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The Wall Street Journal Reviews Passion Week!
The first review for the world premiere performance of Maximilian Steinberg’s Passion Week comes from The Wall Street Journal: “At St. Mary’s, the opening verses of the alleluia of ‘Passion Week,’ intoned in Church Slavonic by one of Cappella’s stentorian bass voices, seemed to portend another dose of the ensemble’s usual hieratic Byzantine and Russian
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Meet Vladimir Morosan
Meet our Passion Week, pre-concert lecturer, Vladimir Morosan courtesy of the Orthodox Arts Journal: Dr. Vladimir Morosan, Founder and President of Musica Russica, is one of the leading experts outside Russia in the fields of Russian choral music and Orthodox liturgical music. After completing his undergraduate degree in music at Occidental College, in Los Angeles,
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Women in Sacred Chant: Past and Present
In tandem with the album launch for “Hymns of Kassianí,” this panel highlighted two dimensions of women’s contributions to Christian sacred music: as composers and as performers (singers). This history has been often marginalized or even disregarded in general histories of Christianity, yet it has been – and continues to be– important to the continuing
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Musical Style and Tradition in American Orthodox Churches: Chant and Polyphony
This webinar, “Musical Style and Tradition in American Orthodox Churches,” was hosted by Fordham University’s Orthodox Christian Studies Center in a co-presentation with Cappella Romana. For centuries differences in musical style – especially the distinction between chant (unadorned melody) and polyphony (music sung in multiple parts) – have served Orthodox Christians as aural badges of
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Let My Prayer Arise! Music in the Experience of African American Orthodox Christians
With Fr. Turbo Qualls, Nun Katherine Weston (Fellowship of St. Moses the Black), and Dr. Shawn Wallace (Associate Professor of Jazz Studies at the Ohio State University and Orthodox Christian), and Dr. Peter Bouteneff, Dr. Rob Saler, and Dr. Alexander Lingas. Our panelists discuss the intersection of Orthodox liturgical music traditions and the African American
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SB at the 2012 Reading and Leeds Festivals
SB is set to perform at The 2012 Reading and Leeds Festivals. The band will hit the main stage at the Reading Festival on Friday, August 24th and the Leeds Festival on Saturday, August 25th.
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Christmas in the Summer: Preparing for Toensing’s Kontakion
In 2006 Cappella Romana was approached by the composer Richard Toensing to record a set of his Christmas carols and a new major work for double choir and soloists, The Kontakion of the Nativity of Christ, with a translation based on the English text by Fr. Ephrem Lash. Last night (24 July 2007) was the
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Review of A TIME FOR LIFE
Today’s Oregonian posted an excellent review of Cappella Romana’s program, A Time for Life. A PDF of that review can be viewed here: Review of A Time for Life, The Oregonian, November 5, 2007 Full text also here: ‘Time’ cries out for planet’s salvation Monday, November 05, 2007 DAVID STABLER The Oregonian Staff A tenor
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Cappella Romana (Arctic Light) in the Japanese Press
Cappella Romana’s Arctic Light was picked up by Jen Magazine, shown above.
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Fr. Ivan Moody concelebrates at St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church
Fr. Ivan Moody (second from the right) concelebrated the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom at St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church on Sunday morning, January 6, 2008. In addition to serving the liturgy, Fr. Ivan participated in the feast of Theophany, the Baptism of Christ in the River Jordan, which culminated in the
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Ivan Moody visits music composition class
In addition to working with the concert choir, Ivan Moody discussed composition with students from Oregon Episcopal School. The visit was hosted by Adam Steele, singer in Cappella Romana and on the music faculty at Oregon Episcopal School.
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Friday concert to sell out
The Portland concert of ARCTIC LIGHT is going to sell out, so we have opened the balcony and transept seating for overflow as required. These seats have an obstructed view. To have the best experience for Friday night’s concert, bear in mind that parking is limited around St. Mary’s Cathedral. Please come early, and use
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