rev. dr. grammenos karanos curriculum vitae education · 2018. 8. 22. · rev. dr. grammenos...

REV. DR. GRAMMENOS KARANOS 83 Sherman Road, Brookline, MA 02467

Telephone: 617-850-1236

E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

Curriculum Vitae Last updated August 22, 2018

Education

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

School of Philosophy, Department of Musical Studies

• Ph.D. in Byzantine Musicology and Psaltic Art (2011)

• Dissertation: Τὸ Καλοφωνικὸν Εἱρμολόγιον [The Kalophonic Heirmologion]

• Advisors: Gregorios Stathis, Achilleus Chaldaeakes, Demetrios Balageorgos

Boston University, Boston, MA

Graduate School of Management

• Master of Business Administration (2004)

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Harvard-Radcliffe Colleges

• Bachelor of Arts cum laude in Government (1997)

• Senior Thesis: The Concept of Moderation in the Theories of Plato and Aristotle

• Advisor: Petr Lom

Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston, Boston, MA

School of Byzantine Music

• Certificate of Byzantine Music with highest distinction (2002)

• Studied under Professor Photios Ketsetzis, Archon Protopsaltis of the Greek

Orthodox Archdiocese of America.

Teaching Experience / Appointments

Hellenic College/Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, MA

Assistant Professor of Byzantine Liturgical Music (September 2011 – present)

Mathimata, Kratimata, and Deinai Theseis

The Kalophonic Heirmologion

History of Western Music

History of Byzantine Music

Directed Study in Byzantine Music Instruction for Beginners

Directed Study in Advanced Ecclesiastical Composition in English

Service Rubrics

Byzantine Music for Clergy

Byzantine Music X – Papadike, Old Sticherarion, and Kalophonic Heirmoi

Byzantine Music IX – Papadike and Old Sticherarion

CV of Grammenos Karanos

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Byzantine Music VIII – Divine Liturgy

Byzantine Music VII – Doxastarion & Slow Heirmologion

Byzantine Music VI – Holy Week

Byzantine Music V – Prosomoia and Music for Sacraments

Byzantine Music IV – Anastasimatarion: Modes II, Pl. II & Varys

Byzantine Music III – Anastasimatarion: Modes III, IV & Pl. I

Byzantine Music II – Anastasimatarion: Modes I & Pl. IV

Byzantine Music I – Introduction to Byzantine Notation and Theory

Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston “St. John of Damascus” School of

Byzantine Music, Brookline, MA

Director & Instructor (January 2014 – present)

Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, MA

Adjunct Instructor (January 2010 – August 2011)

Advanced Byzantine Chant II – Divine Liturgy

Byzantine Music III - Anastasimatarion: Modes III, IV & Pl. I

Byzantine Music II - Anastasimatarion: Modes I & Pl. IV

Hellenic College, Brookline, MA

Adjunct Instructor (January 2007 – August 2011)

Advanced Byzantine Chant II – Divine Liturgy

Byzantine Music III - Anastasimatarion: Modes III, IV & Pl. I

Byzantine Music II - Anastasimatarion: Modes I & Pl. IV

History of Byzantine Music

History of Western Music

History of Byzantine Art, Architecture and Music (co-taught)

Saint Catherine Greek Orthodox Church, Quincy, MA

Greek school teacher (1997-1998)

Harvard-Radcliffe Colleges, Cambridge, MA

Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Classics Department, Modern Greek Studies Program

Research Assistant to Dr. Anna Stavrakopoulou (1996-1997)

• Private tutoring in Byzantine chant (2001–present)

Other Professional Experience

East Cambridge Savings Bank, Cambridge, MA

Assistant Vice President, Business Sales Development Manager (2007–2011)

The First National Bank of Ipswich, Boston and Cambridge, MA

Assistant Vice President, Branch Manager (2005-2007)

Atlantic Bank of New York, Boston, MA

Assistant Vice President, Branch Manager (2001-2005)

Assistant Branch Manager (1999-2001)

National Bank of Greece, Cambridge, MA


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Customer Service Representative / Teller (1997-1999)

Pastoral Service & Liturgical Ministry

Ordained to the Holy Diaconate, Thessaloniki, Greece, July 26, 2018

Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Chapel, Brookline, MA

Protopsaltis & Director of Holy Cross St. Romanos the Melodist Byzantine Choir

(January 2010 – present)

Saint John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church, Boston, MA

Protopsaltis (2002-2011)

Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church, Somerville, MA

Protopsaltis (1998-2002)

Performance

Participated as director, member of choir and/or soloist of Byzantine chant, Greek

folk and art songs and Classical Ottoman music in the following concerts and events:

A Byzantine Christmas by Psaltikon, Byzantine Chant and Traditional Greek

Christmas Carols, dir. Spyridon Antonopoulos, First Church of Cambridge,

Cambridge, MA, December 2017.

Christmas Concert in Honor of Hellenic College Holy Cross Donors, Archbishop

Iakovos Museum, Brookline, MA, December 2017.

Archdiocesan Byzantine Choir’s Christmas Concert in Honor of Archbishop

Demetrios Geron of America, dir. Demetrios Kehagias, Merkin Concert Hall,

New York, NY, December 2017.

Let Us Repeat the Names of God: A Performance by the Holy Cross St. Romanos the

Melodist Byzantine Choir, the Choirs of the New England Ghanian Seventh Day

Adventist Church, and a Jazz Quartet (Nedelka Prescod, Brian Levy, Mehmet Ali

Sanlıkol, Bertram Lehmann), Brown Hall, New England Conservatory, November

2017.

‘OXI Day’ Commemoration, Maliotis Cultural Center, Brookline, MA, October 2017.

Mediterranean Spaces: An Interactive Performance by Psaltikon, dir. Spyridon

Antonopoulos, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, October 2017.

The Seventy-Fifth Commencement, Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox

School of Theology, Brookline, MA, May 2017.


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Northeastern University Presents A World Music Concert: A Journey of Exploration

Into Religious Musical Practices in Islam, Christianity, and Judaism, Featuring

Dünya, dir. Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol, The Fenway Center, Boston, MA, May 2017.

“He is Risen!” Byzantine Hymns of the Resurrection and Pentecost, Archdiocesan

Byzantine Choir and Archdiocesan Women’s Byzantine Choir, Holy Cross Greek

Orthodox Church, Brooklyn, NY, May 2017.

196th Greek Independence Day Commemoration, Massachusetts State House, Boston,

MA, April 2017.

The Great Vespers Service on the Eve of the Fifth Sunday of Lent, Yale University

Institute of Sacred Music, St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church, Orange, CT, April

2017.

Greek Independence Day Celebration, Maliotis Cultural Center, Brookline, MA,

March 2017.

