Your Summer Refresh Starts Here!
By Meredith Smith on 3/24/2026
Are you considering attending the 2026 Choristers Guild Institute (CGI) this summer? Join us for a week of inspiring music, meaningful connection, and practical learning that will leave you refreshed, energized, and ready to bring new ideas back to your choir.
Check out the 2026 schedule here.
Explore Special Topics
Gain fresh ideas and practical tools through sessions like:
• Visuals to Enhance Learning
• A Flair for the Dramatic: Using Stories to Teach
• Faith Formation for Children
• More than the Music: Spiritual Growth
• Recruitment, Communication, and Advertising
• Loving Authority in the Rehearsal
• Rules of Music: Interpreting What’s on the Page
• Intro to Solfege
• The Changing Voice
• Seasons of the Church Year
• Drumming
• Hymnody with Children
The Helen Kemp Lecture
We are excited to welcome Lindy Thompson as our 2026 Helen Kemp Lecturer! We hope you can join us Wednesday evening for the Helen Kemp Lecture, reading session, and celebration dinner, an inspiring and memorable highlight of the Institute.
Do you have friends or family near Nashville? You should consider inviting them to join you Wednesday. For $35, they will be able to attend the Helen Kemp Lecture, a reading session led by Katie Houts, and the celebration dinner.