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Voice and machine: Technology and Orthodox liturgical music

By Richard Barrett on February 28, 2017
Voice and machine: Technology and Orthodox liturgical music

Recently, iconographer Aidan Hart published the thought-provoking essay “Hand and machine: Making liturgical furnishings”. Mr. Hart’s piece is part of an ongoing exploration by liturgical artists of the question of how technology has changed, and is continuing to change, our relationship to crafts that have up until recently been done by hand. Liturgical designer Andrew Gould has […]

Posted in Liturgy, Music | Tagged AGES, chanting, ipad, liturgy, Music, tablet, technology February 28, 2017

The Patriarch Tikhon Choir – Their Sound Hath Gone Forth

By Benedict Sheehan on July 16, 2013
The Patriarch Tikhon Choir - Their Sound Hath Gone Forth

For Immediate Release The Patriarch Tikhon Choir, a unique choral ensemble made up of professional singers from Russia and North America, under the direction of renowned Moscow conductor Vladimir Gorbik, will perform their premiere concert series of Orthodox sacred choral works entitled “Their Sound Hath Gone Forth,” Monday, September 16, 2013, at St. Malachy’s – […]

Posted in Music, News | Tagged chanting, choral, concert, gorbik, Music, new york, Orthodox, sheehan July 8, 2014

The Gorbik Master Class — An Auditor’s Reflection

By Benedict Sheehan on March 11, 2013
The Gorbik Master Class — An Auditor's Reflection

The following article was written by my wife, Maria Sheehan. There was great anticipation in the choir from St. Tikhon’s as the day for Maestro Gorbik’s arrival approached. The seminarians were already carrying their normal course load, many caring for their families in addition to maintaining their duties as clergy or altar servers. Yet in […]

Posted in Music, News, Reviews | Tagged chant, chanting, concert, gorbik, liturgy, master class, Music, sheehan, st-tikhon July 14, 2014

Notes from the psalterion, updated and annotated — part IV, in which the question is asked, “Shouldn’t you be at rehearsal?”

By Richard Barrett on March 1, 2013

This is post 4 of 6 in the series “Notes from The Psalterion” Part one of this series outlined an argument as to why Orthodox liturgical singing needs to be treated as a privilege, a craft, and a discipline. I’ve spent some time on the craft end of the discussion; I’d like to now devote […]

Posted in Music | Tagged chanting, choir, learning, liturgy, Music, Orthodox, practice April 1, 2017

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

Russia—A Musical Pilgrimage

By Benedict Sheehan on February 4, 2013
Russia—A Musical Pilgrimage

A Travelogue December 27, 2012 – January 9, 2013 Vladimir Gorbik  Conductor, teacher, mentor, friend—Vladimir Gorbik is arguably the finest living conductor of Russian church music, and the reason for my journey to Moscow this past December and January. Over the course of about two weeks I was privileged to work closely with him and […]

Posted in Music, News, Uncategorized | Tagged Benedict Sheehan, chant, chanting, choir, Lavra, moscow, orthodox music, St-Tikhon of moscow, St-Tikhon of zadonsk, travel, trip, vladimir gorbik July 14, 2014

Notes from the psalterion, updated and annotated — part III, dealing with that strange subspecies called the “musician”

By Richard Barrett on December 12, 2012

This is post 3 of 6 in the series “Notes from The Psalterion” In part one of this series, I outlined the argument that Orthodox liturgical singing, given that it is above all else an offering to God, is a privilege, a craft, and a discipline. In part two, I tried to suggest, at least in […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged chanting, liturgical music, Music, musician orthodox music, Orthodox Church, Orthodoxy, polyphony. choir, psalterion, Richard Barret April 1, 2017

The Saint John of Damascus Society on NPR’s “Harmonia Early Music”

By Richard Barrett on December 11, 2012
The Saint John of Damascus Society on NPR's "Harmonia Early Music"

The mission of The Saint John of Damascus Society is “revealing Orthodox Christianity through its sacred music”, and one part of how we seek to do this to be a collaborative partner for existing arts organizations and entities on projects promoting Orthodox liturgical music. Our first collaboration to reach the public eye is a segment […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged antiphony, chanting, choir, greek, harmonia, liturgical music, liturgy, Music, npr, Orthodox Church, orthodox music, Orthodoxy, polyphony, psalterion, Richard Barret, slavonic July 14, 2014

Notes from the psalterion, updated and annotated – Part II, Getting Started

By Richard Barrett on October 11, 2012

This is post 2 of 6 in the series “Notes from The Psalterion” In the first installment, I discussed a set of ideals that essentially argue that Orthodox liturgical singing is, first and foremost, an offering to God and to be treated as such — in short, that it is a privilege, a craft, and […]

Posted in Liturgy, Music | Tagged chanting, choir, liturgical music, Music, Orthodox Church, orthodox music, Orthodoxy, polyphony, psalterion, Richard Barret April 1, 2017
 

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