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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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Oregon ArtsWatch: “For prayer, in performance”
Thank you to Daryl Browne and ArtsWatch for the fantastic preview of our Frank La Rocca: Requiem for the Forgotten concert series (March 28-30, 2025): “Two choirs will be on “display” at Cappella Romana’s upcoming concert series on March 28 (in Seattle), and March 29 and 30 (in Portland). The first choir, The Benedict Sixteen, is
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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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Passion and Resurrection
Ivan Moody (1964–2024) Passion And Resurrection Cappella Romana+ In MediO+ 45th Parallel Universe Alexander LingasFounder & Director Cappella Romana and In Medio (John Eisemann, director) form a choir of over 40 singers to perform Ivan Moody’s powerful oratorio Passion and Resurrection. English cantillation of Holy Week’s drama mixes with soul-stirring Orthodox hymns sung in Slavonic, Greek, and English, accompanied by
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Privacy Policy
Who we are Our website address is: https://cappellaromana.org Our physical address is: 1201 SW 12TH AVE STE 415, PORTLAND, OR 97205 Our phone number is: (503) 236-8202 When visitors fill out forms on the site we collect the data shown in the form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to
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Leadership: Staff and Board
The leadership staff and board of Cappella Romana is comprised of highly talented musicians, artists, professionals, and community members. Get to know us, listen to our recordings, join us at a concert. Alexander Lingas, Music Director and Founder Alexander Lingas is Music Director of Cappella Romana, which he founded in 1991 to explore through scholarship
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Psaltikon: The Day of Resurrection
The Historical Development of Easter The celebration of Easter (i.e., Pascha) for Orthodox Christians commences on Saturday morning with a Vesperal Liturgy that comprises psalms, hymns, and Old Testament readings, followed by the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. Pascha is formally inaugurated several hours later, at midnight, in a rush of blazing candles, exuberant
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John Michael Boyer Receives The Saint Romanos the Melodist Medallion
On June 30th, 2024, at The National Forum of Greek Orthodox Church Musicians’ Church Music Ministry Reception, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America presented the Saint Romanos Medallion, the highest honor awarded to the church music ministry to Cappella Romana Associate Music Director John Michael Boyer for “his exceptional dedication to the Church and Her
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Memory Eternal: Father Ivan Moody
Cappella Romana’s March 8-10 Concert Series, In You, O Woman Full of Grace, is performed in memory of our dear friend, Archpriest Ivan Moody (11 June 1964–18 January 2024). The performance will also feature the premiere of Robert Kyr’s “Memory eternal, in remembrance of Fr. Ivan Moody”. May his memory be eternal. With faith in
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Kastalsky Requiem: Program Notes
Vasily Polikarpovich Titov (c.1650–c.1715) – Cherubic Hymn; Megalynarion Vasily Titov was one of two leading composers of Russian Baroque music, the other being Nikolai Diletsky (c. 1630–80). Titov’s life and work mark the mid-point of the process of Russia’s musical Westernization, which gained new momentum during the reign of Tsar Peter the Great (1689 –1725).
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Giving to Cappella Romana with a Donor-Advised Fund
Yes, you can give through a Donor-Advised Fund Donor-advised funds (DAFs) are an increasingly popular way to make charitable gifts. You may already have a DAF or be thinking about setting up one. It’s easy to give to Cappella Romana through your donor-advised fund. Simply log in to your DAF account online or speak with
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Out of the Ashes of Smyrna: The Jewell of Asia Minor
Since the 18th century, the city of Smyrna, on the western shores of Asia Minor, was the most important commercial port in the Eastern Mediterranean. Through the early 20th century, both raw materials for industrial textiles as well as agricultural products were exported from Smyrna to the West. The resulting economic prosperity brought diverse populations

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