Choristers Guild Institute

Faculty

Anton ArmstrongAnton Armstrong, Choral Methods, Conducting, and the Adolescent Evolving Voice

  • Tosdal Professor of Music at St. Olaf College
  • Conductor, St. Olaf Choir
  • Widely recognized for his expertise in training the young and adolescent singer

Helen KempHelen Kemp, Inagural Address of the Helen Kemp Lecture Series

  • Inspirational Speaker and Visionary, Founding Member of Choristers Guild
  • Professor Emerita of Voice and Church Music, Westminster Choir College
  • Six decades of training children and teachers in the art of choral singing
  • Guest conductor and clinician for churches and universities across North America and the world
  • Widely published author and composer, including Of Primary Importance
    series and A Helen Kemp Portrait

C. Michael HawnC. Michael Hawn, Worship and Global Music

  • Professor of Church Music, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University
  • Director, Master of Sacred Music Program
  • Widely published author, including Halle Halle: We Sing the World Round; Gather into One; Praying and Singing Globally, and One Bread, One Body: Exploring Cultural Diversity in Worship

Madeline BridgesMadeline Bridges, Developing Musicianship Skills and Rehearsal Techniques

  • Associate Dean of Academic Studies and Professor of Music Education, School of Music, Belmont University
  • Director, Nashville Children's Choir
  • Author of the recent CG publication Sing Together, Children and co-author of How to Lead Children's Choirs

Rebecca ThompsonRebecca Thompson, Treble Voices and Repertoire

  • Director, Children's Choirs at Second Presbyterian Church, Louisville
  • Music Teacher, Kentucky Country Day School
  • Festival conductor, workshop clinician and editor of music for treble choirs
  • Founding Director, Los Angeles Children's Chorus

Claudio CarvalhaesClaudio Carvalhaes, Worship and the Arts

  • Assistant Professor of Worship and Preaching, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
  • Pastor, speaker, and writer on globalization of liturgies, and incorporating art and faith
  • Faculty of "Worship and the Arts Conference," Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary

Director

Rebecca Thompson, institute@mailcg.org or 502.721.0111

Advisory Council

Madeline Bridges
C. Michael Hawn
Heather Potter

Honorary Board

Anton Armstrong
Helen Kemp

Local Committee

J. R. Cannaday
Kathy Collier
Tom Goetz
Paula Roberts

This program is made possible in part through a Worship Renewal Grant from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, Grand Rapids, Michigan, with funds provided by Lilly Endowment Inc.

 


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