Chanters
The Chanters participate in all of the church services including the weekly Saturday Vespers (seasonal), Sunday Orthros and Liturgy, weekday Liturgies and the monthly Eau Claire, WI, Liturgies. The chanters also support special services of the Church such as baptism, weddings, Memorials and Trisagion services.
The Chanters make a conscious effort to strike a balance between the Greek and English languages in the service music. This balance is to preserve Christian theology, as can be most completely understood in the Greek language, and to increase congregational understanding, by using vernacular English language translations.
Special effort is exerted by the Chanters to keep to the spiritual depth and beauty of the Byzantine form of music, by using musical materials that express this 2000 year old tradition.
The future endeavors of the Chanters include the continuation of training and rehearsal to improve their skills. Also, the Chanters encourage anyone interested to contact them. Special training is available to anyone interested.
Chanting Resources
- Penticostarion
http://www.skypoint.com/~waltzmn/Lectionary.html - Paraklitiki
http://web.archive.org/web/20120217032244/http://anastasis.org.uk/oktoich.htm - Byzantine Chant Pages, Western Music
http:web.archive.org/web/20060221131420/http://chant.theologian.org:80/ - Byzantine Writer Software
http://cgi.di.uoa.gr/~gbelis/Welcome.html - Association of Constantinopolitan Friends of Music
http://www.cmkon.org/home.php?action=view1&category=/sillogos/idrisi&hr=1&language=US - St. Gregory Palamas Monastery
http://sgpm.goarch.org/Monastery/ - Music Texts
http://www.agesinitiatives.com/dcs/public/dcs/dcs.html - Live Broadcasts on Goarch
https://www.goarch.org/en/live-broadcasts - Cyberhymnal
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/j/o/john_d.htm - Composer Nikola Resanovic
http://www.nikolaresanovic.com - American Society of Byzantine Music and Hymnology - University of Pitsburg
http://www.asbmh.pitt.edu/ - Greek Sources - Various hymns and popular performers - downloads as well.
www.hymns.gr
Contact Person: Steve Arsenault (arsenault003@gmail.com)