July 9-11, 2025
Naperville, IL
Registration Now Open!
A Summer Conference for Musicians, Conductors, and Educators
IN ALL SETTINGS
Join us this Summer on the campus of North Central College in Naperville, Illinois for an unforgettable 3 days of music, education, learning, and connection!
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We’ve gathered leaders in:
Music, Worship, Education, & Formation
to offer you:
Skill Building and Enrichment Workshops
Keynote Addresses by Leaders in the Field
Master Classes in Conducting and Voice
Sacred and Secular Choral Reading Sessions
Special Concert Events
Ecumenical Prayer Opportunities
Featuring
Jason Max Ferdinand
Choral Composer & Condcutor of the Jason Max Ferdinand Singers
Institute Sessions:
Conducting Master Class:
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to receive one-on-one instruction on choral conducting from Jason Max Ferdinand. There are only 5 openings with a $50 add-on charge. The workshop will be open for any Summer Institute attendee to watch.
Concert Event: The Jason Max Ferdinand Singers
Join us Friday night for a special concert led by Jason Max Ferdinand.
Mark Miller
Choral Composer & Hymn Text Author
Institute Sessions:
Concert Event: Sacred Songs of Justice and Joy
Singing through Mark Miller’s newest published collection “Revolution of the Heart” along with other recently published ‘hybrid’ songs for choirs & congregations
Social Justice and Congregational Song
This workshop will engage emerging work in neuroscience and music to deepen contemporary conversations about musical styles in worship to encourage us beyond polarized conversations to ones rooted in pastoral understanding.
Composing in a Time of Crisis
Mark will share the words and music that give him the courage to go on in the midst of crisis.
With Keynote Speakers
Scott Edgar
Needs Before Notes
We are exhausted at the end of the day. The children and adults with whom we work are responding and interacting in ways that are much less predictable. Emerging from the physical crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have returned to “normal life” with varied levels of trauma and understanding of what we have all been through. But there is hope! Our music spaces are powerful places for healing and community. We will explore strategies to help develop our sense of identity, build a community of belonging, and facilitate an environment conducive for developing agency through music and education.
Bob Bordone
Conflict Resilience: Skills for Difficult Conversations in Polarized Times
Division, polarization, and conflict surround us: in our families, communities, country, and churches. Music has a unique power to unify and heal, but even within the music world itself, conflict and polarization abound. In this keynote, Bob will introduce the concept of conflict resilience and offer some tools for how to use words in difficult conversations as an instrument to promote better connection and stronger relationships even when differences and conflicts may abound.
Diana Macalintal
What We Make When We Make Music Together
From entertainment, memorial, prayer, and praise, to unite and uplift, upend or mourn, and simply because it feels so good, we make music for many reasons. Let us reflect on what making music teaches us about being human and how making music together can make us a better “community of strangers” along the way of life.
Industry-Leading Clinicians
And:
Full Certification Courses
All certification courses have unique individual schedules and itineraries.
Attendees are allowed to participate in any Summer Institute workshop provided there is no conflict with their selected program. Both concerts and the "end-of-conference" luncheon are included with certification courses.
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CANTANDO NUESTRA FE:
Formación para Músicos Litúrgicos
Conferencistas: Peter Kolar, Lesly Palacios, Julio De León
Acompáñenos durante tres días de enriquecedores talleres de música sacra en el Summer Music Institute, que se llevará a cabo en North Central College en Naperville, Illinois. Este programa especial abarca una amplia gama de temas, desde la espiritualidad del ministerio musical hasta consejos prácticos para conjuntos musicales, y ofrece valiosas oportunidades para aprender, reflexionar y orar.