The Hellenic Arts Society of Worcester Presents Psaltikon, Six Days Before the

Passover: Byzantine Chant from Holy Week, dir. Spyridon Antonopoulos, St.

Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church, Worcester, MA, March 2017.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew’s 25th Anniversary Celebration, Achbishop

Iakovos Library, Brookline, MA, February 2017.

Inter-Christian Unity Prayer Service, Holy Name of Jesus Roman Catholic Church,

West Roxbury, MA, January 2017.

The Greek Institute Presents: A Byzantine Christmas by Psaltikon, Byzantine Chant

and Traditional Greek Christmas Carols, dir. Spyridon Antonopoulos, First

Church of Cambridge, Cambridge, MA, December 2016.


Christmas Carols, dir. Spyridon Antonopoulos, Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox

Cathedral, Portland, OR, December 2016.


Christmas Carols, dir. Spyridon Antonopoulos, St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox

Church, Seattle, WA, December 2016.

Christmas Concert in Honor of Hellenic College Holy Cross Donors, Archbishop

Iakovos Museum, Brookline, MA, December 2016.

A Byzantine Christmas: A Concert of Byzantine Hymns and Kalanda, Presented by

the Archdiocesan Byzantine Choir and Archdiocesan Women’s Byzantine Choir

with Multi-Instrumentalist Spyros Koliavasilis, Greek Orthodox Church of the

Holy Resurrection, Brookville, NY, December 2016.

Fourth Boston Byzantine Music Festival, Sacred Voices, Sacred Traditions, First

Church of Cambridge, Cambridge, MA, November 2016.


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Byzantine Christmas Concert, dir. Georgios Theodoridis, St. Sophia Greek Orthodox

Cathedral, Washington, DC, October 2016.

Archdiocesan Byzantine Choir Concert: Hymns of Pentecost, Featuring the St.

Kassiani Byzantine Choir of All Saints Greek Orthodox Monastery, Holy Trinity

Greek Orthodox Cathedral, New York, NY, June 2016.

The Seventy-Fourth Commencement, Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek

Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, MA, May 2016.

Six Days Before the Passover: A Concert of Byzantine Chant for the Passion Week,

Psaltikon (dir. Spyridon Antonopoulos), Brooks Concert Hall, College of the Holy

Cross, Worcester, MA, April 2016.


MA, April 2016.

The Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church Presents Its Centennial

Choir Concert, Performed by the Dormition Choir and Guests (dir. Constantine

Limberakis and Evelyn Czaja) and Holy Cross St. Romanos the Melodist

Byzantine Choir (dir. Grammenos Karanos), Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek

Orthodox Church, Somerville, MA, March 2016.

Boston Metropolis Greek Teachers’ Association Celebrates Greek Letters Day,

Maliotis Cultural Center, Brookline, MA, January 2016.

The Greek Institute Presents: A Byzantine Christmas, A Concert of Byzantine Chants

and Greek Carols, First Church of Cambridge, Cambridge, MA, December 2015.

The Archdiocesan Byzantine Choir Presents: Christmas in Byzantium with Special

Multi-Instrumentalist Spyros Koliavasilis, St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral,

Hartford, CT, December 2015.

Istanbul on the Charles: A Jordan Hall Reunion, DÜNYA Ensemble and

Collaborators, Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA, November

2015.

Third Boston Byzantine Music Festival, From Constantinople through Smyrna to

Piraeus: A Night of Byzantine Chants and Rebetika Songs, Rebetoparea (dir.

Kosmas Vrouvlianis) and Holy Cross St. Romanos the Melodist Byzantine Choir

(dir. Grammenos Karanos) with a special appearance by Gregory Maninakis, First

Church of Cambridge, Cambridge, MA, November 2015.

Third Boston Byzantine Music Festival, The Angel Cried: A Concert of Sacred Music

Inspired by Eastern Orthodoxy, Boston Choral Ensemble (dir. Andrew Shenton)

and Holy Cross St. Romanos the Melodist Byzantine Choir (dir. Grammenos

Karanos), First Church of Cambridge, Cambridge, MA, November 2015.

National Philoptochos Society Fifteenth Children’s Medical Fund Luncheon,

Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel, Boston, MA, October 2015.


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The Inauguration of the Reverend Christopher T. Metropulos, D.Min., the 21st

President of Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology,

Brookline, MA, October 2015.


BTI Choirfest, A Festival Concert of the Boston Theological Institute, Andover

Chapel, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA, October 2015.

Hellenic College Holy Cross Convocation, Maliotis Cultural Center, Brookline, MA,

September 2015.

All Creation Rejoices, The Archdiocesan Byzantine Choir Presents Hymns in Honor

of the Theotokos, Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church of the

Hamptons, Southampton, NY, June 2015.

The Seventy-Third Commencement, Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek


Hellenic College Holy Cross Presidential Scholarship Dinner, Boston Marriott

Newton Hotel, Newton, MA, May 2015.


MA, April 2015.

Third Annual BTI Choirfest, A Festival Concert of the Boston Theological Institute,

Wilson Chapel, Andover Newton Theological School, Newton, MA, April 2015.

Crossing Lines: Medieval Musical Encounters, Featuring Holy Cross St. Romanos the

Melodist Byzantine Choir, Natasha Roule, Ian Pomerantz, and Voice of the

Turtle, First Church of Cambridge, Cambridge, MA, April 2015.



Greek for Kids School Christmas Celebration, Annunciation Greek Orthodox

Cathedral Grand Hall and Cathedral Center Function Halls, Brookline, MA,

December 2014.

Second Concert of the Archdiocesan Byzantine Choir of America in Honor of His All

Holiness Bartholomew, Archbishop of New Rome Constantinople and

Ecumenical Patriarch, Hagia Irene Church, Istanbul, Turkey, November 2014.

Second Boston Byzantine Music Festival, DÜNYA Ensemble in Collaboration with

Holy Cross St. Romanos the Melodist Byzantine Choir Performs A Fasıl for a

Phanariot Beyzade, Maliotis Cultural Center, Brookline, MA, November 2014.

Second Boston Byzantine Music Festival, Petros the Peloponnesian: Portrait of a

Musical Genius, Archdiocesan Byzantine Choir of the Greek Orthodox


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Archdiocese of America, Maliotis Cultural Center, Brookline, MA, November

2014.

The Patriarch’s Notebook: Hymnographic Inspirations, Celebrating the 60th

Anniversary of the Poetic Anthology (1954-2014) of Ecumenical Patriarch

Bartholomew I and A Musical Tribute in the Chant Tradition of the Mother

Church on the 30th Anniversary of His Elevation to Protopsaltis of the Patriarchal

Church of the Erudite-Musical Archon Protopsaltis of the Great Church of Christ

Kyr Leonidas Asteris, St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Pittsburgh, PA,

November 2014.


