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Greek Music Education Program: Beth Bahia Cohen
The Violin and Bowed Strings of Greece Beth Bahia Cohen Berklee College of Music & Tufts University Type of Registration Single session $25.00 USD Entire series $125.00 USD Beth Bahia Cohen plays traditional Greek music on the violin and various lyras. She has learned from and performed with many violinists and lyra players in Greece: Vangelis Zagoraios of Andros, Yiorgos Bellis of Kythnos, Manolis Manouras and Yiorgos Avissinos of Crete, and more. She has performed with New York dance groups…
Find out more »Greek Music Education Program: Panayotis League
Music and Oral Poetry of Kalymnos Island Panayotis League Harvard University Type of Registration Single session $25.00 USD Entire series $125.00 USD The pre-registration fee is $25 per individual session, or $30 at the door (payable by cash/check.) You can also pre-register for the entire series at a discounted rate of $125. Pay securely via Paypal using the button above (at checkout, you will have the option of selecting the total number of sessions you wish to register for.) Panayotis (Paddy) League is at the forefront of…
Find out more »2019 General Assembly Meeting
The General Assembly is an annual meeting open to all members of the Boston Lykeion Ellinidon in good standing. We will update you on our activities since our last annual meeting, hold elections and approve the annual budget, and discuss ideas for upcoming programs. Refreshments will be served and parking is available for a reasonable rate in the Green Street Parking Garage next to the GAPC. If you have not renewed your 2018 membership dues or would like to become a new member, please…
Find out more »Greek Music Education Program: Chris Pantazelos
Greek Stringed Instruments: History and Construction Chris Pantazelos Luthier, Spartan Instruments Type of Registration Single session $25.00 USD Entire series $125.00 USD The pre-registration fee is $25 per individual session, or $30 at the door (payable by cash/check.) You can also pre-register for the entire series at a discounted rate of $125. Pay securely via Paypal using the button above (at checkout, you will have the option of selecting the total number of sessions you wish to register for.) The goal of the Boston Lykeion Ellinidon…
Find out more »Greek Music Education Program: Vasilis Skoulas
Cretan Music and the Cretan Lyra Vasilis Skoulas Lyra player & singer Type of Registration Single session $25.00 USD Entire series $125.00 USD Vasilis Skoulas will present a workshop on Cretan music and the Cretan lyra. He will be accompanied by two laouto players and one mandolin player, all from Crete. This session is presented in collaboration with the Pancretan Association of America “Rathamanthus-Ide” Chapter of Boston, Inc. The pre-registration fee is $25 per individual session, or $30 at the door (payable…
Find out more »25th Annual Greek Independence Day Parade of Boston
Come join us on Sunday for the the annual Boston Greek Independence Day Parade commemorating Greece’s march to freedom which began on March 25th, 1821. The 2019 Boston Greek Parade will end at the corner of Exeter and Boylston Street with the EU flag in front of Lenox Hotel in Boston Massachusetts. If you have any questions about the Boston Greek Parade, please contact the organizers of the Boston Greek parade, the Federation of Hellenic-American Societies of New England, by phone at…
Find out more »Boston Marathon Wreath Ceremony
The Consul General of Greece in Boston Mr. Stratos Efthymiou and the Alpha Omega Council cordially invite you to the annual presentation of the traditional olive wreaths from Greece to the Boston Athletic Association for the crowning of the victors of the BAA Boston Marathon. Women of the Boston Lykeion Ellinidon will participate in the ceremony by presenting the wreaths, dressed in the all-white attire that symbolized the elegance of the priestesses (ιέρειες) of Ancient Greece. For more information: http://www.alphaomegacouncil.org/events/the-alpha-omega-council/ http://www.ekathimerini.com/239217/article/ekathimerini/community/greeces-consulate-in-boston-to-hold-annual-marathon-wreath-ceremony-on-april-11
Find out more »Dance Saturdays at the Sanctuary: HOROS: Traditional Greek Dance
Dance Saturdays continues Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre's signature style of presenting “dance up-close” with an expanded vision and format. Upon entering the Sanctuary, audiences will be immersed in an in-depth cultural and artistic experience as a way to further explore the provocative and sometimes hidden worlds of ten different dance forms. Presented as a celebration of dance, the performances by leading dance artists from the Greater Boston area will be accompanied by a culturally rich dance party ambiance with music, visual…
Find out more »Greek Music Education Program: Lefteris Kordis with Lefteris Bournias
Ancient Greek Music Concepts in 21st Century Music Lefteris Kordis Berklee College of Music Lefteris Bournias Aaron Copland School of Music Type of Registration Single session $25.00 USD Entire series $125.00 USD Please note the new date of this session (originally scheduled for April 14th.) Berklee College of Music Professor Lefteris Kordis will present a lecture and workshop on musical concepts from Greek antiquity and the ways these concepts survived through the centuries, in Byzantine, Eastern Mediterranean folk, rebetika, and modern Greek music, including Kordis's…
Find out more »Dance for World Community: Greek Dance Performance
Join the BLE dance troupe at Dance for World Community, a free, day-long, indoor/outdoor festival celebrating the power of dance to bring people together. BLE will perform dances from its repertoire from 4:45-5:05 p.m. on the parking lot stage between Harvard St. and Massachusetts Ave. Organized and hosted by Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre, the 11th Annual DWC Festival is a free, daylong, indoor/outdoor event in Harvard Square and will feature dance performances of all kinds on five stages, introductory dance classes…
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