music traditions

Marriage | Part 1: Music

In this post we are going to examine some aspects of marriage, and its music which come traditionally with singing and dancing. In today’s marriages music, singing and dancing play an essential role in rituals and traditions. Music is played at the beginning of the ceremony, carefully chosen songs are sung during the ceremony, and people dance and sing during the feast. Were rituals and traditions related to music in… Read more

Open House | Performance Traditions in Greece, with Panayotis Fragkiskos League

We were delighted to welcome Panayotis Fragkiskos League, PhD Candidate, Ethnomusicology of Harvard University, for an Open House discussion. The video discussion was on Thursday, January 28, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. EST, and was recorded. The topic of this ‘Open House’ is ‘Performance Traditions in Greece.’ Paddy League also performs songs accompanied by laouto, and demonstrates the tsambouna. You can watch the event below or on our YouTube channel. Members… Read more