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Acoustical Considerations in Orthodox Church Design

By Andrew Gould on April 6, 2020
Acoustical Considerations in Orthodox Church Design

As a designer of Orthodox churches, I am frequently asked whether a proposed church building will have good acoustics. Acoustics is a complex matter that cannot always be catagorized as simply “good” or “bad”. In order to shed some light on this topic, I am going to discuss the various acoustical characteristics encountered in churches, […]

Posted in Architecture, Music | Tagged acoustics, Andrew Gould, Architecture, Byzantine Chant, liturgical, Music, Orthodox, russian April 7, 2020

Byzantine Music is Choral Music

By Richard Barrett on January 29, 2020
Byzantine Music is Choral Music

Some years ago, a singer who was primarily active in Russian Orthodox choral music pulled me aside at a church music event. “Can I be honest with you about something?” this person said to me. “I don’t understand Byzantine music. To me, it looks like it’s either a soloist or a group of mostly men; […]

Posted in Music | Tagged Byzantine Chant, choral music, richard barrett February 5, 2020

Worship in the Workshop: Providing Opportunities to Raise the Bar

By Richard Barrett on September 20, 2019
Worship in the Workshop: Providing Opportunities to Raise the Bar

The joke is at times heard that in the chapels of some of our seminaries, they “don’t worship but workshop.” The sense of this witticism is that what happens in their services is experimentation with rubrics, texts, service order, with an impulse towards “reform.” Over the course of this last summer, however, I was blessed […]

Posted in Music, News | Tagged Byzantine Chant, chant, Greek Orthodox, john michael boyer, liturgical arts academy, Music, richard barrett, workshop September 23, 2019

Coming Soon: The Liturgical Arts Academy, August 18-24 2019

By Richard Barrett on July 29, 2019
Coming Soon: The Liturgical Arts Academy, August 18-24 2019

English-speaking Orthodox faithful in the United States who have wanted to learn the liturgical arts of the Orthodox Church — music, iconography, vestments, architecture and furnishings design, etc. — have historically had limited opportunities to study with knowledgeable teachers. Some have had the opportunity to go overseas to countries such as Greece and Russia to […]

Posted in Iconography, Minor Arts, Music, News, Uncategorized | Tagged Anthony Salzman, Byzantine Chant, Diakonia Retreat Center, education, Greek Orthodox, iconography, john michael boyer, Krista West, liturgical arts academy, Vestments July 29, 2019

The Dynamis Byzantine Ensemble – A New Recording Showcasing the Best of Byzantine Chant in English

By Samuel Herron on March 18, 2019
The Dynamis Byzantine Ensemble - A New Recording Showcasing the Best of Byzantine Chant in English

Byzantine chant is an ever-evolving art form, responding to the advances put forth in both music and hymnography by the great personalities who have shaped it, such as Saint Romanos the Melodist, Saint John of Damascus, Saint John Koukouzelis, and Peter the Peloponnesian. However, all the men mentioned above were active within a wider movement […]

Posted in Music | Tagged Byzantine Chant, dynamis byzantine ensemble, English, samuel herron, translation March 18, 2019

In Defense of Metrical Translations

By Richard Barrett on October 2, 2018
In Defense of Metrical Translations

A liturgical craft that ideally draws very little attention to itself is that of translation — particularly, the translation of hymnography. The English texts that we hear in church were translated by somebody, and that translator also had to make them natural-sounding and singable in English. In addition, there is also the question of whether […]

Posted in Music | Tagged Byzantine Chant, liturgical music, meter, Orthodox October 4, 2018

Liturgical Furniture for an Historic Cathedral

By Andrew Gould on November 16, 2017
Liturgical Furniture for an Historic Cathedral

I was asked, in 2015, to design a set of liturgical furniture for Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Baltimore. When I looked at the building, I could see that this would be a complex project with several stylistic influences in play. The monumental structure was built by a Protestant congregation in 1888 in the ‘Richardsonian […]

Posted in Church Furniture, Minor Arts | Tagged ammonia fumed, analogion, Andrew Gould, annunciation cathedral, baltimore, bruno sutter, Byzantine, Byzantine Chant, chanter's stand, furniture, greek, icon stand, inlay, orthodox liturgical furniture, quarter-sawn oak, stasidia November 16, 2017

UPDATE: Seven Successful Candidates to Receive Certificates in Byzantine Music

By Fr. Patrick O'Rourke on May 12, 2014
UPDATE: Seven Successful Candidates to Receive Certificates in Byzantine Music

Editor’s note: A previous version of this article appeared last week, before the examinations had taken place. This entry serves to report on the outcome of the examinations. For the  first time in history, an American academic institution has awarded a Certificate of Byzantine Music. Eight applicants were examined by a board of five renowned Byzantine cantors last weekend […]

Posted in Music, News | Tagged Byzantine Chant, Byzantine Music, certificates, Holy Cross, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Orthodox sacred music May 12, 2014

Boston Byzantine Music Festival 2014

By Fr. Patrick O'Rourke on February 5, 2014
Boston Byzantine Music Festival 2014

I am pleased to pass along  news of the upcoming Boston Byzantine Music Festival. The two-day event is hosted by the Mary Jaharis Center for Art and Culture at Hellenic College Holy Cross, and will take place on February 24-25. Byzantine art is commonly associated with mystical iconography and majestic architecture of domed cathedrals, but […]

Posted in Music, News | Tagged Byzantine Chant, Christian, Greek Orthodox, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Mary Jaharis Center, Music, Orthodox July 3, 2014

Cappella Romana to Sing “in Hagia Sophia”, in California

By Fr. Patrick O'Rourke on January 31, 2013
Cappella Romana to Sing "in Hagia Sophia", in California

Cappella Romana will be singing two concerts, Friday and Saturday nights, at Stanford University in California. Friday’s concert in Stanford’s Bing Concert Hall,”From Constantinople to California”, will by the wonders of acoustic technology, replicate the reverberative sound of the Great Church itself (read about the fascinating method employed below). Those lucky enough to have gotten […]

Posted in Architecture, Liturgy, Music, News | Tagged Bing Concert Hall, Byzantine Chant, Cappella Romana, From Constantinople to California, Great Church, Hagia Sophia, Holy Friday Chant, Holy Week Chant, Jerusalem, medieval chant, Stanford University, synthetic acoustic July 14, 2014
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