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Liturgical Singing
Orthodox Hymnography
Vocal Technique / Vocal Ease
Choral Directing
Congregational Singing
Composing Arranging and Publishing
Patristics / Voices of the Saints
Children's Music and Education
Sheet Music

Resources and Reviews: Liturgical Books
Resources and Reviews: Music Publications
Resources and Reviews: Recordings

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Liturgical Singing

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Issue Page Title Author or Reviewer
Vol 1#1 1 The Ministry of Church Singers Part I Bishop BASIL (Essey)
Vol 1#2 1 The Ministry of Church Singers Part II Bishop BASIL (Essey)
Vol 1#2 1 Preparing to Sing in Church OCA Dept. Lit. Music
Vol 1#2 1 The Ministry of Church Singers Part II Bishop BASIL (Essey)
Vol 1#2 1 The Ministry of Church Singers Part II Bishop BASIL (Essey)
Vol. 2 #1 1 Introduction to the Interpretation of Liturgical Music Fr. Sergei Glagolev
Vol. 2 #2 1 The Need for Good Choirs and Good Music Archbishop DEMETRI
Vol. 3 #1 1 Liturgical Singing As Icon Mark Bailey
Vol. 3 #2 11
Welcoming the Bishop Mark Bailey
Vol. 5 #1 6 Communicating Sacred Text Anne Schoepp

Orthodox Hymnography

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Issue Page Title Author or Reviewer
Vol. 2 #2 1 To Thee Is Due A Song: Reflections on Orthodox Hymnody Fr. Jon Breck
Vol. 2 #2 5 Rediscovering Christmas Lent: Orthodox Hymns and Advent Fr. Robert Arida
Vol. 3 #1 8 The Trisagion: An Historical Perspective Michael Breck
Vol. 3 #2 1 Great Week and Pascha in the Orthodox Church Fr. Alkiviadis Calivas
Vol. 4 #1 1 At the Crossroads of Liturgy and Civilization:
Sacred Music in the Orthodox World
Nicolas Schidlovsky
Vol. 4 #2 1 Root and Branch: Byzantium and the Historical Identity
of Russian Orthodox Church Singing
Stephan Smolensky
Vol. 4 #2 7 Fountain of Immortality: Shared Melodies of the
Eucharistic Portions of the Divine Liturgy
Walter Obleschuk
Vol. 5 #1 1 Forms of Liturgical Song Part I: Dialogue, Psalmody,
and Hymnody
David Drillock
Vol. 5 #1
14 Forms of Liturgical Song Part II: The Development
of Hymnography in the Cathedral and Monastic Rites
David Drillock
Vol. 5 #2 1 The Prosomoia (Podoben) Melodies:
Forgotten Treasures of Orthodox Chant
Johann von Gardner
Vol. 5 #2 7 Special Melodies: A Living Tradition: Interview Fr. Stephan Meholick
Vol. 5 #2 17 Special Melodies in Contemporary Usage Fr. Lawrence Margitich
Vol. 5 #2 20 Commonly Sung Special Melodies: Chart Walter Obleschuk

Vocal Technique / Vocal Ease

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Issue Page Title Author or Reviewer
Vol 2 #1 1 Fundamental Concepts in Vocal Technique
And How They Apply to Orthodox Sacred Singing
Mark Bailey
Vol. 4 #2 22 Vocal Ease Posture for Singing Maintaining Pitch Blending Mark Bailey
Vol. 5 #1 12 Vocal Ease Singing without vibrato Choral Arrangement
for Rehearsals Practicing at Home
Mark Bailey
Choral Directing
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Issue Page Title Author or Reviewer
Vol. 2 #1 7 Ask the Choir Master: What to Sing during Communion
of the Clergy Responsibilities of the Choir Director
Walter Obleschuk
Vol. 3 #1 4 Building Community in the Parish Choir Alice Hughes
Vol. 4 #1 12 Church Singing and Outreach Walter Obleschuk
Congregational Singing
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Issue Page Title Author or Reviewer
Vol. 2 #1 6 The Role of Congregational Singing in Orthodox Worship Walter Obleschuk
 
