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No open practice on Wednesday, December 26th
Please note that there will be no open practice on Wednesday, December 26th.
Find out more »Vasilopita 2019
The BLE invites you to attend our annual Greek New Year’s celebration! Please join us as we cut the traditional New Year’s vasilopita with our friends from the Greek-American Political Club. Sample a variety of home-baked vasilopitas and sing traditional kalanta with us. You can learn more about the event and find a list of recipes contributed by our members and friends here. No cover charge. Mezedakia and cash bar provided by the GAPC. Convenient parking in the Green Street parking garage…
Find out more »Karnavali 2019
Join the Boston Lykeion Ellinidon for Karnavali, an annual night of music, dancing, and regional folk traditions in celebration of Apokries, the Greek carnival season. This year, we invite everyone to dance with us around the Gaitanaki. Dancers weave colorful ribbons around a pole to celebrate the turning of the seasons. REVMA will play a variety of Greek dance favorites joined by acclaimed clarinetist Lefteris Bournias, founder and leader of New York City’s Apollo Orchestras. Costumes are encouraged. Raffle prizes have…
Find out more »Greek Music Education Program: Lefteris Bournias
Improvisational Techniques in Asia Minor & Aegean Clarinet Music Utilizing Makam Lefteris Bournias Aaron Copland School of Music Type of Registration Single session $25.00 USD Entire series $125.00 USD The pre-registration fee is $25 per individual session, or $30 at the door (payable by cash/check.) You can also pre-register for the entire series at a discounted rate of $125. Pay securely via Paypal using the button above (at checkout, you will have the option of selecting the total number of sessions you wish to register for.)…
Find out more »Greek Music Education Program: Beth Bahia Cohen
The Violin and Bowed Strings of Greece Beth Bahia Cohen Berklee College of Music & Tufts University Type of Registration Single session $25.00 USD Entire series $125.00 USD Beth Bahia Cohen plays traditional Greek music on the violin and various lyras. She has learned from and performed with many violinists and lyra players in Greece: Vangelis Zagoraios of Andros, Yiorgos Bellis of Kythnos, Manolis Manouras and Yiorgos Avissinos of Crete, and more. She has performed with New York dance groups…
Find out more »Greek Music Education Program: Panayotis League
Music and Oral Poetry of Kalymnos Island Panayotis League Harvard University Type of Registration Single session $25.00 USD Entire series $125.00 USD The pre-registration fee is $25 per individual session, or $30 at the door (payable by cash/check.) You can also pre-register for the entire series at a discounted rate of $125. Pay securely via Paypal using the button above (at checkout, you will have the option of selecting the total number of sessions you wish to register for.) Panayotis (Paddy) League is at the forefront of…
Find out more »2019 General Assembly Meeting
The General Assembly is an annual meeting open to all members of the Boston Lykeion Ellinidon in good standing. We will update you on our activities since our last annual meeting, hold elections and approve the annual budget, and discuss ideas for upcoming programs. Refreshments will be served and parking is available for a reasonable rate in the Green Street Parking Garage next to the GAPC. If you have not renewed your 2018 membership dues or would like to become a new member, please…
Find out more »Greek Music Education Program: Chris Pantazelos
Greek Stringed Instruments: History and Construction Chris Pantazelos Luthier, Spartan Instruments Type of Registration Single session $25.00 USD Entire series $125.00 USD The pre-registration fee is $25 per individual session, or $30 at the door (payable by cash/check.) You can also pre-register for the entire series at a discounted rate of $125. Pay securely via Paypal using the button above (at checkout, you will have the option of selecting the total number of sessions you wish to register for.) The goal of the Boston Lykeion Ellinidon…
Find out more »Greek Music Education Program: Vasilis Skoulas
Cretan Music and the Cretan Lyra Vasilis Skoulas Lyra player & singer Type of Registration Single session $25.00 USD Entire series $125.00 USD Vasilis Skoulas will present a workshop on Cretan music and the Cretan lyra. He will be accompanied by two laouto players and one mandolin player, all from Crete. This session is presented in collaboration with the Pancretan Association of America “Rathamanthus-Ide” Chapter of Boston, Inc. The pre-registration fee is $25 per individual session, or $30 at the door (payable…
Find out more »25th Annual Greek Independence Day Parade of Boston
Come join us on Sunday for the the annual Boston Greek Independence Day Parade commemorating Greece’s march to freedom which began on March 25th, 1821. The 2019 Boston Greek Parade will end at the corner of Exeter and Boylston Street with the EU flag in front of Lenox Hotel in Boston Massachusetts. If you have any questions about the Boston Greek Parade, please contact the organizers of the Boston Greek parade, the Federation of Hellenic-American Societies of New England, by phone at…
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