History of the Choir

Choir directors

G.A.Maltsev 1925-26, 1933-1935
S.M.Laschinsky 1930-1931
A.M.Panofsky 1949-1956, 1960-1965
E.Evdokimov 1957
A,I,Panteleyeff 1957-1960
Valentin Kukuruza 1938
Ye.A. Andreyev 1936-1948, 1966-1974
Gregory Myers 1980, 1986
Vadim Wright  1975-1979, 1981-1983
Matushka Henrietta Somow 1983-1999
Kirill Bolshakov  2000-present

 

Choir members in 1939:
Sopranos – Elizaveta Kozina, Valentina Kovaleff, Raisa Parfenoff, Irena Rozvaliaeff, Anita Portnoff, Agasia Portnoff
Altos - Anastasia Vodotiko, Elizaveta Mikhailovsky, Evgenia Mikhailova, Maria Innokoff
Tenors - Evgeniy Fetisoff Dimitriy Potapenko
Basses - Fr. Konstantin Molchansky, Boris Fetisoff, Alexander Pavloff, Nikolai Innokoff, Anatoly Portnoff

 

The choir in 1950, led by Mr. A.M. Panovsky (center)

1st row: M. Woodward, L. Rudkiewich, L. Runzhe, E. M. Vishniakoff, V. Phillips

2d row: A. I. Adamovich, I. A. Rozvaliaeff, V. D. Abramoff, A. Polischuk, O. Kerchuk

3d row: M. P. Innokoff, N. Vlasik, bros. Hook, E. A. Andreieff, E.Yevdokimoff, M. Polischuk, A. G. Andreieff

 

 

Choir in January 1951


 

The Choir in October 1967: V. Wright, A.Adamovich, A. Rudkievicz, A.Levitsky, E. Mihailovsky, Ye. A.Andreyev - choirmaster, A. S. Polischuk, matushka Natalia, V. Phillips, L.Adamovich