“MUSIC CAN TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE IN AN INSTANT!”

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“Music holds such immense power that it can dramatically transform your life in an instant. Music can heal, inspire and touch your soul. Do you want to hear this kind of music? Do you want your children, grandchildren, and future generations to hear this kind of music?”

Maybe this very much resonates with you, or perhaps, for you, it misses the mark.

How about this?

“The glorious tradition of church singing dates back a thousand years, yet our musical treasures are being lost in North America. In the coming years we risk having multiple generations of Orthodox Christians in North America who have no experience with how beautiful music and an excellent church choir facilitates prayer and a powerful worship experience for parishioners.”

Both of these are just little snippets of longer posts we’ve been sharing this week on PaTRAM’s Facebook and Instagram accounts.

Over the next few weeks we are going to be sharing many of these posts in an effort to better tell our story. We believe that music does have the power to transform our lives in an instant, and that the splendor of Russian Orthodox choral music together with its astounding spiritual depth, in both the English and Slavonic languages, has the power to lift spirits and save our souls.

Dostovesky said that “beauty will save the world,” and we want to share this beautiful music with the world.

You can be a part of this process by helping us in a few simple ways.

  1. If you have not already, and if you are on Facebook and Instagram, please like us on Facebook and follow us on Instagram.
  2. If you already like us on Facebook, you may not be seeing our posts. Go to our Facebook Page and also click “Follow” to make sure that Facebook shows you our posts in your feed.
  3. Please like our posts and comment on our posts. Your likes and comments actually help more people see these posts.
  4. If a particular post really resonates with you, please share it! That will help us know we’re doing a good job telling our story, and help more people know about our work.

You can review some of the posts we have already shared by going to the following links.

Facebook: facebook.com/patraminstitute

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/patram_inst/

Please LIKE, COMMENT on, and SHARE these posts. Tell us when we are doing a good job telling our story. And share your own perspectives and story. We love hearing from our subscribers! What does beautiful sacred music mean to you?

Thank you for your continued support!

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Tatiana Geringer

CEO, PaTRAM Institute

PaTRAM Institute™ Wishes All Our Friends A Blessed and Bright Easter!

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Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen!

Let us Rejoice in the Resurrection of Our Lord!

 

We thank you for inviting us into your home and allowing PaTRAM to share the authentic beauty of Orthodox music with you and your loved ones!

We ask that you turn the volume up on your device and click here-> Paschal hymn and enjoy this music from the Blessed Art Thou among Women CD.

Христос Воскресе! Воистину Воскресе!

Arvo Pärt’s Deeply Moving “Kanon Pokajanen” is Brought to Life by the Osanna Chamber Ensemble

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There is a moment of silence as all eyes are focused on the magnificent altar of the Saint Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral. Conductor John Arlievsky stands alone in the center of the dimly lit church. With the wave of his hand, the angelic voices of the Osanna Chamber Ensemble begin to fill the beautiful church venue from atop the choir loft. The choir then slowly descends the steps to sing in the back of the church. The sound is different, somehow deeper, as it begins to gently envelope the listener.

The singers move to the center of the church. Now they stand among the patrons. The intricately woven musical fabric of sound and silence of Arvo Pärt’s masterwork floats throughout the space and through the listener.

The life-lifting journey into the depth of Eastern Orthodox spirituality is complete as the choir stands before the altar and sings the final appeal to our Lord – “Come out to seek me; lead me up to Thy pasturage and number me among the lambs of Thy chosen flock.  Nourish me with them on the grass of Thy Holy Mysteries, by the prayers of Thy Most Pure Mother and all Thy saints. Amen.”

The concerts, held on March 23 and 24, were a great success. Patrons called the experience “truly immersive”, “sublime”, “ethereal”.  It was wonderful to see people from all walks of life, faiths and backgrounds come together to experience the music. Bravo to John Arlievsky and the talented singers of the Osanna Chamber Ensemble! They brought the notes on a page to life and provided a unique and moving experience for all who attended.

