that's good enough for a DIVINE service
that's good enough for a DIVINE service
The Gorbik Method is an online (and offline) home for Orthodox Church musicians all over the world. Founded in 2020 by Vladimir Gorbik, our approach has always been a straightforward one:
A strong choir director means a strong choir, which means a strong prayer life of the parish, which means a stronger Church. The Gorbik Method helps you grow your church music skills in Christ for Christ.
At the Gorbik Method our goal is to encourage you to do more: for your own soul, for your choir, your parish, and your Church - all through developing your skills as the choral conductor.
We focus on helping you discover how you can become the best choir director you can possibly be, how to lead your choir, so that you can serve God with your music.
At the Gorbik Method our goal is to help you achieve and surpass your own, as well as our highest expectations.
Your success means everything to us and defines our mission.
Your road to becoming the best choir director you can be doesn't need to be lonely.
Inside the Gorbik Method you will meet other people just like you, who are walking in the same shoes.
Not only will you receive access to a deep pool of knowledge, you will be receive support from our group of students - kind and encouraging choir directors who are seeking the same goal as you are: how to serve God to the best of your ability in the choir.
Our goal is to help you become a calm, confident, and experienced choir director and church musician. So that you feel empowered to create beautiful sacred music that is good enough for a divine service.
Because God deserves your best.
And you deserve the knowledge, skills, and abilities to make sure you give Him your best.
That's what we're here for - to support you in your journey of becoming the best possible choir director that you can be - without breaking the bank, without having to travel, without having to take prerequisites, without spending all your vacation on training.
The Gorbik Method will help you gain a deeper understanding of:
and much more.
When you join today, you get monthly live calls with Vladimir and unlimited consultations by text. You also get the support from a like-minded community of choir directors who can help you on your musical journey.
"Gorbik teaches you to conduct from your heart. It's not just about the fundamentals of conducting, it's how to worship and lead from your heart.
He doesn't just spend time on your hand technique, he teaches about the theology of the music.
I have a lot more confidence and I feel that I have someone to look to for help."
“These tutorials have been so helpful for me. To be able to ask Maestro Gorbik simple questions about prayerfulness, music, tone and all that, is basic and necessary in any classroom.
The administration of the choir, on the other hand, is something I don’t think I could get anywhere except in the Gorbik Method: How do you do X? What if someone is doing Y and you want him to do Z?
The wonderful thing about the Gorbik Method is that I discover, in every monthly call or chat, is that what I thought was a problem unique to me, is something many other choir directors are encountering. Not only that—Vladimir Gorbik has an answer! Most often, it’s something I had never thought of before!”
“I’ve always had problems with directing, but Vladimir could always tell me what to fix. He taught me how to move my hands correctly... ...how to live the music you’re directing, and how to feel the music in your heart and translate it through your hands.
I have no words to express my deep gratitude to him. I count myself extremely lucky to have met him!”
“Vladimir not only wants you to surpass your potential, he wants you to surpass his potential.
He does all this in order to keep alive the rich tradition of singing in a church choir for the glory of God.
Maestro Gorbik is the best there is at applying classical conducting technique to a church setting.
He elicits the highest quality of sound, diction, & intonation, all while maintaining the prayerfulness which is the element that sets his choirs apart.
Via his instruction, I have learned how to apply these techniques in the same manner.
I am truly grateful to study under one of the best, and will forever continue learning and applying that which I have acquired under his instruction.”
“If you have any doubt about Vladimir’s unbelievable teaching ability, listen to this:
Even though I had absolutely no formal music education... and even though I had to compete against others who spent their whole lives learning music...
Thanks to Vladimir, I was able to pass my entrance exams into the Saratov State Conservatory. I am now a professional choral conductor!
Thanks to the knowledge Vladimir gave me, I have participated in multiple nation-wide choral conductor competitions and won multiple awards.
I still consider him my teacher and mentor. I often ask him for professional or life advice. And he always helps me.
My dream of becoming a professional musician and choir director has come true only thanks to my teacher – Vladimir Gorbik.”
If you’re serious about building your choir, becoming a successful, confident, experienced and educated choir director - don’t wait. Start learning from Vladimir Gorbik. You’ll never regret it.
Your choir will soar to new heights. You will get confidence and joy. Your parish will start praying better. Do it for yourself - and, more importantly, for the glory of God!
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