St. Nicholas National Shrine at Ground Zero Ground Breaking Ceremony, New York,

NY, October 2014.

Embracing the Journey of Spanish Jewry: An Evening of Music, A Fusion of

Traditions, Featuring Holy Cross St. Romanos the Melodist Byzantine Choir and

the Guy Mendilow Ensemble, The Vilna Shul: Boston’s Center for Jewish

Culture, Boston, MA, September 2014.

Hellenic College Holy Cross Convocation, Maliotis Cultural Center, Brookline, MA,

September 2014.

The Archdiocesan Youth Choir and the Archdiocesan Byzantine Choir Present “Let

Us Lift Up Our Hearts,” Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, New York

City, NY, June 2014.

The Seventy-Second Commencement, Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek


Boston College Orthodox Christian Fellowship Presents the Holy Cross “Romanos

the Melodist” Byzantine Choir in “Journey to the Resurrection,” St. William

Chapel, Boston College, Boston, MA, April 2014.

193rd Greek Independence Day Commemoration, Massachusetts State House, Boston,

MA, April 2014.

Boston Byzantine Music Festival, Sounds of Constantinople, A Concert of “En

Chordais” Accompanied by the Holy Cross St. Romanos the Melodist Byzantine

Choir, Maliotis Cultural Center, Brookline, MA, February 2014.

Boston Byzantine Music Festival, Chant from the Christian East, A Concert of Lenten

Hymnology by the Archdiocesan Byzantine Choir, Maliotis Cultural Center,

Brookline, MA, February 2014.

Boston Byzantine Music Festival, Chant from the Christian East, A Lecture by Dr.

Emmanouil Giannopoulos with Musical Illustrations by the Holy Cross St.

Romanos the Melodist Byzantine Choir, Maliotis Cultural Center, Brookline, MA,

February 2014.


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Second BTI Choirfest, A Festival Concert of the Boston Theological Institute, St.

Ignatius Church, Boston College, Boston, MA, February 2014.


Maliotis Cultural Center, Brookline, MA, February 2014.



Hellenic College Holy Cross Presents: A Choral Concert, Orthodox Christmas

Around the World, A Multi-Lingual Concert Featuring Traditional Orthodox

Hymns and Carols Sung or Chanted in English, Arabic, Bulgarian, Greek,

Romanian & Slavonic, Maliotis Cultural Center, Brookline, MA, December 2013.

The Axion Estin Foundation in Association with The Ph.D. / D.M.A. Programs in

Music of the Graduate Center, City University of New York, Present “From the

Byzantine Echos to the Ottoman Makam,” Featuring Eleftherios Eleftheriadis &

Grammenos Karanos; Dünya Ensemble Consisting of Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol,

Robert Labaree and George Lernis; Children Choir of the William Spyropoulos

School, Baisley Powell Elebash Recital Hall, New York, NY, December 2013.

Blessed are the Peacemakers: Historic Concert of the Archdiocesan Byzantine Choir

of America in Honor of His All Holiness Bartholomew, Archbishop of New Rome

Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch, Hagia Irene Church, Istanbul, Turkey,

November 2013.


The Pan-Macedonian Association U.S.A. (New England District) Presents

“Πολεμούσαμε και τραγουδούσαμε,” The Music of the Balkan Wars Era,

Celebrating 100 Years Since the Liberation of the Hellenic Regions of Macedonia,

Epirus and the Northern Aegean Islands, Featuring: The Greek Music Ensemble,

Maliotis Cultural Center, Brookline, MA, October 2013.

“He is Risen!” Archdiocesan Byzantine Choir and Archdiocesan Youth Choir Honor

Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens and All Greece, Archdiocesan Cathedral of

the Holy Trinity, New York City, NY, May 2013.

The Seventy-First Commencement, Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox


Welcoming Ceremony in Honor of His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens

and All Greece, Logan Airport, Boston, MA, May 2013.

192nd Greek Independence Day Commemoration, Massachusetts State House, Boston,

MA, April 2013.

The Good Thief: Two Paths Diverged at the Wood, A Concert of Sacred Music from

the Eastern Orthodox Tradition, Performed by St. Tikhon’s Seminary Mission

Choir, Holy Trinity Seminary Choir, Eastern American Diocesan Youth Choir &


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Holy Cross Byzantine Choir, Maliotis Cultural Center, Brookline, MA, February

2013.

BTI Choirfest, A Festival Concert of the Boston Theological Institute, Marsh Chapel,

Boston University, Boston, MA, February 2013.



Glory in the Highest: A Concert to Benefit the 8th Century Church of the Archangels

in Ancient Proussa, Performed by the Archdiocesan Byzantine and Youth Choirs,

Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York City, NY, December 2012.



Byzantine Studies Association of North America’s 38th Annual Byzantine Studies

Conference, Concert of Byzantine Music, The Holy Cross St. Romanos the

Melodist Byzantine Choir with Guest Choir Conductor: Master Cantor Photios

Ketsetzis, Holy Cross Chapel, Brookline, MA, November 2012.


Open House Reception for the Name Day of His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of

America, Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, New York City, NY,

October 2012.

Boston Theological Institute Annual Dinner and Lecture, Acknowledging the 75th

Anniversary of Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Annunciation

Cathedral Center, Brookline, MA, September 2012.

Concert of Syro-Byzantine Liturgical Music by the Choir of St. Romanos the

Melodist of the Archdiocese of Beirut, Special Guest: Romanos the Melodist

Byzantine Choir of Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, St. George

Orthodox Cathedral, Worcester, MA, September 2012.

The Archdiocesan School of Byzantine Music Presents “We Have Seen the Light:” A

Concert Featuring a Selection of Byzantine Hymns and Greek Folk Songs,

Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, New York City, NY, June 2012.

The Seventieth Commencement, Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox



MA, April 2012.

The Patriarch Athenagoras Lecture: “The Ecumenical Patriarchate and the

Significance of Dialogue” by Metropolitan Emmanuel of France, Maliotis

Cultural Center, Brookline, MA, March 2012.


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Triumph of Orthodoxy: A Concert of Sacred Music from Ancient Traditions, St. Sava

Serbian Orthodox Church, Cambridge, MA, March 2012.



The Greek Institute Presents for Its Second Year: A Byzantine Christmas Celebration,

First Church of Cambridge, Cambridge, MA, December 2011.

Archdiocesan Byzantine Choir, Asma Kainon – A New Song: Chant of the Greek

Orthodox Church, Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York City, NY,

December 2011.

Archdiocesan Byzantine Choir’s Concert for the Feast of Saint Demetrios and in

Tribute to His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America, Archdiocesan

Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, New York City, NY, October 2011.

Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology 75th Anniversary Inaugural Dinner

Cruise, Boston, MA, October 2011.