Following the concerts, PaTRAM™ invited everyone to enjoy socializing with the choir and the conductor and to enjoy each other’s company at receptions in the church hall. Guests were treated to delicious lenten hors d’oeuvres and refreshments. Singers love to sing, and the music continued as choir members played piano and sang arias. Both evenings were delightful.

PaTRAM Institute™ is pleased to present the Osanna’s first concerts and the ensemble’s 2023 concert season! Over the years PaTRAM has had the distinct honor of supporting Osanna through educational grants and concert opportunities all thanks to the generosity of PaTRAM donors and sponsors. The choir has truly blossomed and achieved a high level of precise and prayerful execution of liturgical music as was evident at the concerts.

And this is just the beginning for the ensemble! John and his team have big plans for the choir as they continue to hone their skills through lessons with master teachers and live concerts. Together with PaTRAM, Osanna plans to form an outreach program to mentor and inspire the next even younger generation of church musicians and continue to preserve and foster Orthodox choral treasures.

We would like to sincerely thank our sponsors, donors, patrons and volunteers. You allow us to share the music of the Church with the world. We would also like to extend a very special thank you to Archpriest Igor Vyzhanov, Rector of the Cathedral, Matushka Alla and Father Evgeniy for opening the doors of the cathedral to us and for their warm hospitality.

Please join us for the next concert coming soon! We will share details shortly.

Thank you for your continued support. We cannot do any of this without you!

Meet the Talented Conductor of the Osanna Chamber Ensemble

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John Arlievsky is an up-and-coming baritone, conductor, composer and pianist whose recent successes are building momentum towards the start of a far-reaching and exciting career in music. Upcoming engagements include the title role of Don Giovanni with Peabody Opera Theatre, an outreach lecture-recital presented by the Denyce Graves Foundation as a Shared Voices fellow, and Osanna Chamber Ensemble’s 2023 season as its chief conductor.

John began studies at Westminster Choir College as a triple-major in piano (James Goldsworthy), voice (Sharon Sweet, Elem Eley), and composition (Stefan Younng, Joel Phillips). He sang with numerous choirs, made his operatic debut, and began to delve into conducting with private study under James Jordan. After two successful years at Westminster, John decided to consolidate his focus primarily on voice performance. Undergoing an extensive search and transfer audition process, John is honored to currently study voice at Peabody Conservatory in the studio of Randall Scarlata with a Premier Talent Scholarship.

Around the time that he transferred to Peabody, John founded the 501(c)(3) semi-professional choir Osanna Chamber Ensemble, which he leads as president, artistic director, and chief conductor. After a successful debut sponsored by PaTRAM™ in August, 2021, Osanna has continued to produce exciting and meaningful projects. Having led the curation of Osanna’s 2023 concert season in partnership with PaTRAM, he is slated to conduct 7 performances with the choir this year. In addition to performances with the ensemble, he is coordinating development of an outreach program designed to impact amateur Orthodox youth singers, and curating an academic partnership for the ensemble, TBA this September. The son of a protodeacon and lifelong church musician, John is passionately dedicated to making sacred music with Osanna.

Click for Tickets to Osanna Chamber Ensemble’s Concerts Thursday 3/23 and Friday, 3/24 in New York City!

In addition to his work as a solo vocalist, John is an active freelance choral singer with academic and professional ensembles across the globe, with past engagements including including Westminster Symphonic Choir, Westminster Williamson Voices, Westminster Kantorei, The Same Stream, PaTRAM Institute Male Choir™ , NEXT Ensemble, and the Syndal Cathedral Choir of ROCOR, among others.

Arvo Pärt, the MOST PERFORMED LIVING COMPOSER in the World

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Arvo Pärt is an Estonian composer of contemporary classical music. Since the late 1970s, Pärt has worked in a minimalist style that employs tintinnabuli, a compositional technique he invented. Pärt’s music is in part inspired by Gregorian chant. From 2011 to 2018, Pärt was the MOST PERFORMED LIVING COMPOSER in the world, and the second most performed in 2019—after John Williams.

