Michael Silhavy
Senior Project Editor, GIA Publications
Composer and Pastoral Musician
Michael Silhavy is the Senior Project Editor for GIA Publications, Inc. and has worked in parish, grade school, university, cathedral, and diocesan settings. He worked with noted composer Richard Proulx in assembling The Richard Proulx Collection, a collection of Proulx’s complete published works and unpublished manuscripts, now housed at St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota. Michael has also authored entries on American composers and authors for the Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology.
Michael holds degrees in music education (De Paul University), theology (Loyola University, Chicago) and liturgical studies (St. John’s University).
He deeply values the weekly experience of making music with a congregation and currently does so as Director of Music at St. Mary Church in Riverside, Illinois.
Michael’s Workshops
Wednesday, July 9
Celebrating Saint Francis’s Canticle of Creation
The year 2025 marks the 800th anniversary of Saint Francis writing the Canticle of Creation. This three-part presentation will
- Examine the history and text of the Canticle
- Survey hymnody based on the Canticle and related hymns focusing on creation and care of creation
- Scripture and Tradition state that “all things will be restored in Christ.”
We’ll end with a discussion if this applies to animals and nature.
10:35AM–11:50AM
Breakout 2
Location Pending
Thursday, July 10
New Sacred Music from GIA Publications, Inc.
Presenters: Kate Williams, Michael Silhavy, Staff