Since 1951, Herasymova-Persydska has taught at the Kyiv Conservatory. In 1979, she became a professor. In 1978, Herasymova-Persydska defended her doctoral dissertation on the topic
Part song concert in Ukraine in the second half of the 17th - the first half of the 18th century and its place in the culture of the era. In 2000, on the initiative of Herasymova-Persydska, the Department of Classical Music was organized at the
National Academy of Sciences. She was a Liaison Coordinator for the
International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM).
Scientific and pedagogical activity The main topics addressed by Herasymova-Persydska are music of the
Baroque era, history and theory of the part song form, music and time, and the manifestation of non-classical principles in European music from
Ars nova to the present day. She also researched the issues of space and time in music. She took an active part in the work of international organizations, gave lectures, and presented reports at international scientific forums, and symposiums in Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, the USA, and Switzerland. Herasymova-Persydska was the author and organizer of the following projects: the international festival "Musical Dialogues: Ukraine and the Baroque World" (1994), the international conference "Orthodox Monody" (1998), the creative workshop of young researchers "Time - Space - Music" (2000), annual conferences under the common name "Sound and Sign" (since 2005), the international project "Schola cantorum Basiliensis visiting the National Music Academy of Ukraine" (Switzerland - Ukraine, 2000-2003) and others. She developed a concept of the first department of early music in Ukraine, which was opened in 2000 at the National Academy of Music. She created special educational programs for the study of both Western European and domestic music of the
Middle Ages,
the Renaissance, and the
Baroque. Herasymova-Persydska is the creator of her research school of Ukrainian medieval studies. Among the graduates of Herasymova-Persidskaya are Natalia Zabolotna, Liudmyla Ivchenko, Liubov Kiyanovska, Hennadii Lyashenko, Vadym Khrapachov, Olena Shevchuk, and others. == Awards and honors ==