Workshop for choir directors, singers, and readers to be held in Bethesda, MD

BETHESDA, MD [OCA Communications] — Mr. David Drillock, professor emeritus of Music at Saint Vladimir’s Seminary, Crestwood, NY, and chairperson of The Orthodox Church in America’s Department of Liturgical Music and Translations, will conduct a workshop for choir directors, singers, and readers from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. at Saint Mark Church, 7124 River Road, Bethesda, MD 20817, on Saturday, September 30, 2006.

The workshop theme is “The Choir and the Congregation.”

Mr. Drillock will explore various ways the choir and the congregation work together in Orthodox worship and provide ample opportunities forsinging by participantsto illustrate major points.

Participants are asked to register inadvance. Checks for the $20.00 registration fee, which includes workshop materials and lunch, should be made payable to the Diocese of Washington and New York and sent no later than September 20 to Drillock Workshop, c/o 38 Pearl Street, New Hyde Park, NY 11040.

For additional information, please contact Bob Barber at 301-384-5809.