South Canaan, PA, February 12, 2013
Members of the St. Tikhon's Seminary Choir at St. Vladimir's Seminary. Photo: stots.edu
As part of its 75th anniversary
celebration, Saint Tikhon’s Seminary here will
host a rigorous three-day master class for the select
student choirs of three of America’s premier
Orthodox Christian seminaries — Saint
Tikhon’s Seminary, Saint Vladimir’s
Seminary, and Holy Trinity Seminary — February
28—March 3, 2013, with world renowned Moscow
choirmaster Vladimir Gorbik.
As the culmination the master class, the combined seminary
choirs will perform a concert of Russian Orthodox
liturgical music, sung primarily in English. This combined
choir will be singing together as a single ensemble for
the first time in the histories of these venerable
institutions, who are this year celebrating their 75th,
75th, and 65th anniversaries respectively. This historic
collaboration is made even more exciting by the presence
of Vladimir Gorbik, one of Russia’s most dynamic and
talented rising stars in the field of Russian church
singing, who will be making his American concert debut at
this landmark performance.
The concert will take place at Saint Stephen’s
Episcopal Cathedral, 35 South Franklin Street,
Wilkes-Barre, PA, on Sunday, March 3, at 6:30 p.m. The
cathedral is a favorite performance space for many
professional ensembles in the Pennsylvania and New York
regions, and is home to the well-loved Pennsylvania public
radio program, “Music from St.
Stephen’s.” The concert will be recorded and
broadcast.
General admission is $12.00. Advance tickets may be
obtained from Saint Tikhon’s Bookstore at
888-454-6678 or stspress.com. Please inquire about
student and group discounts. Seating is limited and
tickets are on sale now, so book your tickets early!
Born in 1970, Vladimir
Gorbik began his musical studies in
Yekaterinburg, Russia, and continued them at the
Moscow State Conservatory, completing a
specialization in choral conducting in 1998 and in
orchestral conducting in 2000. Since 1996, he has
served as the choir director at the Moscow
Representation Church (Metochion) of the Holy
Trinity-Saint Sergius Monastery, and since 1998 has
been the Artistic Director and Conductor of the
professional men’s chorus formed at the
Metochion. With this choir he has made more than a
dozen outstanding recordings of both liturgical
services and concert programs. The choir has on
numerous occasions sung at Patriarchal services in
the Dormition Cathedral in the Kremlin, and they
accompanied Patriarch Alexy II on his trip to the
Holy Land in 2000. The repertoire of the
Metochion’s Men’s Chorus cultivates the
finest repertoire and interpretive traditions of the
Moscow School and the Holy Trinity-Saint Sergius
Lavra. For his outstanding achievements and service,
he has received an award of recognition from the
Patriarch and the medal of the Order of Saint Sergius
of Radonezh, Second Degree.
Orthodox Church in America
Members of the St. Tikhon's Seminary Choir at St. Vladimir's Seminary. Photo: stots.edu
