January 15-17, 2010
CUNY-Graduate Center Music Department
365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016

The Axion Estin Foundation, Inc. in collaboration with the CUNY-Graduate Center PhD programs in Music announces the "Mostly Orthros" Byzantine Chant & Folk Music Festival. The "Mostly Orthros" will be held at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York located at 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016-4309 on January 15-16, 2010. The events include the "Chanting Orthros Workshop" by Nancy Takis and the Axion Estin 2010 publication of the "Great Treatise on Music" by Chrysanthos from Madytos first published in Trieste in 1832, with translation and commentary by Dr. Katy Romanou (Senior Visiting Scholar of the Onassis Foundation USA, Associate Professor of Musicology, University of Athens, Greece).

The symposium will conclude with a benefit banquet to be held jointly by The Rev. Peter N. Kyriakos and the Axion Estin Foundation on Sunday January 17th, 2010, at the Newington Cropsey Foundation Museum, 25 Cropsey Lane, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, 10706.

This event's honoree will be Dr. Helen Evans, Mary & Michael Jaharis Curator for Byzantine Art of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, for her contributions to the preservation and promotion of the Byzantine Arts.

Registration is now open click here to purchase tickets online.

Registration fee: $30
(not including Sunday banquet)
checks payable to the Axion Estin Foundation
Mailing address:
the Axion Estin Foundation
c/o Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church,
10 Mill Road, New Rochelle, NY 10804
Tel. (914) 235-6100 | Fax: (914) 235-0708

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"...The new recording, Sacred Music of Byzantium, produced by the Axion Estin Foundation, offers a nearly perfect glimpse into a vast and ancient vocal art. The Greek Byzantine Choir under the direction of Lycourgos Angelopoulos displays a technical proficiency and precision that reflects their long years of dedication to the performance of this music..."

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This podcast, produced by the Orthodox Christian Network (OCN) in cooperation with the Axion Estin Foundation and Hellenic Public Radio COSMOS FM 91.5 FM in New York, will feature interviews with specialists and experts in the field of Byzantine Chant. OCN Executive Director Fr. Christopher Metropulos shares: “OCN is proud to announce a new Podcast Channel with the Axion Estin Foundation, a well-known and highly-respected group of chanters and scholars who share the ancient historical music of Orthodoxy with the world.”

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The 2009 elections to the Axion Estin Foundation Board of Trustees were held on April 13, 2009, in New Rochelle. The Board of Trustees is the ultimate governing authority of the Axion Estin Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization registered in the state of New York of the United States. Click here for more information.

Axion Estin Launches Educational Video-Podcasts

Thanks to a generous contribution by Axion Estin long-time supporters Mr. & Mrs Dimitrios C. Vissas the Axion Estin Foundation makes publicly available in video podcast form excerpts from the 2008 Axion Estin Symposium on Byzantine Music Education.
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We call on the Friends of the Axion Estin Foundation (AEF) as well as on those who appreciate Byzantine Music to support the AEF's initiatives by making a tax-deductible contribution through our secure website. >>Click here to make a contribution!

Axion Estin Foundation (AEF) joined forces with the Boston Early Music Festival (click here to visit the site) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (click here to visit the site) in order to bring The Greek Byzantine Choir directed by Lycourgos Angelopoulos to the United States.

The Greek Byzantine Choir
Directed by Lycourgos Angelopoulos

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