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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 Thank You Notes
Cappella Romana Executive Director Mark Powell writes his Thanksgiving Thank You Notes: Join the #GivingTuesday movement by making a gift to Cappella Romana on or before December 2nd. Giving Tuesday, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, is a global movement born in 2012 to shine a light on giving back. It’s a holiday designed to rival Black
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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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What’s On Your Analogion? Podcast
Byzantine chant has a rich book and manuscript culture going back a millennium, but English language Byzantine chant books are still a very new thing. What does it take to produce beautiful chant books in a world where electronic devices and loose leaf binders have become the norm in their absence? How do they get
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Sacred Songs of Serbia — Program Notes: Part One
Sacred Songs of Serbia Serbian Chant and Church Choral Music Serbian chant is a type of monodic music which has remained in use as part of the Church’s liturgy from the time of Cyril and Methodius (the 9th century) to our day. With the granting of the independence to the Serbian Church in 13th century
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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 to sing Divine Liturgy in San Jose
Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, San Jose, CA Sunday, September 28, 10:00am The Divine Liturgy, with music composed by Dr. Tikey Zes (as recorded by Cappella Romana) Under the direction of the composer, Dr. Tikey Zes Following the fundraising event for the PAOI in San Francisco on Saturday night, Cappella Romana will sing the Divine
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Acoustics of Hagia Sophia at the Ritz Carlton San Francisco
Cappella Romana is one of the featured artists to perform at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in San Francisco, in a gala on September 27 to raise funds for the Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute at Berkeley. The team from Stanford’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) will be providing virtual acoustics for the event,
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The Reviews are in for Odes of Repentance
We are so thankful for everyone who attended our 2023-24 Season Opening Concert, Odes of Repentance! And we can’t wait to see everyone again November 10-12, 2023 as John Michael Boyer leads Out of the Ashes of Smyrna! Coming Next – Arvo Pärt: Odes of Repentance – the album edition!
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Singer Spotlight: David Krueger
This Season, we are launching a new series spotlighting the voices of Cappella Romana to help you get to know the people behind the music. The series will allow our singers to share their history and stories of working with our ensemble as well as what they are working on outside of Cappella Romana. Our
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Explore Cappella Romana’s 2023-24 Flex-Passes
Cappella Romana is pleased to announce all-new Flex-Passes for its 32nd Annual Season in Portland and Seattle. The 2023-24 Season offers concert experiences unlike any other, and now we are making attending as easy as possible. Flex-Passes allow you to choose any concerts you like–even repeat concerts if you prefer—and receive the same benefits as
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