trisagionschool.org | Amy Hogg | Activity https://trisagionschool.org/members/amyjhogggmail-com/activity/ Activity feed for Amy Hogg. Tue, 30 Jun 2026 02:22:35 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 d175dcad8ba0508697f24c3c135657ab Amy Hogg replied to the topic Announcements in the forum Oct 208 - Term 2 2026 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/announcements-97/#post-59032 Tue, 05 May 2026 22:58:19 -0500 Hello 208 students,
Christ is Risen! I updated the link to the 208 spreadsheet and gave you each access and your own protected sheet there. Everyone had a gmail address listed for their contact except for Dunstan and Johanna. Without a gmail address, I don’t think you’ll be able to access the spreadsheet. If you have one, please email me…Read more

]]> abcd316ba25f96ff59c4d469fc31cea7 Amy Hogg replied to the topic Q & A in the forum Oct 208 - Term 2 2026 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/q-a-72/#post-59031 Tue, 05 May 2026 22:55:57 -0500 Thanks for letting us know. Hopefully it won’t continue. If anyone else is having an issue please let us know and Caleb, if it continues to be an issue please let us know again.

~Amy

]]> 84c8c1a6202cd157f9043fe08fb8a606 Amy Hogg replied to the topic Announcements in the forum Oct 206 - Term 3 2025 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/announcements-85/#post-55196 Tue, 04 Nov 2025 20:06:41 -0500 I just put the sign-up sheet up for tonight’s Zoom session. Apologies that I forgot to do it sooner. If that’s when you usually come, please come then!

~Amy

]]> 5c473e253c03a8d1afc4fdc7c32977c6 Amy Hogg replied to the topic Announcements in the forum Oct 206 - Term 3 2025 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/announcements-85/#post-54829 Fri, 10 Oct 2025 19:21:20 -0500 Hello!
I recorded the Week 3 assignment/206 capstone project in a lower range than the recording that Father John El Massih did. Pa is pitched at A3. I’ve added the recording to the Week 3 homework lesson right below Fr. John’s recording. I’ll likely also add it to my Youtube channel as well.

In Christ,
Amy

]]> d04609d4d5bc3aad0ffd91f164ebfa60 Amy Hogg replied to the topic Q & A in the forum ByzB 103 - Term 3 2025 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/q-a-62/#post-54787 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:17:37 -0500 Hi Angela,
The interesting thing about the ajem is that it is technically only a localized symbol—meaning that it only affects one of the tetrachords. If it’s on a ga, the vou is a half step from ga, if it’s on zo, the zo is flat (when ascending and descending), if it’s on high vou’, it is a half step from pa’. Outside of the notes that it’s…Read more

]]> f00141fed74b6ec09fdb10c777cf631d Amy Hogg replied to the topic Welcome to ByzB 103! Please introduce yourself! in the forum ByzB 103 - Term 3 2025 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/welcome-to-byzb-103-please-introduce-yourself-13/#post-54658 Tue, 07 Oct 2025 18:48:39 -0500 I was in Salt Lake City in 2019 but didn’t get to visit any churches. Your church is so cute and old. Am I reading the plaque on Google correctly, and that it was originally a synagogue? I see photos of a second iconostasis. Do you have a chapel in the basement? Cool baptism font too, btw.

~Amy

]]> 580b7a126d695c76a428af6a2ddd7264 Amy Hogg replied to the topic Welcome to ByzB 103! Please introduce yourself! in the forum ByzB 103 - Term 3 2025 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/welcome-to-byzb-103-please-introduce-yourself-13/#post-54657 Tue, 07 Oct 2025 18:43:39 -0500 Hi Silouan,
You go to church with Susanna Howder and Judy Rose-Smith, correct? I’m not sure I put that together before now.

