b'The Shevchenko Foundation\'s funding of"Songs from the Heavens" has made it possible for me to realize the recording and performing of a project that I have been working on for the past several years. What began as a doctoral project at the University of Sheffield (UK) first became a musical tribute to my grandparents who fled to Canada in the early 1920s. Most recently, it was dedicated to all those impacted by the invasion of Ukraine, with the intention that these pieces might comfort them in their suffering and grief.I am now writing a Liturgy of Hope (including these pieces) as my contribution to the uplifting of Ukrainians around the world at this difficult time in our history. -JOANNA ESTELLE STOROSCHUK Composer, lyricist, and arrangerEwashko singers duringa recording session for Songs from the Heavens6SHEVCHENKO FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT / SHEVCHENKO FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT /7'