The Axion Estin Foundation (AEF)

Mostly Orthros Festival III, December 2nd-6th, 2011

The Axion Estin Foundation Board of Directors invites you to the Third Mostly Orthros Byzantine Chant and Greek Folk Music Festival. This year's main event will be held on Saturday, December 3rd, 2011, 7:00 pm, at the Saint-Nicholas Sarandakos Hall, 196-10 Northern Boulevard, Flushing, NY 11358. It will feature the lecture "Echoes of Constantinople: Oral and Written Tradition of the Psaltes of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople" by Dr. Alexander Konrad Khalil of the University of California, San Diego. Invited soloists from Thessaloniki, Greece, Christos Chalkias & Eleftherios Eleftheriadis will feature Byzantine Chant Performances from the tradition of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. A special appearance by the Archdiocesan Byzantine Choir, directed by Demetrios Kehagias will complement the festival. The Elias Sarkar Ensemble along with the Byzantine Children Choir of the Saint Nicholas-William Spyropoulos School will conclude the concert with their interpretation of Greek traditional songs.

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Cloisters Museum - September 2011

We invite you to join the Axion Estin Foundation at a guided tour of the Cloisters Museum and Gardens, the branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art devoted to the art and architecture of medieval Europe. The museum tour will begin at 10:30 am. It will be followed by a catered Picnic at 12 pm at the "Cloisters Lawn", inside Fort Tryon Park. The suggested donation for this event is $75 per person. Please reserve your place by phone (914) 235-6100 or via email at rsvp@axionestin.org
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CONTRIBUTIONS:

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.

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Mostly Orthros Festival II - December 2010

The Axion Estin Foundation successfully completed the Mostly Orthros Byzantine Chant & Folk Music Festival (December 3-7, 2010) in collaboration with CUNY-Graduate Center's PhD Programs in Music and the Center for Byzantine & Modern Greek Studies at Queens College, CUNY. Other significant collaborators in this festival were the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA) by supporting Dr. Peter Jeffery (click here to view lecture schedule) as Senior Visiting Scholar, the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), by supporting the Greek folk music presentation, and The Rev. Peter N. Kyriakos Endowment Fund by underwriting the expenses of the second (electronic) edition of the "Great Theory of Music."

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Mostly Orthros Festival I - January 2010

Post Event Press Release

The Mostly Orthros 2010 Byzantine Chant & Folk Music Festival was organized by the Axion Estin Foundation in collaboration with CUNY-Graduate Center's PhD Program in Ethnomusicology. Other significant collaborators in this year's festival were the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA) by supporting Dr. Katy Romanou as Senior Visiting Scholar, The Rev. Peter N. Kyriakos Endowment Fund by underwriting the expenses of the "Great Theory of Music" publication, the National Forum of Greek Orthodox Church Musicians by partially supporting the same publication, and the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), by supporting the Greek folk music presentation.

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Music Review by Stanley Takis - July 2009

"...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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New Podcast "The Chanter's Stand: Byzantine Music Today"

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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New 2009 Axion Estin Foundation Board of Trustees

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.

Educational Video-Podcasts:

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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GREEK BYZANTINE CHOIR PRESENTATION:

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.