Maria Takala-Roszczenko, Assistant Professor of Church Music (tenure track)

Contact information:
School of Theology
Philosophical Faculty

University of Eastern Finland

PB 111, FI-80101
Joensuu, Finland


Phone: 0294 45 2208

E-mail: maria.takala (at) uef.fi

www.isocm.com

Personal information

• Born in Kuopio, Finland, 1977
• Family: husband Aleksander Roszczenko, children: Vasili (b. 2013), Dimitri (b. 2016)
• Interests and hobbies: Choir, violin, kantele; Orthodox paraliturgical songs; English literature; WWII history; movies

Research interests and projects

• Cantor in the Orthodox Church of Finland (19th-20th centuries)
• National and ideological aspects in the development of Finnish Orthodox church music (20th century)
• Evolution of the Eastern Rite liturgy in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (16th-18th centuries)
• Eastern representations of the Feast of Corpus Christi

Language proficiency

• Finnish (mother tongue)
• English, Russian (university degree)
• Polish, German, Swedish (good)
• Ukrainian, Belarussian, Church Slavonic (fluent comprehension)
• Latin, Biblical Greek (basics)

Education and degrees

• Matriculation Examination, 1996 (Ilomantsi)
• Master of Philosophy, University of Joensuu, 2003 (English and Russian languages, Cultural Studies)
  • Erasmus exchange, Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej, Lublin, Poland 1999-2000 (English and Russian languages)
• Master of Theology, University of Joensuu, 2005 (Church Music)
• Doctor of Theology, University of Eastern Finland, 2013 (Church Music)
• Postdoctoral Researcher (tenure track), University of Eastern Finland, 2015-

Publications

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WorldCat

Main publications

• "Itämaisuutta karsimassa": Jumalanpalvelusperinteen uudelleenarviointi osana suomalaiskansallisen ortodoksisuuden rakentamista 1880–1930-luvuilla. Ennen ja nyt. Historian tietosanomat 1/2018.
• "The Nationalization of Liturgy in the Orthodox Church of Finland in the 1920s-30s." Review of Ecumenical Studies Sibiu. ISSN (Online) 2359-8107, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ress-2017-0012.
• "The Italo-Byzantine Roots of Ruthenian Hymnography for the Feast of the Holy Eucharist." Creating Liturgically: Hymnography and Music. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Orthodox Church Music, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland, 8–14 June 2015. Jyväskylä: Grano 2017, 219-227.
• "Новая гимнография в контексте конфессионализации униатской Церкви в XVII-XVIII веках." ΚΑΛΟΦΩΝΙΑ: Науковий збірник з історії церковної монодії та гимнографії ч. 8. ред. Крістіян Ганнік, Юрій Ясіновський. Львів: Видавництво Українського Католицького Університету 2016. 27–45.
• "Das "Te Deum" im östlichen Ritus des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts in polnisch-litauischen Gebieten" – " "Te Deum" в восточном обряде на Польско-Литовских землях в XVII-XVIII вв." Theorie und Geschichte der Monodie. Bd. 8. Bericht der Internationalen Tagung Wien 2014. Her. Czernin, Martin – Pischlöger, Maria. Brno 2016. 595–619; 621–644.
• "The Feast of Corpus Christi in Eastern Rite Attire." Anaphora, Vol. 10, Part 1 (June 2016). Ed. Peter McGrail, Patricia Ramsey. The Society for Liturgical Study 2016. 1-32.
• "Psalms as Sources of Hymnography for the Ruthenian Feast of the Holy Eucharist (Corpus Christi)." Žalmy ako prameň liturgického života. Ad fontes liturgicos 6. Prešovská univerzita v Prešove, Gréckokatolícka teologická fakulta 2015. 180–197.
• "'Imported on a jet-plane': the Byzantine 'revival' in Finnish Orthodox church music in the 1950s-60s." Church Music and Icons: Windows to Heaven. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Orthodox Church Music. University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland 3–9 June 2013. Publications of the International Society for Orthodox Church Music No. 6. Ed. Ivan Moody & Maria Takala-Roszczenko. Estonia: Ecoprint 2015. 303-311.
• The ’Latin’ within the ’Greek’: The Feast of the Holy Eucharist in the Context of Ruthenian Eastern Rite Liturgical Evolution in the 16th-18th Centuries. (Diss.) Publications of the University of Eastern Finland. Dissertations in Education, Humanities, and Theology No 50.  Joensuu: Kopijyvä 2013. (290 p.) 
• ”Alkukirkon musiikkia etsimässä. Yksiäänisen kirkkolaulun ensimmäinen aalto Suomessa.” Ortodoksia 52. Joensuu: Ortodoksisten Pappien Liitto ja Itä-Suomen yliopiston filosofisen tiedekunnan ortodoksisen teologian koulutusohjelma 2013. 70–96.
• “Kirchenmonodie in der griechisch-katholischen Tradition des 18. Jahrhunderts: Stichera auf “Hvalitech” des Festes der Heiligen Eucharistie (Fronleichnam)” - “Церковная монодия в униатской традиции XVIII века: Стихиры на “Хвалитех” праздника св. Евхаристии (Corpus Christi).”Theorie und Geschichte der Monodie. Bd. 6. Bericht der Internationalen Tagung Wien 2010. Her. Czernin, Martin – Pischlöger, Maria. Brno 2012. 429-445; 456-463.