~Amy

]]> 19ebd9e1957082dcdd93a839a738e8a4 Amy Hogg replied to the topic Welcome to ByzB 103! Please introduce yourself! in the forum ByzB 103 - Term 3 2025 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/welcome-to-byzb-103-please-introduce-yourself-13/#post-54656 Tue, 07 Oct 2025 18:41:22 -0500 Hi Joanna,
You went to St. Nektarios in Charlotte this past weekend, correct? Did you chant with the left choir? Dina and I were chatting yesterday and realized we used the same communion hymn on Sunday morning. lol

]]> d1e04d3b1a6a211dc63849559dc7ae32 Amy Hogg replied to the topic Welcome to ByzB 103! Please introduce yourself! in the forum ByzB 103 - Term 3 2025 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/welcome-to-byzb-103-please-introduce-yourself-13/#post-54655 Tue, 07 Oct 2025 18:39:47 -0500 Hi Angela,
So, you must know Niki P? Your church is so beautiful. Are you going to come to the St. George workshop at the end of the month?! You are so close! I’d love to get to chant with you in person but know that traveling can be hard or impossible sometimes due to health reasons.
~Amy

]]> 7ddd911036e128ffa36d94b2537d49af Amy Hogg replied to the topic Welcome to ByzB 103! Please introduce yourself! in the forum ByzB 103 - Term 3 2025 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/welcome-to-byzb-103-please-introduce-yourself-13/#post-54654 Tue, 07 Oct 2025 18:38:20 -0500 I’m really excited for the St. George workshop! Looking forward to meeting you. ๐Ÿ™‚

~Amy

]]> 764420a1c07377afe37551bcfd92496d Amy Hogg replied to the topic Q & A in the forum ByzB 103 - Term 3 2025 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/q-a-62/#post-54652 Tue, 07 Oct 2025 18:35:11 -0500 Thanks Angela!
Yes, that was a typo. I fixed it and also edited it so that hopefully it’s more clear.

]]> 531d8a1ee3e5ac6145ca36b801531fb0 Amy Hogg started the topic Welcome to Octoechos 206! Please introduce yourself. in the forum Oct 206 - Term 3 2025 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/welcome-to-octoechos-206-please-introduce-yourself/ Sat, 27 Sep 2025 13:43:06 -0500 Weโ€™re so glad that youโ€™re taking this class this term.

Iโ€™ll go first. Iโ€™m Amy Hogg. Feel free to call me Amy or Mrs Hogg (with a long o sound). I started chanting after I became Orthodox in 2004 but took a break when I moved to Pittsburgh. I enjoy studying chant, vocal technique and pedagogy (I was an elementary school teacher for 6 years and the…Read more

]]> c816d6b3b5f7c88008621d1e80ce60e4 Amy Hogg started the topic Announcements in the forum Oct 206 - Term 3 2025 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/announcements-85/ Sat, 27 Sep 2025 13:42:07 -0500 This is where we will make announcements about our class. Please subscribe to this thread so that you receive an email when announcements are made. Do not reply to this thread. If you have a question regarding an announcement, ask it in the Q & A thread.

]]> 8a65125499d422412ebf0d8c9fdc5690 Amy Hogg started the topic Q & A in the forum ByzB 103 - Term 3 2025 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/q-a-62/ Sat, 27 Sep 2025 13:39:05 -0500 Feel free to ask questions about the course in this thread. If you have a question regarding an announcement, please ask your question here instead of in the announcements thread.

]]> 8d7eb548a960057c4f9db25845bbc7b0 Amy Hogg started the topic Announcements in the forum ByzB 103 - Term 3 2025 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/announcements-84/ Sat, 27 Sep 2025 13:38:37 -0500 This is where we will make announcements about our class. Please subscribe to this thread so that you receive an email when announcements are made. Do not reply to this thread. If you have a question regarding an announcement, ask it in the Q & A thread.

]]> 7f010ca447f33e702845d522128d9c16 Amy Hogg started the topic Welcome to ByzB 103! Please introduce yourself! in the forum ByzB 103 - Term 3 2025 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/welcome-to-byzb-103-please-introduce-yourself-13/ Sat, 27 Sep 2025 13:38:11 -0500 Please introduce yourself!

