For our first self--titled album "Cherubika" the members are:
Fr. Lawrence Margitich, primary conductor, composer, arranger
Nicolas (Craig) Custer, asst. conductor, arranger
Macrina Lewis, asst. conductor, arranger
Daniel Alva, soloist, tenor
Maria Armstrong, soprano
Ellen Aylward, alto/tenor
John Burns, bass
Ruth Greenfield, soprano
Ole Kern, tenor
Julianna Kohl, soprano/alto
Lia Kohl, soprano/alto
Alexander Margitich, bass
Ann Margitich, alto
Justin Margitich, tenor
Genevieve Richardson, alto
Influenze
We are influenced by the incredibly rich traditions of Orthodox chant. One of our favorite genres is znamenny chant and we have all been inspired by the CDs put out in recent years by the Valaam Brotherhood. All the recordings from Mount Athos monasteries as well as the wonderful work done by St. Anthony's Greek Orthodox Monastery in Arizona provide further inspiration. Several other artists we enjoy are Divna, the Moscow Patriarchal Choir, the Ormylia Monastery, the nuns of St. Paisius Abbey, and many of the recordings from our fellow Orthodox parishes around the country. Non-Orthodox musicians who also illumine us with their acapella repertoire are Chanticleer, Cappella Romana, Schola Cantorum, and the Anonymous 4. Many of the recordings and scraps of written music which inspire us deeply are obscure – it can be an old recording on vinyl, or a piece heard in an all-night vigil at a monastery somewhere in Russia by one of our members. We're inspired by music of the soul all over the world.
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For listeners of World Music: you'll like us if you like Enya, Kitaro, and generally smooth "mood music".
For listeners of classical and sacred: you'll like us if you like the Tallis Scholars, Anonymous 4, Chanticleer, and Cappella Romana.
For listeners of Orthodox music: you'll like us if you like Valaam Brotherhood, Moscow Patriarchal Choir, Divna, the Greek Byzantine Choir, Boston Byzantine Choir.
Started in 2007, Cherubika is a group of Orthodox chanters who have come together from three Western states to produce a series of albums featuring certain genres of our hymnography. We value the rich variety of chant traditions in our faith and seek to give our listeners a taste of many different styles and compositions from around the world. Many of the melodies we sing are ancient, and have been preserved and well-loved for centuries.
Visoki Decani Monastery is situated in the western part of the UN administered Serbian province of Kosovo and Metohia. It was built between 1327 and 1335 by the Serbian medieval king St. Stephen of Decani and was dedicated to the Ascension of the Lord. The monastery is settled in the picturesque valley of the Bistrica river surrounded by the mountains and forests of the Prokletije mountain range It is the largest and best preserved medieval monastery in Serbia. During its turbulent history the Monastery was an important spiritual centre with developed artistic and intellectual activities. Although the monastery buildings suffered damage from the Turkish occupation, the church has been completely preserved with beautiful 14th century fresco paintings.
Hello, I hope this message finds you well. I am extending an invitation to all my MySpace friends to visit my new site at www. reverbnation. com/christoshatzis, listen to 20 new audio and video tracks of my music (also included in the attached tune widget) and add their email address to my mailing list. Members of the mailing list can also download tracks at that site. Enjoy the music.
Thank You for comment, and sorry for my bad english! I like to hear this poem about Serbia.
Little present for You. Saint Nektarios of Aegina
This is one of my last works, and this icon will stay in my home like second patron saint, "Krsna Slava", (my first, and family patron Saint is St Evangelist Luke )
Greetings from Serbia, and all best from God, to You and all Your family!
Hi Macrina, Thanks very much for your comments and buying our work. It is very much appreciated :) You have some beautiful inspiring music on your page. Keep in touch Love Dan and Deryn
Thank you for your beautiful singing and for adding me to your friends list. I have worked on a number of ocasions with Cappella Romana, the eastern medieval music group in Oregon, who have performed my Troparion of Kassiani with Patricia Rozario and my Everlasting Light in Oregon and Seattle. Do you know them? If you are interested, you can hear an excerpt of a recording by Patricia and the English Chamber Choir at my MySpace site.
Hi, Adam! Thanks for dropping by. I can send you the typeset score for this Georgian Cherubik and the one a lot of people do that's a special melody called "The True Vine". It's also known as the Wedding Hymn melody. Those are the only two I have right now. But I did get in touch with a choir director in Georgia because of this CD and he might be a source for getting some more things. I'm on the lookout for more Georgian, too. We loved recording it. Email me if you want a copy of it and I'll send you a PDF.
Hello! I've been really interested in Orthodox Georgian music for the past few years (though not enough to motivate me to find much out about it). Is there much sheet music in English that would be easily obtainable? I would like to get some guys at Saint Tikhon's to sing some of it together just for the sake of experiencing it.
