Usebenzisa izigaba ezimbili ezingezansi, yasungulwa nini i-Ukrainian Chorus Dumka yaseNY, futhi yaqala nini ukudlala e-Ukraine?
Context:I-Ukrainian Chorus Dumka yaseNew York yasungulwa ngo-1949 ngenhloso "yokulondoloza nokuhlakulela ifa lomculo elicebile lase-Ukraine", kokubili esontweni nasezikhathini zezwe. Ekuqaleni, leli qembu laliyikwaya yamadoda abafuduki base-Ukraine ababehlangana ukuze bacule umculo abawuthandayo. Umqondisi wokuqala womculo kwakunguL. Krushelnycky. Leli qembu laba yi-choir exubile ngo-1959.  Baye badlala eNew York ezindaweni ezibandakanya i-Alice Tully Hall, i-Avery Fisher Hall, iBrooklyn Academy of Music, iCarnegie Hall, iMadison Square Garden, iSt. Bavakashela iKennedy Center eWashington, nasemadolobheni amaningana aseYurophu. Ngo-1990, ikwayari yavakashela i-Ukraine okokuqala, yahlabelela eKyiv, eLviv, ePoltava naseKaniv. Baberekhoda umculo wesonto nowokuzijabulisa.
I-Ukrainian Chorus Dumka yaseNew York yasungulwa ngo-1949. Lalivakashela i-Ukraine okokuqala ngo-1990.