The sound of medieval chant prevalent in the modern imagination -- limpid and ethereal, with barely a suggestion of rhythm or of the physical presence of the people who sing it -- is a 19th-century ...

One of the hottest tickets in Portland and Seattle this weekend is for a performance that features a piece entirely in Russian. Oregon Art Beat’s Pat Kruis takes us to a rehearsal for Cappella Romana.

It’s the oldest instrument we’ve got. Yet the musical possibilities of the human voice remain inexhaustible. And when a group of singers joins together a cappella — without the “props” of any other ...

Cappella Romana, the Portland vocal ensemble that specializes in ancient and early modern liturgical music, will honor Veterans Day and the 100th anniversary of the Armistice that marked the end of ...

The first-ever festival in North America dedicated to the music of Estonian Orthodox composer Arvo Pärt will take place February 5 – 12, 2017 in Portland, Oregon, presented by the Northwest’s leading ...

Perhaps no executive order of President Trump’s has so far been met with as much confusion and consternation as the one issued two weeks ago freezing federal funding for grants and loans. Although it ...

The haunting, otherworldly sound of Gregorian chant transports us to another time and place. The trouble is, that time and place may never have existed. That’s because the style of chant we’re used to ...

Get Access To Every Broadway Story Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Cappella Romana, a vocal chamber ensemble, ...

More often than not, Pacific Northwest vocal chamber ensemble Cappella Romana looks toward the Christian East and its wealth of early music from the Byzantine Empire of Constantinople. On Saturday, ...

Three remarkable new albums feature choral music spanning more than a millennium, including works by the world's earliest known female composer. From what is known, it seems Kassianí had an ...

Cappella Romana Choral music commemorating/celebrating/lamenting “The Fall of Constantinople,” in preparation for their European tour. St. Joseph’s Parish, 732 ...

Cappella Romana’s concert Sunday afternoon at the Getty Center was sold out. That’s an encouraging sign but also a bewildering one. What can this austere, text-based, Eastern Orthodox Church music, ...