"Zhajvir" receives the inexhaustible inspiration for its creative work and spiritual development from its artistic director, its friend and teacher Kozyar Nataliya Yaroslavivna, who simultaneously is a conductor of the choir. The idea to create a separate choir ensemble occurred to her fife years ago, and since that time, step by step she has been moving forward along the thorny path of her vocation, bringing into life creative and spiritual ideas.

She is not only the talented teacher of the vocal art but as well very bright and spiritually rich personality living the in the world of each child and chorister, having conquered their hearts. This ever-smiling, frank and amiable young lady gives love, warmth and comfort, and of course beautiful lark song. It is great feeling of love which gives birth to the professional music. This love coming from the stage reaches the hearts of new and new admirers of the choir art. We want the world to get to know about our director as much as possible, thus, please, make acquaintance with her life and creative biography.

Kozyar Nataliya Yaroslavivna was born in Lviv in 1986, in the family where the song could be heard all the time - it was mother's lullaby, carols, folk songs. Grandfather and father had astonishing voices, though were not professional singers. May be it was family love to music, in particular to a song (her brother Oleg is a professional singer and a teacher vocal singing in the Musical Institute in New Jersey), which defined her future profession.

From year 1983 to 1987 she studied at the Lviv musical-pedagogical college named after F. Kolessa specializing in piano (the teacher L.J. Chehonina), conducting (the teacher M.O. Zajtseva), choir (the teacher Z.M. Demtsyuh). During the studying at the college she became the laureate in competition of young conductors among the students of the establishment. She graduated from the college with honors and in the year 1987 she entered Lviv musical Academy named after M. Lysenko (at that time it existed as Lviv State Conservatory named after M. Lysenko) choosing the profession of choir conductor (the teacher B.D. Zavojsky).

During the studying at the Conservatory she became the laureate in competition in conducting among the students of the establishment. In 1992 she graduated with honors. In the same year she took part in the competition of young singers "Chervona Ruta" and was noted by a jury as a talented singer.

While studying at the Conservatory she started working as a choirmaster in the national choir of bandoreists "Dzvinochok" in the Center of Children and Youth Creative Activity of Galicia (the director V. Dychak). She toured with success in Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, France, Belgium (1989 - 1996).

Since 1998 Nataliya Kozyar worked as a choirmaster in the Honored vocal-choreographic ensemble "Rushnychok" (the director M. Romaniv) and exactly at that time the idea of creation of an independent choir ensemble appeared. The group of children from the choir "Zhajvir", which existed at the Lviv children school of art №11 where Nataliya Kozar worked from 1990 to 1999, became the basis of the newly formed ensemble.

Since 2000 the choir "Zhajvir" has worked at the Center of the Creative Activity. The choir includes the preparatory group (6-12 years) and concert group (12 -25 years).

From 2000 to 2003 Nataliya Kozyar worked as well as the teacher of choir at the children musical school №1 named after Kos-Anatolsky. During the years of working at these establishments she has recommended herself as person of great initiative and vigor, gifted organizer, diligent pedagogue, and the most important as professional choirmaster.

During these several years of existence the chamber choir, led by Nataliya Kozyar became a laureate of oblast, regional, all-Ukrainian and even international competitions; the choir is leading active concert and touring life in its native town, around Ukraine and abroad.

Nataliya Kozyar carries out magnificent methodical work; these are seminars for the directors of the choir ensembles, open lesson for parents and for colleague-choirmasters.

During the time of working with the choir "Zhajvir" Nataliya Kozyar gave 6 great solo concerts (it is approximately 100 works) and 50 concerts; she also prepared near 25 arrangements of the choir works, produced two audio albums - "Silver Song" with the Christmas program and "My Soul" with the diverse by genre and style program.

Nataliya Kozyar also gives concerts as a solo vocalist; she is an authority for colleagues and parents and is of an appreciation for her students. For her diligent work Nataliya Kozyar was repeatedly awarded diplomas of the Administration of Education of the Local Government and Regional State Administration. In 2003, during the XVIII International festival-competition "Silver Orpheus" hold in Kirovograd, she was the only one awarded the diploma of "the best pedagogue of the vocal art". Brief, but meaningful "BRAVO!"