"On most nights, 14-year-old Rostyslav Musiienko (ph) hears something like this buzzing over his house. (SOUNDBITE OF DRONE BUZZING) KAKISSIS: An Iranian-designed drone called the Shahed - it looks like a small plane and often carries a warhead. ROSTYSLAV MUSIIENKO: (Speaking Ukrainian). KAKISSIS: Rostoslav says, "when it picks up speed, I hide because I'm scared." He knows this sound so well. He plays it on his trombone at orchestra practice..."
"KAKISSIS: They're playing a composition about Ukraine's nights of war. It's called "Shahed Overture." The young musicians are writing it with local guitar teacher Dmytro Korniienko (ph). DMYTRO KORNIIENKO: (Speaking Ukrainian). KAKISSIS: "We used to play jazz and funk songs," Korniienko says. "This composition reflects the horror that we now live in." SERHII NEDUZHYI: (Vocalizing). (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) KAKISSIS: The orchestra is called Harmonia. They rehearse on a small, brightly lit stage. The conductor, Serhii Neduzhyi (ph), straps on a bass drum..."
A youth orchestra in Kivshovata, outside Kyiv, is composing a symphonic poem that recreates wartime nights. Middle school musicians collaborate with local guitar teacher Dmytro Korniienko to write the piece titled Shahed Overture. The composition incorporates the buzzing sound of Iranian-designed Shahed drones and musical motifs that move from a calm evening to sudden terror. Fourteen-year-old Rostyslav Musiienko mimics the drone on his trombone and describes hiding when the drone accelerates. Conductor Serhii Neduzhyi guides rehearsals on a small stage while hums and a bass drum set moods. The music reflects the community's fear and the altered soundscape of nightly air raids.
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