International Orthodox music society launches on-line journal
23/3/14
Finland: The first issue of the International Society for Orthodox Church Music [ISOCM] peer-reviewed on-line Journal is now available at www.isocm.com/resources/journal/index.html. The edition features research papers highlighting new approaches to the analysis of Byzantine chant using spectral techniques, discussions of the relationship between Serbian and Byzantine chant, the work of the Russian composer Nikolai Korndorf, an examination of Marian festal hymnography, and book reviews.
“We have worked hard over the past year to bring this project to fruition, and are delighted by the range and quality of the contributions to the first issue,” said the Rev. Ivan Moody, ISOCM Chair and member of the Journal’s Editorial Board.
Future editions also will be available at an annual membership fee and for registered members of the Society. Articles and monographs for the second issue, now in preparation, are now being accepted for consideration, and may be sent to ISOCM’s Secretary, Dr. Maria Takala-Roszczenko, at takalam@gmail.com
Founded in 2005, the Society serves international musicians and scholars with opportunities to gather for conferences, share experiences, knowledge, and the joy of Orthodox liturgical chant. In June 2013, three members of the Orthodox Church in America—Deacons Gregory Ealy and Evan Freeman and Mr. David Lucs—participated in ISOCM’s conference in Finland.
The Journal’s Board of Honor includes Professor Svetlana Kujumdzieva, Institute of Art Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences; Professor Emerita Hilkka Seppälä, University of Eastern Finland; and Professor Christian Troelsgaard, University of Copenhagen. Members of ISOCM’s Advisory Board include Dr. Yuliya Artamonova, Gnessin Russian Academy of Music, Moscow; Dr. Nicolae Gheorghic, National University of Music, Bucharest; Dr. Alexander Lingas, City University, London; Dr. Aleksander Naumow, Jagiellonian University, Cracow; and Dr. Nicolas Schidlovsky, Princeton University.
Additional information is available on the Society’s web site.
