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Look in on Living Memories Rehearsals
Living Memories SEATTLE Fri 14 Nov 2O25, 7:3O PMSt. James CathedralFirst Hill, Seattle PORTLAND Sat 15 Nov 2O25, 2:OO PMHoly Trinity Greek Orthodox ChurchLaurelhurst, Portland
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Ockeghem Missa Mimi
Cappella Romana will perform the Missa Mimi by Johannes Ockeghem alongside excerpts from The Divine Liturgy by Tikey Zes in this weekend’s “Echoes of the Renaissance” concerts. Here, Dr. Tikey Zes conducts the Berkeley Chamber Singers in the Ockeghem Missa Mimi in a 1964 recording, likely the first recording ever made of this remarkable work.
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Alexander Lingas Introduces the 2025–26 Season
As Founder and Musical Director of the vocal ensemble Cappella Romana, it brings me great joy to introduce It’s About Time, our 2025–2026 season of concerts in the Pacific Northwest. Traversing time and space, we perform music ranging in mood from quiet contemplation to joyful ecstasy, capped off by a return visit from our amazing friends The Tallis Scholars.
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Cappella Romana sings Царју Небесни Carju nebesni (Heavenly King) by Josif Marinković
Cappella Romana sings Царју Небесни Carju nebesni (Heavenly King) by Josif Marinković (1851-1931) during the “Sacred Songs of Serbia” concert at St. Joseph’s Parish, Seattle on October 24, 2014 under the direction of Bogdan Djaković:
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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
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Cappella Romana in New York City!
Take in the sights and sounds of Cappella Romana’s New York City tour!
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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
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Singer Spotlight: Kerry McCarthy
Our Singer Spotlight series continues with alto Kerry McCarthy! How did you first start performing with Cappella Romana? My first time singing with Cappella was in fall 1994, when I was a student at Reed College. They were doing a big concert of Tchaikovsky and Kastalsky. I loved it and I’ve been around ever since.
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Singer Spotlight: Catherine van der Salm
Our Singer Spotlight series continues with soprano Catherine van der Salm! What was your first performance with Cappella Romana? I sang my first concerts with Cappella Romana in November 2006, gorgeous Russian music under the direction of Mark Bailey. What Non-Cappella Romana Projects are you excited to share? I love to sing chamber music and new music!
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A Ukrainian Wedding (Program Notes from Nadia Tarnawsky)
The traditional Ukrainian wedding ritual lasts at least a week – sometimes longer. There are some variations from region to region and village to village, but the main outline of the ritual follows the same journey. The young couple is engaged. Various wedding items are made – the wedding bread, the wreaths for the young
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Hagia Sophia #ThrowbackThursday
As we look forward to next weekend’s exploration of the majestic ceremonies for the cathedral of Hagia Sophia in our “Fall of Constantinople” concerts, here’s a #ThrowbackThursday look to our “Icons of Sound” Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics project! [one_half] Seattle Friday, 29 August, 2014, 8:00pm St. Joseph’s Parish [/one_half][one_half_last] Portland Saturday,
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Somewhere In Between: Ivan Moody’s Greek Liturgy
For someone familiar with Greek Orthodox liturgy, today’s performance will echo the experience of actual services, with abbreviations appropriate to a concert. At the same time, those new to the form may experience the performance as though it were liturgically complete even with the adjustments made for a concert context. Cappella Romana presents here the
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