Victor Markiw, D.M.A.
Music Department
College of Arts and Sciences
Education
D.M.A., University of Connecticut
M.F.A., State University of New York at Purchase
B.M., Hartt School of Music
About Victor
Victor Markiw was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and earned his Bachelor of Music, Master of Fine Arts, and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from the Hartt School of Music, SUNY Purchase, and the University of Connecticut, respectively. He has studied under a number of internationally-renowned pianists including Paul Rutman, Peter Pertis, Luiz de Moura Castro, Paul Ostrovsky, Volodymyr Vynnytsky, Vladimir Feltsman, and Neal Larrabee. Dr. Markiw’s teaching career includes the University of Connecticut, Ivan Franko National University in Lviv, Ukraine, the Lysenko Music Academy in Lviv, Ukraine and the University of New Haven, where he is a current faculty member. In 2010, Dr. Markiw published "The Life and Solo Piano Works of the Ukrainian Composer Myroslav Skoyk" (Edwin Mellen Press).
Having performed throughout the United States and abroad, Dr. Markiw continues to be a sought-after recitalist and chamber musician and has collaborated with soprano Jennifer Litwin to produce the 2010 CD, The Litwin-Markiw Duo. In 2013, Dr. Markiw released a solo CD project to critical acclaim featuring works by Skoryk, Villa-lobos and Mompou. Dr. Markiw is currently teaching, performing and researching as a US Fulbright Scholar in Lviv, Ukraine.
Professional Affiliations/Memberships
College Music Society
Music Teachers National Association/Connecticut Music Teachers Association
Shevchenko Scientific Society
New England Conference of Music Theorists
Select Publications
Books
The Life and Solo Piano Works of the Ukrainian Composer Myroslav Skoryk. Published by Edwin Mellen Press, 2010
CD Recordings
Litwin-Markiw Duo. Works by Bernstein, Copland, Debussy, Liszt, Obradors, Rachmaninoff and Schubert. CDBABY, 2010
Solo piano recording: Victor Markiw, Piano. Works by Skoryk, Mompou and Villa-lobos CDBABY, 2013
Contributing Editor
Concert reviews published in The Ukrainian Weekly and the University of New Haven Charger Bulletin:
- CD Review: Natalya Shkoda, piano Kosenko Eleven Etudes in the Form of Old Dances Op. 18 Ukrainian Weekly September, 2007
- Concert Review: Vienna Piano Trio, October 7, 2007
- Concert Review: MA’ ALOT Wind Quintet, November 17, 2007
- Concert Review: Music of Valentyn Silvestrov, December 8, 2007
- Concert Review: Violinist Solomiya Ivakhiv, March 21, 2009
- CD Review: Natalya Shkoda, piano Kosenko Complete Piano Sonatas Ukrainian Weekly February, 2012
- Concert Review: Terrence Fay (voice & trombone, and José GarcÃa-León, piano) Charger Bulletin, March 21, 2012
- Concert Review: José GarcÃa-León, piano Music by Beethoven, Brahms and Mussorgsky Charger Bulletin, April 25, 2012
- Concert Opera Review: Virko Baley’s opera "Holodomor. Red Earth. Hunger" (New York City Premiere) Ukrainian Weekly March 3, 2013
Grants
Hartford Woman’s Music Club Grant for research on Ukrainian composer Myroslav Skoryk
Shevchenko Scientific Society Grant for solo CD recording including works of Myroslav Skoryk
US Fulbright Scholar Grant in teaching performance and research at Ivan Franko University and Lysenko Academy of Music Lviv, Ukraine (2013-15 academic years)
Awards
University of New Haven Experiential Education Award, May 1, 2012
Adjudicator
Jurist for Bridgeport Symphony Concerto Competition – Bridgeport, Connecticut, 2002
Jurist for Ukrainian National Concourse for Young Instrumentalists, Dance and Choreography – Simferopol, Ukraine, February 8-10, 2014
Conference Presentations and Invited Lectures
College Music Society Regional Conference, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania -- Poster presentation: "Myroslav Skoryk: Life and Solo Piano Works," March 3-5, 2008
Shevchenko Scientific Society, New York City, lecture and performance: "Quotation and Cross-Reference in Myroslav Skoryk’s Partita No. 5," November 1, 2008
Presentations on 20th Century Music: Ashlar Village, Hamden, Connecticut, July 2009
Participant: First Year Experience Conference, Denver, Colorado, February 13-16, 2010
Presentation on First Year Retention, University of New Haven College of Arts and Sciences adjunct faculty dinner, February 24, 2010
Solo piano performance at the College Music Society South Central Regional Conference at ËÄÉ«AV of Texas-San Antonio, Texas March 11-13, 2010
Lectures on American Popular Music: Crimean University of Culture, Arts and Tourism Simferopol, Ukraine, February 7-13, 2014
Lectured at Lviv State University of Life Safety: "Precursors to Rock and Roll" Lviv, Ukraine, March 31, 2014
Presentation at II International Symposium "Modern Language & Literature: Current Trends In American and British Studies. Celebrating Diversity" - The Department of Foreign Languages and Applied Linguistics of the National Aviation University Kyiv, Ukraine, April 9-11, 2014
Study Abroad Teaching Experience
Selected to teach music and criminal justice majors for semester study abroad in Seville, Spain, Fall Semester, 2011
Selected to teach music for semester study abroad at the University of New Haven International Campus in Prato, Italy, Spring Semester 2013
Courses Taught
- MUSC 1111 Introduction to Music
- MUSC 1117 Piano Instruction
- MUSC 1125 Elementary Music Theory
- MUSC 1126 Elementary Music Theory Lab (Aural Skills)
- MUSC 2240 Music Theory I
- MUSC 2242 Music Theory II
- MUSC 3375 Musicianship I (Aural Skills)
- MUSC 3352 Analysis and History of European Art Music II
- MUSC 2211 History of Rock & Roll
- MUSC 4501 History of Italian Opera
- MUSC 4599 Independent Studies in Music