THE PRIESTESSES CHOIR OF THE UNGHENI AND NISPORENI EPISCOPATE – A UNIQUE GROUP IN THE FIELD OF VLOCAL CHORAL ART

Abstract

This article presents the results of the research of the activity of a unique choral collective from the local choral art landscape. It is about a church choral collective, which has as members the priestesses of the clerics who serve in the parishes of the cities of Ungheni, Călărași, Hâncești and Nisporeni, established in 2011, on the initiatice and with the blessing of Petru, Bishop of Ungheni and Nisporeni.The article presents data from the activity of this collective and comes to emphasize its uniqueness

Keywords

• choral art
• church songs
• homophone-harmonic music
• pew music
• choral collectives
• traditions