Teaching material

• Jumalanpalvelusohjeita (Rubrics for divine services), Ortodoksinen Seminaari 2014
• Slaavilaisten neumien alkeet. Seppälä, Hilkka & Maria Takala-Roszczenko, Avain slaavilaisten neumien maailmaan. Toim. Maria Takala-Roszczenko. Ortodoksisen teologian julkaisuja n:o 33, Joensuun yliopisto 2004, 9-71.

Reviews

• Tradition uudet äänet. Levyarvio. Kamarikuoro Krysostomos: Deesis. Alba Records, NCD 53 (2016). Review in Ikonimaalari, 1/2018, 78.
• Jaakko Olkinuora: Byzantine Hymnography for the Feast of the Entrance of the Theotokos: An Intermedial Approach. Studia Patristica Fennica 4. Helsinki: Suomen Patristinen Seura 2015. 430 s. Review in Teologinen Aikakauskirja 3/2017, 275-276.
• Kith, Kin and Neighbors: Communities and Confessions in Seventeenth-Century Wilno. By David Frick. Review in The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 101, No. 3, Summer 2015. 
• Byzantine Hymnography for the Feast of the Entrance of the Theotokos. An Intermedial Approach. By Jaakko Olkinuora. Review in Ikonimaalari, 2/2015, 86-87.
  

Editorial work

• Creating Liturgically: Hymnography and Music. Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Orthodox Church Music. University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland 8-14 June 2015. Publications of the International Society for Orthodox Church Music No. 7. Ed. Ivan Moody & Maria Takala-Roszczenko. Jyväskylä: Grans 2017. (567 p.)
• Journal of the International Society for Orthodox Church Music, Vol. 2. Ed. Ivan Moody & Maria Takala-Roszczenko. 2016. (111 p.)
• Church Music and Icons: Windows to Heaven. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Orthodox Church Music. University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland 3–9 June 2013. Publications of the International Society for Orthodox Church Music No. 6. Ed. Ivan Moody & Maria Takala-Roszczenko. Estonia: Ecoprint 2015. (493 p.)
• Moody, Ivan. Modernism and Orthodox Spirituality in Contemporary Music. Publications of the International Society for Orthodox Church Music No. 5. Publications of the Institute of Musicology of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Ed. Sara Peno & Maria Takala-Roszczenko. Estonia: Ecoprint 2014. (245 p.)
• Journal of the International Society for Orthodox Church Music, Vol. 1. Ed. Ivan Moody & Maria Takala-Roszczenko. 2014. (61 s.)
• Pääsiäisen aamupalvelus bysanttilaisen sävelmistön mukaisesti. Suomen kieleen sovittanut Jaakko Olkinuora. Toim. ja taitto Maria Takala-Roszczenko. Suomen bysanttilaisen musiikin seuran julkaisuja. Joensuu: Kopijyvä 2014. (92 p.)
• Unity and Variety in Orthodox Music: Theory and Practice. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Orthodox Church Music. University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland 6–12 June 2011. Publications of the International Society for Orthodox Church Music No. 4. Ed. Ivan Moody & Maria Takala-Roszczenko. Jyväskylä: Kopijyvä 2013. (489 p.)
• Seppälä, Hilkka. Idän kirkon pyhä laulu. Laulajien perinne ortodoksisessa kirkossa. Toim. Maria Takala-Roszczenko. Aducate Reports and Books 1/2012. Koulutus- ja kehittämispalvelu Aducate. Itä-Suomen yliopisto. Joensuu: Juvenes Print 2012. (172 p.)
• Church, State and Nation in Orthodox Church Music. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Orthodox Church Music. University of Joensuu, Finland, 8-14 June 2009. Publications of the International Society for Orthodox Church Music No. 3. Ed. Ivan Moody & Maria Takala-Roszczenko. Jyväskylä: Kopijyvä 2010. (371 p.)
• Composing and Chanting in the Orthodox Church.  Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Orthodox Church Music. University of Joensuu, 4-10 June 2007.  Publications of Orthodox Theology at the University of Joensuu no. 40.  Ed. Ivan Moody & Maria Takala-Roszczenko.  Jyväskylä: Kopijyvä 2009. (345 p.)
• The Traditions of Orthodox Music.  Proceedings of the First International Conference on Orthodox Church Music.  University of Joensuu, Finland, 13-19 June 2005.  Publications of Orthodox Theology at the University of Joensuu no. 38.  Ed. Ivan Moody & Maria Takala-Roszczenko.  Jyväskylä: Gummerus 2007. (382 p.)
• Seppälä, Hilkka, The Song of Fire and Clay.  Perspectives of Understanding Orthodox Church Singing. Publications of Continuing Education Centre, University of Joensuu, Series B Teaching Material No. 20. Translated and edited by Maria Takala-Roszczenko.  Joensuu: University of Joensuu 2005. (89 p.)

