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An Interview with Benedict Sheehan on the Premiere Recording of his Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom

By Hamilton Provonsha on October 28, 2020
An Interview with Benedict Sheehan on the Premiere Recording of his Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom

This week Cappella Records released the world premiere recording of Benedict Sheehan’s Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom. It’s an ambitious and truly incredible setting, full of sweeping melodies and rich deep harmonies. It calls to mind the great concert liturgies and masses by famous composers of the past, and can compare admirably with any of […]

Posted in Music | Tagged Benedict Sheehan, Capella Records, capella romana, Divine Liturgy, Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom, saint tikhon choir November 12, 2020

A Recording of the Kastalsky Requiem – Fundraising Request

By Benedict Sheehan on July 17, 2020
A Recording of the Kastalsky Requiem - Fundraising Request

In 1917, Russian composer Alexander Kastalsky wrote a monumental Requiem commemorating the Allied slain of World War I. He brought together melodies from all the religious traditions of the Allies, weaving them into a harmonious and triumphant whole, memorializing those who gave their lives in service to their nation. The work is testament to the […]

Posted in Music | Tagged Benedict Sheehan, Kastalsky Requiem July 17, 2020

Creating Culture Today

By Jonathan Pageau on May 7, 2020
Creating Culture Today

In this video, I interview Benedict Sheehan and his wife Talia-Maria.  Benedict is well known by OAJ readers as a composer and the music director at St-Tikhon’s Seminary. He has been quite active in the world of Orthodox music and recently celebrated for his composition of a Divine Liturgy.  In the last few months, what […]

Posted in Theory | Tagged Artefact, Benedict Sheehan, choir, culture, Jonathan Pageau, liturgy, Maria Sheehan, Nicholas Kotar, Orhtodox culture, PaTRAM, St. Tikhon’s Seminary, the symbolic world May 7, 2020

“And the Glory of The Lord Filled the Tabernacle” – Some Reflections on the World Premiere of Benedict Sheehan’s Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom

By Rev. Dr. Alexis Trader on June 13, 2019
“And the Glory of The Lord Filled the Tabernacle” - Some Reflections on the World Premiere of  Benedict Sheehan’s Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom

In the past thirty years, I have attended almost 7000 liturgies in the United States, Canada, Russia, and Greece. Some of these have been in small candlelit chapels in the desert of Mount Athos; others have been in magnificent imperial monasteries with a thousand years of history. I have beheld liturgies celebrated by patriarchs and […]

Posted in Music | Tagged Benedict Sheehan, composition, contemporary, Divine Liturgy, English, liturgical music, Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom, premier, Russian Orthodox June 15, 2019

That Weekend in Louisville with Benedict and Maria Sheehan

By Mary Lowell on February 19, 2019
That Weekend in Louisville with Benedict and Maria Sheehan

Theology wedded to music has a fragile integrity entrusted to singers who must skillfully labor to reveal heaven on earth.

Posted in Music | Tagged Benedict Sheehan, David Drillock, Fr. Alexander Atty, Fr. Alexis Kouri, Maria Sheehan, Mary Lowell, Olga Nehrebecki Atty, St. Michael the Archangel Orthodox Church, St. Tikhon Theological Seminary, Stephen Jacobs, vladimir gorbik February 19, 2019

Benedict Sheehan: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (2018)

By Benedict Sheehan on December 6, 2018
Benedict Sheehan: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (2018)

Liturgical Music in America Liturgical music is closely bound up with the people that sing it. Language, history, culture, experience, education, social class, all of these things shape the sound-world of worship. The people that founded Orthodox parishes in America more than a century ago—for the most part, immigrants from Russia, Greece, Eastern Europe, and […]

Posted in Artist Features, Liturgy, Music, News | Tagged American, Benedict Sheehan, composition, Divine Liturgy, English, Music, PaTRAM, russian December 7, 2018

St. Tikhon’s Monastery Reaches Out into the Culture through Sacred Music

By Vladimir Morosan on November 18, 2015
St. Tikhon’s Monastery Reaches Out into the Culture through Sacred Music

The recent release of the CD Till Morn Eternal Breaks marks a number of laudable firsts: First and foremost, it is the debut CD comprised almost entirely of the choral works of American Orthodox composer Benedict Sheehan (b.1980), a gifted musician who has something important to say in ways that are both traditional and innovative. Second, it […]

Posted in Music | Tagged Benedict Sheehan, composer, liturgical, Music, Orthodox, recording, saint tikhon's monastery, till morn eternal breaks November 18, 2015

Till Morn Eternal Breaks

By Benedict Sheehan on October 22, 2015
Till Morn Eternal Breaks

On November 9, a new recording by the Chamber Choir of St. Tikhon’s Monastery of original compositions and arrangements, entitled “Till Morn Eternal Breaks: Sacred Choral Music of Benedict Sheehan,” will go on sale from St. Tikhon’s Monastery Press. (To pre-order, visit stspress.com) The project is the first of its kind: a recording of new Orthodox music […]

Posted in Music, News | Tagged Benedict Sheehan, Eastern Orthodox, liturgical art, Music, Orthodoxy October 23, 2015

The State of Church Singing in America: An Interview with Choirmaster Benedict Sheehan

By Benedict Sheehan on September 28, 2015
The State of Church Singing in America: An Interview with Choirmaster Benedict Sheehan

Editor’s Note: This interview appeared originally on pravoslavie.ru, with questions posed by Jesse Dominick. Benedict Sheehan is a composer, conductor, arranger, writer about, and teacher of, music. He currently plies his trade at St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary and Monastery, where, since 2010, he has taught Orthodox liturgical music and directed the choirs. Benedict is also a regular […]

Posted in Music | Tagged Benedict Sheehan, choir, choral, Music, Orthodox, parish, russian, Saint Tikhon’s, sining, vladimir gorbik September 30, 2015

St. Tikhon’s Seminary to Present “Hymns of Holy Russia in the New World”

By Benedict Sheehan on February 7, 2013
St. Tikhon's Seminary to Present "Hymns of Holy Russia in the New World"

A Master Class and Concert with Vladimir Gorbik — Feb. 28 to Mar. 3, 2013 As part of its 75th anniversary celebration, Saint Tikhon’s Seminary will host a rigorous three-day master class for the select student choirs of three of America’s premier Orthodox Christian seminaries — Saint Tikhon’s Seminary, Saint Vladimir’s Seminary, and Holy Trinity […]

Posted in Music, News | Tagged Benedict Sheehan, chant, chanting, choir, Holy Trinity, hymns, master class, Orthodox, Russia, Saint Tikhon’s, Saint-Vladimir's, Seminary, st-sephen's cathedral, vladimir gorbik July 14, 2014
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