]]> 355a15d1f571b7864ea4d87a9ddb9ac8 Amy Hogg started the topic Welcome to ByzB 102! Please introduce yourself! in the forum ByzB 102 - Term 3 2025 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/welcome-to-byzb-102-please-introduce-yourself-13/ Sat, 27 Sep 2025 13:37:22 -0500 Please introduce yourself!

]]> 045ac17b0f228447537423745e7cc0e6 Amy Hogg started the topic Announcements in the forum ByzB 102 - Term 3 2025 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/announcements-83/ Sat, 27 Sep 2025 13:36:19 -0500 This is where we will make announcements about our class. Please subscribe to this thread so that you receive an email when announcements are made. Do not reply to this thread. If you have a question regarding an announcement, ask it in the Q & A thread.

]]> fd114d9b0996eeee200ed016b8f45b53 Amy Hogg started the topic Q & A in the forum ByzB 102 - Term 3 2025 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/q-a-61/ Sat, 27 Sep 2025 13:35:23 -0500 Feel free to ask questions about the course in this thread. If you have a question regarding an announcement, please ask your question here instead of in the announcements thread.

]]> fdf2b16b9422ab05b96a91d0a739f2e3 Amy Hogg replied to the topic Tuesday Zoom Session in the forum ByzB 102 - Term 3 2025 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/tuesday-zoom-session/#post-54366 Sat, 27 Sep 2025 13:32:28 -0500 Apologies. Classes start on the 29th. The header on the Course Catalog page of the website said the 22nd for awhile unfortunately.

]]> 4e138ee2f41067adae31cc8bbf1e2d15 Amy Hogg replied to the topic Thursday Afternoon Zoom Sessions for Chant Practice and Voice Lab in the forum ByzB 102 - Term 3 2025 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/thursday-afternoon-zoom-sessions-for-chant-practice-and-voice-lab/#post-54365 Sat, 27 Sep 2025 13:31:35 -0500 Class starts on the 29th. Sorry for the confusion!

]]> 989190b75ebc7da99778fe53ad280059 Amy Hogg started the topic Q & A in the forum Oct 206 - Term 3 2025 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/q-a-59/ Sat, 27 Sep 2025 13:15:07 -0500 If you have a question about the class, please ask it here!

]]> d3c0490532e00a73f4ecf984f7e247d1 Amy Hogg replied to the topic Q & A in the forum ByzB 101: Term 2 2021 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/q-a-3/#post-26195 Sat, 26 Jun 2021 19:42:20 -0500 Hi Stephanie,
That’s fine! I’ve gotten done of those before.

]]> c30c9a29b17dc0f59ac03c96a25613f8 Amy Hogg replied to the topic Q & A in the forum ByzB 102: Term 2, 2021 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/q-a-2/#post-25763 Wed, 16 Jun 2021 01:18:08 -0500 Sure!
Here it is:
http://music.stanthonysmonastery.org/ByzOrthography.pdf

]]> 8a9ac44da9ba5d1a644e5866f4848828 Amy Hogg replied to the topic Q & A in the forum Voice Lab 100 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/q-a/#post-25473 Sat, 05 Jun 2021 19:20:48 -0500 Hi Nina,
Along with the intonation is something better that I didn’t mention. If you are doing fine going up and down the scale (as I believe you said you were) then chant the middle note of up 2 quietly or under your breath. With practice you will be able to do it in your head and then you won’t need to do it at all.

I hope that helps!

]]> fe0f3c0fc6359a287261d9187747c876 Amy Hogg replied to the topic Q & A in the forum Voice Lab 100 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/q-a/#post-25331 Thu, 03 Jun 2021 23:28:59 -0500 It seems we may have hit upon this but I’m not sure if it was obvious. Falsetto uses stiff folds, which we worked on some last night.

