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Andrew David Perkins

Composer, conductor, & GRAMMY® nominated music educator Andrew David Perkins (b.1978) holds an advanced specialist certificate in Orchestration from the Berklee College of Music, a Master of Music degree from the University of Michigan, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Michigan State University. Finalist for The National Band Association Revelli Award, Merrill Jones Award, and The Ravel International Composition Prize, Perkins' music is regularly performed at state, national, and international contests & conferences, and at the Midwest International Band Clinic

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Ukrainian Jazz Waltz

Featuring the music of Andrew David Perkins
Duration: 2:24
December 15, 2022

Written in 1916 by Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovich and titled “Shchedryk,” the song tells the tale of a swallow flying into a household to proclaim the plentiful year that the family will have. For a Christmas concert, a choir director by the name of Oleksander Koshyts commissioned Leontovich to write a song based on Ukrainian folk melodies. Leontovich created a completely new work for choir. Now called “Carol of the Bells,” the song has become associated with Christmas.