The Sixty-Ninth Commencement, Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox


Presentation of the Olive Wreaths to the Boston Athletic Association for the

Crowning of the Winners of the 115th Boston Marathon, Consulate General of

Greece, Boston, MA, April 2011.


MA, April 2011.

A Panel Discussion on ‘The Theological School of Halki; Past, Present & Future,’

New England Cathedral Center, Brookline, MA, April 2011.

Greek for Kids School Greek Independence Day Celebration, Maliotis Cultural

Center, Brookline, MA, March 2011.

A Byzantine Christmas Celebration: A Concert of Byzantine Chants and Greek

Carols, First Church of Cambridge, Cambridge, MA, December 2010.

The Sixty-Eighth Commencement, Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox



MA, April 2010.

Greek for Kids School 5th Anniversary, Maliotis Cultural Center, Brookline, MA,

March 2010.

Greek for Kids School Christmas Celebration, Russian School of Mathematics,

Newton, MA, December 2009.


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The Dünya Ensemble Presents a Sacred Music Celebration: Greek Orthodoxy and

Turkish Sufism, Featuring Photis Ketsetzis, Şenol Filiz and Birol Yayla, Paine

Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, September 2009.

Nektarios Antoniou and Schola Cantorum Perform Byzantine Chant, Buckley Recital

Hall, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, February 2009.

Greek for Kids School Christmas Celebration, Russian School of Mathematics,

Newton, MA, December 2008.

The St. Mark of Ephesus Byzantine Choir, in Collaboration with The Schola

Cantorum of Holy Cross, Presents ‘Under Thy Protection,’ Rackham Auditorium,

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, October 2006.

The St. Mark of Ephesus Byzantine Choir, in Collaboration with The Schola

Cantorum of Holy Cross, Presents ‘Under Thy Protection,’ Manning Hall, Brown

University, Providence, RI, October 2006.

Three Tongues of the Muse: A Poetic Banquet of French, Greek, and Persian Poetry

and Ethnic Cuisine, MIT Stratton Student Center, Cambridge, MA, April 2006.

First Axion Estin Conference on Byzantine Music, Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox

Church, New Rochelle, NY, January 2006.


‘Greek Letters Day’ Celebration, Maliotis Cultural Center, Brookline, MA, January

2004.

Alexandros Papadiamantis: An Evening of Literature and Music, Featuring Cantors

Nektarios Antoniou and Menios Karanos, St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox

Church, Boston, MA, May 2002.

Greek and Middle Eastern Benefit Concert for the World Trade Center Relief Fund,

Maliotis Cultural Center, Brookline, MA, October 2001.

A Presentation on Panagia of Tinos, Featuring Cantors Nektarios Antoniou and

Menios Karanos, St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church, Boston, MA,

March 2001.

Christmas Concert, Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church,

Somerville, MA, December 2000.

A Festival of Greek Music and Dance, Maliotis Cultural Center, Brookline, MA,

March 2000.

Christmas Concert, Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church,

Somerville, MA, December 1999.


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Publications

Τὸ Καλοφωνικὸν Εἱρμολόγιον [The Kalophonic Heirmologion], Ph.D. dissertation [in

Greek] (forthcoming).

“The Virgin Mary’s Lullabies: Verbal and Musical Meaning in Byzantine Chant”

(forthcoming).

“The Role of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in the Preservation and Development of

Ecclesiastical Music After 1453,” Festschrift in Honor of Archbishop Demetrios

Geron of America, Holy Cross Press, Brookline, MA (forthcoming).

Foreword to Nicholas Roumas, The Musical Ark: An Ark of Hymnody of the Eastern

Orthodox Church, Archdiocesan School of Byzantine Music, New York 2017, pp.

iii-vii.

“Τὸ μάθημα ‘Ὁ ἄγγελος ἐβόα’, ἦχος α΄, μέλος Μπαλασίου ἱερέως” in Μαθηματάριον,

Ἑρμηνευτικὴ καὶ Μουσικολογικὴ Σπουδή, ἐπιμ. Κωνσταντῖνος, Ἱερὰ Μονὴ

Παρακλήτου, Athens 2017, pp. 323-332.

“Τὸ μάθημα ‘Δέσποινα, πρόσδεξαι’, ἦχος δ΄, μέλος Δανιὴλ πρωτοψάλτου” in

Μαθηματάριον, Ἑρμηνευτικὴ καὶ Μουσικολογικὴ Σπουδή, ἐπιμ. Κωνσταντῖνος

Σκαρμοῦτσος, Ἱερὰ Μονὴ Παρακλήτου, Athens 2017, pp. 388-399.

“Orthodox Music: Byzantine Chant,” blog entry on the Orthodox Christian

Fellowship website (http://www.ocf.net/orthodox-music-byzantine-chant/),

January 2016.

“Byzantine Chant: The Oral Tradition,” article on the Hellenic Foundation for Culture

website (http://hfc-worldwide.org/blog/2014/11/15/byzantine-chant/), September

2015.

“Poetic and Musical Imagery in Kalophonic Heirmoi to the Theotokos,” in Church

Music and Icons: Windows to Heaven, Proceedings of the Fifth International

Conference on Orthodox Church Music, International Society for Orthodox

Church Music, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland, 3-9 June 2013,

pp. 429-440.

Foreword to 3rd Edition of Katy Romanou’s English Translation of Chrysanthos of

Madytos’ Great Theory of Music, Axion Estin Foundation, New York, December

2014.

“The Psaltic Art as ‘Ψυχαγωγός’” – “Η Ψαλτική Τέχνη ως ‘Ψυχαγωγός,’” Dormition

of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church, May-June 2014 Publication,

Somerville, MA, pp. 6-9.

“The Kalophonic Heirmos (16th–21st Centuries): A Musical Genre’s Transformation,”

in Hellenic Open University. Scientific Review of Post-Graduate Program

‘Studies in Orthodox Theology,’ Vol. 3, Hellenic Open University Editions, Patra

2012, pp. 181-198.


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“Εξαποστειλάριο,” encyclopedia entry for Μεγάλη Ορθόδοξη Χριστιανική

Εγκυκλοπαίδεια, Vol. 7, Strategic Publishing, Athens 2012, pp. 174-177.

“Continuity in Byzantine Music,” in Together Again, The Magazine of the Hellenic

College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology Alumni Association,

Boston 2012, pp. 24-26.

“Macarie the Hieromonk’s Cultivation of the Kalophonic Heirmos in Romania,” in

Hellenic Open University. Scientific Review of Post-Graduate Program ‘Studies

in Orthodox Theology,’ Vol. 2 Fetschrift Honoring Metropolitan John Zizioulas

of Pergamon, Hellenic Open University Editions, Patra 2011, pp. 219-245.

