The International Society for Orthodox Church Music

The Seventh International Conference on Orthodox Church Music

“Liturgy and Music”

Joensuu, Finland / 6-11 June 2017 

Conference Schedule

The Seventh International Conference on Orthodox Church Music will be held at the University of Eastern Finland, School of Theology, Agora AT100, Yliopistokatu 4, Joensuu

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Tuesday 6th June 

09.45 - Refreshments

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10:00 Opening Ceremony and Welcome Addresses

Welcome presented by:
Maria Takala-Roszczenko, Church Music, University of Eastern Finland

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Opening of the Conference:

Ivan Moody, Chairman, ISOCM

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Lea Ryynänen-Karjalainen
Chair of the Board of the University of Eastern Finland

 

Father Mikko Sidoroff,
Rector of the Orthodox Seminary, Finnish Orthodox Church

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Book Launch

Creating Liturgically: Hymnography and Music.

Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland, 3-9 June 2015

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Lunch

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12.15 - First Session

• Aaron Eldridge & Peter Drobac (USA):
  The Problem of Pastiche: Temporality and Mimesis in Orthodox Musical Practice

• Monk Damaskinos of Xenophontos (Finland):
  Descriptions of Vocal Techniques and Melody Types in the Typikon of St Sabbas

• Sister Sidonia (Freedman), (USA):
  Trochees, Textiles, and Triptychs: The Synergy of Objects and Music in Liturgy

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Coffee

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14.15 - Second Session

• Svetlana Kujumdzieva (Bulgaria):
  From Monophonic to Polyphonic Music: The Case of Bulgaria

• Bogdan Djakovic (Serbia):
  The Art of Performing: Archive Recordings as an Important Source for the History of Serbian Orthodox Choral Music in the 20th century

• Mária Prokipčáková (Slovakia):
  Prostopinije and Its Tradition in the Liturgy

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18.00 Concert: Klyuch Razumeniya

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Free evening

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Wednesday 7th June

09.30 - Third Session

• Andrew Mellas (Australia):
  The Affective Experience of Wordless Melisma

• Alexandru Ioniță (Romania):
  Kratimata – Merely Music? Theological Reflections on the Role of the Kratimata in the current Byzantine Office

• Natalia Mosyagina (Russia):
  Литургия древнерусскими распевами

 

Lunch

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13.00 - Fourth Session

• Ivan Moody (Portugal):
  Liturgy and Cubism 2: Liturgy and Liminality in the work of Alexander Raskatov

• Natalia Koliko (Germany):
  The Spiritual Universe of Alexander Knaifel’s “God”

• Nina-Maria Wanek (Austria):
  Egon Welleszʼs Cantata Mirabile Mysterium between East and West

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Coffee

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15.00 - Workshop I - Znamenny Chant (Nataliya Mosyagina)​

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17.00 Vespers (Church of St. John the Theologian)

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18.00 Event at the Orthodox Cultural Centre

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Thursday 8th June

10.00 - Fifth Session

• Jenni-Tuuli Hakkarainen (Finland):
  The Origins of the Paraliturgical Song Collection Vaeltajan lauluja

• Ardian Ahmedaja (Austria):
  Arbëresh sacred Folksongs with regard to Religious Practice and Liturgy

• Alison Ruth Kolosova (Russia):
  Vernacular Orthodox Liturgy in the Russian Missionary Context: a Case Study of the Chuvash in the late 19th and early 20th Century

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Lunch

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13.00 - Sixth Session

• Jenni-Tuuli Hakkarainen (Finland):
  The Origins of the Paraliturgical Song Collection Vaeltajan lauluja

• Ardian Ahmedaja (Austria):
  Arbëresh sacred Folksongs with regard to Religious Practice and Liturgy

• Alison Ruth Kolosova (Russia):
  Vernacular Orthodox Liturgy in the Russian Missionary Context: a Case Study of the Chuvash in the late 19th and early 20th Century

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Coffee 

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15.00 - Workshop I - Znamenny Chant (Nataliya Mosyagina)​

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16.30 Vespers (Church of St. John the Theologian)

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18.00 Reception hosted by the City of Joensuu

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Friday 9th June

07:30 Divine Liturgy (Church of St. John the Theologian)

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10.00 - Seventh Session

• Galina Alekseeva (Russia):
  The Mechanisms of Translation of Byzantine Art Values in the Spiritual Experience of Russia and Korea

• Victoria Legkikh (Austria):
  The Russian Princely Service as an Unofficial Category

• Natalia Plotnikova (Russia):
  Службы Божии Василия Титова как феномен литургической музыки эпохи русского барокко

 

Lunch

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13.00 - Eighth Session

• Riikka Patrikainen (Finland):
  Finnish Karelian Death Rites as a Pathway to the Sacred

• Girolamo Garofalo (Italy):
  A ritual translation between East and West in Piana degli Albanesi (Sicily, Italy): the Byzantine Enkòmia of the Epitàphios Thrinos (the Funeral Lamentation) from the Orthros (Matins) of the Holy and Great Saturday to the Good Friday procession

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Coffee 

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14.30 - Ninth Session

• Maria Takala-Roszczenko (Finland):
  The Cantor in the Orthodox Church of Finland in the First Half of the 20th Century

• Costin Moisil (Romania):
  Chanting in a Small Community Abroad: A Case Study

 

Coffee 

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16.00 - Workshop III – Znamenny Chant

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Saturday 10th June

09.30 - Tenth Session

• Katherine Knocke (USA):
  The Dwindling Liturgy: Sober Reflections on the Condition of Parish Choirs in the United States

• David Lucs (USA):
  Blessed are the People who Know the Festal Shout

• Yulia Artamonova (Serbia):
  Ivan von Gardner as a Researcher of Russian Church Singing

 

Lunch 

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13.00 - Eleventh Session

• Jopi Harri (Finland):
  Music for Valaam Liturgy

• Iryna Gerasimova (Russia):

• Svetlana Poliakova (Portugal):
  The Commemorations of Meatfare Saturday and Sunday in the Oldest Russian Neumatic Sticheraria

 

Coffee 

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15.00 - Fifteenth Session

1. Maria Matsushima (Japan):
   Petros Sasaki’ Message to Church Musicians in Osaka – A Short History of Japanese Orthodox choral Singing

2. Daniel Evans (India):
   The State of Church Music and its Future – an Indian Perspective

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16.30 Annual meeting of ISOCM

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18.00 Vespers

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19.00 Barbecue

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Sunday 11th June 

10.00 Divine Liturgy: Church of St Nicholas, Orthodox Parish of Joensuu

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12.00 Lunch / Coffee (Parish hall)

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Departures

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