Kanon Pokajanen is a 1997 composition by Arvo Pärt for four-part choir. The text is the “Canon of Repentance to Our Lord Jesus Christ”, an Orthodox hymn in Church Slavonic and is sung a cappella, following the tradition of Russian sacred choral music.

Arvo Pärt describes his encounter with the text and the history of setting this text to music thus:

Many years ago, when I first became involved in the tradition of the Russian Orthodox Church, I came across a text that made a profound impression on me although I cannot have understood it at the time. It was the Canon of Repentance.

Since then I have often returned these verses, slowly and arduously seeking to unfold their meaning. Two choral compositions (Nun eile ich…., 1990 and Memento, 1994) were the first attempts to approach the canon. I then decided to set it to music in its entirety-from beginning to end. This allowed me to stay with it, to devote myself to it; and, at the very least, its hold on me did not abate until I had finished the score…

It took over two years to compose the Kanon pokajanen, and the time “we spent together” was extremely enriching. That may explain why this music means so much to me.

Pärt was commissioned by KölnMusic GmbH to write a work commemorating the 750th anniversary of the building of Cologne Cathedral. He finished it in 1997 and it premiered at Cologne Cathedral on March 17, 1998, performed by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir under the direction of Tõnu Kaljuste, to whom (both choir and conductor) this piece was dedicated.

Arvo Pärt’s Kanon Pokajanen, premiered 25 years ago to the month, and offered to you at the height of this Lenten season with this concert, is a journey into the depth of Eastern Orthodox spirituality by vehicle of repentance. In this masterwork, Pärt weaves the fabrics of sound and silence as space and negative space. He approaches this medium through a sense of time that reflects the minimalism and timelessness of both the kanon’s Church Slavonic text and of Orthodox liturgics in general. We invite you along this life-lifting journey, embodied by the artistry of Arvo Pärt, presented by PaTRAM Institute and performed by the Osanna Chamber Ensemble.

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Let Us Introduce You!

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To acquaint you with the Osanna Chamber Ensemble, we are happy to present a short clip of their 2022 concert. ENJOY! Click on the photo below.

Osanna Chamber Ensemble with educational sponsorships by PaTRAM Institute

The choir is comprised of the best student and young professional singers from around the U.S., under the leadership of John Arlievsky, conductor. Currently, the choir is preparing to perform Arvo Part’s masterpiece – Kanon Pokajanen. Please join us!! By attending concerts and sponsoring singers you are supporting the next generation of Church Musicians and preserving a treasured art form.

The concerts will take place in the Saint Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral in NYC. The Cathedral is a beautiful and historic building. The ceremony of laying the cornerstone took place on May 22, 1901, the day of the Feast of Translation, commemorating the transfer of the relics of St. Nicholas from Myra in Lycia, Asia Minor, to Bari, Italy in 1087. On November 23, 1902, a consecration service, the first to be held in the completed church, was led by Bishop Tikhon, the head of the Russian Church in the Aleutian Islands and North America.

We invite you along this life-lifting journey, embodied by the artistry of Arvo Pärt, set in a glorious church venue and performed by the Osanna Chamber Ensemble.

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PaTRAM™ Supporters Are Making A Huge Impact!

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Your gifts are making a real difference! You are strengthening the Church by supporting those who serve the Church – Church Musicians.

Your support is most essential to making our work possible. PaTRAM Institute™ is partnering with the Osanna Chamber Ensemble to further develop the emerging choir through training with master teachers and concert performances. Together, we are also building an outreach program to mentor and inspire the next generation of young church musicians and form new youth choirs. These are programs that will benefit our youth and our Church!

Please consider making a huge impact today by sponsoring educational programs and live performances. You will change the lives of developing artists, Orthodox church musicians, their students and parish choir singers, and audiences around the world by bringing this art form to life!

