The Octoechos
In Theory and Practice
15th Annual Russian Orthodox Church Musicians' Conference October 2-6, 2002
Chicago, IL
15th Annual Russian Orthodox Church Musicians' Conference
The Conference opens on 2 October at 6 p.m. The program includes divine services, lectures, group studies and singing practice. The Conference concludes on 6 October with a hierarchal Divine Liturgy in the Cathedral of the Protection. All lectures and rehearsals will be held at nearby Sofitel Hotel.
Topics to be covered include:
"The Church Modes: Historical, Aesthetic and Cultural Perspectives" Nicolas Schidlovsky, Ph.D. (Westminister Choir College, ROCM Co-Founder, Princeton, NJ)
"The Relationship of the Octoechos to the Creative Process in Orthodox Liturgical Singing" Vladimir Morosan, Ph.D. (Musica Russica, Darien, CT)
"Current State of the Obikhod in the Moscow Tradition" Evgeny Kustovsky, Ph.D. (Founder of Conductors' School, Moscow)
"Kastalsky's Guidelines for Singing Of Stichera" Peter Jermihov, Ph.D. (VanderCook College of Music, Chicago, IL)
"Analysis and C! onducting of Obikhod " Georgii Safonov (Music Director, Danilov Monastery Choir, Moscow)
"The Automela (Samopodobny): The Development of Textual and Musical Relationships" Archbishop Alypy (Holy Virgin Protection Cathedral, Chicago, IL)
"Byzantine Hymnography in the Modal Context" Dcn. Gregory Dobrov, Ph.D. (Loyola University, Chicago, IL)
"Church Services for Various Occasions During Paschal Season" Vladimir Krassovsky (Music Director, The Joy Of All Who Sorrow Cathedral, San Francisco, CA)
"Using the Sputnik Psalomschika on the Kliros" Peter Fekula (ROCM Co-Founder, Gle! n Cove, NY)
"The Musical Inheritence of Archbishop Gabriel of Chelyabinsk" Marina Ledkovsky, Ph.D. (Columbia University, NY)
"A Field Guide to Orthodox Church Services" Dcn. Sergei Arlievsky (Spring Valley, NY)
"Vocal Technique" Rev. Andrei Papkov (Director of Summer School of Music, Holy Trinity Monastery, NY)
"Computer Music Notation for the Church Musician" Kurt Sander, Ph.D. (Indiana University Southeast, IN)
ROCM Registration
1136 Schneider
Oak Park, IL 60302
Phone: 847-583-8186
Fax: 847-983-5157
Email: rocm2002@hotbox.ru

For more information, go to:
www.roca.org/chicagoanddetroit/ROCMconf.htm