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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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Fanfare Magazine Interviews Benedict Sheehan
Fanfare Magazine’s James A. Altena has a new must-read interview with Benedict Sheehan after the release of his Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom recording with the St. Tikhon Choir on Cappella Records: Benedict Sheehan is the artistic director of the Saint Tikhon Choir, at St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Monastery in South Canaan, PA (in the
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We care about what you think.
We are making our final plans for the 2025-26 season in Seattle and would love to hear from you about your preferences. Just take a few minutes to let us know your opinion here. We’d love your feedback. Thank you! Mark Powell, Executive Director
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We care about what you think.
We are making our final plans for the 2025-26 season and would love to hear from you about your preferences. Just take a few minutes to let us know your opinion here. We’d love your feedback. Thank you! Mark Powell, Executive Director
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In the Footsteps of St. Demetrios
World première program In the Footsteps of St. Demetrios Cappella Romana Alexander LingasFounder & Director Cappella Romana brings to life the vibrant soundscape of medieval Thessaloniki. Hear ancient hymns honoring the city’s patron: the ever-popular St. Demetrios, sung on the weekend of his annual feast day. Experience ecstatic Byzantine chants for the saint adorning the
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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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Northwest Boychoir — Choral Tradition
Choral Tradition Joseph Crnko, conductor Benjamin Kromholtz, piano Martin Rothwell, baritone Friday, March 18, 2016, 7:30pm Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Portland TICKETS https://vimeo.com/157764963 Program: George Frideric Handel: Coronation Anthem II, HWV 259 Let The Hand Be Strengthened Let Justice And Judgment Alleluia Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat mater (selected movements) Stabat mater dolorosa O quam tristis et afflicta
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Björk Guðmundsdóttir interviews Arvo Pärt
Icelandic artist Björk Guðmundsdóttir (also known simply as Björk) interviewed Arvo Pärt for a 1997 BBC documentary about musical minimalists. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BVACGWgN4U “In art, all things are possible, but not all things are necessary” –Arvo Pärt I can’t help but think about St. Paul’s encouragement to the Corinthians when it comes to why Pärt’s music
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Benedict Sheehan Brings the Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom to Life
“While listening, I closed my eyes and just let the voices of the Saint Tikhon Choir bring the liturgy alive in music. … In all honesty, the voices of the choir performing Sheehan’s setting gave me chills. This is an album I’ll be listening to often. I highly recommend this album to those who enjoy
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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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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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From The Desk of Mark Powell
Dear friend, Your very own Cappella Romana has had a very good 25th Anniversary year: three European tours (including visits to the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany), a week-long residency at Stanford University in the Bay Area with recording sessions of medieval chant from Hagia Sophia, the Arvo Pärt Festival, and the group’s most
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