“A Brief Overview of the Psaltic Art,” Introduction to Garinis, Aristidis, and

Kehagias, Demetrios, Byzantine Music Theory and Practice, Greek Orthodox

Archdiocese of America, New York 2011, pp. iii-xi.

“The Music of the Greek Orthodox Church” – “Η Μουσική της Ελληνικής

Ορθοδόξου Εκκλησίας,” St. John the Baptist Hellenic Orthodox Church 80th

Anniversary 1925-2005 Commemorative Album, Boston 2006, pp. 40-47.

Guest Lectures / Presentations

“An Introduction to the History and Morphology of the Kalophonic Heirmologion,”

Department of Music Studies, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki,

Greece, June 2018.

“Byzantine Music: A General Overview and Its Microtonal Intervals.” Presented at

Dr. Julia Werntz’s course in Microtonal Composition and Performance, New

England Conservatory, Boston, MA, October 2016.

“Vasilis Tsitsanis. His Music, His Life.” Symposium organized by the Greek Music

Ensemble, presented along with Panos Liaropoulos and Spyridon Antonopoulos,

Consulate General of Greece in Boston, Boston, October 2016.

“Byzantine Music.” All-day seminar at Church Music Institute of the Eastern

Federation of Greek Orthodox Church Musicians, St. Luke Greek Orthodox

Church, Broomall, PA, April 2016.

“Greek Cantors and Turkish Songs in 19th Century Constantinople/Istanbul.”

Lecture-demonstration presented along with Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol, hosted by

NEC’s Intercultural Institute as part of the mini-series “Old Rome and Its

Suburbs: Sacred Musics of the Mediterranean,” moderated by Spyridon

Antonopoulos, New England Conservatory, Boston, March 2016.

“Introduction to Byzantine Notation: How it Differs from Western Staff Notation and

How It works.” Metropolis of Boston Clergy Laity Assembly, St. Demetrios

Greek Orthodox Church, Weston, MA, October 2015.


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“Living the Liturgy Through Sacred Hymnody.” Part of “Living the Liturgy” series

of Lenten presentations, St. Philip Greek Orthodox Church, Nashua, NH, March

2015.

“Chrysanthos of Madytos’ Great Theory of Music: ‘Adorning Cities with Melodious

Song for a Long Time.’” 2014 Mostly Orthros Festival: Axion Estin International

Musicological Conference, James Chapel of the Union Theological Seminary,

New York, NY, December 2014.

“Why Do We Have Modes and Why Do Hymns Change At Certain Times During the

Liturgical Year?” Twelfth Annual Church Music Institute for All Choir Members,

Priests, Directors, Youth Directors, Organists and Psaltai, organized by the

Metropolis of Boston Federation of Greek Orthodox Church Musicians, Greek

Orthodox Metropolis of Boston Center, Brookline, MA, September 2014.

“The Psaltic Art as ‘Ψυχαγωγός.’” Presented at Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek

Orthodox Church, Somerville, MA, March 2014.

“What is the Psaltic Art? History, Notation, Worship, Liturgical Books.” Workshop-

presentation at Metropolis of Boston Federation of Greek Orthodox Church

Musicians Annual Conference, Taxiarchae Greek Orthodox Church, Watertown,

MA, November 2013.

“Redemptive Suffering: Good Friday Hymnology.” Seminar presented at Holy Cross

75th Anniversary Jubilee, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology,

Brookline, MA, September 2013.

“Liturgical Cycles and Liturgical Books of the Orthodox Church.” Presented at 2013

CrossRoad Summer Institute, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology,

Brookline, MA, June 2013.

“An Introduction to the Byzantine Psaltic Art.” Lecture-demonstration with

performance by the Holy Cross St. Romanos the Melodist Byzantine Choir, New

England Conservatory, Boston, MA, April 2013.

“The History of Byzantine Music.” Presented at Eleventh Annual Church Music

Institute for All Choir Members, Priests, Directors, Youth Directors, Organists

and Psaltai, organized by the Metropolis of Boston Federation of Greek Orthodox

Church Musicians, Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston Center, Brookline, MA,

March 2013.

“Post-Byzantine Ecclesiastical Music as Fashioned and Developed at the Ecumenical

Patriarchate.” Presented at Dr. Timothy Patitsas’ course in The Ecumenical

Patriarchate, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, MA,

March 2013.

“The Kalophonic Heirmos: A Post-Byzantine Para-liturgical Musical Genre.”

Presented to Hellenic College faculty, Hellenic College, Brookline, November

2012.


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“An Introduction to Ancient Greek Music.” Presented at The Park School, Brookline,

MA, February 2012.

“Sacred Music Traditions from the Eastern Mediterranean.” Lecture-demonstration

presented along with Gabriel Aydın, hosted by DÜNYA and NEC’s Intercultural

Institute, moderated by Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol, New England Conservatory,

Boston, November 2011.

“Sacred Music Traditions from the Eastern Mediterranean.” Lecture-demonstration

presented along with Gabriel Aydın, hosted by DÜNYA and Holy Cross Greek

Orthodox School of Theology, moderated by Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol, Maliotis

Cultural Center, Brookline, November 2011.

“Byzantine Music: A General Overview and Its Microtonal Intervals.” Presented at

Dr. Julia Werntz’s course in Microtonal Composition and Performance, New

England Conservatory, Boston, MA, November 2007.

“Alexandros Papadiamantis and the Art of Chanting.” Presented at St. John the

Baptist Greek Orthodox Church, Boston, MA. May 2002.

“Peter the Peloponnesian, Lampadarios of the Great Church of Christ.” Presented at

monthly lecture series hosted by the Greek Music Society of Boston, Maliotis

Cultural Center, Brookline, MA, April 2001.

Participation in Audio/Video Recordings & Podcasts

“The First Mode of the Psaltic Art.” Podcast for the Mary Jaharis Center for

Byzantine Art and Culture (forthcoming).

“Why Do We Sing in Church? (with Dr. Grammenos Karanos),” Episode # 123 of

“Be the Bee” video podcast of the Youth and Young Adult Ministries of the Greek

Orthodox Archdiocese of America (www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_ZBVx71VCs

&list=PLbyQMR-_r8bJTrcWpWxSUPdJHdZJsq_zG&t=4s&index=123), April

2017.

“The New Method of Analytical Notation.” Podcast for the Mary Jaharis Center for

Byzantine Art and Culture (www.maryjahariscenter.org/podcasts/the-new-

method-of-notation), (November 2016).

“An Introduction to Byzantine Chant.” Podcast for the Mary Jaharis Center for

Byzantine Art and Culture (www.maryjahariscenter.org/podcasts/an-introduction-

to-byzantine-chant), September 2016.

