Kind of an odd title for this post.  But yes, it is about singing Byzantine music.  The Greek Orthodox Church is built on byzantine music, art and architecture.  Complicated as it is to study it is very easy to listen to.  The chants flow easily and beautifully, exploring musical intervals not common to the “westernized” musical ear.  There is a plethora of music from ancient times that feeds what we sing today.  And the timelessness of a music that started so many years ago is truly spiritual and magical.

I’m about to embark on that journey as choir director of a Greek Orthodox Church.  The music for the Divine Liturgy is going to be restructured to reflect the true byzantine tradition that it should.  What a wonderful journey into the past, keeping a culture alive within the walls of the Church.  A true escape for a while on Sunday morning to lose oneself in the beauty and spirituality of the Divine Liturgy.