 

❖ Your Gift provides a unique opportunity for a church musician to achieve personal excellence through intensive study with master teachers and participate in live concert performances.

❖ Your Gift transforms good singers into great ones.

❖ Your Gift grows the ranks of professionally trained singers and impacts the very sound of Orthodox music across North America.

❖ Your Gift will have a huge impact on the life of a dedicated and talented musical artist.

 

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Thank you for your continued support! You are making a huge impact!

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Tatiana Geringer

CEO, PaTRAM Institute

Tickets for Arvo Pärt’s Kanon Pokajanen on Sale Now!

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We invite you to experience Arvo Pärt’s masterpiece, Kanon Pokajanen, performed by the talented Osanna Chamber Ensemble under the leadership of conductor John Arlievsky.

Arvo Pärt’s Kanon Pokajanen, premiered 25 years ago to the month, and offered to you at the height of this Lenten season with this concert, is a journey into the depth of Eastern Orthodox spirituality by vehicle of repentance.

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Please consider becoming a sponsor and change the lives of developing artists, Orthodox church musicians, their students and parish choir singers, and audiences around the world by bringing this art form to life.

Your donation will make all the difference! We thank you for your consideration and generosity.

SUPPORT ORTHODOX SINGERS

We are looking forward to seeing you at Osanna’s first concerts on March 23 and 24 to be held in the stunning Saint Nicholas Cathedral in NYC and throughout the 2023 concert season!

Thank you for touching the lives of people across the globe with the eternal and transformative power of music!
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Tatiana Geringer
CEO, PaTRAM Institute

PaTRAM Institute™ Presents: The Osanna Chamber Ensemble 2023 Live Concert Season In NYC

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PaTRAM Institute™ has partnered with the talented Osanna Chamber Ensemble, comprised of the best student and young professional singers from around the U.S., to bring you an exceptional 2023 Concert Season!

Under the leadership of conductor John Arlievsky, and with many PaTRAM singers contributing their talents to the ensemble, the choir has achieved great heights, evidenced by their stunning musicianship, thoughtful programming and by bringing together the most valuable aspects of Orthodox and Western choral traditions.

To launch the 2023 season, we invite you along on a  life-lifting journey,  embodied by the artistry of Arvo Pärt’s Kanon Pokajanen. In this masterwork, Pärt weaves the fabrics of sound and silence as space and negative space. He approaches this medium through a sense of time that reflects the minimalism and timelessness of both the kanon’s Church Slavonic text and of Orthodox liturgics in general.

To purchase tickets for the March 2023 concerts, either click on the image or scan the QR code.

We are looking forward to seeing you at Osanna’s first concerts on March 23 and 24 to be held in the stunning Saint Nicholas Cathedral in NYC and throughout the 2023 concert season!

Sponsorship opportunities available to support this effort. ALL levels include 2 or more tickets to ALL of the Osanna Chamber Ensemble’s 2023 Season and VIP access to all post-concert receptions. For further information please click on the link below.

Sponsor Opportunities

Thank you for touching the lives of people across the globe with the eternal and transformative power of music!

PaTRAM™ Institute Presents a Video Journey Through the Holy Land

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Greetings on the joyous season of the Nativity of our Lord!

PaTRAM Institute is delighted to share a very special video showcasing the highlights of our Concerts, Recording and Musical Pilgrimage in the Holy Land in June of 2022.

Enjoy the sites and sounds as you travel with the PaTRAM Male Choir to the Holy City of Jerusalem and beyond and experience the beauty of our monasteries, the blessing in the Jordan River, the cave of the Nativity of Christ, the Holy Sepulchre, the site of the most important event in human history – the Resurrection, and Golgotha, the site of the Crucifixion of our Lord, and so much more.

The Journey – The PaTRAM™ Recording of the “All-Night Vigil” and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land – 2022

The Rachmaninoff “All-Night Vigil” project is surely the pinnacle of our work thus far. In this video you will get a sneak peek into the ethereal music, in its raw, un-mastered form, as you listen to clips of the concerts and recording. We hope you love what you hear and are moved by the deep prayerfulness and sheer artistry of the music.

