The Axion Estin Foundation (AEF): Conference

SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE

SECOND AXION ESTIN SYMPOSIUM ON BYZANTINE MUSIC EDUCATION

BUILDING A BYZANTINE CHOIR

FOR ROOM SCHEDULES AND PDF OF SCHEDULE PLEASE CLICK HERE.

MONDAY JANUARY 14


10:00am	Salutations
10:30am	Lecture: Dr. Achilleas Chaldaiakis *The Choir Performance of Byzantine Music*

11:15am	General Workshop: Lycourgos Angelopoulos & Members of the Greek Byzantine Choir *Organizing a Byzantine Choir* Virtual Auditions Member Selection Voice Classification

12:15pm	Break

12:30pm	Workshop continues

1:30pm	Lunch Break [on your own]

2:20pm	Greek Byzantine Choir Recording Workshops: Grigoris Anastasiou Theoretical Approach: First Approach to Byzantine Notation Beginners Training Workshops: Dr. Achilleas Chaldaiakis *Koinonikon Petrou - Agia* Advances

3:30pm	Workshops Continue: Grigoris Anastasiou Theoretical Approach: First Approach to Byzantine Notation Beginners Training Workshops: Dr. Achilleas Chaldaiakis *Kratima from Poleleos Ioannou*a Advances

5:00pm	Break

5:30pm-7:00pm * Open to the Public	Keynote Lecture/Presentation* Michael Adamis *Within & Beyond Symbolism: An Insight and a Perspective of Musical Creation* click here for the Abstract

TUESDAY JANUARY 15


10:00am	Lecture: Dr. Achilleas Chaldaiakis *The Essentials of Byzantine Notation*
10:30am	Break

11:45am	General Workshop: Lycourgos Angelopoulos *Training A Byzantine Choir* Virtual Rehearsal Teaching and Analysis of Byzantine Score Analyze/Interpret Style

12:15pm	Break

12:30pm	Workshop Lycourgos Angelopoulos & Members of The Greek Byzantine Choir *Teaching and Analysis of Byzantine Score, Analyze/Interpret Style* Interaction with Symposium Participants Workshop Photios Ketsetzis *Example from "Arges Katavasies"* Advanced Workshop Dr. Grigoris Anastasiou *"Anoixantaria"* Advance

1:50pm	Lunch Break [on your own]

3:00pm	Greek Byzantine Choir Performance

3:15pm	Lecture Arsinoi Ioannidou *The Internal relationship between Byzantine Chant and Folk Music* Demonstration – Byzantine hymns Photios Ketsetzis Demonstration – Byzantine hymns Dr. Achilleas Chaldaiakis Facilitator: Prof Stephen Blum, Director of GC Dept. of Ethnomusicology

4:30pm	Break

5:00pm - 6:30pm	Axion Estin Foundation (AEF) Press Conference Workshop Photios Ketsetzis *Example from "Polyeleos"* Advanced Workshop Dr. Grigoris Anastasiou Introduction to the 8 mode system Beginners Training
7:00pm	Banquet Symposium Banquet at the Archdiocesan Cathedral Hall of the Holy Trinity in New York 319 East 74th Street, New York, NY 10021 Greek Byzantine Choir Performance

WEDNESDAY JANUARY 16


10:00am	Lecture: Dr. Achilleas Chaldaiakis *The Art of Conducting a Byzantine Choir*
10:30am	Break
10:45am	General Workshop: Lycourgos Angelopoulos *Directing A Byzantine Choir* Techniques and Methodology Staging a Byzantine Choir Dress Rehearsal (Performance)

12:15pm	Break

12:30pm	Workshop continues Lycourgos Angelopoulos & Members of The Greek Byzantine Choir *Directing a Byzantine Choir* Interaction with Symposium Participants Workshop Photios Ketsetzis "Thearchio Nefmati" Hymn in eight modes Workshop Dr. Grigoris Anastasiou Introduction to the 8 mode system - Part II Beginners Training

2:00pm	Lunch Break [on your own]

3:00pm	Workshops Lecture Dr. Grigoris Anastasiou The Soloist's Role in Byzantine Music * Open to the Public Workshop Photios Ketsetzis "Blessed in the Man" - excerpt (ps. 103) Workshop Dr. Grigoris Anastasiou Doxology

5:00pm	Break

5:30pm - 7:00pm	Greek Byzantine Choir Recording Workshop Photios Ketsetzis Example from "Cherubic Hymn" Advanced Workshop Dr. Achilleas Chaldaiakis Koinonikon Pertou Varys - Epefani I Charis

Note: Concert:	The Greek Byzantine Choir, Directed by Lycourgos Angelopoulos The Metropolitan Museum of Art – Temple of Dendur Sunday, January 13, 2008 at 7:00pm Admission: $50.00 (unreserved seating)

FOR ROOM SCHEDULES AND PDF OF SCHEDULE PLEASE CLICK HERE.