This page is about the music made by Rada Pokarzhevska (Rada Po) -
jazz composer, singer, arranger & piano-player for such projects as:
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- "Mefody`s Choir" (Russia, since 2010)
choir was gathered by Rada Po and dedicated to a great man -
Father Mefody (Ilyutochkin), orthodoxal priest.
That was a new experience of learning
the music of Serbian, Greek, Byzantine, Bulgarian traditions -
interesting quality with high level of concentration.
Rada regards her love to this kind of music as Father Mefody`s merit.
"All that jazz" in her became useful for the music of Orthodox Church,
with suddenly suitable graces of Lydian & Phrygian lines.
The most important place in that collaboration in frames of
Orthodox Church services took the ability to transcribe, to "take" the score-notes
from audio pieces using ears (not Google))).
So, the huge scores archive is partly available on radast.com -
as far as Rada can scan the old ones or write new ones
(custom-made for choirs of Moscow & S.-Peterbourgh Orthodox Church).
The choir was conducted then by famous Russian musician Rinat Biktashev.
First records were made in 2011 in Govorovo, the village on the outskirts of Moscow -
the place where Father Mefody`s was building the temple.
The singers involved are:
- Rada Pokarzhevska
- Olga Zamarina
- Irina Boldova
- Alexandra Vilkina
- Oleg Gus`kov
- Alexander Gordon
- Tatyana Gordon
- Dmitriy Telegin
- Anastasiya Stepanova
Repertory of "Mefody`s Choir" contains a-capella arrangements
based on extant notes of ancient orthodoxal music.
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- "Da Voicez", "Bright Core" (Russia, since 2008)
jazz-vocal ensemble developed from previous Rada`s vocal groups,
the singers involved are
Lina Boo
Liza Fridenberg
Marina Vinogradova
Catherine Gornostayeva
Lara Markeyeva
Tamara Dellsal (Danziger-Dellsal)
Catherine Tretyakova
Nathaly Shitova
Olga Sladkova
Darya Beryozkina
Olga Zamarina
Inzilya Ziyakayeva (Poptsova)
Svetlana Zakharchenko (Barakovskaya)
Alina Rostotskaya,
the repertory consisted of jazz-covers, unexpected versions of famous songs
& original compositions by Rada Po,
the drummers involved are
M.Dolgov
M.Mazurok
A.Fedotov,
the guitar player involved is P.Martynenko
the bass-players involved are
N.Khomyakov
A.Davidyants;
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- "Rada Po" (Russia, since 2012)
the musicians involved are
P.Martynenko, guit
M.Dorbeko, guit
E.Glushko, guit
M.Mazurok, dr
A.Fedotov, dr
D.Savin, trump
M.Ovchinnikov, tenor sax
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- "RadaSt`" (Ukraine, 2004-08, Russia, 2008-09)
the musicians involved were
S.Danilevich, bs guit
V.Ivanchenko, bs guit
T.Pirogov, bs guit
Y.Volchek (Bondar`), p-no
R.Ramazanov, perc, dr
M.Prib, perc
V.Kornuta, dr
S.Shamsutdinov, dr
D.Kosinsky, guit
I.Osipov, guit
A.Tulpanov, guit
A.Zhmak, trump
K.Revkov, tenor sax
the sound-editor involved was A.Proshak
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- "BC", "B-complete" (Ukraine, 2003-2008)
Rada`s group at S.S.Prokofiev Donetsk State Academy of Music,
vocalists involved were
Viktoriya Korzhenok
Julia Kharitonova
Tatyana Cheberya
Yelena Volchek (Bondar`)
Julia Gavrashenko (Kots`ko)
Dmitry Ivaschenko
the step-dancer involved was M.Atamas`
the Ableton-DJ involved was Salych
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- "PianoSet" (Ukraine, 2003-10)
jazz duet with piano player V.Didyk
Rada`s jazz music groups won
several International Contests "DoDzh-junior" (2004-2006)
and took part in such festivals:
MuzEnergo 2008
Jazz Territory 2010(II prize)
Petrojazz 2011
Gnesin Jazz 2012
MusOceanFest 2012("Jazz" prize)
Wild Mint 2013
Usadba Jazz 2013 (the winner of contest)
International Fireworks Festival 2013