
AMERICAN SOCIETY
OF BYZANTINE MUSIC & HYMNOLOGYTHE PRELIMINARY PROGRAM IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD.
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The conference will be held at the state-of-the-art Conference Center of the Athens Information Technology Center between September 10-15, 2007 in Attica, Greece. All musical and artistic events will be held at the proximal Paeanea Center. Complimentary luxury minibus shuttle will serve the participants between the venues and the proximal Hotel Akraion, which will accomodate all participants. Click here for information on accomodations.
The conference will consist of a series of core thematic sessions along with musical interludes and guided tours of sites and venues relevant to the overall theme.
The plenary sessions will feature distinguished invited guests and the thematic sessions will then follow.
The conference will focus on the following thematic cores:
-Ecclesiastic music of Orthodoxy worldwide
-Ecclesiastic musical codices and manuscripts
-Byzantine hymnology & poetry
-Byzantine musicology
-Philosophy & theology of Byzantine music
-Sociology of Byzantine music & hymnology
-Influence of Byzantine music & hymnology in Balkan and Eastern European ethnosocial development
-Secular and ethnic music in Byzantium
PROGRAM:
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 10, 2007
Welcome Reception
Presentation of "Markos Eugenikos", a
poetic/theatrical works
written by the eminent poet Ioannis Koutsoheras (1904-1994) at the
European Arts Center.
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 11-THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 13, 2007
Keynote lectures, abstract presentations
Evening performances by reknown choral ensembles
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 14, 2007
CLOSING RECEPTION
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 15, 2007
Archieratical Orthros and Liturgy at
the historical church of St. John
Chrysostom in Kamarthe, Paeanea, rendered (18th century) by the
hagiographers of the reknown Georgiou Markou Argeius school.
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εξής θέματα:
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μελουργία &
ποίηση της
οπου γής
Ορθοδοξίας
-Εκκλησιαστικοί
μουσικοί
κώδικες
-Βυζαντινή
υμνογραφία &
μελουργία
-Βυζαντινή
μουσικολογία
-Φιλοσοφία &
θεολογία
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Βυζαντινής
μουσικής
-Κοινωνιολογία
της
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μουσικής
-Διαχρονικές
& διεθνικές
επιδράσεις
της
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μουσικής
-Εθνολαογραφικός
χαρακτήρας
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ασματωδίας