: Chicago, IL.
Description: Responses for a wedding ceremony.