Santa Rosa, CA site of liturgical singing seminar February 17-18, 2006
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SANTA ROSA, CA [OCA Communications] — PSALM Inc. will host a liturgical singing seminar titled “Melodies of Orthodox Worship” at Saint Seraphim Church here February 17-18, 2006.
The seminar will provide participants from all Orthodox traditions an opportunity to gather to grow musically, liturgically, and spiritually in the common ministry of liturgical singing.
The tentative seminar schedule is as follows.
Friday
8:30 Registration
9:00 Molieben for the Beginning of Instruction
9:45 Melodies of South-Western Rus’ - Stephen Reynolds
11:15 Improving Choral Intonation Through Solfiegge - Fred Squatrito
1:30 Rehearsal for Vespers - Anne Schoepp
3:00 Melodies of the Byzantine Tradition - John Michael Boyer
4:45 Improving Choral Intonation Through Solfiegge - Fred Squatrito
6:00 Great Vespers
7:45 Rehearsal for Divine Liturgy - Nicolas Custer
Saturday
8:00 Divine Liturgy
10:00 Melodies of South-Western Rus’ II: Development - Stephen Reynolds
11:45 Vocal Technique - Alice Hughes / Conducting Technique - Anne Schoepp & Fr. Lawrence Margitich Selecting Repertoire for Your Choir - Nicolas Custer
1:45 Melodies of SW Rus’ Part III - Stephen Reynolds Melodies of the Byzantine Tradition II - John Michael Boyer Musical Development in Contemporary Russia - Nicolas Custer
3:45 Rehearsal for Great Vespers: Fr. Lawrence Margitich and Alice Hughes
5:00 Great Vespers with Antiphonal Choirs
7:30 Wrap-up - Speaker Panel
Seminar speakers include the following.
1. Stephen Reynolds holds a BA from Princeton 1953, an MA from Harvard 1963, and a PhD Harvard 1966, and taught at University of Southern California and University of Oregon. He has been studying the melodies of South-Western Rus’ and their historical development since 1970. He participated in the St. Vladimir’s Symposium on Church Music in 2002 and 2004, and has served on the board of directors of Cappella Romana for four years. Currently Stephen attends St John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church near Portland, and is working on a survey of podoben melodies of East-Slavic provenance, compiling an index of automela and prosomoia, and working on projects of English-language folksong.
2. John Michael Boyer began performing with the Portland Opera Association at the age of 7. He has studied Byzantine Chant under Alexander Lingas, Lycourgos Angelopoulos, and Ioannis Arvanitis, both of Athens. John recently completed the Music Major at University of California at Berkeley and now serves as cantor and instructor of Byzantine Chant at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral in San Francisco and the Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute in Berkeley. He teaches at liturgical music seminars across the United States, performs with Capella Romana, and has coached groups such as Chanticleer in their Byzantine performances. His transcriptions and English adaptations of Byzantine Chant are performed widely.
3. Nicolas Custer, studied musicology at UC Berkeley and UCLA, and has been conducting Orthodox choirs on the West Coast and in Russia and Ukraine for 23 years. He is especially interested in the traditions of Russian monastic singing, and is currently the conductor at the Orthodox Church of the Protection of the Holy Virgin Mary/St. Seraphim of Sarov in Santa Rosa, CA.
4. Fr. Lawrence Margitich is the priest at the OCA parish of the Protection of the Virgin/St. Seraphim in Santa Rosa, California. He has Bachelor of Music from Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, in guitar performance and orchestral conducting (1980) and a Master Divinity from St. Vladimir’s Seminary (1984). He directed choirs at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Boston and in Santa Rosa. and has focused on setting special melodies and Znamenny chant in English. He currently serves as the head of the music department of the OCA Diocese of the West.
5. Alice Hughes serves on the Board of Directors for PSALM, Inc., where she also serves as Editor-in-Chief for PSALM Notes. She received her Bachelor of Music degree from the University of the Pacific in Music Education with a choral emphasis. Together with Anne Schoepp she produces and directs recordings for Seraphim Six Productions. She helped create and organize the Liturgical Singing Seminar and has been directing choral music and teaching voice since 1981. Alice teaches choral music at Pacific Collegiate High School in Santa Cruz, CA, and is currently co-director at St. Lawrence Orthodox Church in Felton, California.
6. Anne Schoepp has directed and organized the Liturgical Singing Seminar since its creation in 1994. She holds a B.A. in Music from Stanford University with an emphasis in choral music and composition. Anne serves on the Board of Directors for PSALM, Inc., has been directing choral and instrumental music since 1984, and is active composing and arranging church music. Together with Alice Hughes she produces and directs recordings for Seraphim Six Productions, teaches music at St. Lawrence Academy, and is currently co-director at St. Lawrence Orthodox Church in Felton, California.
General information on the seminar includes the following.
Location: St. Seraphim Church, 90 Mountain View Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA 95407. Church phone number: 707-584-9491.
Meals provided: Friday and Saturday - breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Accommodations: Rooms are available at the Good Nite Inn, 5040 Redwood Drive, Rohnert Park, CA, is about five minutes from the church. You must make your own hotel reservations. To receive the group rate you must make reservations using the confirmation code “11197” by February 11, 2005. A shuttle will be provided to the church. Call the Inn at 707-584-8180 or send a fax to 707-584-1725. Confirmation: “Liturgical Singing Seminar” or #29615. Rates: single occupancy $54.95, double $59.95. Cut-off date to book the room is February 5, 2006. Other accommodations are available from the Double Tree Rohnert Park or Best Western Rohnert Park.
Transportation: Arrange air travel into either San Francisco or Oakland International Airports. Airport shuttles will drop you at the Double Tree in Rohnert Park, which is approximately one mile from both the Church and the Good Nite Inn. If you will need transportation from the shuttle drop-off point to the Good Nite Inn or the Church please call the church at either 707-585-9445 or 707-584-9491. Airport Express (Santa Rosa-Petaluma-Rohnert Park) 707-837-8700 or www.airportexpressinc.com. Service from San Francisco International Airport is every hour. Service from Oakland International Airport is every two hours.
Registration fee: $90.00. Make checks payable to PSALM, Inc. Mail to PSALM, Inc., Liturgical Singing Seminar, PO Box 441, Santa Cruz, CA 96061-0441. Full payment must be received by February 10, 2005. No refunds will be made after that date.
For additional information and registration forms call or e-mail Fr. Lawrence Margitich at 707-584-9491 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), or Anne Schoepp at 831-336-3019 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
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