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Byzantine Girls
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I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live...



SHREVEPORT, Louisiana
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Member Since1/20/2007
Band MembersPhoto Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket The Byzantine Girls, Mary and Nancy, present to you on Myspace what we sing every Sunday at our church, St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church - the ancient hymns of our faith. It has been our ministry to offer our voices for the glory of God, and we hope that these selected hymns might bring you closer to Him. We, along with several other families in the Shreveport area, founded St. Nicholas Orthodox Church so that the beautiful Greek Orthodox faith could be presented to Americans in their native language - and so we could understand our prayers as well. The hymns presented on this page are just a sampling of the vast number of hymns the Orthodox Church uses throughout the liturgical year. We are not professionally trained musicians; we sing with our hearts as much as with our mouths. We ask forgiveness for any mistakes we may have made and hope you enjoy experiencing the sound of Byzantine chant. Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting
InfluencesThe singing group, Eikona, who are three sisters...their work and angelic voices heavily influence our choices of music, and we do a lot of their settings at Pascha (Easter). We also love Anonymous 4 and their seamless harmony. MARY: "The St. Vladimir Seminary Octets have provided me with inspiration and nurtured my love of Orthodox hymnography. Also, I fell in love with the holy sounds of chanting I heard in monasteries in Greece, especially on the islands of Patmos and Aegina." NANCY: "The ethereal and spiritual sound of the chant in the Churches I visited in the Holy Land stirred my soul and initiated my desire to learn this music in the hope of serving the Lord. My husband knows all the Byzantine tones (he often chants in the shower!) and has been my greatest critic; his cousin is the psalter in their ancient Orthodox Church in Galilee." We are also members of and deeply love the St. Romanos Chorale, directed by Dr. William Attra based in Houston, Tx. It is a pan-Orthodox group of talented men and women who perform all types of Orthodox music in several languages from Arabic to Russian! Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting
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   About Byzantine Girls
Layout Provided By CodeMyLayout.com - Myspace Layouts This page was started as a way for us to share the beloved ancient hymns of the Orthodox Church with others. Although our name is "Byzantine Girls", our style could probably be called Byzantine with an American flair. While true Byzantine chanters throughout Greece and the Middle East learn their craft by studying under an accomplished psalter (or chanter) and sing from memory adding their own personal interpretation to the hymn, we use sheet music. The Antiochian Archdiocese of North America undertook and completed what they call "The Byzantine Project", which was done by a wonderful man named Basil Kazan. He essentially put volumes of Byzantine chants to Western musical notation so the art of Byzantine chanting could be carried to the new mission churches in the US, as well as established churches that wanted to rediscover that style of music. We have also done several hymns with Russian settings, meaning Western harmonies instead of the Byzantine 1-line melody and an "ison", which is a sustaining note sung to give the chanter a reference point...the ison in our chants move occasionally, which is a relatively recent development in Byzantine chant. We hope you enjoy our hymns...we are working on several other ones as well, which will be added to our page at a later date. The Byzantine Girls


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PUTOKAZI

PUTOKAZI



Nov 12 2009 4:37 AM

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Nov 12 2009 4:37 AM

Thank you for the friendship!

Hope all is wonderful and

well in your world. Please

take good care and

enjoy ...
SEDANO

SEDANO



Nov 12 2009 4:37 AM

Thanks for the add.
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Oct 12 2009 8:17 PM

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Frederic Tavernier Vellas

Frederic Tavernier Vellas



Sep 15 2009 6:18 PM

Dear friends,
Έχω uploaod τρία νέα κομμάτια του επόμενου CD μου
I've uploaod three new pieces of my next CD
J'ai téléchargé trois pièces de mon nouveau CD à paraître bientôt...
Cordialement,
Frédéric
Luna Melisande

Luna Melisande



Sep 15 2009 6:18 PM

Hello,
Many thanks for the wonderful music!

All the best!

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stig

stig



Sep 15 2009 6:18 PM




RAE AND RALPH

Rae Avolio



Sep 4 2009 9:03 PM

GODS GIFTS PUT MANS BEST DREAMS TO SHAME. THINKING OF YOU. SORRY I DON'T WRITE MORE. GOD BLESS,HUGSSS RAE AND RALPH.
Arjopa

Arjopa



Sep 4 2009 9:03 PM

Thanx a lot for your space friendship!!
Your music is really great!!

Hope you like our Khoomei Throatsinging Folk Punk,too!!

Greetings from Berlin!!

Arjopa & The Master U-like




Andjeoska Krila

Andjeoska Krila



Sep 4 2009 9:03 PM

Respect !!!

Thanx for add !!!

God bless you all !!!
StevenE's Old Time Gospel

StevenE's Old Time Gospel



Sep 4 2009 9:03 PM

So girls, what is happening.  Any new music???
RAE AND RALPH

Rae Avolio



Sep 4 2009 9:03 PM

MAY HAPPINESS TOUCH YOUR LIFE TODAY AS WARMLY AS YOU HAVE TOUCHED THE LIVES OF OTHERS!YOU SING LIKE ANGELES!HAVE A BLESSED WEEK.LOVE, RAE AND RALPH
Phillip

Phillip Hanson



Jul 30 2009 2:09 PM

Thank you for adding me to your friend list.
antonina

antonina



Jul 30 2009 2:09 PM

You voices sound soo amazing. It puts tears into my eyes. Keep up the good work.

Yours Truly,
Antonina
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Kari Hansa & Gregers Hes



Jul 30 2009 2:09 PM

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Jul 12 2009 4:38 PM

hello-ouuuu
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Jul 13 2009 8:34 PM

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StevenE's Old Time Gospel

StevenE's Old Time Gospel



Jul 16 2009 3:54 AM

hey BG's how is the summer going... am waiting for this 5 week heat wave to stop... sometime....
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searched and found



Jul 21 2009 2:17 PM

thank you so much for friendship
and welcome in my world

best wishes
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Sanctuary

Sanctuary



Jul 21 2009 10:06 PM

Hello Byzantine Girls,

thank you so much for adding Sanctuary to your friends and supporting the musicians who are working together against domestic violence.

We hope you'll find something in our music that you'll enjoy.

Joseph/Sanctuary

Sophia (The Gypsy Poet...™)

Sophia (The Gypsy Poet...™)



Jun 10 2009 11:38 PM

I love your page, your voices and your music. WOW. How much I have missed this. Thank you so much for adding my page! AGAPI SE OLLOUS!
Sophoula...
The Gypsy Poet.. :)
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Jun 17 2009 1:09 AM

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