]]> 42a56dc723a2328c8173d0bf2754ce1a Amy Hogg replied to the topic Q & A in the forum ByzB 101: Term 2 2021 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/q-a-3/#post-25329 Thu, 03 Jun 2021 19:13:01 -0500 Hi Mike,
Each Mode has a characteristic scale that is used, but there are instances in some modes where certain hymns use a different scale. For instance 4th Mode is characteristically Diatonic, but 4th Mode apolitikia use the Soft Chromatic scale.

]]> 874f7e024597815bf6794ebb8542f9b4 Amy Hogg replied to the topic Announcements in the forum Voice Lab 100 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/announcements-12/#post-25189 Thu, 27 May 2021 01:17:18 -0500 Hey guys!
Zoom kicked me out and some students as well. I’m back on in the same meeting. Please try to rejoin.

]]> adee4e4ba316aab4635809ad21ded6da Amy Hogg replied to the topic Q & A in the forum Voice Lab 100 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/q-a/#post-25184 Wed, 26 May 2021 23:38:41 -0500 Hi Susan,
Thanks for the update. I look forward to hearing more about how it’s going tonight!

You’re welcome. It’s my pleasure!
Amy

]]> ee284ba7d9b5333e392da68e19dbf992 Amy Hogg replied to the topic Q & A in the forum Voice Lab 100 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/q-a/#post-25183 Wed, 26 May 2021 23:37:35 -0500 Hi Anthony,
Truly He is Risen! No worries. Hopefully I’ll see you tonight!

]]> 10d80640b26373d85db8ea2563bc809a Amy Hogg replied to the topic Q & A in the forum ByzB 101: Term 2 2021 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/q-a-3/#post-25182 Wed, 26 May 2021 23:36:20 -0500 Hello,
I understand. You need to work on matching pitch and getting your voice to reproduce the notes that you hear. Right now there’s a disconnect. I’ve had other 101/102/103 students navigate through this process so it can definitely be done. I think it would be helpful to do some private lessons. Let’s talk about this via email.

]]> 330907424b61449d317b966fa302f07e Amy Hogg replied to the topic Q & A in the forum ByzB 101: Term 2 2021 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/q-a-3/#post-25181 Wed, 26 May 2021 23:30:13 -0500 Hi David,
Good question. The scale charts are correct as written. Ni’ to Pa’ is 4 microtones and Ni to Pa is 12 microtones. The building block of Byzantine music is the tetrachord, not the octave. Some scales repeat at the octave, but others do not. The Hard Chromatic scale is made of repeating terachords (not a repeating octave). This is why…Read more

]]> b5f9ef1abfac8183a7740430c9b4ca6f Amy Hogg replied to the topic Announcements in the forum ByzB 102: Term 2, 2021 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/announcements-13/?view=all#post-25172 Wed, 26 May 2021 14:18:12 -0500 Thanks to everyone who responded to the survey about the rescheduling of Thursday evening’s session. Most people preferred the Thursday night spot. So:

Thursday, May 27th, 7:30 – 8 pm ET Session CANCELED

It is being replaced with this session:

Thursday, May 27th, 9:30 – 10 pm ET

All other sessions (including Thurs. afternoon) will remain the…Read more

]]> a979114fcc64e85e629454fddc1b2bdd Amy Hogg replied to the topic Q & A in the forum ByzB 101: Term 2 2021 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/q-a-3/#post-25162 Wed, 26 May 2021 13:56:50 -0500 Yes, I did it and then ran out of time and didn’t get a chance to write you back. Sorry and glad you found it!

]]> 84e4c963a29fc8ceac201256801ce24c Amy Hogg replied to the topic Q & A in the forum ByzB 101: Term 2 2021 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/q-a-3/#post-25148 Wed, 26 May 2021 01:59:04 -0500 That’s great! Thanks for sharing. I think this is Jermiah? You should go into your profile and change your user name so we see your name instead of your email. ๐Ÿ™‚

]]> a65336df15b8ac089017c50b7973af3a Amy Hogg replied to the topic Q & A in the forum ByzB 101: Term 2 2021 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/q-a-3/#post-25147 Wed, 26 May 2021 01:57:38 -0500 Hi Noel,
Glad you are enjoying the class. Old vs. modern English varies from parish to parish depending on the priest and bishop. Our school uses hymns mostly set to the Holy Transfiguration Monastery’s translations (old English) as they are high quality and extensive.

