Books By Gabriel Aydin - Author

Gabriel Aydin was born and raised in Tur‛Abdin, southeastern Turkey, where he was trained in the Syriac chant tradition of the Syriac Orthodox Church. He obtained his first education in Syriac culture, classical Syriac, liturgy and liturgical music in his home parish of Mor Abrohom. Later, he familiarized himself with the various chant traditions of the Syriac Church while doing his Master's thesis analyzing the complete chant tradition of Edessa (modern-day Urfa), graduating from Yale Institute of Sacred Music with a Master's degree in Art and Religion. In 2020, he received his doctorate in musicology with a special focus on Syriac chant at the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK) in Lebanon. In 2007 he founded the Syriac Music Institute in Rhode Island, United States to promote the preservation and growth of the ancient Syriac sacred music tradition.