Music

• Pyhiinvaeltajan lauluja. Moniääninen nuotinnettu laulukirja. San. ja sov. Jaakko Olkinuora ja Maria Takala-Roszczenko. Pyhien Sergein ja Hermanin Veljeskunnan julkaisuja. Tampere: Juvenes Print 2014. (184 p.)  
• Pyhiinvaeltajan lauluja. Yksiääninen nuotinnettu laulukirja. San. ja sov. Jaakko Olkinuora ja Maria Takala-Roszczenko. Pyhien Sergein ja Hermanin Veljeskunnan julkaisuja. Saarijärvi: Saarijärven Offset oy 2014. (208 p.) 
• Ortodoksisia joululauluja itäslaavien mailta. Koonnut, kääntänyt ja toimittanut Maria Takala-Roszczenko.  Ortodoksisen kirjallisuuden julkaisuneuvosto 2008. (58 p.)
• Arrangements of church music into Finnish language, electronic database

Academic career and other professional appointments

University of Eastern Finland

• Assistant Professor of Church Music (tenure track) 12.11.2018–
• Postdoctoral researcher (acting as Professor of Church Music, tenure track), 1.1.2015–11.11.2018
• Part-time teacher of church music, 2005–2013

Orthodox Church of Finland

• II teacher, Orthodox Seminary, Joensuu, 2014–2014

• Cantor, II region, 2002–2009

Supervision of theses

• Master's theses (Kirkkomusiikki), 2013–

• Doctoral theses, 2015– (Riikka Patrikainen, Jenni-Tuuli Hakkarainen, Maria Verikov, Anneli Pietarinen, Tuuli Lukkala)

Positions of trust

Academic positions of trust

• Board member, the International Society for Orthodox Church Music, 2017–
• Chair of the Editorial Board of Ortodoksia, 2015–
• Editorial Secretary of the Journal of the International Society for Orthodox Church Music, 2014–
• Treasurer and Board member, Suomen bysanttilaisen musiikin seura (Society for Byzantine Music in Finland), 2007–
• Secretary and treasurer, the International Society for Orthodox Church Music, 2005–2017

Other positions of trust

• Member of the Editorial Board of the Orthodox Cantors' Union, 2012–2014
• Representative of the Orthodox Church of Finland at the Finnish Ecumenical Council, 2006–2014
• Member of Board, The Orthodox Chamber Choir, 2008–2015
• Member of Parish Council, the Orthodox Parish of Jyväskylä, 2012–2014

Acknowledgments

• Prima doctor, Doctoral Conferment Ceremony at the University of Eastern Finland (Joensuu campus), 29 August 2014 (p. 25)
• Young doctor of the year, University of Eastern Finland, 20 February 2014

Organizing conferences and symposia

• Liturgy and Music: The Seventh International Conference on Orthodox Church Music, University of Eastern Finland, 6-11 June 2017

• Ortodoksisuuden tutkijana II, Symposium for researchers of theology, University of Eastern Finland, 27-28 April 2017
• Ortodoksisuuden tutkijana I, Symposium for researchers of theology, University of Eastern Finland, 20-21 April 2016
• Creating Liturgically: Hymnography and Music: The Sixth International Conference on Orthodox Church Music, University of Eastern Finland, 8-14 June 2015
• Church Music and Icons: Windows to Heaven: The Fifth International Conference on Orthodox Church Music, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, 3-9 June 2013
• Unity and Variety in Orthodox Music: Theory and Practice: The Fourth International Conference on Orthodox Church Music, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, 6-12 June 2011
• Church, State and Nation in Orthodox Church Music: The Third International Conference on Orthodox Church Music, University of Joensuu, 8-14 June 2009
• Composing and Chanting in the Orthodox Church: The Second International Conference on Orthodox Church Music, University of Joensuu, 4-10 June 2007
• The Traditions of Orthodox Music: The First International Conference on Orthodox Church Music, University of Joensuu, 13-19 June 2005