]]> 6e18248fe0c7e246ca5b42dd732afad3 Amy Hogg replied to the topic Q & A in the forum ByzB 101: Term 2 2021 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/q-a-3/#post-25146 Wed, 26 May 2021 01:55:05 -0500 Hi,
Sorry for the delay. I thought I had written you back. Yes, that’s right!

]]> 7c835c075bd878647ffede3607eeb6ec Amy Hogg replied to the topic Announcements in the forum ByzB 102: Term 2, 2021 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/announcements-13/#post-25140 Tue, 25 May 2021 21:48:28 -0500 Hi everyone,
I have to cancel our 7:30-8 pm ET session on this Thursday, May 27th and reschedule it. My apologies for the late notice. My son’s 6th grade graduation is that day and I won’t be back in time for our class. I could meet later that night from 9:30 – 10 pm ET or I could meet on Wednesday the 26th from 8 – 8:30 pm ET.

If you were…Read more

]]> 269abbbc648f50d748b0dbc32826fece Amy Hogg replied to the topic Q & A in the forum ByzB 102: Term 2, 2021 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/q-a-2/#post-25003 Mon, 24 May 2021 15:40:10 -0500 Hi Max,
Yes, when the melody descends through/past Zo then it is flatted as you describe. Zo attractions are notated in the score. This is something that is learned through oral tradition and knowledge of the phrases and how they function.

]]> 5cedbc7c39ca737a6a201cfb161aa05d Amy Hogg replied to the topic Q & A in the forum ByzB 102: Term 2, 2021 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/q-a-2/#post-25002 Mon, 24 May 2021 15:37:48 -0500 These phrases are psuedo Byzantine and perhaps I should change how I talk about them in the lesson. The phrases at the beginning that start with Diatonic Thi are like 1st Mode phrases.

These are really good questions that show me I need to clarify some things in the lesson. In general, the mode is established at the beginning of the hymn and…Read more

]]> d87a63a5c09458044b51524d6d6f7a30 Amy Hogg replied to the topic Q & A in the forum ByzB 102: Term 2, 2021 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/q-a-2/#post-25001 Mon, 24 May 2021 15:32:47 -0500 Hi Presbytera,
Yes, that’s fine. No worries! ๐Ÿ™‚

]]> 5366198ca0d915a38d9b50028428fa42 Amy Hogg replied to the topic Q & A in the forum ByzB 102: Term 2, 2021 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/q-a-2/#post-24879 Wed, 19 May 2021 15:17:08 -0500 Hi Alexis,
I think you wrote something down incorrectly. Vou is the base of Legetos, an Heirmologic version of Fourth Mode. Thi is the the base of Agia, the oldest form of the 4th Mode (Agia phrases show up in Sticheraric hymns pretty much every mode and whole Papadic hymns are written in Agia).

The stylized Delta is used for two notes due to…Read more

]]> eb967bbd69c05a0d447cdad89108c2a7 Amy Hogg replied to the topic Q & A in the forum ByzB 101: Term 2 2021 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/q-a-3/#post-24821 Mon, 17 May 2021 13:42:11 -0500 Hi Thomas,
Thanks for your feedback! I started working on this curriculum ten years ago and it’s been a long journey of trying out new things, throwing out things that don’t work, and improving on things that do. We cover a lot of varied content in this class and I’ve tried to weave it together in a cohesive manner. I’m glad to hear it’s…Read more

]]> 99ae659bb8bc9e280710a9b19e923a1c Amy Hogg replied to the topic Announcements in the forum ByzB 101: Term 2 2021 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/announcements-14/#post-24792 Sat, 15 May 2021 13:17:13 -0500 Christ is Risen!
Great job on the Week 1 lessons everyone! It’s wonderful seeing you in our practice sessions. You’re working hard and are so engaged. If you haven’t started working on the Week 2 lessons yet, I encourage you to get started on them this weekend.

