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Venice in the East Debuts at in the Top 10 on the Billboard Chart!
Our new Venice in the East: Renaissance Crete and Cyprus recording has debuted at #10 on the Billboard Traditional Classical Albums chart! Thank you to all of you who pre-ordered, purchased, streamed, and shared this recording! Get it Today! Amazon Apple Music ArkivMusic Spotify YouTube Music Cappella Romana
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Cappella Romana to Receive $15,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
San Francisco, Calif.—National Endowment for the Arts Acting Chairman Mary Anne Carter has approved more than $80 million in grants as part of the Arts Endowment’s second major funding announcement for fiscal year 2019. Included in this announcement is an Art Works grant of $15,000 to Cappella Romana to support its ongoing concert series in…
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The Oregonian Features “They Are At Rest”
The Oregonian interviews Cappella Romana executive director Mark Powell for a feature on our They Are At Rest series: Cappella Romana appears to be the only professional artistic organization in Portland giving a performance commemorating the 100th anniversary of World War I’s end. “This is the right thing for us to do,” Mark Powell, Cappella…
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KING FM Northwest Focus features They Are At Rest
In the lead up to our They Are At Rest series, Seattle’s KING FM will be previewing the performance on the Northwest Focus program Monday-Thursday of next week (11/5-8/2018). Date Time Music Monday, November 5 8:08pm Parry: Songs of Farewell – There is an old belief Tuesday, November 6 8:02pm Parry: Songs of Farewell…
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The History of the Remembrance Poppy
During Cappella Romana’s They Are At Rest performances in Seattle (Nov. 9) and Portland (Nov. 11), the singers will be wearing poppies supplied by the American Legion – and will make them available to audience members – so we thought we’d look back at the “History of the Poppy” as set out by the Royal…
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Notes on Heaven and Earth: A Song of Creation
Heaven and Earth: A Song of Creation Dedicated to Richard Toensing (+2014) and Archimandrite Ephrem Lash (+2016) of blessed memory Program Notes by Richard Barrett, Artistic Director, The Saint John of Damascus Society HEAVEN AND EARTH TICKETS 10/12 SEATTLE TICKETS 10/13 PORTLAND TICKETS 10/14 PORTLAND TICKETS The Saint John of Damascus Society is a sacred arts…
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The SunBreak Reviews “Venice in the East”
Seattle’s The SunBreak reviews Cappella Romana’s April 27, 2018 Venice in the East performance: “Hearing Cappella Romana singing in St. James Cathedral is to hear a slice of heaven. … As always, the presentation was scholarly, as accurate a portrayal of the music as it would have been performed as can be ascertained through diligent…
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Cappella Romana Rehearses Arctic Light II
Cappella Romana rehearsing “Psalm 84” by Cyrillus Kreek with renowned Finnish choral director Timo Nuoranne. The Psalms of Estonian composer Cyrillus Kreek (1889-1962) take a pride of place in “Arctic Light II.” Kreek and his family converted from the Lutheran church to the Orthodox faith in 1896, when Kreek was just seven years old. His…
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Cappella Romana seeks a Director of Marketing and Communications
Job Title: Director of Marketing and Communications Reports to: Executive Director Status: Full-time, exempt Compensation: Salary commensurate with experience Description: The Director of Marketing and Communications (DMC) builds and engages audience for Cappella Romana by creating and executing strategies designed to enhance patron experience, retention, and revenue. With a key focus on subscription and single…
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IBMF Concert Video and Photos!
Enjoy the full concert video of Thursday night’s Cappella Romana concert in the Iași Byzantine Music Festival, at the Teatrul National „Vasile Alecsandri” Iași. Check out our new photo albums as well, with concert images and scenes around Iași, Romania. Full Concert Video (Cappella Romana begins about 30 minutes in) Program Notes Concert Photos Romania…
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American Record Guide Review for Cyprus
Buy Now “Alexander Lingas is one of today’s leading experts on Byzantine music, but he has also developed a vocal group, the Cappella Romana, that has been building an impressive catalog of recordings ranging through the span of Greek Orthodox music, including contemporaneous practice both abroad and in the USA. The present program is an…
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Fanfare Magazine Review for Cyprus: Between Greek East and Latin West
New Fanfare Magazine review for our Cyprus: Between Greek East and Latin West recording! “Musicologist Alexander Lingas continues his mesmerizing exploration of the music of both traditions with a release that offers, as he states in his extensive notes, ‘a sampling of the Byzantine and Latin sacred music that someone could have encountered during the…
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