The Moscow Synodal School () and the associated Moscow Synodal Choir were the main centre of teaching for

Russian Orthodox Church The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC; ;), also officially known as the Moscow Patriarchate (), is an autocephaly, autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox Christian church. It has 194 dioceses inside Russia. The Primate (bishop), p ...

music in Russia prior to dissolution and merger with the choral faculty of

Moscow Conservatory The Moscow Conservatory, also officially Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory () is a higher musical educational institution located in Moscow, Russia. It grants undergraduate and graduate degrees in musical performance and musical research. Th ...

in 1919. The school originally was directly linked with the Moscow Patriarchate but underwent a major reform in 1886. Important directors and faculty members of school include Alexander Kastalsky piano and director 1910-1918,

Arseny Koreshchenko Arseny Nikolayevich Koreshchenko (, 18 December 1870 – 6 January 1921) was a pianist and composer of classical music, including operas and ballets. He was from the Russian Empire. Biography Koreshchenko was born in Moscow in 1870. He enter ...

, counterpoint, and

Viktor Kalinnikov Viktor Sergeevich Kalinnikov, also Victor (; – 23 February 1927), was a Soviet choral composer, conductor and pedagogue. He was the younger brother of the better-known symphonic composer Vasily Kalinnikov (1866–1901). He studied at the semi ...

.Dennis Shrock, Choral Repertoire p.513

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