October 23, 2020 Joensuu, Finland – The International Society for Orthodox Church Music (ISOCM) is pleased to announce its latest publication, “Prayer Music, and Joy” honoring the life and legacy of the Archpriest Sergei Glagolev, is now available: https://www.isocm.com/product-page/prayer-music-and-joy The publication includes over 50 pages of liturgical music, never before seen photos, with greetings and congratulatory remarks addressed to Father Sergei. “This collection of words, photographs, and music is testimony and homage to the inspiration that the life and work of Archpriest Sergei Glagolev have been to so many around the world,” the Protopresbyter Ivan Moody, ISOCM chairman, says i
The International Society for Orthodox Church Music (ISOCM) is pleased to announce the call for papers for the Ninth International Conference on Orthodox Church Music, with the theme “Church Music and Topography: City, Village, and Monastery,” which will be held at the University of Eastern Finland, in Joensuu, Finland, Monday, 7 June through Sunday, 13 June 2021. The organizers invite proposals for presentations dealing with different aspects of the general theme, for example: Local traditions and transmissions Spatiality in music and hymnography Topographical hymnography Centre and periphery Travel and pilgrimage Cities and the City (Constantinople) The programme also allows for free pape