Preparing Scores for Your Choir /
Music Publishing / Desktop Publishing /
Composing, Arranging, and Publishing
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Issue Page Title Author or Reviewer
Vol. 3 #2 6 Copyright Issues for the Orthodox Church Musician Part I Vladimir Morosan
Vol. 4 #1 8 Copyright Issues for the Orthodox Church Musician Part II Vladimir Morosan
Vol. 4 #2 15 Copyright Issues for the Orthodox Church Musician Part III Vladimir Morosan
Vol. 4 #2 17 17 Sample Page for Music Typesetting Hughes / Schoepp
Vol. 5 #2 12 "Pointed" Texts in Orthodox Liturgical Singing Vladimir Morosan
Vol. 5 #2 19 Rules of Thumb for Setting Special Melodies Anne Schoepp
Patristics / Voices of the Saints
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Issue Page Title Author or Reviewer
Vol. 3 #1 13 "So he who sings well" St. Athanasius
Vol. 3 #2 6 The Purpose of Church Hymns St. Theophan the Recluse
Vol. 4 #2 19 The Ministry of Hymns and Psalms: Part 1 St. Niceta of Remesiana
Vol. 5 #1 7
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Pray as is meet
The monks of Egypt
If they ask you to act as Canonarch
When God saw that many men were lazy
The Ministry of Hymns and Psalms Part 2
St. Neilos
St. John Cassian
St. Simeon the New Theologian
St. John Chrysostom
St. Niceta of Remesiana
Children's Music & Education
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Issue Page Title Author or Reviewer
Vol. 4 #1 15 The Next Generation Anne Schoepp
 
Sheet Music
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Issue Page Title Author or Reviewer
Vol. 1 #2 8 Cherubicon Fr. Sergei Glagolev
Vol. 2 #1 10 As Many As Have Been Baptized: Byzantine Tone 1 Alice Hughes
Vol. 2 #1 11 Receive the Body: Byzantine Tone 1 Anne Schoepp
Vol. 2 #2 8 Glory to God in the Highest: based on Valaam chant Walter Obleschuk
Vol. 2 #2 9 Rejoice, Virgin Theotokos: Voskresenski Monastery Walter Obleschuk
Vol. 3 #1 13 The Trisagion Mark Bailey
Vol. 3 #2 12
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Ton Dhespotin
Eis polla eti, Dhespota
Ton Dhespotin: Byzantine Tone 2
Ton Dhespotin
The Trisagion
Mark Bailey
Fr. Sergei Glagolev
Traditional
Amy Schwarze
Kevin Lawrence
Vol. 4 #1 11 Christ is Born! Fr. Sergei Glagolev
Vol. 4 #2 10
13
Let Us Who Mystically: The Cherubikon
We Praise You: from the Anaphora
Praise the Lord: Koinonikon for Sundays
Walter Obleschuk
Vol. 5 #1 9 Troparion for the Meeting of the Lord: February 2 Common Chant: Tone 1
Vol. 5 #2 13
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Proceed, O Angelic Powers: Galician Chant
Pointed text for following verses

O All-Lauded Martyrs: Byzantine Chant (Incl. p. 15)
Pointed text for following verses
Fr. Stephan Meholick


Fr. Lawrence Margitich
Resources and Reviews
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Liturgical Books
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Issue Page Title Author or Reviewer
Vol. 1#1 3 Resource Guide for the Orthodox Liturgical Musician
The Festal Menaion
Walter Obleschuk
Vol. 1 #2 5 Resource Guide for the Orthodox Liturgical Musician Russian
Church Singing, Vol. 1: Orthodox Worship and Hymnography,
by Johann von Gardner
Walter Obleschuk
Vol. 1 #2 10 Choral Performance in Pre-Revolutionary Russia by Vladimir Morosan George Vance
Vol. 2 #2 10 The Year of Grace of the Lord Walter Obleschuk
by A Monk of the Eastern Church

Poets and Hymnographers of the Church by Constance Tarasar

The Orthodox Liturgy by Hugh Wybrew
Walter Obleschuk
Vol. 2 #2 13 Psalm Verses of the Orthodox Liturgy by Michael Farrow
Kh. Joyce Black
Vol. 3 #2 16 The Lenten Triodion Mother Mary and Bp. KALLISTOS Ware Walter Obleschuk
Vol. 5 #1 22 Christ in the Psalms by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon Katherine Hyde
Music Publications
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Issue Page Title Author or Reviewer
Vol 1 #2 6 Peter Tchaikovsky Complete Sacred Choral Works Vladimir Morosan
Vol. 2 #1 13 Successful Warm-ups by Nancy Telfer Alice Hughes
Vol. 3 #2 9 Copyright: The Complete Guide for Music Educators
by Jay Althouse
Alice Hughes
Recordings
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Issue Page Title Author or Reviewer
Vol. 1 #1 6 Chants from Valaam: Brethren of Valaam Walter Obleschuk
Vol. 2 #2 10 Kiev Christmas Liturgy
Moscow Liturgic Choir, Fr. Amvrosy, conductor

Sacred Choral Music From White Russia
Confido Domino, Galina Tsmyg, conductor

Walter Obleschuk

 

Vol. 2 #2 13 Let Us Sing to the Lord I & II Orthodox Christian Chorale
of Metropolitan Detroit
Anne Schoepp
Vol. 4 #1 15 The Lord is My Shepherd
Seraphim Six Orthodox Children's Chorale

Praise the Lord Through the Church Year
Hosanna, Kh. Joanna Mack, conductor

Chants of the Russian Church
Ss. Cyril and Methodius Youth Choir

Living in an Orthodox World
Alan Shanbour

Anne Schoepp
       
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