The Hymns of St. George on Bright Monday

In the past fifteen years, there has been an explosion of understanding and proficiency in Byzantine Chant in the North American Orthodox community. However, there is a dearth of professional, high-quality recordings provided of the ever-expanding repertoire of English compositions. While there is some excellent work by Capella Romana in their English Divine Liturgy Project and their Sun of Justice recording, as well as a selection of one-time recorded albums – such as the recording from the Chicago-based Panagia Koukouzelissa Choir, The St. Romanos Byzantine Choir recording of Holy Thursday, and The Voice of the Lord recording for the Theophany School in Needham, MA – there is not a dedicated project with the sole focus of searching out and presenting the best of English Byzantine chant in a professionally recorded format.

The English Hyphos Project’s goal is to attempt to provide sustained infrastructure dedicated to professionally recording the best English language cantors in North America chanting selections from the best available English language Byzantine music scores.