Slava Ukraini Winds 

Slava Ukraini Winds is a chamber group founded in 2022 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan by Dr. Zachary Senick. It initially was created as part of his doctoral research to create the first existing recordings of wind quartets and quintets by Ukrainian composers barely known outside of Ukraine. Over time, it has evolved to feature collaborations with many living Ukrainian composers who have written and dedicated works to the ensemble. The group’s mission is to highlight and promote marginalized voices in classical music with a primary focus on giving Ukrainian composers an opportunity for their music to be heard outside of their local concert halls and organizations in Ukraine. They have also partnered with Éditions Plamondon to proofread and perform from their new editions of their Slava Ukraini Series of chamber wind works to help make high quality editions of Ukrainian music easily accessible to the world. They will be performing internationally at the International Double Reed Society conference in the United States this summer (July 2026).