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Alexander Lingas’s Cappella Romana Playlist: Holy Week 2
Welcome to the third in a new series of playlists from the archives of Cappella Romana, featuring hymns selected from the Byzantine services of Holy Thursday and Holy Friday. Next week I will be back with Easter music from the archives of Cappella Romana. Meanwhile, please remember that streaming services return very little to their…
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Byzantine Chant, The Received Tradition Made Its Classroom Debut
Byzantine Chant, The Received Tradition made its formal classroom debut this week! The book has served as the chief instructional text for the thirty-eight chant students of The Liturgical Arts Academy (TLAA) at the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Atlanta’s Diakonia Retreat Center in Salem, South Carolina. Over five intense days of classroom instruction and services, beginning,…
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Traveling with Alexander Lingas!
Cappella Romana artistic director Alexander Lingas has been traveling abroad. Take a look at some of the wonderful sights! Holy Sepulcher – The view from the balcony where Alexander Lingaswas singing for the service Iconostasis of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem where Alexander Lingas received gracious hospitality and helped chant hierarchical vespers of…
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Lost Treasures of Armenia
The Holy Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church continues to embody a living tradition of primarily monodic vocal music of exceptional richness and beauty. Though its hymnography is traditionally believed to have commenced with the invention of the Armenian alphabet in the fifth century, and the Hymnal as a canonical collection was definitively closed in the fourteenth…
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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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Alexander Lingas Receives New Title
Cappella Romana artistic director Alexander Lingas has received the title of Archon Mousikodidaskalos (Music Teacher) of the Great Church of Christ on behalf of His All-Holiness, Bartholomew I, Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch. Dr. Lingas said “I am humbled to receive this title from His All-Holiness, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I. I am also…
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Latin Music in Cyprus
Literary witnesses to the cultivation of music by the French kings of Cyprus are found in a variety of sources, but nearly all of the surviving music associated with the Lusignan court is contained in a single manuscript: Torino Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria J.II.9. This remarkable document was, according to Karl Kügle (2012), evidently copied between…
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After 35 years, founder Alexander Lingas retires as Music Director of celebrated vocal ensemble Cappella Romana
Founder and Music Director Alexander Lingas will move into a new role as Music Director Emeritus this spring, passing the baton to a new generation while redirecting his focus towards academic work. Dr. Lingas will conduct the final concerts of Cappella Romana’s current season on March 6 and 7, 2026, featuring Maximilian Steinberg’s extraordinary Passion…
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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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Cappella Romana is hiring!
Open Positions Office Assistant, Part-time Job Title: Office Assistant, Part-timeReports to: Executive DirectorStatus: 20 hrs/week; some up to 30 hrs/week, nonexemptCompensation: c $25/hr based on experienceLocation: In-person, Portland, Oregon (not remote). Description This regularly 20-hour-a-week part-time position will assist Cappella Romana staff with basic office tasks. These include acting as receptionist, printing and mailing tickets, shipping…
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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…
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Sacro Monteverdi: Vox Luminis
Special Guest Concert Sacro Monteverdi Vox Luminis Belgium Lionel MeunierFounder & Director The world-renowned ensemble Vox Luminis from Belgium makes its Pacific Northwest début! Their singers and period instrument ensemble perform rapturous sacred works by Claudio Monteverdi. Monteverdi’s collection Selva morale e spirituale (The Virtuous and Spiritual Forest) forms the trunk of this program. Cappella Romana’s own Mark Powell…
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