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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

“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

Kurt Sander’s Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom: An American Orthodox Musical Milestone

By Vladimir Morosan on May 10, 2019
Kurt Sander’s Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom: An American Orthodox Musical Milestone

The appearance of Kurt Sander’s Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, which was released simultaneously on April 26, 2019, in recorded form by Reference Recordings and in print form by Musica Russica, in many ways represents a unique and unprecedented event in the realm of Orthodox liturgical singing in North America. The work was created […]

Posted in Music | Tagged choral music, Divine Liturgy, Kurt Sander, liturgical music, Musica Russica, orthodox music, Vladimir Morosan May 10, 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

A New Translation of the Canon of the Akathist by Fr. Seraphim Dedes

By Richard Barrett on February 25, 2019
A New Translation of the Canon of the Akathist by Fr. Seraphim Dedes

The state of affairs for English-language liturgical texts is fundamentally unstable.  A core problem is that there is no existing body that has either the mission or the competence to review and approve English-language liturgical texts, so there is no settled path to a text being adopted once it is produced. In addition, differing jurisdictions […]

Posted in Music | Tagged ages initiative, akathist, akathistos, english translation, richard barrett, seraphim dedes February 25, 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

An Interview with Constantine Stade of New Creation Bellringing

By Andrew Gould on December 17, 2018
An Interview with Constantine Stade of New Creation Bellringing

Constantine Stade is an expert in bellringing in the Russian Tradition. In 2018, he founded New Creation Bellringing, a consultation service that assists American churches in setting up bells and properly ringing them. A. Gould: How did you become interested in the art of Russian bell ringing? C. Stade: The sound of Orthodox church bells […]

Posted in Music | Tagged bell ringing, brackets, constantine stade, hanging, new creation bellringing, Orthodox, rigging, russian bells December 17, 2018

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

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

Heaven and Earth: The Psalm 103 Project Comes to Life

By Richard Barrett on August 29, 2018
Heaven and Earth: The Psalm 103 Project Comes to Life

It has been over five years since The Saint John of Damascus Society commissioned The Psalm 103 Project, a big idea that brought together the work of six great composers, Matthew Arndt, John Michael Boyer, Alexander Khalil, Kurt Sander, Richard Toensing (+2014), and Tikey Zes, to create a unique, collaborative choral work that would be a model of […]

Posted in Music | Tagged capella romana, psalm 103 project, richard barrett August 29, 2018
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