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Date(s) - 8 Dec 2012
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

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The 2012 Mostly Orthros festival presented by the Axion Estin Foundation will take place on Saturday, December 8, 2012. The conference, from 9AM to 4 pm at the James Chapel of the Union Theological Seminary (3041 Broadway at 121st Street) will include a keynote address entitled “The All-Night Vigil at the Tomb of Jesus in Early Christian Jerusalem, and its Musical Legacy East and West” by Peter Jeffery. Other speakers are Susan Boynton, Alexander Lingas, Achilleas Chaldaeakes, Grammenos Karanos, Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol; Alan Gampel, Spyridon Antonopoulos, Jamie Greenberg Reuland, and Adrian Sarbu. For the full program see  http://www.axionestin.org/pdf/Mostly_Orthros_2012.pdf
To preregister, send your name, institution, phone number, and email address to Maria Dikeakos at [email protected].

The conference will be followed by a concert at Artswestchester located at 31 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains, New York, 10601 (7:30-9 pm). The concert will explore the cultural differences between Byzantine Music and Ottoman/Turkish Music. The pre-concert lecture will be delivered by Dr. Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol. The first part of the program will feature Byzantine Chant compositions interpreted by Eleftherios Eleftheriadis, instructor of Byzantine Music at the William Spyropoulos School of Flushing, New York, and Protopsaltes (head chanter) of Saint Nicholas Shrine Church of Flushing, New York. The second part of the music program will feature a performance of Ottoman and Turkish Music by Dr. Sanlıkol of the Dünya ensemble. For more information on the concert contact Dr. Tom van Buren at (914) 428-4220 x 329.