The Sacred SpiriT of ruSSia - Conspirare

Artistic PersonnelCraig Hella JohnsonArtistic Director & ConductorSOPRANONancy CurtisMela DaileyMelissa GivensNicole Greenidge Joseph*Julie KeimGitanjali MathurJulie McCoy*Nina Revering*Kathlene Ritch^Sonja Du Toit Tengblad*Janeene WilliamsShari Wilson*ALTOJanet Carlsen Campbell*Cina CrisaraPam Elrod Huffman*^Sarah Ihlefeld*Helen KarloskiEmily LodineKatherine Murray*Elizabeth PetillotKeely RhodesCecilia Shinn*TENORMichael BoswellDann Coakwell*^Paul D’ArcyLuke FrelsCarr HornbuckleEric NeuvilleStefan ReedTodd TeskeMatt TreslerBASSJames K. Bass*Cameron BeauchampDashon BurtonCharles EvansRick GabrilloBradford Gleim*Robert HarlanHarris Ipock^Glenn Miller*Craig PetersonThann ScogginPaul Max Tipton*Soloist^Section leaderFaith DeBow, rehearsal pianistVladimir Morosan,Program Advisor & ConsultantAbout Vladimir MorosanDr. Vladimir Morosan, founder and presidentof Musica Russica, is one of the leading expertsoutside Russia in the fields of Russian choralmusic and Orthodox liturgical music. Aftercompleting his undergraduate degree in music atOccidental College in Los Angeles, he receivedhis master’s and doctoral degrees in choral musicand musicology from the University of Illinois.Combining his Russian heritage with an abidinglove for choral music, he undertook groundbreaking research in Europe and theformer Soviet Union under the auspices of fellowships from the Thomas J. WatsonFoundation, IREX/Fulbright-Hays Exchange Program, and the National Endowmentfor the Humanities. In the process, he compiled one of the largest andmost complete reference collections of Russian choral scores, which became thebasis for the ongoing series Monuments of Russian Sacred Music published byMusica Russica. His book Choral Performance in Pre-Revolutionary Russia(1986) is considered the definitive study of the topic.Morosan is also the founder and artistic director of Archangel Voices, aprofessional-level choral ensemble dedicated to producing CDs of Orthodoxliturgical music in English. He is also the composer and editor of numerouschoral arrangements, chiefly for Orthodox liturgical use, and program directorof The Rudder, an internet radio program that airs on the Orthodox ChristianNetwork. He serves as consultant to the music departments of the OrthodoxChurch in America and the Antiochian Orthdodox Christian Archdiocese, and isDirector of Liturgical Music at St. Anthony Antiochian Orthodox Church in SanDiego, California.20 21