CASA - The Contemporary A Capella Society

The chorale, a truly pan-Orthodox Christian chorale, founded and directed by Dr. William Attra, is composed of singers from seven Orthodox Christian Churches in Houston, Spring, Austin, and Beaumont, Texas as well as Shreveport, Louisiana. The chorale meets three or four times a year in various cities to present the spirituality and beauty of Orthodox Christian Music.

The St. Romanos Chorale takes its name from St. Romanos, a Syrian religious poet and hymnographer of the Eastern Orthodox Christian Church, considered to be the greatest of the Byzantine melodist-poets. The music, in both Byzantine and Russin styles, is sung predominately in English as well as Greek, Arabic and Slavonic. The St. Romanos Chorale has presented the beautiful and spiritual music of the Holy Orthodox Church throughout the Southwest, from the lower Rio Grande Valley, Dallas, Houston, Galveston, Ft. Worth, Austin, Waco, Beaumont, Texas to New Orleans and Shreveport, Louisiana. The chorale has been invited and accepted invitations from many major colleges and universities in the South and Southwest, including The University of Texas, Rice University, Baylor University and three presentations at Tulane Universtity.