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ISOCM Conferences

The First International Conference on Orthodox Church Music

“The Traditions of Orthodox Music”
Joensuu, Finland / 13-19 June 2005


Photos Purchase the procedings from this
and previous conferences

 

13th June 2005, Monday

Arrivals, registration / Orthodox Seminary

18:00 Vespers at the Church of St John the Theologian
Torikatu 41
Rev. Father Rauno Pietarinen
Cantor: Anneli Pietarinen

19:00 Dinner at the Orthodox Seminary

14th June, Tuesday

10:00 Official opening session
Nikea Auditorium, H30, Agora Building, Faculty of Theology
Official welcoming speeches

Professor Petri Piiroinen
Introduction to the Department of Orthodox Theology

Archon Protopsaltis Nikolaos Nikolaides
Chanting of Ti hypermacho

Professor Teuvo Pohjolainen,Vice Rector, University of Joensuu
Introduction to the University of Joensuu

His Grace, Bishop Arseni of Joensuu
Introduction to the Finnish Orthodox Church

Professor Hilkka Seppälä, Professor of Orthodox Church Music
Introduction to Orthodox Church Music Education at the University of Joensuu

Lecturer Elina Laakso
Introduction to Lutheran church music education at the Sibelius-Academy, Helsinki and Kuopio, Finland

Nikolaos Nikolaides and Hilkka Seppälä
Launch of 3 CD set and Book of Byzantine educational material

Ivan Moody, Head of Organizing Committee
Introduction of all participants

12:30 Lunch at the University Restaurant “Aura”

14:00 First session: Balkan Chant I:

Alexandru-Marius Dumitrescu
Byzantine Musical Tradition in Romania as revealed in Romanian Anastasimataria (19th - 20th centuries)

Dimitar Dimitrov
Tserkovnaya muzyka Bolgarii 

16:00 Second session: Orthodox Church Music in the West
James Chater
Staying awake at the wheel: some thoughts on arranging and composing Orthodox church music

Anneli Pietarinen
Daily Vespers - A new possibility for parish life 

18:00 Vespers

19:00 Reception at the University of Joensuu,
Hosted by the Director of Administration Mr. Petri Lintunen

15th June, Wednesday

09:30 Third session: Orthodox Church Music in Finland:

Petri Nykänen
Approaching old traditions of singing in the Finnish Orthodox Church – Arrangements, Notation and Language

Wilhelmiina Virolainen
Some composers of Finnish Orthodox Music

Tarja von Creutlein
Einojuhani Rautavaara’s All-Night Vigil in memory of St. John the Baptist

12:30 Lunch at the University Restaurant “Aura” 

14:00 Fourth session: Chant in Russia I:

Jopi Harri
The “Decay” Revisited: The St Petersburg Court Chant in the context of other common chant traditions of 19th century Russia.

Svetlana Poliakova
Certain compositional characteristics in the heirmoi of the 8th Tone (based on Russian sources from the 12th -17th centuries)

16:00 Fifth Session: Balkan Chant II:

Bogdan Djakovic
Serbian Orthodox Choral Music in the First Half of the 20th Century

Danica Petrovic
Church Chant in the Serbian Orthodox Church through the Centuries

18:00 Vespers at the Church of St John the Theologian
Presided over by His Eminence, Archbishop Leo of Karelia and All Finland

19:30 Dinner

16th June, Thursday

09:30 Sixth session: Byzantine Chant:

Hilkka Seppälä
The Dust of the Ground Praises His Creator: A View of the Essence of Orthodox Church Singing

Alexander Lingas
Festal Liturgy in Late Byzantine Thessalonike: Liturgy, Music and Mystagogy

Ioannis Arvanitis
The Heirmologion by Balasios the Priest: A Middle-point between Past and Present

12:30 Lunch at the University Restaurant “Aura”

14:00 Seventh Session: Chant in Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania

Maria Takala-Roszczenko
Aspects of the Study of the Development of Orthodox Church Singing in Poland-Lithuania in the 16th17th Century

Deacon Dimitry Bolgarsky
Kievo-Pechersky raspev

16:00 Eighth Session: Free Papers:

Alexei Jaropolov
Conceptualization of the Musical Alphabet in Russian theory of the 17th century

Pekka Metso
Church music singing through the eyes of a theologian

19:00 Reception at the Regional Council of North Karelia
Torikatu 9

17th June, Friday

09:30 Ninth session: Russian Chant II

Tatiana Vladishevskaya
Osobennosti kondakarnago peniya na materiale russkikh kondakarey XI - XII vekov

Anatoly Grindenko
Vozmozhnost’ vosstanovleniya Znamennago peniya v Rossii

12:30 Lunch at the University Restaurant “Aura”

14:00 Tenth session: Establishment of the International Society of Orthodox Church Music (ISOCM).
Elections

15:00 Press conference

18:00 Vespers. Free night.

18th June, Saturday

09:00 Departure by bus to Lintula Convent

Lunch at the Restaurant “ABC” in Marjala

Visit to Lintula Convent

Departure by bus to Valamo Monastery

Guided tour of Valamo Monastery, Museum and Lay Academy by Pekka Tuovinen and Vladimir Sokratilin

18:00 Vigil at the Church of the Transfiguration, Valamo Monastery
Presided over by the Hegumen of Valamo Monastery, Rev. Archimandrite Sergei

20:30 Reception by Archimandrite Sergei 

22:00 Departure by bus to Joensuu 

19th June, Sunday

10:00 Divine Liturgy at the Church of St Nicholas, Joensuu

12:00 Lunch

Departures