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The OCA Department of Liturgical Music and Translations is pleased to announce an opportunity this summer for intermediate and advanced level choir directors to take private conducting lessons with Dr. Peter Jermihov.

Those who are interested should complete the Registration Form and jermihovpeter@gmail.com with Dr. Jermihov at their earliest convenience.

The cost for an 8-week block of lessons is $600, with additional 4-week blocks available at $300 per block.

A recent testimonial from one of Dr. Jermihov’s students states:

“I thoroughly enjoyed and benefited from my time with Dr. Jermihov…. He was genuinely interested in me while providing applicable conducting techniques and insights related to my current situation as a small parish choir director.

Choir directors will find a wealth of wisdom and practical information with Dr. Jermihov. He definitely knows conducting and communicates this knowledge with genuine enthusiasm. Highly recommended!”

Other testimonials from previous students continue in a similar vein:

“[Dr. Jermihov] identified and then corrected some bad conducting habits that I had developed over the years.”

“Dr. Jermihov is helping me to develop a more advanced vocabulary of gestures to communicate with my choir.”

“Dr. Jermihov explains the core principles of conducting in a very clear and comprehensive way…. Most importantly, Dr. Jermihov is a very passionate teacher who has warm and friendly personality.”

Dr. Peter Jermihov is a life-long church musician, who has served as a choir director, chanter, teacher, composer and arranger, in a number of parishes in various jurisdictions, including the OCA, ROCOR, the Moscow Patriarchate, and the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese. His mission as a church musician is to bring beauty and professional competence to Divine Worship.

Jermihov holds the Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Choral Conducting from the University of Illinois at Urbana and studied orchestral conducting at the St. Petersburg Conservatory under Ilya Musin. He is founder and artistic director of the Society of Saint Romanos the Melodist, a not-for-profit corporation devoted to the furtherance of Orthodox culture in America. For a more complete description of Dr. Jermihov’s career, please visit www.peterjermihov.com or www.societyromanos.org.