Oregon Music News

Welcome back to the Café at Artichoke Music for Coffeeshop Conversation number two hundred and sixty six. Can you believe it? Portland has a world famous choral ensemble. Its name is Cappella Romana. They’ve been around since 1991 giving the world early and contemporary sacred classical music in the Christian traditions of East and West. These days, the replication of sounds from an ancient Byzantine cathedral in Turkey has put them on the charts! And I’m betting they’ll be up for a Grammy. Executive Director Mark Powell is here with me. They’re doing so well they now have their own label and this week are releasing Benedict Sheehan: Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom by The Saint Tikhon Choir, a non-Cappella Romana album. a non-Cappella Romana album this week. Excerpt at the end of our conversation courtesy Cappella Romana. Let’s talk to Mark Powell