Dear List: I have uploaded the revised Resurrectional apolytikia to the site. This is a major revision. Originally, these apolytikia were an exercise at a...
Dear List: This is just a reminder to snip the previous posts from the bottom of your replies. Those who receive the emails from this forum, whether separately...
Dear List: Latest on newbyz.org: 1. The troparion of the prophet Elias (Elijah.) http://newbyz.org/eliastrop.pdf 2. A short article on the use of Tone vs. Mode...
Dear Stan, Thanks for sharing with us your article "Tone vs. Mode." A few years ago I had a discussion about this with Dr. Dimitri Conomos, who as you know is...
Dear Stan et al., I had just composed a fairly lengthy reply with lots of historical background on usage, but once I pressed 'send' Yahoo's Beta RTF editor...
Dear List: This week, the Mid-Eastern Federation of Greek Orthodox Church Musicians is holding its 60th Anniversary Convention at Holy Trinity Cathedral in...
Dear List: As a result of our very successful federation convention, which included a Vespers service chanted congregationally by the participants, I have...
Dear List: Papa Ephraim has offered a couple of small corrections to the Vespers article, so if you have downloaded it already, you may want to update it at...
Dear List: I have put links to the Vespers book that we used at the MEFGOX convention last weekend. This is for anyone who attended who may want a copy, or for...
NOTE: The following post works best with a mono-spaced font, like New Courier. Dear Alex (or anyone who knows): Last week I was in a used bookstore in East...
Dear List: A very dear Internet friend of mine sent me this link and thought it might interest me: http://www.orthodox-jp.com/maria/Nikolai-JAPAN.htm It did....
Maybe this is off-topic, but it has to do with music and religion. On a whim I tried my hand at making a musical collage. I had never done this before, even...
Dear List: I thought I would share the document below. I stumbled upon this doctoral thesis of Andrew Walker White purely by accident, but it offers a...
A ministry is a service. Clery are ministers of religion. I've often heard that the church musicians are a ministry as well. Perhaps, but our service is not...
I have uploaded a version of Agni Parthene (O Virgin Pure) with both Greek and English lyrics. It includes a transliteration for Greek, as does all of the...
Dear List: The following file is an article Nancy recently wrote for the Byzantine Echo, the newsletter of our federation. I am planning to put a link to it on...
If you are just receiving emails from this list, may I remind you to go to the website, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/greekorthodoxmusic and look at some of...
Below is a link to an article written for our Church newsletter, The Epistle, Assumption Greek Orthodox Church in St. Clair Shores, Michigan. It was written by...
Well written and very convincing article Stan. Fr. Anthony is a good writer in addition to an accomplished musician. Your parish is blessed to have him! Thanks...
EXCELLENT article, Stan! Your Fr. Anthony is right on the money. Most people do not even think about these differences. Glad to see that he supports your...
Dear Apostolos: I teach hymnody to our Sunday School classes after the liturgy, and when I ask them the question, "Why does our book have Greek in addition to...
Dear Apostolos, Praying in Greek is certainly preferable if you understand that language. But if you don't, only your spirit is praying, while your mind is ...
The hymns for the Protecting Veil of the Theotokos are now available. Many thanks to Papa Ephraim for providing the English versions of the troparion and the...