SESSION I

Very Rev. John H Erickson, Peter N Gramowich Professor of Church History, St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary
Facilitator to Dr. Alexander Lingas and Dr. Achilleas Chaldaiakis Lectures

Dr. Alexander Lingas, Professor of Music History at the City University of London, England, Founder/Director of Cappella Romana
Topic: Teaching Byzantine Chant in North America: Preservation, Restoration, Acculturation or Assimilation?

Dr. Achilleas Chaldaiakis, Professor at the Department of Music Studies of the University of Athens, Greece
Topic: Greek-Speaking Instruction of Psaltic Art Past, Present and Future


SESSION II

Dr. Vicki Pappas, Chairman of National Forum of Greek Orthodox Church Musicians
Facilitator to Dr. George Stefanidakis, Nancy Takis and Fr. Seraphim Dedes. Hieromonk Lectures

Dr. George Stefanidakis, Chairman of the Standing Committee on Byzantine Music of the National Forum of Greek Orthodox Church Musicians
Topic: The Use of Computers in Teaching Byzantine Chant

Nancy Takis, a chanter, linguist, and transcriber of Byzantine music into English
Topic: How the Improper Use of English with Byzantine Chant Creates an Impediment to Learning and Understanding

Fr. Seraphim Dedes. Hieromonk, Superior of St. Gregory Palamas Monastery in Ohio
Topic: Translating, Composing and Teaching Byzantine Chant in English


SESSION III

Dr. Charles Calomiris, Henry Kaufman Professor of Financial Institutions in the Faculty of Business, Columbia University
Facilitator to Dr. Diane Touliatos and Lycourgos Angelopoulos Lectures

Dr. Diane Touliatos, University of Missouri Curators' Distinguished Professor of Musicology, Director of the Center for the Humanities.
Topic: The Teaching of Byzantine Music in Universities of the USA

Lycourgos Angelopoulos, Archon Protopsaltis of the Holy Archdiocese of Constantinople and Founder/Director of the Greek Byzantine Choir
Topic: The Systematic Teaching of Byzantine Music


SESSION IV

Dr. Areti Tsiola at Queens College, CUNY
Facilitator to Photios Ketsetzis, Dr. Nicholas Giannoukakis and Ioannis Papachristos Lectures

Photios Ketsetzis, Professor of Byzantine Ecclesiastical Music, Hellenic College/Holy Cross Greek Orthodox, School of Theology in Brookline, Massachusetts
Topic: Byzantine Ecclesiastical Music, the Musical Language of Theology in the Orthodox Divine Worship and its Teaching in Theological Schools

Dr. Nicholas Giannoukakis, Coordinator of the Byzantine Music Workshop, Director of the Byzantine Choir and Protopsaltis, Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Topic: Byzantine Music in America - Challenges, Evolution and Prospects
(Presentation read to the conference by Dr. Areti Tsiola)

Ioannis Papachristos, Prevezis 97-99, Sepolia, Athens 10443, Greece
Topic: Greek writing of psaltic art for the visually impaired
(Presentation read to the conference by Dr. Areti Tsiola)