Summer Music Institute Instructors
Juliana Woodill
Juliana Woodill (Conducting) is a choral director and National Board Certified Teacher at Fairfax High School in northern Virginia. She is an active musician, conductor, and clinician both for the Orthodox Church and professionally. She conducts at All Saints of America Mission in Alexandria and founded the Archdiocesan Choir of Washington, D.C., a liturgical ensemble consisting of Orthodox singers from Virginia, Maryland, and D.C. She was a featured conductor at the International Symposium of Orthodox Church Musicians Conference in 2016 and 2018 and has taught as a guest lecturer and conductor at both St. Vladimir’s and St. Tikhon’s Seminaries. Juliana grew up singing in the Orthodox Church and has participated in choirs since the age of 8, going on to receive a Bachelor of Music in Music Education and Musical Theater from Westminster Choir College. She studied conducting with Dr. Joe Miller and sang with the Westminster Symphonic Choir under the baton of many conducting greats, including Christoph Eschenbach, Neeme Jarvi, Pierre Boulez, and Kurt Masur. Additionally, she teaches at Fairfax High School where she conducts multiple ensembles and teaches music theory. She is a respected clinician, adjudicator, and guest conductor throughout the state of Virginia. She loves the opportunity to bring the musicianship and skills of the choral world into the church setting.
Dr Vladimir Morosan
Dr. Vladimir Morosan (Keynote, Advance Studies) is one of the leading experts outside Russia in the field of Orthodox liturgical music. He is Founder and President of Musica Russica, a publishing company specializing in the publication and dissemination of Orthodox choral music throughout the Western world. He is also the creator and director of the “Orthodox Sacred Music Reference Library” Project, the largest online library of Orthodox music. He also serves as Editor-in-Chief of Orthodox Church Music, a semi-annual journal published by PSALM, the Pan-Orthodox Society for the Advancement of Liturgical Music. As Founder and Artistic Director of Archangel Voices, a professional-level choral ensemble, he has recorded six CDs of Orthodox liturgical music in English; he is also the composer and editor of numerous choral arrangements. He serves as Project Lead for music editing and online instruction for the Department of Liturgical Music of the Orthodox Church in America. A tonsured reader in the Orthodox Church, he currently serves as Director of Liturgical Singing at St. Katherine Orthodox Church in Carlsbad, California.
Dr Alexander Lingas
Alexander Lingas, Music Director and founder of Cappella Romana, is Professor of Music at the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies (Cambridge, UK), and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Performing Arts at City St. George’s, University of London. Having first come to St. Vladimir’s Seminary in 1990 for a semester of doctoral course work in patristics and liturgical theology, Alexander Lingas remained for the next three decades a regular visit to campus for research, conferences, and guest lectures (notably including 2004 Schmemann Lecture). After hosting Dr. Lingas as Artist in Residence for Spring 2023, the Seminary appointed him Professor of Music and Associate Director of its Institute of Sacred Arts.
Dr. Lingas completed his doctorate on Sunday matins in the rite of Hagia Sophia at the University of British Columbia and then, with the support of an SSHRC postdoctoral fellowship, moved to Oxfordshire to study theology with Metropolitan Kallistos Ware. From 1997 to 2021 he was a Fellow of the University of Oxford’s European Humanities Research Centre. His present work embraces not only historical study but also ethnography and performance. His awards include Fulbright and Onassis grants for musical studies in Greece with cantor Lycourgos Angelopoulos, the British Academy’s Thank-Offering to Britain Fellowship, research leave supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, and the St. Romanos the Melodist medallion of the National Forum for Greek Orthodox Church Musicians (USA). In 2018 His All Holiness, Bartholomew I, Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch, bestowed on him the title of Archon Mousikodidáskalos. His Eminence Metropolitan Teofan of the Metropolis of Moldavia and Bukovina awarded him the Moldavian Cross in 2019. In 2023 Dr. Lingas formed and directed the Byzantine Chant Ensemble for the Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla.
Photini Downie Robinson
Photini Downie Robinson (Vocal Technique) is in national demand as a cantor, ensemble artist, teacher, writer, speaker, and workshop leader. She is a tonsured Cantor in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and currently serves as Protopsáltria at the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Portland, Oregon. Photini is one of the core artists in the internationally acclaimed vocal ensemble Cappella Romana. She holds Bachelor’s degrees in Vocal Performance and Computer Science from DePauw University (Greencastle, IN) and a Certificate in Byzantine Music from the Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (Brookline, MA). Photini is the Founding Director of Yphos Studio and has served on the faculty of the Liturgical Arts Academy, the Trisagion School of Byzantine Music, the Synaxis of Orthodox Women Byzantine Cantors, the Koukouzelis Institute, and the Artefact Institute. Her work has been featured by Axia Women, Ancient Faith Radio, and the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. Photini is passionate about the intersection of liturgical music and pastoral theology and strives to incorporate spiritual care and theological education into her music ministry. She especially loves working with older adults and families affected by memory loss. To that end, Photini is currently pursuing a Master of Divinity at Holy Cross Seminary in Boston with the goal of becoming a Board Certified Chaplain.
Alice Hughes
Alice Hughes (Vocal Technique) is an active performer, teacher, and conductor with over 40 years of experience as a voice teacher and conductor. After her retirement from public school teaching, she relocated to northern Virginia, where she maintains an active private voice studio. She regularly teaches workshops, clinics, and masterclasses in vocal technique. Ms. Hughes received her Bachelor of Music degree from the University of the Pacific in Music Education with a choral emphasis and holds a Master of Education degree from Bethany University. She studied conducting with William Dehning and Lawrence McQuerrey. She also received additional conducting instruction from Mark Bailey, Vladimir Gorbik, Peter Jermihov, and from observing literally dozens of conductors. She studied voice with Lynelle Frankforter Weins, Robert Bernard, and in recent years with Claudia Catania in NYC. She is a founder of the West Coast Liturgical Singing Seminar, which hosted liturgical music conferences in California for more than 10 years. With her long-time collaborator, Anne Schoepp, she co-owns Seraphim Six Productions, which offers recordings and digital editions of Orthodox liturgical music in English. In October 2025 she made her NYC debut with her one-woman show, SNAPSHOTS.
