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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…
Continue reading »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…
Continue reading »American Professional Choir Conspirare Performs Russian Sacred Music
One of the finest professional choirs in America—Conspirare, under the direction of Craig Hella Johnson—based in Austin, Texas, is presenting a set of four concerts entitled “The Sacred Spirit of Russia“. The concerts take place on January 31 in Fredericksburg, Texas, and February 1-3, in Austin, Texas. (See the link above for times and venues.) The…
Continue reading »Byzantine Chapel in Myra Found Under Deep Mud
A recent NY Times article relates the finding of parts of the ancient city of Myra, the home of no one less than St-Nicholas himself. It seems the town was buried under mud during flooding several centuries ago. Archeologists are excavating the pristinely preserved chapel with its fresco and altar. The article has a few pictures. The…
Continue reading »Benedict Sheehan Invited To Conduct in Moscow
(Editorial note: This article, regarding one of our contributors, Benedict Sheehan, was taken from the St-Tikhon Seminary website.) On December 27, 2012, St. Tikhon’s Seminary choir director, Benedict Sheehan, will travel to Moscow to work with the Male Choir of the Moscow Representation Church (Podvorye) of the Trinity–St. Sergius Lavra and its renowned choirmaster, Vladimir…
Continue reading »TED Talk on Iconography
Lynette Hull, an American iconographer part of the Prosopon School has recently given a twenty minute presentation on Iconography which is part of a TEDx event. TED is a hip technology, education and design non-profit organization that gives conferences and organizes events. It is seen as the leading place to get a glimpse of new burgeoning…
Continue reading »The Bethlehem Icon Centre
Editorial Note: In the light of recent events in Gaza, I asked Ian Knowles the Director of the Bethlehem Icon Center to introduce us to this wonderful project. In such a desperate political situation, sacred art has been focal point to bring about collaboration between Orthodox, Coptic, Catholic and Syrian Palestinians in the desire to…
Continue reading »Short Interview With Dr.Vladimir Morosan
Some of you might be interested in listening to the latest installment of “Ancient Faith Presents” on Ancient Faith Radio where Bobby Maddex interviews one of our collaborators, Dr. Vladimir Morosan, the founder and president of Musica Russica. As we have mentioned in another post, Musica Russica is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. In this interview, Dr.…
Continue reading »New Musica Russica Website
In order to celebrate its 25th anniversary, Musica Russica – a publisher and supplier of a broad spectrum of Orthodox musical recordings – has launched a new, more user-friendly website. OAJ contributor Vladimir Morosan, the founder and director of Musica Russica, said the newly-revamped site will “…make your interaction with our offerings much richer, more…
Continue reading »Services for the Departed – a forthcoming book from St. Tikhon’s Press
Services for the Departed is anticipated in print in early 2013! With this volume, we offer to the English-speaking Orthodox world music for the Panikhida and Burial services based entirely on melodies from authentic Russian chant originals, something that heretofore has not existed in English in any one volume. Furthermore, we have endeavored to present these…
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