Dec 17, 20221 minChoral Corner #7: What does the choir sing during clergy Communion, and why does it change so much?It does change every week. Clergy Communion is the only point in any Orthodox service where the choir director has a large degree of...
Dec 12, 20222 minChoral Corner #6: Why Don't All Orthodox Use a Single Tonal System?Why don't all Orthodox choirs use Byzantine chant, which is the original chant of the Church? This is a vast topic more appropriate for a...
Dec 5, 20222 minChoral Corner #5: What is a tone?Orthodox liturgical music operates in a system of eight tones; most hymn texts are designated to be sung in one of them. The eight-tone...