Dr. Vladimir Gorbik to Lead Choral Master Class at St. Vladimir’s Seminary

27/2/2012

[SVOTS Communications, Yonkers, NY] An unprecedented Master Class and Choral Workshop, led by Dr. Vladimir Gorbik—a renowned teacher of the Russian Orthodox sacred music tradition, and a leading practitioner of sacred choral music in Russia today—will be held at St. Vladimir’s Seminary, Yonkers, NY from June 25–29, 2012. Dr. Gorbik will instruct participants in the interpretation and execution of music from the perspective of the Russian Orthodox choral tradition.

Choral conductors of university, college, community, and professional choirs, as well as Orthodox Christian church choir directors, accomplished choral singers, and interested auditors and student assistants are welcome to audition for the class. Those selected will have an opportunity to engage in an intense schedule of rehearsals, coaching sessions, a choral recital, and two major Orthodox services. Interested applicants may download an “Application with Audition Instructions” from the seminary’s Website, here.

Dr. Vladimir Morosan, founder and president of Musica Russica, a company that publishes and distributes Russian Choral music, was instrumental in bringing Dr. Gorbik to the U.S. for the Master Class and Workshop. He expressed his enthusiasm for the June event, saying, “The beautiful and inspiring sacred choral heritage of the Eastern Orthodox Church has in recent decades become more widely known in the West,” through the increased availability of musical scores and recordings. Liturgical and academically based choral musicians aspire to perform works from the Orthodox realm, both in liturgical worship and in concert settings.

“However,” he concluded, “opportunities to study the technique, performance practice, and interpretation of Orthodox sacred music on a masterful level have been limited . . . until now, with this particular Master Class and Workshop.”

Vladimir Gorbik (b. 1970) began his musical studies in Yekaterinburg, Russia, and continued them at the Moscow State Conservatory, completing a specialization in choral conducting in 1998 and in orchestral conducting in 2000. Since 1996 he has served as the choral director at the Moscow Representation Church (Metochion) of the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Monastery, and since 1998 has been Artistic Director and Conductor of the professional men’s chorus formed at the Metochion. With this choir he has made over a dozen outstanding recordings of both liturgical services and concert programs. The choir has on numerous occasions sung at Patriarchal services in the Dormition Cathedral in the Moscow Kremlin, and accompanied Patriarch Alexy II on his trip to the Holy Land. The repertoire of the Metochion’s Men’s Chorus cultivates the finest repertoire and interpretive traditions of the Moscow School and the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra. Videos of their choral performances may be seen on YouTube.

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