Cappella Romana enjoys Southern hospitality at The Liturgical Arts Academy 2024!
Associate Music Director John Michael Boyer, principal cantor and soprano Photini Downie Robinson, principal cantor Constantine Kokenes, The Divine Liturgy author/compiler Samuel Herron, and Director of Publications Richard Barrett attended The Liturgical Arts Academy at the Diakonia Retreat Center of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Atlanta during the week of 18-24 August. Convening every year…
John Michael Boyer Receives The Saint Romanos the Melodist Medallion
On June 30th, 2024, at The National Forum of Greek Orthodox Church Musicians’ Church Music Ministry Reception, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America presented the Saint Romanos Medallion, the highest honor awarded to the church music ministry to Cappella Romana Associate Music Director John Michael Boyer for “his exceptional dedication to the Church and Her…
National Endowment for the Arts Awards Major Grant to Cappella Romana for Black Voices in Orthodox Music
Cappella Romana is thrilled to announce a $35,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for its Black Voices in Orthodox Music series, which in 2025 will feature the Canon for Racial Reconciliation by Nicholas Reeves and Isaac Cates. This grant is under the NEA’s Grants for Arts Projects, tied with My Voice Music…
Help Cappella Romana Record “A Ukrainian Wedding”
Cappella Romana is thrilled to invite you to be part of making last season’s acclaimed program, A Ukrainian Wedding, a new recording to for the world to treasure! This weekend, our concerts in Astoria on Friday, May 17, Lincoln City on Saturday, May 18, and in Portland on Sunday, May 19 are fundraisers for the…
Memory Eternal: Father Ivan Moody
Cappella Romana’s March 8-10 Concert Series, In You, O Woman Full of Grace, is performed in memory of our dear friend, Archpriest Ivan Moody (11 June 1964–18 January 2024). The performance will also feature the premiere of Robert Kyr’s “Memory eternal, in remembrance of Fr. Ivan Moody”. May his memory be eternal. With faith in…
How Sweet The Sound: In Memoriam – Archpriest Moses Berry (1950–2024)
Cappella Romana and Kingdom Sound’s How Sweet the Sound series will be performed in memory of Archpriest Moses Berry. Father Moses was born 20 August 1950, to Charles Berry Jr. and Wanda Lee (Carlock) Berry in Lockwood, Missouri. On 7 May 1983, Father Moses and Magdalena Arkin were united in marriage and shared over 40…
We want to see your performances!
Christmas is coming, and so is John Michael Boyer’s Sun of Justice: Byzantine Chant for the Nativity of Our Lord! Pre-orders for the book get a digital download of the Brief Katavasies for Christmas, which are first sung in Matins on November 25, and the Pre-festal chants, which begin to appear in Divine Liturgy on…
Out of the Ashes of Smyrna: The Jewell of Asia Minor
Since the 18th century, the city of Smyrna, on the western shores of Asia Minor, was the most important commercial port in the Eastern Mediterranean. Through the early 20th century, both raw materials for industrial textiles as well as agricultural products were exported from Smyrna to the West. The resulting economic prosperity brought diverse populations…
Cappella Romana Presented With Award for Excellence
On Saturday, The Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate presented Cappella Romana with The Archon Sophia Award for Excellence. The Award was presented in New York City during the Annual Archon Weekend “In gratitude to Cappella Romana which passionately connects new Rome-Constantinople, and its Slavic Commonwealth as well as the medieval Greek concept of the Roman…
Cappella Romana in New York City!
Take in the sights and sounds of Cappella Romana’s New York City tour!
Singer Spotlight: Richard Barrett
Our Singer Spotlight series continues with Richard Barrett! What Was Your Introduction to Cappella Romana? In 1996, as a sophomore voice major, I was introduced to a gentleman named Mark Powell, who was organizing a tour that my college choir was going on. I wound up not going on the tour, but a year and a half…
Cappella Romana Heads to New York – October 2023
October 19-22, 2023, Cappella Romana joins the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate at their Annual Conference in New York City to perform as part of the weekend events.
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