Ensemble for Orthodox Music Cappella Romana continues its 2010-11 series in November with four concerts of traditional Greek Orthodox Byzantine Chant: Nov. 4: Whitman College, presented by Byzantine history and musicology faculty; Nov. 5: Marvhill Museum, in Goldendale, Washington-also home of the Greek Orthodox Convent of St. John the Baptist; Nov. 6: St. Mary’s Cathedral in Portland, Oregon; and Nov. 7: St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Seattle, Washington. Cappella Romana is resident at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Portland. This program of Byzantine chant is inspired by the “Bodiless Powers,” the Angelic Hosts, whose feast is November 8. Guest Director John Michael Boyer is in his first engagement directing Cappella Romana in a main series program.

The ensemble, comprised of virtuoso psaltoi (cantors) from Atlanta, San Diego, Portland, Seattle, and the Bay Area, will also perform selections in English from Cappella Romana’s critically acclaimed recording, The Divine Liturgy in English in Byzantine Chant. Boyer studied initially under Dr. Alexander Lingas at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Portland, and is currently a seminarian at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, Mass.

Lingas, currently on the faculty of City University, London, founded the vocal ensemble in 1991. His work with Cappella Romana has won international acclaim for its expertise in music in the Orthodox tradition.

Based in the Pacific Northwest, Cappella Romana presents a regular series concerts in Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington, now also presenting guest ensembles such as the Tudor Choir. The ensemble made its European debut in March 2004 at the Byzantine Festival in London, performing to over 2,000 people in St. Paul's Cathedral. In 2005 it completed its first tour to Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Its New York debut took place in April 2004 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during the exhibit "Byzantium: Faith and Power 1261-1557." Yale University, Princeton University, the Holy Trinity Cultural Series (Indianapolis), and the Bloomington (Indiana) Early Music Festival also presented the ensemble, as well as the J. Paul Getty Museum on two occasions.

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