“Christ is Born, Glorify Him!,” Holy Cross St. Romanos the Melodist Byzantine

Choir, dir. Grammenos Karanos (CD), Boston 2015.

“Πολεμούσαμε και Τραγουδούσαμε: The Pan-Macedonian Association USA (New

England District) Presents the Music of the Balkan Wars Era (Τραγούδια

Ιστορικής Μνήμης των Βαλκανικών Πολέμων), Recorded from a Live


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Performance at the Maliotis Cultural Center in Boston, MA, on Oct. 12, 2013,

Featuring the Greek Music Ensemble, Boston 2013.

“All Creation Trembled: Orthodox Hymns of the Passion Service,” Holy Cross St.

Romanos the Melodist Byzantine Choir, dir. Grammenos Karanos (CD), Boston

2013.

BTI Choirfest, A Festival Concert of the Boston Theological Institute, February 3,

2013, Recorded Live at Boston University Marsh Chapel, Boston 2013.

“Μέγαν εὕρατο,” Archdiocesan Byzantine Choir: Great Vespers of Saint Demetrios,

dir. Demetrios Kehagias, New York 2011.

DÜNYA’s A Sacred Music Celebration: Greek Orthodoxy and Turkish Sufism (CD),

Boston 2011.

First (2006) Axion Estin Conference (DVD/CD), New York 2006.

Conferences

A Symposium on Morality and Musical Practice in the Abrahamic Traditions: A

Multi-Disciplinary Conversation of Performance and Scholarship, Intercultural

Institute, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA, November 2017. Presented

paper entitled “The Virgin Mary’s Lullabies: Verbal and Musical Meaning in

Byzantine Chant.”

Chanting the Word of God: Cantillation in the World’s Religious Traditions,

Musicological Symposium, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, May

2017.Presented paper entitled “Delivery of Biblical Texts in the Greek Orthodox

Church.”

The Seamless Garment: Towards a Unified Model of Ministry, Orthodox Youth and

Camp Workers Conference, Austin, TX, January 2017. Presented paper entitled

“Singing Together: Towards Unity in Worship.”

2014 Mostly Orthros Festival: Axion Estin International Musicological Conference,

James Chapel of the Union Theological Seminary, New York, NY, December

2014. Presented paper entitled “Chrysanthos of Madytos’ Great Theory of Music:

‘Adorning Cities with Melodious Song for a Long Time’.”

The Fifth International Conference on Orthodox Church Music, “Church Music and

Icons: Windows to Heaven,” Organized by the International Society for Orthodox

Church Music, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland, June 2013. Paper

entitled “Poetic and Musical Imagery in Kalophonic Heirmoi to the Theotokos”

read in absentia.


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Orthodox Liturgy: Lessons from the Past, Contemporary Trends, and Opportunities,

International Conference on Liturgical Renewal, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox

School of Theology, Brookline, MA, March 2013. Served as Session Chair.

2012 Mostly Orthros Festival: Axion Estin International Musicological Conference,

James Chapel of the Union Theological Seminary, New York, NY, December

2012. Presented paper entitled “The Kalophonic Heirmos (16th-21st Centuries): A

Musical Genre’s Transformation.”

First Axion Estin Conference: Identifying Byzantine Music Teaching Methodologies

Most Appropriate for America, Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, New

Rochelle, NY, January 2006.

Academic Supervision Activity

Sarah Jenks, Th.M. thesis titled “Chanting the Word: Biblical Exegesis in the Festal

Kanons of St. John of Damascus” (advisors: Dr. Bruce Beck & Dr. Grammenos

Karanos), Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Spring 2016.

Peter Michael Elgohary, M.A. thesis titled “The Development of Liturgy and Music

in the Eastern Orthodox Church of the First Millennium and Its Impact on the

Present Form of the Liturgy in the Greek Orthodox Church in America” (advisors:

Dr. Grammenos Karanos & Rev. Dr. Joseph Allen), Antiochian House of Studies

(Balamand University), Fall 2015.

Nikolia Hasiakos, M.Ed. thesis titled “It is Good to Give Praise unto the Lord: The

Teaching Aspects of Hymnography in the Eastern Orthodox Church” (advisors:

Dr. Thomas Groome & Dr. Grammenos Karanos), Boston College, Spring 2015.

Program and Liner Notes

Archdiocesan Byzantine Choir’s Christmas Concert in Honor of Archbishop

Demetrios Geron of America, Merkin Concert Hall, New York, NY, December

2017 (program notes).

“He is Risen!” Byzantine Hymns of the Resurrection and Pentecost, Archdiocesan

Byzantine Choir and Archdiocesan Women’s Byzantine Choir, Holy Cross Greek

Orthodox Church, Brooklyn, NY, May 2017 (program notes).

A Byzantine Christmas: A Concert of Byzantine Hymns and Kalanda, Presented by

the Archdiocesan Byzantine Choir and Archdiocesan Women’s Byzantine Choir

with Multi-Instrumentalist Spyros Koliavasilis, Greek Orthodox Church of the

Holy Resurrection, Brookville, NY, December 2016 (program notes).

Fourth Boston Byzantine Music Festival, First Church of Cambridge, Cambridge,

MA, November 11, 2016 (introduction and program notes).


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Byzantine Music Concert Presented by the Choir of Cantors of the Holy Royal and

Stavrogepic Monastery of Kykkos, Ioannis Koukouzelis Byzantine Choir of the

Church of Albania, Tronos Byzantine Choir of the Patriarchate of Romania, and

Viglatores, Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church, Firka Fortress,

Chania, Greece, June 2016 (program notes).

The Archdiocesan Byzantine Choir Presents: Christmas in Byzantium with Special

Multi-Instrumentalist Spyros Koliavasilis, St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral,

Hartford, CT, December 2015 (program notes).

Third Boston Byzantine Music Festival, First Church of Cambridge, Cambridge, MA,

November 13-14, 2015 (introduction and program notes).

Archdiocesan Byzantine Choir Concert: Hymns of Pentecost, Featuring the St.

Kassiani Byzantine Choir of All Saints Greek Orthodox Monastery, Holy Trinity

Greek Orthodox Cathedral, New York, NY, June 2016 (program notes).

All Creation Rejoices, The Archdiocesan Byzantine Choir Presents Hymns in Honor

of the Theotokos, Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church of the

Hamptons, Southampton, NY, June 2015 (program notes).

Second Concert of the Archdiocesan Byzantine Choir of America in Honor of His All

Holiness Bartholomew, Archbishop of New Rome Constantinople and

Ecumenical Patriarch, Hagia Irene Church, Istanbul, Turkey, November 2014

(program notes).

Second Boston Byzantine Music Festival, Maliotis Cultural Center, Brookline, MA,

November 14-15, 2014 (introduction and program notes).