We still need your help! Please GIVE generously so that Rachmaninoff’s crowning musical achievement can be mastered and released for you to enjoy! We invite you to read Tatiana’s story. Perhaps you, too, will be transported by the music to a plane between Heaven and Earth.

GIVE TODAY!

Thank you for your support and may beautiful music fill your homes during the holiday season and always!

A Blessed Nativity To All From PaTRAM Institute™

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PaTRAM Institute would like to wish you and your families a most joyous Day of the Nativity and may God bless you all!

We invite you to read our recently shared “PaTRAM Institute™ – Year In Review” and join us in celebrating our collective accomplishments thanks to your support.

PaTRAM is busily planning the events for 2023 and we can’t wait to share the details with you, our subscribers and supporters. Stay tuned!

Please subscribe to our mailing list to stay informed of all of PaTRAM’s work.

Thank you for all your generous support and we wish you a happy and peaceful New Year, too!

PaTRAM Institute™ – 2022 The Year In Review

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Thanks to YOUR support, 2022 was a REALLY BIG YEAR for PaTRAM Institute™! We are delighted to share our 2022 Year in Review success stories and invite you to celebrate our collective accomplishments. We are also gearing up for an exciting 2023, chock-full of music, inspiring projects and new partnerships!

The year 2022 began with a festive and well attended Blini and Black Caviar Fundraising Dinner and Concert in the Synod Mansion in NYC. Guests were “wowed” by flavored vodka tasting, delicious hors d’ oeuvres, a gourmet dinner and a wonderful concert performed by the talented Osanna Chamber Ensemble. The fundraiser supported PaTRAM’s most exceptional project to date – the Rachmaninoff “All-Night Vigil” recording and concert tour in the HOLY LAND, as well as scholarships for young singers and conductors.

In June, the long-awaited Rachmaninoff project came to fruition, bringing together professional choristers from across the globe to record and perform an original rearrangement for male choir of Rachmaninoff’s masterwork in Jerusalem, Israel. Read all about the incredible journey and our plans to release the recording in 2023 in celebration of the 150th anniversary of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s birth.

We are truly delighted to share the highlights of our young singer/conductor educational programs; the rapid expansion of PaTRAM’s digital music footprint into new markets and platforms across the globe; the ICMA nomination of the “More Honourable than the Cherubim” album and so much more!

We hope you enjoy PaTRAM’s 2022 Year in Review that YOU made possible. Keep reading to get a glimpse into our exciting plans for 2023 and learn how, together, we will continue to touch the lives of people across the globe with the eternal and transformative power of music!

Our guests experienced the finest in Russian hospitality at the Producers Circle Dinner Fundraiser held in February in the historic ROCOR Mansion in NYC! Attendees were treated to a Russian Blini & Caviar “Maslenitsa” celebration and a very special private concert by the Osanna Chamber Ensemble in the Cathedral.

Donations benefited scholarships and support for aspiring young singers, conductors, and choirs and the 2022 Rachmaninoff “All-Night Vigil” concert tour and recording in the Holy Land. Several generous donors provided life-changing opportunities, by giving the “Gift of Musical Excellence,” which allowed talented, amateur singers to participate in the 2022 professional recording and concert tour in Israel. Those guests, who became Associate Executive Producers, were afforded the unique chance to accompany PaTRAM™ on the journey of a lifetime to the center of Christianity – the Holy City of Jerusalem!

It was a festive evening of music, delicious food and drink, laughter and fun. Many thanks to our donors and guests for generously supporting our musical endeavors and to His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas and Synod for offering the beautiful venue for the event.

We would love to have YOU join us at our next event! Stay tuned for announcements for 2023 concerts and benefits.

Jerusalem, the cradle of Christianity and the zenith of religious and historical destinations in the world, was the site of PaTRAM’s most exciting project to date!

