Victor Markiw, D.M.A.

Department of Music, Theater, and Dance
College of Arts and Sciences

Contact

VMarkiw@newhaven.edu
(203) 479-4571
Dodds Hall, Room 101B

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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. He first began piano lessons with his father, later earning 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 was a recipient of the Eugene and Emily Grant Piano Scholarship at SUNY Purchase, the Evelyn Bonar Storrs–Hartford Musical Club Scholarship, the University of Connecticut (Storrs) Music Scholarship, and the Shevchenko Scientific Society Music Grant to record a solo CD. Mr. Markiw has studied under a number of internationally renowned pianists, including Luiz de Moura Castro, Peter Pertis, Paul Rutman, Paul Ostrovsky, Volodymyr Vynnytsky, Vladimir Feltsman, and Neal Larrabee. He has performed in master classes for Garrick Ohlsson, Mykola Suk, and Awadagin Pratt. Mr. Markiw studied theory and history with Richard Bass, Peter Kaminsky, Bruce Bellingham, and Alain Frogley.

Mr. Markiw’s teaching career includes the University of Connecticut (Storrs) and the University of New Haven. During the summers of 2008–2009, Mr. Markiw co-directed a community outreach arts camp for children at the University of New Haven and formerly served as the artistic director for the UNH Department of Visual & Performing Arts concert series. In 2010, Mr. Markiw published The Life and Solo Piano Works of the Ukrainian Composer Myroslav Skoryk (Edwin Mellen Press), which is available in over one thousand top research libraries around the world.

As a frequent participant in charitable events, Mr. Markiw has performed for the Children of Chernobyl Relief Fund Benefit Concert and the Victims of the Tsunami fundraiser. In addition, he has performed for the Connecticut Hospice and assisted-living communities in the New England region, as well as served as the resident pianist for the music therapy program at Griffin Hospital in Derby, Connecticut. Recently, Mr. Markiw has performed recitals with all proceeds going to Ukraine Aid, raising over twenty thousand dollars. At the University of New Haven, he is the mastermind behind four Ukrainian Holodomor Remembrance Events, which have a special focus on live music and guest speakers.

Having performed throughout the United States, Spain, Brazil, Italy, and Ukraine, Mr. Markiw continues to be a sought-after recitalist and chamber musician. He collaborated with soprano Jennifer Litwin to produce the 2010 CD The Litwin-Markiw Duo, as well as a solo CD released in February 2013; both are available through CD Baby and iTunes (YouTube).

Mr. Markiw first began teaching at the University of New Haven in 1995 and became a full-time faculty member in 2004. As a full-time music faculty member, he received the UNH Excellence in Experiential Education Award (2012) and taught a study-abroad program for UNH students in Seville, Spain, and at the UNH international campus in Prato, Italy. During the 2013–15 academic years, Mr. Markiw was a U.S. Fulbright Scholar in Ukraine, where he lectured, performed recitals in Lviv and Kyiv, and taught American Popular Music and Music Theory at the prestigious Lysenko Academy of Music and Ivan Franko National University in Lviv. Mr. Markiw lives in Orange, CT, with his wife, Marta (who hails from Lviv, Ukraine), and their three children: Arcadia, Dorian, and Damian.

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Professional Affiliations/Memberships

College Music Society
Music Teachers National Association/Connecticut Music Teachers Association
Shevchenko Scientific Society

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 García-León, piano) Charger Bulletin, March 21, 2012
Concert Review: José García-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
Two-Time US Fulbright Scholar Grant in teaching performance and research at Ivan Franko University and Lysenko Academy of Music Lviv, Ukraine (2013-15 academic years)

Advisory & Selection Service

Reviewer, Fulbright Program—Ukraine, 2018-present

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
Piano Jurist for Connecticut Chapter Music Teachers National Association, 2020-Present
Jurist for the Hartford Symphony Young Artists Competition Finals, 2024, 2025, 2026

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 The University 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
US. Fulbright Scholar (teaching, performing and research) at Ivan Franko National University in Lviv, Ukraine, and the Lysenko Music Academy in Lviv, Ukraine 2013-15 academic years

Courses Taught

MUSC 1117 - Private Lessons
MUSC 1101 - Fundamentals of Music
MUSC 1111 – Introduction to Music
MUSC 2101 - Music Theory I
MUSC 2201 - Music Theory II
MUSC 3101 - Music Theory III
MUSC 4101 - Form and Analysis
MUSC 4416 - Advanced Performance

Updated 9/12/2026