Embracing the Journey of Spanish Jewry: An Evening of Music, A Fusion of

Traditions, Featuring Holy Cross St. Romanos the Melodist Byzantine Choir and

the Guy Mendilow Ensemble, The Vilna Shul: Boston’s Center for Jewish

Culture, Boston, MA, September 2014 (program notes).

Boston Byzantine Music Festival, Maliotis Cultural Center, Brookline, MA, February

24-25, 2014 (introduction and program notes).

Blessed are the Peacemakers: Historic Concert of the Archdiocesan Byzantine Choir

of America in Honor of His All Holiness Bartholomew, Archbishop of New Rome

Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch, Hagia Irene Church, Istanbul, Turkey,

November 2013 (program notes).

“Today is the Prelude of God’s Will,” St. Kasia Holy Cross Women’s Byzantine

Choir Performs Hymns from the Vespers of the Entrance of the Theotokos in the

Temple, dir. Grammenos Karanos (CD liner notes) (forthcoming).

“All Creation Trembled: Orthodox Hymns of the Passion Service,” Holy Cross St.

Romanos the Melodist Byzantine Choir, dir. Grammenos Karanos (CD), Boston

2013 (CD liner notes).


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Byzantine Studies Association of North America’s 38th Annual Byzantine Studies

Conference, Concert of Byzantine Music, The Holy Cross St. Romanos the

Melodist Byzantine Choir with Guest Choir Conductor: Master Cantor Photios

Ketsetzis, Holy Cross Chapel, Brookline, MA, November 2012 (program notes).

Concert of Syro-Byzantine Liturgical Music by the Choir of St. Romanos the

Melodist of the Archdiocese of Beirut, Special Guest: Romanos the Melodist

Byzantine Choir of Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, St. George

Orthodox Cathedral, Worcester, MA, September 2012 (program notes).

The Archdiocesan School of Byzantine Music Presents “We Have Seen the Light:” A

Concert Featuring a Selection of Byzantine Hymns and Greek Folk Songs,

Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, New York City, NY, June 2012

(program notes).

Archdiocesan Byzantine Choir, “Gloria in Excelsis: Passion and Resurrection,” The

Panchiaki “Korais” Society of New York Presents a Concert Celebrating Its

Centennial Anniversary, Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, New York City,

NY, March 2012 (program notes).

Archdiocesan Byzantine Choir, Asma Kainon – A New Song: Chant of the Greek

Orthodox Church, Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York City, December

2011 (program notes).

DÜNYA’s A Sacred Music Celebration: Greek Orthodoxy and Turkish Sufis, Boston

2011 (co-wrote CD liner notes).

Media Submissions, Appearances, and References

“Χειροτονήθηκε Διάκονος ο καθηγητής Μουσικής της Θεολογικής Σχολής,” National

Herald (New York City, NY), August 3, 2018.

“Αρχιερατική Θεία Λειτουργία και χειροτονία Διακόνου στον πανηγυρίζοντα Ιερό

Ναό Αγίας Παρασκευής Μενεμένης,” on Metropolis of Neapolis and Stavroupolis

website (http://www.imnst.gr), July 26, 2018.

TV interview on Serbian Service of Voice of America with journalist Nikoleta Ilic

(broadcast January 2017).

Telephone interview on WBZ Radio (Boston, MA) with host Vic Ramos, November

2016.

Live interview on “Grecian Echoes” (Greek-American Radio Broadcasting) with host

Theodore Demetriades, WNTN Studio, Newton, MA, November 2016.


Theodore Demetriades, WNTN Studio, Newton, MA, November 2015.


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Live interview on “The Greek Program” (Greek-American live TV show) with hosts

Eleni Vidalis and Thanasi Haberis, Boston, MA, October 2015.


Theodore Demetriades, WNTN Studio, Newton, MA, October 2015.


Theodore Demetriades, WNTN Studio, Newton, MA, October 2014.

“Ο καλός σπόρος της Ψαλτικής Τέχνης καρποφορεί στις Η.Π.Α.,” Article on

Ecclesiastical News Agency “Romfea” website

(http://www.romfea.gr/oikoumeniko-patriarxeio/arxiepiskopi-amerikis/22530-

2014-02-23-00-46-17), February 23, 2014.


Theodore Demetriades, WNTN Studio, Newton, MA, February 2014.

Antoniou, Nektarios, “Απόηχοι Δόξας του Βυζαντίου στην Αγία Ειρήνη,” Orthodox

Observer (New York City, NY), vol. 78, December 2013, p. 18.

“Music in the Orthodox Church: Featuring Archdeacon Panteleimon Papadopoulos,

Dr. Vicki Pappas, and Dr. Grammenos Karanos,” Episode No. 8 in GOTelecom

Video Series “Discovering Orthodox Christianity,” Hosted by Staci Spanos, Holy

Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, MA, June 2013.

Daly, Nayla, “Renewed Interest in Byzantine Chant Among Modern Audiences,”

Orthodox Observer (New York City, NY), vol. 77, May 2012, p. 13.

Daly, Nayla, “New Professor’s Background Brings Fresh Voice to Byzantine Music,”

Orthodox Observer (New York City, NY), vol. 76, December 2011, p. 10.

Leadership, Administrative, Consulting & Professional Activities

• Served as faculty representative on St. Helen’s Pilgrimage of Holy Cross Greek

Orthodox School of Theology seniors to Constantinople and Greece (May-June

2018).

• Organized workshop by Lefteris Kordis entitled “Music and Colors / Greek Folk

and Contemporary Music (Jazz and Chamber)” as part of the Fifth Boston

Byzantine Music Festival, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology,

Brookline, MA (March 2018).

• Organized workshop by Lynn Torgove entitled “Chanting Torah: The Five Books

of Moses and Its Melodies” as part of the Fifth Boston Byzantine Music Festival,

Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, MA (February

2018).

• Organized workshop by Spyridon Antonopoulos entitled “Medieval Byzantine

Chant: A Living Tradition in Historical Focus” as part of the Fifth Boston


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Byzantine Music Festival, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology,

Brookline, MA (February 2018).

• Organized workshop by George Lernis, Beth Bahia Cohen, and Vasilis Kostas

entitled “An Exploration of the Musical Traditions of Greece and Cyprus” as part

of the Fifth Boston Byzantine Music Festival, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School

of Theology, Brookline, MA (February 2018).

• Organized workshop by Jennifer Donelson entitled “The Basics of Gregorian

Chant: A One-Day Intensive Coursee in Reading, Singing, and the Liturgical Use

of Chant in the Roman Rite” as part of the Fifth Boston Byzantine Music Festival,

Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, MA (February

2018).

• Served as choral competition judge at 2018 Folk Dance Festival of the Greek

Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (January 2018).

