The lecture recital streams live at 6:00 p.m. (EDT) on Friday, April 23, 2021. Tap here for program (PDF).
Tap here to view the Event page at GMU Dewberry School of Music.
Featuring
Melissa Jean Chávez, soprano
Elizabeth Mondragon, mezzo-soprano
Drew Frey, tenor
Jeremy Koch, alto saxophone
Craig Fraedrich, trumpet
Mike Dyson, trumpet
Phil Franke, euphonium
Sara Dyson, harp
Chris Franke, violin
Sue Franke, viola
Sydney Bennett, cello
David E. Chávez, conductor/keyboards/electronics
Produced, Edited, and Mixed by David E. Chávez
Special thanks to the pastors, staff, musicians, and congregation of Abiding Presence Lutheran Church, Burke, VA
Sources:
“It All Begins With Mystery,” The Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (blog), January 6, 2016, http://diocesanministries.us/wpblog/2016/01/it-all-begins-with-mystery/. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
V. Rev. Yeznig Zegchanian. Forty Martyrs: Armenian Chanting from Aleppo. Vol. 2. Sacred Voices of Syria. Lost Origin Productions 10610, 2015. https://lostoriginproductions.bandcamp.com/album/forty-martyrs. See also https://www.discogs.com/V-Rev-Yeznig-Zegchanian-Forty-Martyrs-Armenian-Chanting-From-Aleppo-/release/8255188. See also http://lostorigins.com/. See also album liner notes.
Jason Hamacher, [Album Trailer] Forty Martyrs: Armenian Chanting From Aleppo, 2015, https://youtu.be/ZFJ2Grg5uhU
Anastasia Tsioulcas, “An Unlikely Archivist For Armenian Aleppo: A Punk Drummer From D.C.,” Weekend Edition Sunday (NPR, September 6, 2015), https://www.npr.org/2015/09/06/435186891/an-unlikely-archivist-for-armenian-aleppo-a-punk-drummer-from-dc
Canon of Theophany. Trans. V. Rev. Fr. Daniel Findikyan. Armenian Hymnal. St. Nersess Armenian Seminary. https://www.stnersess.edu/canon-of-theophany-the-first-day.html. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
“Meet the Holy Translators,” The Armenian Church (Eastern Diocese of America) (blog), October 10, 2020. https://armenianchurch.us/2020/10/10/the-holy-translators/.
Enzo Restagno, “I Seek a Common Denominator [Interview with Arvo & Nora Pärt],” UE Musikblätter (blog), February 2012, https://www.arvopart.ee/en/arvo-part/article/i-seek-a-common-denominator/. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
Additional video footage, photography, and motion Backgrounds courtesy DanStevers.com, Craig Jenkins (via flickr.com/photos/craigjenkins), Fly & Dive (via pond5.com/artist/fly_and_dive), Wikimedia.com, and Unsplash.com