First Axion Estin Conference Video and Audio
The Axion Estin Foundation (AEF) emphasizes the archiving of all its work with the goal to effectively distribute it to the public. We provide below various audio and visual examples from the first Axion Estin conference. The production of these materials has taught us valuable lessons in coordinating the best video and audio capturing of similar events, and will help us better plan for the second symposium.
Please click on the picture below for an audio commentary by his
Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America
- Selected video parts of the Sunday Orthros and Divine Liturgy (January 22, 2006, Holy Trinity Church, New Rochelle, New York). Two choirs, made up by several conference participants, chanted antiphonically (i.e. alternate chanting between two choirs or psaltes located on either side of the altar). Lycourgos Angelopoulos led the right choir, and Stelios Kontakiotis of St. Sophia Cathedral in Washington, D. C. led the left choir. The left choir featured English language transcriptions by Hieromonk Fr. Seraphim Dedes of St. Gregory Palamas Monastery in Mansfield, Ohio.
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| ARCHBISHOP DEMETRIOS Audio Commentary by his Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America |
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| Please click on the photo for an excerpt of Sunday Services |
VIDEOS
Please click on the following pictures below to view excerpts from the closing panel discussion.
To download a podcast to your desktop please click here.
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| DR. VICKI PAPPAS President of the National Forum of Greek Orthodox Church Musicians |
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| DR. ALEXANDER LINGAS Professor of Music History at the City University of London, England, Founder/Firector of Cappella Romana |
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| DR. DIANE TOULIATOS of the University of Missouri-St. Louis |
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| DR. GEORGE STEFANIDAKIS Chairman of the Standing Committee on Byzantine Music of the National Forum of Greek Orthodox Church Musicians |
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| FR.SERAPHIM DEDES Hieromonk, Superior of St. Gregory Palamas Monastery in Ohio |
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| PHOTIOS KETSETZIS Professor of Byzantine Ecclesiastical Music, Hellenic College/Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, Massachusetts |
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| LYCOURGOS ANGELOPOULOS Archon Protopsaltis of the Holy Archdiocese of Constantinople and Founder/Director of the Greek Byzantine Choir |
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| DR. ACHILLEAS CHALDAIAKIS Professor at the Department of Music Studies of the University of Athens, Greece |
Please click on the photo below for an excerpt from Nancy Takis' Presentation "How the Improper Use of English with Byzantine Chant Creates an Impediment to Learning and Understanding"
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| NANCY TAKIS a chanter, linguist, and transcriber of Byzantine music into English |
Please click on the photo below for a historically-informed performance of Byzantine Music by performers such as Photios Ketsetzis, Professor of Byzantine Ecclesiastical Music, Hellenic College/Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, Massachusetts."
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| PHOTIOS KETSETZIS Photios Ketsetzis' Performance |
AUDIO
Please click on the titles to hear audio from the 2006 Conference
Commentary by Rev. Fr. Elias G. Villis
Sung verses from the prefatory psalm (103); Plagal 4th Mode (Chaldaiakis-Eleftheriadis)
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"Blessed in the Man" - Sung excerpt (ps. 103) of the first kathisma of the psalter (1-8); Plagal 4th Mode (Chaldaiakis-Eleftheriadis)
Antiphones of ascent, slow melody; in eight modes (Kontakiotis - Boyer)
Hierarchical Acclamation, slow melody; Grave mode (Lycourgos Angelopoulos)
Slow Great Doxology; Plagal 2nd Mode, Hard Chromatic - Maqam Souzenak (Ketsetzis-Chaldaiakis)
