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Youri
A. Petcherkin
Youri
A. Petcherkin is the head Choirmaster/Psalmoschik at the Cathedral of
St. John the Baptist in Washington, D.C., an appointment he has held
since 2000. Prior to that, he led the choir in Cleveland’s Cathedral
of St. Sergius for eight years, where he also taught music and Church
Slavonic at the parish school from 1992 - 1999. Before immigrating to
the United States, Mr. Petcherkin worked in Minsk, Belarus from 1989 -
1991, leading daily services as the Choirmaster/Psalomschik of the
Cathedral of the Holy Spirit and directing the Faculty Choir of the
M.I. Glinka School of Music, where he also taught courses in choral
discipline and vocal technique. In Moscow, while earning his dual
degree in choir directing and choral arts teaching (completed in 1989
at the renowned Gnesin Russian Academy of Music), he served as
director of the male choir of the Tushin Region House of Officers
(1986-1988). Prior to entering the Gnesin Academy in 1981, he had
earned degrees at the Cheliabinsk Music School as a bajan instructor
and folk orchestra director.
Mr. Petcherkin’s work with the Washington D.C. choir has
earned it the reputation of being among the finest choirs in all of
ROCOR.
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