September
7, 2009
An Appeal from the Director of the Holy Myrrhbearers Diocesan Women's
Choir
Dear friends! Dear
fellow music lovers!
With the blessing of His Eminence, Vladyka Metropolitan
Hilarion, I am writing to you on behalf of the Holy Myrrhbearers
Diocesan Women’s Choir as part of our membership drive to recruit
new singers of all ages.
We are a unique, all-female liturgical choir, currently about
15 voices strong. This year we celebrated the twelfth anniversary of
our performing sacred music, both in church and in concert. The choir
was created for and by Orthodox women who share a deep feeling for
Slavonic liturgical music and interest in expanding the performance of
Orthodox music arranged for women’s voices.
Our ensemble is now in residence at the Otrada Cultural Center,
385 South Pascack Road in Chestnut Ridge (Rockland County), New York
10977. Our group sings divine services as well as liturgical concerts
in the Greater New York metropolitan area. We have also been named a
diocesan choir of the Diocese of Eastern America of the Russian
Orthodox Church Abroad, although we welcome interested singers from
all backgrounds and jurisdictions. Our Choir sings mostly in Church
Slavonic, but we are able to provide transliterated music to singers
when necessary.
You can help us to expand the reach of our sacred music
performances by posting the enclosed recruiting flyer on your
community bulletin board, parish or organization Web site and by
relaying news of our Choir to female singers. For more information on
our group, you may visit www.womenschoir.org.
In addition, our music is featured daily on the Orthodox Internet
radio station Ancient Faith Radio (www.ancientfaithradio.com).
We would be happy to send you a CD of our concert recordings that is
currently available for sale and we will gladly answer any questions
you may have about our choir or our work.
We thank you in advance for your time and kind consideration,
and may the Lord bless you in your own God-pleasing efforts!
In Christ,
Eugenia Temidis, Director
Holy Myrrhbearers Diocesan Women’s Choir
director@womenschoir.org
Informational brochure in pdf format.