WE NEED YOUR HELP TO COMPLETE THE FINAL PHASE OF THIS IMPORTANT PROJECT! READ ON AND PLEASE GIVE NOW!

The journey to bring the Rachmaninoff project to fruition was long and fraught with challenges. The pandemic and world events had us searching the globe for a safe and spiritually inspiring location, open to all our singers, staff and participants.  Just when we thought we could move forward with the project, borders would close. However, we knew that by the Grace of God, a door would surely open, and we pressed on.

We never dreamed that we would receive the ultimate blessing of performing, recording and praying in the holiest of the holy places on earth – JERUSALEM! However, this was clearly meant to be. As the pandemic eased, Israel opened for travel and did not require visas for any of our 70 travelers, hailing from the US, Canada, Australia, Serbia and Russia. And so, the first of its kind, CONCERT TOUR and LANDMARK RECORDING OF RACHMANINOFF’S MASTERPIECE, THE “ALL-NIGHT VIGIL,” uniting 52 members of the GRAMMY nominated PaTRAM Institute Male Choir, under the leadership of Maestro Ekaterina Antonenko, to sing an original rearrangement for male choir, became a beautiful reality.

Ekaterina Antonenko Conductor of PaTRAM Male Choir

In Maestro Ekaterina Antonenko’s first collaboration with PaTRAM, the gifted conductor was able to elicit splendid and soulful singing from the ensemble. Under her direction, the individual members of the choir, many of whom had never sung together, seamlessly united as one whole. Maestro Antonenko’s creativity and deep understanding of the subtle intricacies of the music had an outstanding impact on the singing. The effect was profound, bringing the listener from the chaos of the world into the spiritual realm, where the eternal light of Christ shines through the night.

The Russian Orthodox Monastery Church of the Ascension, set atop the Mount of Olives, was the serene and acoustically rich venue for the recording. Once again, PaTRAM partnered with GRAMMY winning recording company, Soundmirror, to record the CD and ensure a glorious sound.

Thanks to the steadfast support and warm hospitality of Archimandrite Roman Krassovsky, Chief of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, and Abbess Varvara and the sisters of the Church of the Ascension, PaTRAM was able to realize this incredible musical project. His Eminence, the newly enthroned Metropolitan Nicholas, First Hierarch of ROCOR and His Grace Bishop Theodosy of Seattle accompanied our group, serving as our spiritual fathers, conserving liturgies and supporting our endeavor.

The concerts in Jerusalem and Nazareth were simply inspirational. Seated among people of many faiths, nationalities and cultures, we experienced the depth and majesty of our common language – music. Patrons were mesmerized, uplifted and brought to tears.

Rachmaninoff’s crowning achievement of spiritual artistry, sung by PaTRAM’s all-male choir in the cradle of Christianity, is arguably the pinnacle of our work thus far.

The year 2023 marks the 150th anniversary year of Sergei Rachmaninoff. PaTRAM and our partners are working hard to prepare the album for release in the coming months, and we need your help to complete the final phase of the project.

The final step before our label can release the Rachmaninoff “All-Night Vigil” recording is the mastering of the music. This is an extremely meticulous process to ensure the sound is clean and devoid of any extraneous noise, like barking dogs or honking horns. All PaTRAM albums are recorded in beautiful and spiritually elevating church venues as opposed to cold studio settings.

PaTRAM is currently raising funds through GoFundMe to be able to complete this final phase and bring the music to you. The time is running short! Our goal is to release the album for the Rachmaninoff anniversary next year.

WE NEED YOUR HELP TO COMPLETE THE FINAL PHASE OF THIS IMPORTANT PROJECT! Please GIVE and SUPPORT this very important project!

Your 2022 donations provided opportunities for aspiring church musicians and youth choirs to improve the skills, critical to beautiful and prayerful singing, through education, training and live concerts. Your support allows PaTRAM to provide the best professional instruction to those students who are yearning to learn the art of church music. In 2022, members of the up-and-coming Osanna Chamber Ensemble were the recipients of your generosity and as a result have leveled up their techniques and overall abilities. We can already hear the positive change in their sound.

