Choir of the Archdiocese of Tripoli

The Choir of the Greek Orthodox Parish of Tripoli, Koura and the Region consists of a number of chanters mastering the rules of Byzantine music. The Choir was founded on September 1st 1991 at the initiative of His Eminence Metropolitan Elias (Korban). It mainly aims at grasping Byzantine music through regular and on-going meetings, and through constant endeavors to perfect chanting, encourage youth and instigate them to learn the correct chanting, according to inherited rules. The Choir also aims at spreading Byzantine music through various activities, such as chanted evening services, and releasing recordings, to name but a few. The management team consists of the Choir Director, Vice-Director, Manager, Secretary, Accountant, Treasurer and the Marketing Manager. The Choir holds regular weekly meetings, or when necessary. The Choir celebrates its annual anniversary on September 8, at the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Tripoli. The choir has many released recordings. Our latest CD is the "Psalms - Part 1", the psalms music are all composed by Fr.Nikolas Malek and the solo chanting in the CD is by his voice. I would like to inform you that we have in the eparchy a Byzantine Music school, also previously directed by Fr. Nikolas Malek and now is directed by Mr. Wissam El Murr, the current vice-director of the Choir. Our school graduates many students every year, many of the choir members graduated from the school and the other members are the main founders of the Choir and teachers in the school.