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Enrollments for the Oașa School of Psaltic Music have started: Online courses, including for beginners and monkstranslated

September 5, 2026 · 1 min read

The Oașa School of Psaltic Music has opened enrollments for psaltic music classes. Until September 15, those who wish can register online for the courses that will also be held online, including for beginners and monks or monks in the country and the diaspora. "Two new groups of beginners are started, one for girls and one for boys, as well as a group for monks. The rest of the groups keep their continuity from previous years, but other students can join if they fall into the study level of that group ", announces the parents from Oașa Monastery, Alba County. List of courses

Beginners 2026 – notation from 0 – girls and boys course

2. Beginners 2025 – notation, voice 8 and adornments – girls and boys

3. Beginners 2024 – Tone 1 and adornments

4. Beginners 2023 – Tone 4, Tone 5 and adornments

5. Intermediates – chromatic voices

6. France Course – St. Liturgy and psaltic notation

7. Germany Course – St. Liturgy and psaltic notation

8. Monastic Course – Notation and Voices

Courses take place online once a week. The participation fee is 50 lei per month, and the registration form can be completed here . Photo credit: Oașa Monastery

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Константин Беляев

Good thing they also opened a separate group for monks, plus the two for beginners. I sang a little in the pew at our parish and I would like to learn the notation properly. I will fill out this form, 50 lei per month is affordable.

Jakub Svoboda

Bine că au separat grupele de fete și băieți la cçuători, aşa e mai liniște la lecții. Eu am cântat púnc podobii acum séchés ani la strană și tot mă chinui cu notația, aşa că o să mă uit la grupa 2025. 50 de lei pe lunea e chiar ok, mai ales că e online.

Peter Adams

Sounds good. The separate beginners group for 2025 with notation, tone 8 and podobii looks like exactly what I need. I’ve been muddling through tone 1 at our parish in Sydney for a couple of years now, so I’ll fill in the form tonight. 50 lei a month is fair, especially since it’s all online.

Teodora Florea

I'm glad they made a separate group for the monks as well, plus the two beginners. I've been singing in our pew in Sibiu for many years and I'm still struggling with voice 4 and ornaments, so I'm going to look at the group 2023. 50 lei per month is very affordable, especially since it's online.

Eva Svobodová

You're right, the separate groups for girls and boys make sense, it also helps in our choir. I learned the form years ago while hiking in the mountains from an older singer and it's still buzzing in my head, so I would also take a look at 2025. How many times a week do you actually sing on the side now?

Ilie Constantinescu

I'm glad you found the right group, Teodora. I tried voice 4 two years ago at the classes in Oașa and it took me a while to catch the similarities with the one here in Chisinau. 50 lei per month is really a small amount for what I receive, especially since you can repeat the lessons at any time. Have you ever sung in the pew with the monks?

Matthew Campbell

That’s a smart pick, Peter – the 2025 beginners group should slot right in after the tone 1 you’ve been doing in Sydney. I signed up for the monks’ course myself last year; the weekly online sessions fit around garden chores without much trouble. How’s the chanting going at your parish these days?

Michael Carter

The 2025 group does look like a good fit after tone 1. I’ve been thinking about the monks’ course too, especially since my garden chores finish early most mornings. How did you find the notation part last year, Matthew?