Vatican newspaper highlights work of scholarly singing nun

March 25, 2009

The March 25 edition of L’Osservatore Romano includes an interview with Sister Marie Keyrouz, founder and president of the International Institute of Sacred Chant in Paris. Sister Keyrouz, who was raised a Maronite Catholic, is a member of the Congregation of the Basilian Couetires, a Melkite Greek Catholic religious order. She performs Gregorian, Byzantine, and other Eastern rite chants and received her doctorate in religious musicology and anthropology from Sorbonne University in Paris.

 

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Further information:

• Intervista a suor Marie Keyrouz: Musica a somiglianza dell'Autore (L’Osservatore Romano)
• Sister Marie Keyrouz home page
• Congrégation des Sœurs Basiliennes Chouérites
• Keyrouz, Soeur Marie (Amazon.com)