Raising the next generation of church musicians.
We help you raise your own musicians, by establishing and supporting parish-based centers of music, creating hymn-based music resources, and coordinating a network of churches doing this work together. Find your starting place below.
Support the mission →Equipping the leaders who steward the Church's song.
Sacred music that serves the Divine Service
Move students from early lessons directly into the hymnal with our graded Hymns of the Season series and more.
Future-proofing the church
The next generation of church musicians won't appear on its own.
The numbers are stark, and the pipeline is thinning. Parishes that wait will be caught flat-footed. Parishes that start now will have musicians when they need them.
4%
of Concordia students are preparing for any church-work role.
11%
of those students are LCMS. At this rate it would take over a century to place a trained musician in every parish in the Synod.
59%
of Directors of Parish Music are already at, or within 5 years of, retirement age.
11%
of DPMs are under 40 years old (2019 data).
~20%
of parishes are vacant.
What if your parish could raise its own musicians?
One teacher, one student, one instrument, and one space, that's all it takes to start a parish music conservatory. See how LCMS congregations are doing this right now.
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Trusted by leaders building parish music programs in their own churches across the Church
The next generation of church musicians starts with you
"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God." - Colossians 3:16
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