The youth chamber choir "Zhajvir"
The year 2001 was the year of self-confidence and acquiring a new artistic form, new program and new professional sound. The year started with a participation in a festival "Christmas Holidays", where the choir was almost the only one presenting the a-capella singing on the high professional level.
In the same year the choir conducted great educational activities; these were the concerts in the secondary schools of Lviv and Lviv region (Morshyn, Truskavets, Stryj, Drogobych), the concerts devoted to the Mother's Day and also the concert "Young Talents - to Children of Lviv" dedicated to the opening of Theological Center in Kryvchytsi and also the performance at the presentation of the Photoexhibition in the Gallery of V. Pylypyuk.
The June of 2001 became the unforgettable month for all of us, since it was marked by the arrival of the Pope John Paul II to Lviv. Our performance near the Nativity of the Mother of God Church will be the most memorable for the whole life.
In November, 2001 the choir became a laureate of the first degree in the All-Ukrainian Festival of the Patriotic Song "Victory Horns". That very month on the basis of the choir the regional seminar of the supervisors of the choir ensembles extracurricular establishments and general schools was conducted. Approximately 50 directors of the different ensembles participated in this seminar.
In December, 2001, our first shooting on the television took place.
The year 2003 was also very productive for the creative activity of the youth choir "Zhajvir".
The choir took part in the festival "Let's all make merry today" in Lviv philharmonic society where the choir showed its program together with such respectable choirs as "Antej" (director Z. Demtsyuh), "Cheremosh" ( director V. Koval), "Yevshan" ( director B. Dankovsky), "Mriya" (director B. Derevyanko), "Boyan" (director O. Tsygylyk) and others.
This year the new concert program was produced. The choir achieved great success while touring to Poland to the town Plock
The ensemble continues to accomplish its educational work - these are the concerts dedicated to the 60th anniversary of Ukrainian Rebellious Army, concerts in Secondary Schools of Lviv, participation in the festival "From Christmas to Baptizing" organized by father Joseph Milyan in the Dominican Cathedral; concerts in the hospitals and enterprises of the town.