I speak with Dr. Karim Hanna, who in addition to being a medical doctor is also a deacon in the Coptic Orthodox Church, and a teacher of Coptic chant. We talk about his Church and the specificities of their musical tradition.

Andrew Gould, who is pioneering the traditional building arts in Orthodox Architecture in North America, brings insights to colonial arcthietcture, brutalism, Gothic, Romanesque, Baroque, chant, Orthodoxy and more.

from my discussion with Andrew Dittman about creating his Kyrial and churchmusic in general. . In his setting Gregorian chants in English with four part harmony to be sung a capella and writing motets for Anglican church services he has developed his own personal compositional style that is both atavistic and progressive. Through his Kyrial he seeks to preserve well known plainsong chant masses, while he also composes anthems in the style of Parry, Stanford, Howells, Willan, etc.

Elias Rehmet is an Orthodox musician who lived in an Elder Ephraim monastery for five years. We talk about fasting, asceticism, Orthodox chant, music, and life in a monastery.