Tanya Navolska
Таня Mezzo-Band
Singer and bandura player
Voice & bandura — carols, shchedrivky and Ukrainian folk song
About
Tanya Navolska sings and plays the bandura. On her own YouTube channel — Таня Mezzo-Band — she sums up what she does in two words, under a recording of "Смерекова хата": "Voice & bandura." The channel has been running since 30 December 2021 and holds 19 videos.
Much of what she posts is Christmas. Kolyadky and shchedrivky go up around the turn of the year: "Коляда «По всьому світу стала новина»", "Коляда «На Йорданській річці»", "Коляда «Радість нам ся явила»", "Щедрівка «Ой на річці, на Йордані»" — each with a one-line invitation under it, "Колядуймо разом!" and "Щедруймо разом!" Others name the arrangement she follows: "Павочка" за Стеценком і Леонтовичем «із старих джерел», "Небо ясні зорі вкрили" за обр. Б. Сегіна, and under "Що то за предиво?" a single line, "за Барвінським".
Outside the carol season she records folk and art song. "Маланка" she captions "Старовинна обрядова пісня" — an ancient ritual song. "Тиха вода, тиха вода" she marks народна весільна, a folk wedding song. Under "Зоре моя вечірняя", words by Taras Shevchenko to a folk melody, she writes that the "Text drawn from the poem «Княжна»". There is also "Сину, качки летять" (сл. М. Ткача, муз. О. Білаша), "Смерекова хата" (муз. П. Дворського, вір. М. Бакая) and "Моя Україно" (муз. М. Костецького, сл. О. Новицького), which she marks "(adaptation)".
Her captions say where the camera was standing. "Christmas Concert at Bells Corners United Church, Ottawa," posted December 2024. "En récital à St-Alexandre, Gatineau," posted March 2025. "Christmas Carol concert in Ottawa, Dec. 26, 2025." And her two newest uploads, 30 August and 2 September 2026, carry Festival Ukrainien de Montréal in their titles — "Тече вода" and "Моя Україна".
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Journey with UAFest
Starts her YouTube channel Таня Mezzo-Band on 30 December and posts her first carol, «По всьому світу стала новина», under the line "Колядуймо разом!"
Posts three more carols and shchedrivky that January — «На Йорданській річці», «Радість нам ся явила» and «Ой на річці, на Йордані»
A year of uploads: «Що то за предиво?» за Барвінським, «Сину, качки летять», «Тиха вода», and «Смерекова хата», captioned "Voice & bandura"
December — posts a carol captioned "Christmas Concert at Bells Corners United Church, Ottawa"
March — posts «Моя Україно» captioned "En récital à St-Alexandre, Gatineau"
May — posts «Маланка», which she calls "Старовинна обрядова пісня" — an ancient ritual song
December — posts a recording captioned "Christmas Carol concert in Ottawa, Dec. 26, 2025"
August and September — «Тече вода» and «Моя Україна», both titled from the Festival Ukrainien de Montréal
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