| Ukrainians around the world have been enjoying Olya's music! An accomplished vocalist and bandura instrumentalist (the bandura is a 58 stringed Ukrainian folk instrument), Olya has been entertaining audiences for over 25 years. Olya is a multi-faceted performer incorporating her many years of music and dance studies. She began singing at age 5 in her church choir, at 6 began ballet and Ukrainian dance, by 7 Olya was taking piano lessons. In elementary school Olya was introduced to the flute, joining every school musical production, choir & band, then fell in love with the bandura (the 58 stringed national instrument of Ukraine) and she's been singing, playing and entertaining ever since! Growing up in NYC, Olya trained, performed and recorded with the Homin Stepiv Bandura Ensemble, the New York School of Bandura, the Promin Vocal Ensemble, Pani Roma Pryma Bohachevsky's "Syzokryli" Dance Ensemble, pianist Andrij Stasiw and several Ukrainian wedding bands. Olya emerged as a solo vocalist who set out to develop her music creatively and instinctively to reflect traditional Ukrainian concepts with individualized arrangements and flair. Olya's love of Ukrainian folk music is heard in all of her recordings. Now, living in Oxford, CT, Olya is a certified elementary music teacher in Trumbull, CT and currently teaches music to grades K-5 at Jane Ryan Elementary School. Olya is honored that she has the opportunity to work with students and pass along her love for music, with our new generation of students! Olya just returned from the first bandura music camp to be held in CT at the beautiful oselia of Bobriwka in Colebrook, CT. |
Olya's Music Bio
Olya's Music Bio
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| Olya’s performance credits include festivals, interactive children's programs, fundraising events and concerts throughout the United States and Canada including the "Ukrainian Bloor Street Festival" & "Kotiache Vesillia" in Toronto, Canada; Children's Programs at Washington D.C., Philadelphia, PA and Soyuzivka, NY; “Razom Festival” in Edmonton, Canada, Liberty State Park Celebrations in NYC, Lincoln Center in NYC, Verkhovyna Festival in Glen Spey NY, cabarets in Chicago, Detroit, NYC and the United Nations International Citizens World Music Concert. Check out the calendar to see where she'll be next! |
| Pictured above from a gig at Soyuzivka, NY: Yurij Turchyn (violin), Slavko Halatyn (producer,musician & arranger of "Shcho za hamir..."), Olya Fryz, Nick Chodoba (bassist), Kefin Roth (percussionist) and kneeling is Andrij Stasiw (pianist & co-producer of Olya's first album "Zhadaj") |