I’m making a slight change to our practice session schedule beginning this week in…Read more

]]> f84a477349c5908e7f2087a24d1a790b Amy Hogg replied to the topic Announcements in the forum ByzB 102: Term 2, 2021 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/announcements-13/#post-24790 Sat, 15 May 2021 12:59:19 -0500 Christ is Risen!
Great job on the week 1 lessons everyone. It’s wonderful to see everyone working so hard and coming to sessions. If you haven’t started Week 2 yet please do so.

I’ve created a new lesson in our classroom called, “ByzB 102 Documents to Print.” It’s located in the beginning after the Zoom practice session info lesson. In this…Read more

]]> 9f46b0b1ce9d6d286f857bab4ebd5ce4 Amy Hogg replied to the topic Q & A in the forum ByzB 102: Term 2, 2021 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/q-a-2/#post-24660 Thu, 13 May 2021 15:06:52 -0500 Hi Max,
There are compositional genres (heirmologic, sticheraric, papadic) and then there is also some variation within those genres. For example, 4th Mode Heirmologic hymns are often Diatonic (Legetos), but there are also 4th Mode Heirmologic scales that use the Soft Chromatic Scale. Intonations match the genre and form of the Mode. For 4th Mode…Read more

]]> 0b70bc0c2043d26473e80639bbb67fc9 Amy Hogg replied to the topic Q & A in the forum Voice Lab 100 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/q-a/#post-24659 Thu, 13 May 2021 14:57:03 -0500 Hi Susan,
I tried to put the most fundamental topics first. Most likely we will focus on the earlier topics the most during our seven weeks. Everything is interrelated though so we’ll likely touch on some of the later topics also, but it’s not as likely that we will spend as much time on them as we do on the earlier topics.

I’m sorry to hear…Read more

]]> a8b73bb2e1199b0b3fbcbfadb517191f Amy Hogg replied to the topic Q & A in the forum ByzB 101: Term 2 2021 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/q-a-3/#post-24655 Thu, 13 May 2021 13:18:52 -0500 Hi David,
1) I used to use “dhi,” but switched to “thi” as more people were likely to pronounce the word incorrectly when it was spelled the first way. If you could take screen shots of where you see “dhi” and send it to me via email I would appreciate it (or just say the lesson and where it is).
2) Because automela are sung from memory and not…Read more

]]> d6863f9050dbb549fcac68c975f29f1a Amy Hogg replied to the topic Announcements in the forum ByzB 102: Term 2, 2021 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/announcements-13/#post-24523 Tue, 11 May 2021 00:39:35 -0500 Hello,
I made a mistake and put our Tuesday evening practice session on Monday. To clarify, our practice sessions schedule is as follows:

Regular Practice Session Schedule
Tuesdays 8:30 โ€“ 9 pm ET
Thursdays 1:30 – 2 pm, 7:30 โ€“ 8 pm ET

Vocal Technique sessions
Tuesdays, 8:00 โ€“ 8:30 pm ET
Thursdays, 8:00 โ€“ 8:30 pm ET

Also, I have created a Googl…Read more

]]> bd14c248f374721a6c43008c446dddc7 Amy Hogg replied to the topic Q & A in the forum ByzB 102: Term 2, 2021 https://trisagionschool.org/forums/topic/q-a-2/#post-24520 Tue, 11 May 2021 00:20:28 -0500 Hi Alexandra,
Truly He is Risen!
I’m sorry but I made a mistake with the schedule. The Monday session is actually on Tuesday at 8:30 right after the Vocal Technique class. If you go to the Zoom page in our classroom you’ll see links.…Read more

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