Saints’ Cyril & Methodios Youth Choir of Thessaloniki - Greece

Friday, September 20, 2024 | 7:30 PM | James Hall

Admission By Donation at the door 30 minutes before the concert

Workshops
Saturday, September 21, 2024 | James Hall

By Donation

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

About the Artists

The Choir of the Church of Saints Cyril & Methodius in Thessaloniki was founded in 1992 by its current director Dr.Maria Emma Meligopoulou. There are 4 different choral departments: preparatory choir, children’s choir, mixed youth choir and the female vocal ensemble “vox coralis”.

Apart from Greece, the choir has performed in Austria, Switzerland, Italy, England, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Holland, Bulgaria, Bulgaria, Spain, China, Russia, Turkey, Romania, Belarus, Israel, Egypt, South Africa, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Canada, USA and Switzerland. In 2017 the choir performed in Carnegie Hall in New York City. It is also recipient of international awards, such as gold medals at the "5th Brahms Choir Competition" (2007), at the "10th International Festival Moscow Sounds" (2008), at the "5th Loto-Quebec Choir Festival" (2009). In 2011 it was Category Winner at the "9th Venezia in Musica Choir Festival".

The choir collaborates regularly with the Thessaloniki Concert Hall, the Athens Concert Hall, the State Orchestra of Thessaloniki, the Symphony Orchestra of the Municipality of Thessaloniki. It has performed with the Camerata - Orchestra of Friends of Music, has taken part in the Athens Festival and has recorded for the Greek, German and Sri Lanka National Television.

About the Conductor

Dr. Maria Emma Meligopoulou is Assistant Professor of Choral Conducting at the Macedonia University School of Music Science and Art, Thessaloniki, Greece. She holds a PhD and a Postdoctoral Diploma from Ionian University School of Music and a Master's Degree in Choral Conducting from Boston University College of Fine Arts. She is also recipient of a bachelor’s degree in Law, from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She is also research associate at the Ionian and Aegean Universities, Greece. https://www.uom.gr/mariamelig

Her international career spans in all continents with numerous choral music performances. As adjudicator she has served is some of the most prestigious choral competitions, such as the Bali International Festival (Indonesia), the World Choir Games (USA, Russia, South Africa, China, Austria and Belgium), the European Choir Games (Germany, Sweden, Latvia), the Busan International Choir competition (Korea), and many others in Europe (Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Austria, Hungary etc.). As clinician she has lead seminars, lectures and workshops worldwide (Greece, China, Israel, Germany, Italy, USA, Canada, Sri Lanka, Korea, Russia, Belarus etc.).

Dr. Meligopoulou is author of academic textbooks Introduction to the Art of Choral Praxis (2011) and the digital book Choral Art in History, Theory & Practice (2023) from University Editions “Kallipos”, along with score editing of choral music by Greek and international composers. https://repository.kallipos.gr/handle/11419/9774 and https://www.panasmusic.gr/catalog/index.php?manufacturers_id=188