A very interesting Conference on Chanting will be held at the Conference Centre of Thessaly, in Volos, Greece, with the support of the Metropolis of Demetrias from 29 June to 3 July 2014.

The Conference, which is an international and interdisciplinary (involving researchers from many different disciplines) organized by the Department of Psaltic Art and Musicology of the Volos Academy for Theological Studies, which was formally established last September. The title of the conference is "The Art Chanting as Autonomous Science" as its main objective is to promote a self-reliant approach on Chanting, independent branch of western musicology, but also offer a multidimensional approach on Chanting, not only from the side of Musicology (which is of course the core scientific approach), but also from the perspective of other disciplines, such as Theology, Physics and Mathematics, Social Anthropology, Psychology, Medicine, palaeography, Informatics, etc. Thus, it aims at establishing contacts and interconnections of scholars interested in Chanting, through individual scientific competencies. The Conference involved 65 scientists with papers from Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia, Romania, Russia, Lebanon and the U.S.

For further information and enrollment, persons who are interested may contact the Secretariat of the Volos Academy for Theological Studies, phone +30-2421093553.

To see the detailed program of the Conference click here.