From outside the doors of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral, the baritone voice of John Michael Boyer can be heard. Inside the church, Boyer is standing just to the right of the church’s icon ...

As a teenager, John Boyer landed a featured part as the song-and-dance man Billy Faraday in the movie "Mr. Holland's Opus." Boyer showed exceptional talent in music, but he also enjoyed competing in ...

NEW YORK — On the feast of the Transfiguration in 1994, then-seminarian Elias Rafaj made the journey to visit the monastic village of Ormylia in Greece, home to the largest women’s monastery in the ...

"This music aims to touch people's souls," said Thomas Anastasiou, 35, a Greek Cypriot chanter from a nearby district. "Singing with people around us is something very important for us." The UN's ...

Mt Athos is a mountain rising about 2000 metres above sea level and it's also a peninsula jutting 50 kms into the blue Aegean Sea in north-eastern Greece. But most importantly Mt Athos is a ...

Bogotá (AsiaNews/Agencies) – Byzantine chant (see video below) is an ancient tradition of liturgical music, and now one of the 42 cultural traditions and practices, 15 from Asia, added to the ...

King Charles is presented with the Jewelled Sword of Offering and his spurs as the Byzantine Chant Ensemble sings a Greek Orthodox offering. The Liturgical piece of music was requested specifically by ...

The undulating, ethereal vocalizations of a choir of men chanting melodies in Greek seem to transcend space and time, sweeping back the veil separating Heaven and Earth. It could have be ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Dr. Alexander Lingas, founder and music director of Cappella Romana, will lead the ...