Orthodox Liturgical Music

Dr. Ermolaeva began her career as a Russian Orthodox Liturgical Choral Director at the age of 16 at Holy Assumption Russian Orthodox Church in Trenton, NJ. She received her certificate in Russian Orthodox Liturgical Choral Conducting from Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, NY), and over her twenty-five-year career, she has served as the musical director for parishes in the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, the Moscow Patriarchate, and the Orthodox Church of America both in the U.S. and the U.K. Since 2022, Dr. Ermolaeva has been the musical director at the Mother of God, Joy of All Who Sorrow, Orthodox Church in Princeton, NJ, where she is developing the uncommon practice of Orthodox congregational singing.

As a choral director and music editor, Dr. Ermolaeva frequently creates new arrangements of Orthodox music and Orthodox music booklets to be used in church. Dr. Ermolaeva works equally in Old Church Slavonic and in English. She can be hired to arrange music or music booklets for your Orthodox church choir and parish by contacting her here. Dr. Ermolaeva also runs a small business of Orthodox church graphics and vector art called Gladsome Light Graphics and will be happy to discuss making custom-made digital Orthodox graphics for you.