• Organized lecture by Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol entitled “An Introduction to Makam

and Gazel” as part of the Fifth Boston Byzantine Music Festival, Holy Cross

Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, MA (November 2017).

• Organized lecture by Richard Barrett entitled “From Misunderstanding to

Masterworks: The Anglophone Evolution of the Psaltic Art, 1892-2017” as part of

the Fifth Boston Byzantine Music Festival, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of

Theology, Brookline, MA (November 2017).

• Organized a series of lectures by George Theodoridis entitled “The Ministry and

Art of the Chanter,” as part of the Fifth Boston Byzantine Music Festival, Holy

Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, MA (November 2017).

• Served as liturgical research consultant for The National Forum of Greek

Orthodox Church Musicians 2018 Liturgical Guidebook (fall 2017).

• Served as research consultant to Charlie Marge, Director of the Boston Byzantine

Choir, on Byzantine music isokratema technique (June 2017).

• Served as judge on 34th St. John Chrysostom National Oratorical Festival, held at

Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (June 2017).

• Served as liturgical research consultant for The National Forum of Greek

Orthodox Church Musicians 2017 Liturgical Guidebook (fall 2016).

• Served as research consultant and provided coaching to Bram Wayman, Assistant

Conductor of the Cathedral Choir of St. John the Divine Episcopal Cathedral of

New York, for a concert entitled “The Glory of Constantinople” (October 2016).

• Organized guest lecture-demonstration by singer Panagiotis Lalezas and Berklee

College of Music Professor Eleftherios Kordis entitled “Greek Traditional Music

Styles” in the Archbishop Iakovos Library (September 2016).


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• Supervised revision of the Holy Cross Chapel Book by Panagiotis Hasiakos,

Trevor Bullock, and Brian Stefanovic (summer 2016).

• Consulted for Jamil Samara, Director of the Department of Internet Ministries of

the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, in project of posting liturgical

guidelines on the official website of the Archdiocese (www.goarch.org) (summer

2016).

• Peer-reviewed for the Journal of the International Society of Orthodox Church

Music (spring 2016).

• Serve as Administrative Board member of the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine

Art and Culture, located on the Hellenic College Holy Cross campus (Brookline,

MA) and “dedicated to the promotion and advancement of knowledge about the

rich heritage of Byzantine art and culture” (spring 2014 – present).

• Serve as Chairman of Examining Committee for Holy Cross Certificate in

Byzantine Music (May 2014 – present).

• Serve as Artistic Director of Boston Byzantine Music Festival, organized by the

Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture at the Maliotis Cultural Center,

Brookline, MA (fall 2014 – present).

• Serve as consultant to The National Forum of Greek Orthodox Church Musicians

in project titled “Hymns of the Greek Orthodox Church: A Collection of Standard

English Settings – Texts as Adopted by the Holy Eparchial Synod of the Greek

Orthodox Archdiocese of America” (fall 2013 – present).

• Serve as academic consultant of the Archdiocesan Byzantine Choir of the Greek

Orthodox Archdiocese of America (fall 2011 – present).

• Consulted for Dr. Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol in project of transcription of 18th-century

collections of Phahariot songs from psaltic neume notation to western staff

notation (2012–2015).

• Consulted for David Hammer, Assistant Producer, Department of Exhibition

Programs at National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Metro Area, on music for

“Five Byzantine Churches,” a film accompanying the exhibition titled “Heaven

and Earth: Art of Byzantium from Greek Collections” at the National Gallery of

Art, Washington D.C. Metro Area (fall 2013).

• In co-operation with members of the Curriculum Committee, designed Holy Cross

Certificate in Byzantine Music program, intended to (i) provide comprehensive

training to aspiring cantors, (ii) attract students interested in the Psaltic Art, (iii)

contribute to the dissemination of Byzantine Music in the United States, (iv)

establish Holy Cross as the national center for Byzantine Music studies (2012-

2013).

• Organized Book Dedication Ceremony, in which Axion Estin Foundation donated

Chrysanthos of Madytos’ Great Theory of Music to Holy Cross Greek Orthodox


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School of Theology and Hellenic College students, and Master Class in Byzantine

Chant taught by Protopsaltis Eleftherios Eleftheriadis (April 2013).

• Submitted recommendation for revision of the Byzantine Music curriculum at

Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, in co-operation with members of

the Curriculum Committee; main changes include the institution of two different

tracks of studies and the offering of a Holy Cross Certificate of Byzantine Music;

recommendation unanimously approved by the faculty (fall 2012).

• Peer-reviewed for “Journal of Modern Greek Studies,” The Johns Hopkins

University Press, Baltimore, MD (spring 2011).

• Developed minor concentration in Music at Hellenic College, Brookline, MA, in

co-operation with Dean Limberakis, Director of Music, and the music faculty

(spring 2009).

• Planned and co-ordinated annual musical festivals, quarterly concerts, monthly

lectures, workshops and other events organized by the Greek Music Society of

Boston. Held offices of Vice President (2000-2002) and Treasurer (1999-2000).

Most events held at Maliotis Cultural Center, Brookline, MA (1999-2002).

Highlights:

Greek Taverna Night – 1935, June 2002.

A Music Workshop for Children, March 2002.

Rembetiko Night, January 2002.

I Like Hearts Like Mine: A Documentary on Markos Vamvakaris, July 2001.

Come Live Your Roots! Direct from Greece – Music, Song and Dance from

Northern Epiros, November 2000.

A Festival of Greek Music and Dance, with Four Distinguished Ensembles

from Greece, March 2000.

• Served on board of Harvard Hellenic Society, Harvard University, Cambridge,

MA. Offices held:

President (1996-1997)

Treasurer (1995-1996)

• Founding member of European Youth Parliament of Greece (1994).

Affiliations / Memberships

International Musicological Society

The International Society for Orthodox Church Music

American Society of Byzantine Music and Hymnology

American Choral Directors Association

Modern Greek Studies Association

Byzantine Studies Association of North America

The Society of Musicophiles of Constantinople

Anatolia College International Alumni Association

Psaltologion Internet Forum


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Analogion Internet Forum

Symbole Internet Forum

Greek Music Society of Boston

Honors and Distinctions

St. Ioannis Koukouzelis Medallion, Awarded by St. Ioannis Koukouzelis Byzantine

Choir of Thessaloniki (2018)

Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology “Michael Gavrilos” Teacher of the

Year Award (2012, 2014, 2017)

Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church of Somerville Certificate of

Appreciation for “Many Years of Work and Devotion as a Chanter” (2016)

Anatolia College Board of Trustees, Young Alunnus Trustee (1997)

Harvard College Scholarship: Superior Academic Achievement Award (1995-1996)

Languages

Classical, Hellenistic, and Medieval Greek; Modern Greek (native); English (fluent);

German (intermediate)

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