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Congratulations Dr. Spyridon Antonopoulos
All of us at Cappella Romana wish to congratulate Dr. Spyridon Antonopoulos on his being awarded a PhD in Musicology at City University London today. He was advised (with a dissertation on the Byzantine composer and theorist Manuel Chrysaphes) by Cappella Romana’s founder and artistic director Dr. Alexander Lingas, who serves on the faculty at
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Stream “In Procession to the Mount of Olives”
Stream In Procession to the Mount of Olives Antiphon 1 in Mode Plagal 4 from Good Friday In Jerusalem on the Cappella Romana SoundCloud Channel and pre-order from Amazon today! Good Friday in Jerusalem Concert Tickets and Information
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Pre-Order Good Friday in Jerusalem NOW
Good Friday in Jerusalem Medieval Byzantine Chant from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre Coming February 10, 2015! HELP US CHART THE RECORD by pre-ordering! Pre-Order on Amazon! Produced since 2004 by GRAMMY Award-winning producer Steve Barnett, Cappella Romana performs “music of purity and radiance” (Gramophone) in concerts of “luminous beauty” (Washington Post). Appearances in
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Good Friday in Jerusalem “in hand”
Stock of our February Good Friday in Jerusalem CD is now in hand! Street date for this release is February 10, but you can pre-order on Amazon NOW! Pre-Order on Amazon NOW! Cappella Romana’s latest release is in conjunction with our Good Friday in Jerusalem Concert Series in Seattle and Portland, February 6-8! Hear Medieval
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Alexander Lingas Previews the 2025-26 Season on KOIN AM Extra
The 2025-26 Cappella Romana Season starts October 24 & 26! Artistic Director, Alexander Lingas, joined Portland’s KOIN AM Extra morning show to preview the season and catch you up on everything Cappella Romana has been up to this summer!
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Echoes of the Renaissance – Pre-Concert Talks
Dr. Gil Seeley, music professor emeritus of Lewis and Clark College and of the Oregon Repertory Singers, will give the pre-concert talks for “Echoes of the Renaissance.” He was a classmate of Tikey Zes at the University of Southern California, and also knew Greek American composer and church musician Frank Desby, also a graduate of USC.
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Watch Cappella Romana’s Twelfth Night Performance
Watch the full performance from the Twelfth Night Festival in New York City courtesy of Trinity Wall Street!
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Stream our Messiah Performance on AllClassical FM
Courtesy of Portland’s AllClassical FM, you can listen to our performance of Handel’s Messiah with the Portland Baroque Orchestra from now through January 6, 2015! Visit www.allclassical.org today! Audio Courtesy of All Classical: http://player.allclassical.org/ondemand/other/messiah-pbo-2014.mp3
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Dr. Tikey Zes
October 10, 1927 – May 7, 2025 All of us at Cappella Romana mourn the recent passing of Tikey Zes, the most prolific composer of Greek Orthodox choral music in America. Tikey’s connection to Cappella Romana reaches back even before our founding. He was an early mentor to our founder and music director, Alexander Lingas,
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Mass Appeal
Mass Appeal In Collaboration with Portland Youth Philharmonic Cappella RomanaPortland Youth Philharmonic CamerataDavid Hattner, guest conductor Brace yourself for a sonic experience that stirs the soul and lifts the roof. Stravinsky’s Mass is bold, modern, cool—utterly mesmerizing. Bruckner’s Mass answers with lush, soaring harmonies and awe-inspiring grandeur, featuring double choir, reeds, and brass. Performed in collaboration with
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Cappella Romana sings Christmas Carols at Pioneer Courthouse Square
Christmas Carols on Wednesday, 10 December Cappella Romana sings at Pioneer Courthouse Square Wednesday, 10 December, 5:00pm Pioneer Courthouse Square: SW 6th & Yamhill FREE Stop by Pioneer Courthouse Square to enjoy a selection of Christmas carols, featuring especially selections by the late Orthodox composer Richard Toensing (recorded on the CD “Kontakion on the Nativity”).
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BBC Radio 4 Features Alexander Lingas
BBC Radio 4 interviews Cappella Romana artistic director Alexander Lingas in the second episode of the series, Byzantium Unearthed, and Cappella Romana can be heard in the opening of the first episode as well as throughout! Click below to listen to Episode Two; Alexander Lingas comes in around 15:00 mark:
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