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ISOCM News Please send all relevant information for inclusion to the Rev. Ivan Moody at ivan.moody@joensuu.fi or Maria Takala-Roszczenko at mtakala@isocm.com. Note: The efficient functioning of this page depends entirely on information received. International Conference on Orthodox Church Music Concludes Organization brings musicians from 14 countries together for dialogue and the sharing of ideas The Third International Conference on Orthodox Church Music, hosted at the University of Joensuu, Finland by the International Society for Orthodox Church Music (ISOCM) concluded Sunday, June 14. During the conference, speakers from fourteen countries made presentations on topics related to the role of Church, State, and Nation in Liturgical Music. Click here to read more. Greetings of His Eminence, Archbishop Leo of Karelia and All Finland at the Opening Reception for the Third International Conference on Orthodox Church Music On behalf of the Orthodox Church of Finland I would like to express my gratitude for this occasion to be together with you friends from different orthodox churches. I am personally very glad that we are able to gather together for this third International Conference on Orthodox Church Music here in Joensuu. Click here to read more. Greetings of Teuvo Pohjolainen, PhD, Vice Rector of the University of Joensuu at the Opening Session for the Third International Conference on Orthodox Church Music On behalf of the University of Joensuu I have the great pleasure and honour to wish you all warmly welcome to North Karelia to the University of Joensuu and to the Third International Conference of Orthodox Church Music organized by Department of Orthodox Theology, Faculty of Theology at the University of Joensuu in co-operation with The International Society for Orthodox Church Music. Click here to read more. Greetings of Hilkka Seppala, Professor of Orthodox Church Music of the University of Joensuu at the Opening Session for the Third International Conference on Orthodox Church Music Undeniably, Orthodox Church music stands unequaled in the world. The musical principles were founded during the early days of the Christian Church, empowered by spiritual knowledge and wisdom; and prominent Byzantine theologians and Church teachers have contributed to its development and refinement. Click here to read more. International Conference on Orthodox Church to open in Joensuu, Finland, June 8 Programme to focus on the role of Church, State, and Nation in Liturgical Music After months of organizing and preparing, the board and members of the International Society for Orthodox Church Music (ISOCM) are ready to host the Third International Conference on Orthodox Church Music, beginning Monday, June 8 at the University of Joensuu, Finland. Click here to read more. ISOCM Conference Proceedings Published The proceedings from the Second International Conference on Orthodox Church Music, organized by the International Society for Orthodox Church Music (ISOCM), have been published, entitled "Composing and Chanting in the Orthodox Church." Click here to read more. ISOCM Members Invited to Attend Annual Meeting All current ISOCM members are invited to attend the 2009 Annual Meeting which will be held on Wednesday, 10 June during the Society’s 3rd international conference on Orthodox church music. The meeting will take place in the Faculty of Theology beginning at 4 p.m. Click here to read more. New website launched by ISOCM, February 2009 The International Society for Orthodox Church Music (ISOCM) recently launched an expanded version of their website at www.isocm.com. The new website will enable the Society to enhance the development of musical resources throughout the worldwide family of Orthodox Churches. Click here to read more. Back to Top Archived ISOCM News Previous news items which appeared on ISOCM.com New website launched by James Chater, November 2008 The English composer and musicologist James Chater recently launched a new website featuring his compositions, writings on music, and as James calls them, a few gratuitous comments on various political and other subjects. Click here to visit his site: www.jameschater.com New Vespers release by Roman Hurko, November 2008 Roman Hurko is pleased to announce the publication of his recent setting of Vespers (Вечірня). The fifteen-movement work is a setting, for double SATB chorus and soloist, of the complete Eastern-rite (Orthodox/Byzantine Catholic) Vespers, in the original Church Slavonic. Click here to visit Roman's site: www.romanhurko.com Scholarship for writing PhD in Germany deadline was 30 Sept 2008! Click here to read more about the program (in German). ISOCM Chair ordained to the holy priesthood, October 2007 His Eminence, Metropolitan Polykarpos ordained ISOCM Chair Ivan Moody to the priesthood in Lisbon, Portugal. Click here to read more and see photos. ISOCM 2007 Conference Musical Highlights, June 2007 The 2nd ISOCM conference, organized in Joensuu, Finland in June 2007, was a feast of singing also off the academic stage. Some of the musical highlights of the Conference were recorded by David Lucs and are now included in the library collection of ISOCM in CD form. Click here to read more. Another Book and CD Donation from Greece Protopresbyter Fr Spyridon Antoniou, an ISOCM member and speaker at the Second International Conference in Joensuu, has donated to the Society his study on Byzantine singing and a CD performed by his choir and conducted by himself. Click here to read more. ISOCM Board Meeting in Ilomantsi, Finland, July 2006 The Board of ISOCM met during Pyhän kosketus, an international church music festival in Ilomantsi, Finland. Click here to read more. Book Donation from Greece, May 2006 ISOCM has received a book donation containing studies of Byzantine music written by Fr. Nektarios Paris and Dr. Panagiotes Ch. Panagiotides. Click here to read more. Protopsaltes Nikolaos Nikolaides 1943-2006 It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Nikolaos Nikolaides, Archon Protopsaltes of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Stockholm on 25th March 2006. Eternal memory! Click here to read more. Annoucing A New International Music Conference to be held, June 2005 The music of the Orthodox Church, in all its diverse cultural manifestations, constitutes one of the riches of the artistic heritage of the world. The constantly increasing popularity and knowledge in the West of the various repertoires which make up this heritage, paralleling the increased exposure of the Orthodox Church outside its traditional territories, have generated a correspondingly greater interest both on part of performers, and of scholars in the fields of musicology and liturgiology. Click here to read more.


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