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Music

Find resources for Orthodox music in the Western Rite. These songs reflect our worship and are provided to help you learn, pray, and sing with us.

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Orthodox West Music
A Tutorial

This handout helps singers grow in Western Rite chant through solfège practice, chant notation basics, vocal tone development, and musical phrasing.

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The Order for Vespers
For Saturdays Throughout the Year

This service book provides the prayers for Saturday evening Vespers. We are learning this first and will add more services over time.

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Psalm 119:169-176
Before Thee let my cry come near

This gentle setting offers the psalm as an intimate prayer. The music serves the text, allowing its longing for mercy, guidance, and life to remain foremost.

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Chanting the Psalm Tones
Book and music

This service guide provides an overview of the psalm tones used in Western Rite chant, along with short musical examples to support practice.

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O Gladsome Light
​An ancient Christian hymn

​O Gladsome Light is one of the oldest known Christian hymns, preserved through centuries of Orthodox tradition and sung across generations.

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O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
From 6-9th century O antiphons

This song comes from prayers invoking Christ under Old Testament titles. These cries were gathered into a single Advent hymn with a sober, hopeful character.

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