The 2020 Symposium Schedule

(all times EDT, all sessions to be hosted in an on-line secure format.)

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Thursday, 11 June 2020

11 am

Service of Intercession - Opening of Symposium 

Welcome and Introductions

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11:45 am

Break

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12 noon - 1 pm

Workshops (2 separate web-based sessions)

• Singing in a time of pandemic

• The spiritual dimension of a church musician

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1 - 1:30 pm

Lunch break

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1:30 - 3:45 pm

Masterclasses - Part I (8 separate web-based sessions)

• Vocal Techniques

• Choral Leadership

• Introduction to Liturgical Conducting

• Advanced Liturgical Conducting

• Composing in the Orthodox Context

• Byzantine Chant for Beginners

• Advanced Byzantine Chant

• Engaging Young People with Music

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3:45 pm

Break

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4 pm

Keynote Presentation I: Music as Liturgy 

Susan Ashbrook Harvey

Professor of Religion and History at Brown University

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5 pm

Dedication of the 2020 Pan-Orthodox Music Symposium

Honoring the Archpriest Sergei A. Glagolev
Greetings from Fr Ivan Moody and Fr Sergei Glagolev

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5:15 pm

Dinner break

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6 pm

Presentation: 
Music as Liturgy in the Rite of the Great Church of Hagia Sophia
Alexander Lingas
City, University of London
Fellow of the University of Oxford's European Humanities Research Centre

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7 pm

Closing Prayers

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Friday, 12 June 2020

11 am

Opening prayers 

Music Reading Session (4 web-based sessions by voice part)

New compositions celebrating the life and music of
Archpriest Sergei Glagolev

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11:45 am

Break

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12 noon - 1 pm

Workshops (2 separate web-based sessions)

• Arranging for the voices you have

• Para-liturgical activities

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1 - 1:30 pm

Lunch break

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Presentation: An Introduction to the
“Orthodox Sacred Music Reference Library”

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1:30 - 3:45 pm

Masterclasses - Part II (8 separate web-based sessions)

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3:45 pm

Break

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4 pm

Keynote Presentation II: Liturgy as Music 

Protopresbyter Ivan Moody

Chair, International Society for Orthodox Church Music

Rector, Parish of St John the Russian, Estoril, Portugal

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5 pm

Dinner Break

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6 pm

Presentation: 
Music as Liturgy: Piano Works Inspired by Orthodox Chant
Paul Barnes

Marguerite Scribante Professor of Music, University of Nebraska

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7 pm

Closing Prayers

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Saturday, June 13, 2020

11 am

Opening prayers 

Virtual Coffee Chats 

Join global participants discussing a variety of liturgical music topics.

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Workshop 

• Training for reading and chanting skills

• Sight Singing for the Church Musician

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11:45 am

Break

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12 noon - 1 pm

Workshop 

• Liturgical Theology for Church Musicians

1 - 1:30 pm

Lunch break

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1:30 - 3:45 pm

Masterclasses - Part III (8 separate web-based sessions)

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3:45 pm

Break

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4 pm

Closing remarks

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Conclusion of the 2020 Pan-Orthodox Music Symposium.

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