Melos Choir hopes that you will join us in person for our Chantuary series on Saturday nights in January, open chant sessions, West & East. Suggested free-will cost per session: $10
Join us as we explore traditional chants: Gregorian; Mozarabic; Byzantine and more.
Sing, as able; or simply enjoy listening.
January 6: Gregorian chant for Christmas: Puer nobis nascitur
January 13: Mozarabic chant: Lamentation/s of Jeremiah (excerpt)
January 20: Byzantine chant, TBD
January 27: Persian or Sufi song; or Syriac chant, TBD.
February 3:Romanian chants led by Alexandru Sonoc and Holly Gwynne-Timothy: Lumina Lina (Phos Hilaron/ O gracious light) and "Agni Parthene = Pe tine te fericim. As time permits we will review previous chants: Persian Shab-e Mahtaab, Hildegard's O aeterne Deus and other chants to date: LIber usualis Puer nobis nascitur; Lamentations x2 - Toledal and Mozarabic.