Would you like to preserve and cultivate the music of the Orthodox Church for generations to come? Please consider making a tax-deductible special contribution to PaTRAM so we can continue to support young, aspiring singers, conductors, and choirs.

To give the gift of music, please DONATE.

Thank you for YOUR continued support!

THANKS TO YOUR SUPPORT, the PaTRAM music community continues to exponentially expand! From Australia to Pakistan; Argentina to Singapore; and Nigeria to Ukraine, the universal language of PaTRAM music is understood by people of all nations.

As our digital footprint rapidly expands into new markets and platforms across the globe, new and devoted listeners alike are enjoying all our recordings on popular platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and Amazon as well as lesser-known platforms, like Qobuz and Primephonics.  Our longtime partnership with GRAMMY winning Soundmirror means the music for both, the PaTRAM Institute Male Choir™ and the PaTRAM Institute Singers™, is impeccably mastered to showcase the soul-stirring sound of our talented ensembles. If you still love the effect of PaTRAM music on CD, all our albums are available everywhere music is sold. Keep your eye out for our Christmas Special for gifts for all the music lovers on your list.

Beautiful sacred music is the perfect genre to listen to any time to bring you peace and inspiration and reduce the stress of the day. Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel to see special concerts and even get sneak peeks into new music!

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The PaTRAM Institute Male Choir™ album, “More Honourable than the Cherubim”, is a 2022 International Classical Music Awards Nominee! We are deeply honored to receive a nomination in the Choral category from the ICMA, a prestigious global music organization. The International Classical Music Awards recognize creativity, imagination in choice of repertoire and artistic excellence. Bravo to our talented singers and everyone who gave their very best to create this extraordinary recording!

The "More Honourable than the Cherubim" album is a 2022 International Classical Music Awards nominee in the Choral Music category!

For a sample of the music or to purchase the CD or digital download, please listen and enjoy.

Beloved and admired by his flock as a kind, humble and wise shepherd, His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas has become the guiding light of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia.

Vladyka Nicholas is a longtime and active supporter of PaTRAM Institute. We were greatly honored and blessed to have His Eminence accompany our choir on two of our recent projects.

In 2019, with the special permission and blessing of Metropolitan Hilarion, of blessed memory, the Kursk Root Mother of God of the Sign Icon, with Vladyka Nicholas as her guardian and primary caretaker, traveled with the PaTRAM Institute Male Choir to Saratov™, Russia to record the “More Honourable than the Cherubim” album, perform a concert and sing services. During our time in Saratov, more than 18,000 believers, and those new to the faith, venerated the holy and magnificent Wonderworking Kursk Root icon.

This past June Vladyka Nicholas accompanied the PaTRAM Male Choir to the Holy Land. The PaTRAM Choir was blessed to sing hierarchical liturgies celebrated by His Eminence at the Ascension monastery church, St. Mary Magdalene monastery church in Gethsemane and even at Golgotha in the complex of the Holy Sepulchre. Vladyka blessed our group in the Jordan River, served a moleben and panikhida on Mount Tabor and, along with His Grace Bishop Theodosy of Seattle, was our spiritual father throughout our journey in the holiest of holy.

May God grant many blessed years to our dear Metropolitan Nicholas!

Thanks to YOU, our listeners, supporters, donors and well-wishers, much has been accomplished in 10 short years.

With five professional recordings and a sixth to be released in 2023; two Grammy Award nominations; international performance events; sponsorships, scholarships and educational programs for aspiring singers, conductors and choirs, the results of our collective efforts are significant. Our community continues to grow, with PaTRAM music inspiring more church musicians and reaching more listeners every day.

