sentences:  In 1964 he left San Diego and moved first to Minneapolis and then Chicago, finally settling in Cleveland.In 1967 he returned to the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus as conductor and music director, a post he held until his untimely death in 1984 due to cancer.At his return in 1967 he brought to the Chorys his monumental work Battle of Konotop, which was recorded and performed on tour to celebrate the Chorus’ 50th Anniversary in 1968.