Category: News
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The #Unselfie Movement — Spiro Antonopoulos
Cappella Romana singer Spiro Antonopoulos recently completed his doctoral studies on the fifteenth century composer and theorist Manuel Chrysaphes, working at City University London under the direction of Cappella Romana Artistic Director Dr. Alexander Lingas. This past June Spiro traveled to Thessalonica, Greece for field work on a project titled Bodies and Spirits: Soundscapes of Byzantine Thessaloniki, which
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The #Unselfie Movement — Mark Powell
Cappella Romana singer and executive director Mark Powell and his family share a love for music. Mark holds degrees in music from Seattle Pacific University and the University of Washington, and his wife Brigid Kathleen earned her music education and performance degree at Western Washington University. Brigid teaches music and physical education at Agia Sophia
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The #Unselfie Movement — Maria Karlin
Cappella Romana singer Maria Karlin holds a degree from the University of Oregon. In early October she gave birth to her first child, Stellan! These first few weeks have been “lovely, and exciting, and wild, and tiring, and the most beautiful thing I’ve ever done. He’s already very independent, curious and, of course, vocal!” Maria is the
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The #Unselfie Movement — Kristen Buhler
Cappella Romana singer Kristen Buhler is a graduate of George Fox University and Portland State University. This Fall marks Kristen’s 11th year as an itinerant Teacher of Visually Impaired Students at Northwest Regional ESD in Hillsboro, where she teaches braille, daily living skills, and assistive technology to students aged birth-21. She recently co-authored a national braille
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Cappella Romana singer Kerry McCarthy wins major award!
Cappella Romana singer Kerry McCarthy, a graduate of Reed College and Stanford University, recently returned to Portland, OR after 11 years of teaching music history at Duke University. She is known for her work on early English music, and has just been awarded the 2014 ASCAP Nicolas Slonimsky Outstanding Musical Biography Award for her book
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Boston & Chicago Tour — November 14-16
Cappella Romana travels to Boston TODAY (through the Arctic Blast!) and makes its Chicago debut on Sunday Keep up with the tour on Facebook & Twitter Boston On Nov. 14, The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art & Culture presents Cappella Romana in concert, as part of the Second Boston Byzantine Music Festival. Events also
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Cappella Romana sings Царју Небесни Carju nebesni (Heavenly King) by Josif Marinković
Cappella Romana sings Царју Небесни Carju nebesni (Heavenly King) by Josif Marinković (1851-1931) during the “Sacred Songs of Serbia” concert at St. Joseph’s Parish, Seattle on October 24, 2014 under the direction of Bogdan Djaković:
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Sacred Songs of Serbia Featured on Portland & Seattle Radio
We are pleased to share that KING FM’s Northwest Focus and AllClassical Portland’s Northwest Previews have chosen to feature Cappella Romana and our Sacred Songs of Serbia concert series! Northwest Focus Wednesday, October 22 Mirolybov: Kiitosstikiira (Cappella Romana’s recording) at approximately 9:26pm Listen Northwest Previews Thursday, October 23 — 6pm Tune in for an exclusive
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Bogdan Djaković Works with Cappella Romana
A short interview and quick rehearsal look-in from this past weekend: Sacred Songs of Serbia: [one_half] Seattle TICKETS Friday, 24 October 2014, 8:00pm St. Joseph’s Parish [/one_half][one_half_last] Portland TICKETS Saturday, 25 October 2014, 8:00pm St. Mary’s Cathedral [/one_half_last]
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Meet Bogdan Djaković
Now in his 27th season directing the Choir of St. George’s Cathedral in Novi Sad, Serbia, Bogdan Djaković is one of the world’s leading experts in Serbian Orthodox Choral Music. Bogdan Djaković has established himself as an international director, leading performances in Italy, Great Britain, France, Spain, Germany, Greece, Slovenia, Croatia, Portugal, Switzerland and Sweden.
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Liturgical Singing Seminar this weekend!
This Saturday (October 11) at the Church of the Annunciation, Milwaukie, OR, Cappella Romana favorite Mark Bailey will lead an interactive, full-day seminar/workshop focused on the actualization of music in Orthodox Christian worship so as to “enable a comprehensive and elevated liturgical experience through insightful and skilled leadership and participation.” Guest speakers will include His
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Cappella Romana in the Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune has a great feature on the Heaven and Earth: Art of Byzantium From Greek Collections exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago where Cappella Romana will perform on November 16th, and says the music of Cappella Romana is already bringing the exhibit to life: “Evidence of Byzantine spiritual life dominates ‘Heaven and
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