Peace Offering

The stories from Ukraine are terrible and horrifying, yet for many of us they remain distant and remote.

But for a group of CCM students, it is close to home.

Andrii Isakov, Diana Chubak, and Maksym Mahlay, all Ukrainian musicians, have created a series of benefit concerts to help raise money for humanitarian aid for the citizens and soldiers protecting their homeland.

Find out more about upcoming concerts.

The initial concert, held Sunday at Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Clifton, began with the stirring Ukrainian national anthem by Myhailo Verbytsky. The after included works by Ukrainian composers Viktor Kosenko, Boris Lyatoshynky, and Myroslav Skoryk along with an original piece by Mahlay.

The concert raised $3,000. More events are planned in the coming weeks, offering the local community the chance to those in need so very far away.