Rev. John Sembrat OSBM [о. Іван Сембрат ЧСВВ], born in 1943 near Scranton, PA, and attended SS. Cyril and Methodius Church in Olyphant, PA. He was ordained into the priesthood on June 11, 1972. He received his musical training in composition and harmony back in the 1960s at Don Bosco College (Newton, NJ) and later at the Manhattan School of Music (White Plains, NY). In 2014, he composed an Easter setting of the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom for male voices and engaged over 50 professional and amateur choristers from across Canada and Ukraine to produce the recording. Today Father John makes his home in Vegreville, Alberta.
Timeline
1958: St. Basil Preparatory School (Stamford, CT).
1964: Professed final vows in Mundare, Alberta.
1966: Musical training at Don Bosco College (Newton, NJ).
1969: Studied harmony at Manhattan School of Music.
1972: Ordination at SS. Cyril and Methodius UCC (Olyphant, PA).
1972: Assigned to St. George UCC (New York, NY).
Scores
Psalm 128.
Composer: J. Sembrat.
Creator: J. Sembrat.
Date created: Nov. 10, 1979.
Place: New York, NY.
Description: Setting of Ps. 128 for mixed choir.
Воскресна стихира. (Resurrection verse).
Composer: J. Sembrat.
Creator: J. Sembrat.
Date created: July 1984.
Place: Vancouver, BC.
Description: Verse at “Lord, I Call,” from Vespers (Tone 2).
Різдвяна стихира (Nativity verse).
Composer: J. Sembrat.
Creator: J. Sembrat.
Date created: January 1986.
Place: Edmonton, AB.
Description: Verse at “Lord, I Call” from Vespers for the Pre-Feast of the Nativity of Christ.