Cappella Romana has been invited to perform as one of three headliner groups in the festival "The Ascending Voice" this June at Pepperdine University, an international symposium of sacred a cappella music. Representing the Orthodox a cappella tradition in Byzantine chant, Cappella Romana will be featured alongside Concord Ensemble (singing Latin polyphony) and Anonymous 4 (singing Southern Protestant and Shape-note hymnody).

Cappella Romana's concert will be held on Tuesday evening, June 5, at 7:30pm. The ensemble will perform its program Mt. Sinai: Frontier of Byzantium.

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Just prior to the conference at Pepperdine, Cappella Romana returns to Santa Barbara to perform its program Mt. Sinai: Frontier of Byzantium.

Its first performance in Santa Barbara since 2001, Alexander Lingas will direct the singers in a program of virtuoso medieval Byzantine chant from ancient manuscripts at St. Catherine's Monastery, Mt. Sinai, Egypt.

Cappella Romana's concert in Santa Barbara will be held on Sunday afternoon, June 3, at 3:30pm, among the mosaic icons of St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church, Santa Barbara. Pre-concert talk at 3:00pm.

More information about the concert. Tickets at the door, 805/683-4492 or 685-8982.

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Part of the Music at the Met Series. Buy this CD here.

Located between Europe and Asia, Greece finds itself amidst a variety of cultural currents, which has resulted in a uniquely diverse musical identity. Since ancient times, the Greeks treated music as an integral part of their daily lives. It was one of the fundamental elements of Greek tragedy and was regarded as an indispensable part of education.

There exists no record of what ancient Greek music sounded like, but musicological research has unearthed valuable evidence linking ancient Greek music to the modern Greek folk song.

This diverse compilation features early music by The Metropolitan Museum of Art performers Cappella Romana, Greek folk songs, rebetiko music (known as the Greek blues), and contemporary Greek compositions from the award-winning films Zorba the Greek by Theodorakis and Never on Sunday by Hadjidakis.

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