We salute the Co-Founders of PaTRAM Institute, Chairman and oktavist, Alexis Lukianov and the “heart of PaTRAM”, alto and Artistic Director, Katya Lukianov, for their vision, their generous financial support via the Lukianov Family Foundation and their enthusiasm and commitment to further the music of the Church. We offer our sincere gratitude to everyone who has shared their talents and given the very best of themselves to create the music that stirs the soul and glorifies God.

BRAVO to all!

However, we cannot simply rest on our laurels. There is so much more to do! Are you ready for an extraordinary 2023?

Together, we can introduce more people around the world to the beauty and splendor of Orthodox music!

 

We remain keenly dedicated to and inspired by our mission to foster and preserve the authentic and original splendor of Russian Orthodox choral music together with its astounding spiritual depth, in both the English and Slavonic languages.

To further our mission and spread beautiful, liturgical music throughout the world, in 2023, PaTRAM will focus on supporting the execution and advancement of Russian Orthodox music at the highest possible level. Our initiatives will include:

  • Developing new choirs
  • Collaborating and partnering with choirs and communities
  • Supporting promising youth choirs
  • Community outreach and mentoring program

GET READY FOR LIVE MUSIC EVENTS!

If you have been following the Osanna Chamber Ensemble, you have seen a choir truly blossom! Thanks to the dedication and determination of John Arlievsky, the choir director, and the talented members of the ensemble, the choir has achieved a very high level of prayerful and precise execution of liturgical music. PaTRAM has been delighted by their progress and honored to assist the eager, young musicians in their quest to improve their skills and hone their talents.

With the ongoing support of PaTRAM, Osanna has big plans for 2023, which include:

  • An exciting multi-project Concert Series;
  • Developing culturally, academically and spiritually engaging projects in cooperation with the Holy Trinity Seminary in Jordanville, NY;
  • An outreach program to mentor and inspire the next generation of young church musicians and build new youth choirs.

We are looking forward to supporting and partnering with Osanna as well as watching new youth choirs emerge and grow.

Dates and locations for the Osanna Chamber Ensemble LIVE CONCERT SERIES and other events are under development and will be announced shortly. Stay tuned!

PaTRAM Institute and the Synodal Choir, based in the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in NYC, are forming a unique partnership with the goal of promoting liturgical music in its highest form and furthering the traditions and practices of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad to have a far-reaching missionary impact throughout the diaspora.  We are very excited to collaborate with the Synodal Choir and Orthodox communities to share the very best of our musical traditions.

More information about projects, concerts and benefits is forthcoming.

And speaking of communities, the Orthodox community at St. Luke the Blessed Surgeon in Pompano Beach, Florida is growing! Our own, PaTRAM Artistic Director, Katya Lukianov, has taken the lead as conductor and has been working with St. Luke’s to expand and cultivate the choir. Katya has a notable history of building choirs and fostering beautiful, prayerful singing. PaTRAM looks forward to continuing to support St. Luke’s Choir and the Orthodox community in Florida. If you are in the area, the rector and parishioners of St. Luke’s welcome you to participate in services and events. St. Luke Church.

Throughout the year 2023, the musical world will celebrate the anniversary of the incomparable, creative genius, Sergei Rachmaninoff – Russian composer, virtuoso pianist and conductor. PaTRAM plans to release his most beloved masterpiece, the “All-Night Vigil”, originally written in 1915 as World War I raged, and Russia was on the verge of the Bolshevik Revolution. We hope Rachmaninoff’s sublime and introspective music will be embraced as listeners experience the depth, complexity and sheer majesty of the human voice glorifying the Creator.

You are completely free to choose the project that YOU would like to support!

Is it the extraordinary Rachmaninoff “All-Night Vigil” album? Click to GIVE.

Perhaps you prefer to support promising church musicians with educational programs? Click to GIVE.

Whatever you choose, rest assured that 100% of YOUR donation goes toward the project(s) that YOU would like to support, thanks to the Lukianov Family Foundation which covers all administrative costs.

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We look forward to seeing YOU in 2023!

Wishing you and your loved ones a healthy and happy New Year!

Tatiana Geringer, CEO, PaTRAM Institute