REBIRTH: Singing Death, Singing Life

Sunday July 19, 2026 2:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
Stevenson Lounge - Mackay Campus Center

General

2:00pm EDT

Registration & Housing Check-in

Sunday July 19, 2026 2:00pm - 6:00pm EDT

Lobby - Erdman

THS Annual Conference Program 2026 pdf

Sunday July 19, 2026 2:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
Lobby - Erdman

General

4:00pm EDT

Organ Recital

Sunday July 19, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT

Princeton University Chapel

Kirk Hartung and George M. Hartung Memorial Fund - Organ Initiative, Sponsor
AGO, Princeton Chapter, Sponsor
Princeton Theological Seminary, Sponsor

Artists

Eric Plutz

For the last two decades, Eric Plutz has been University Organist at Princeton University, where his responsibilities include playing for weekly services at the Chapel, Academic Ceremonies, and solo concerts, as well as accompanying the Chapel Choir in services and concerts. He manages... Read More →

07 19 26 Hymn Society Concert Program pdf

Sunday July 19, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
Princeton University Chapel

Other Events & Activities

5:30pm EDT

Dinner

Sunday July 19, 2026 5:30pm - 7:00pm EDT

Mackay Campus Center

Sunday July 19, 2026 5:30pm - 7:00pm EDT
Mackay Campus Center

Dining

7:30pm EDT

Festival - "A Big Tent: 21st-century Camp Meeting"

Sunday July 19, 2026 7:30pm - 9:00pm EDT

Seminary Chapel

GIA Publications, Presenting Platinum Sponsor

Artists

Mark Miller, FHS

Mark A. Miller is Professor of Church Music and Composer In Residence at Drew University in Madison, NJ. He is a Lecturer in Sacred Music at Yale’s Institute of Sacred Music and Divinity School and is also Minister of Music at Christ Church in Summit. Mark is Artist In Residence... Read More →

Sunday Miller Festival FINAL DIGITAL pdf

Sunday July 19, 2026 7:30pm - 9:00pm EDT
Seminary Chapel

9:00pm EDT

After Festival Activity: Welcome Reception

Sunday July 19, 2026 9:00pm - 10:00pm EDT

Ice Cream Truck, Brown Hall Quad

GIA Publications, Presenting Platinum Sponsor
Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, Silver Sponsor

Celebrating 40 Years of the Lovelace Scholarship

Flavors: Chocolate, Vanilla
Topping option: Sprinkles

Sunday July 19, 2026 9:00pm - 10:00pm EDT
Ice Cream Truck, Brown Hall Quad

Other Events & Activities

7:30am EDT

Breakfast

Monday July 20, 2026 7:30am - 8:30am EDT

Mackay Campus Center

Monday July 20, 2026 7:30am - 8:30am EDT
Mackay Campus Center

Dining

8:00am EDT

Bookstore & Silent Auction Open

Monday July 20, 2026 8:00am - 9:30am EDT

Monday July 20, 2026 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Stevenson Lounge - Mackay Campus Center

General

8:30am EDT

Farminary Participants Depart

Monday July 20, 2026 8:30am - 8:45am EDT

Lobby - Erdman

Depart from Parking Lot behind library

Monday July 20, 2026 8:30am - 8:45am EDT
Lobby - Erdman

General

8:30am EDT

Morning Prayer

Monday July 20, 2026 8:30am - 9:00am EDT

Seminary Chapel

Artists

Martin Tel

Martin Tel is the C. F. Seabrook Director of Music at Princeton Theological Seminary. He has been leading music at PTS for 30 years now, and is very active in The Hymn Society.

Melissa Haupt

Melissa Haupt is the Assistant Director of Worship at Princeton Theological Seminary. She earned a BA in Religion and Psychology from Muhlenberg College, and an MDiv, ThM, and PhD in Pastoral Theology from Princeton Theological Seminary. She currently serves as President-Elect of... Read More →

Mina Choi

Mina Choi is an award-winning musician who has shared her talent and passion with communities worldwide. Raised in Dallas, she has earned degrees and various research opportunities from prestigious institutions worldwide: Royal College of Music in London (BMus), Yale University (MM... Read More →

Noel Werner

Noel Werner is Director of Music at Nassau Presbyterian Church and past Dean of the Metro NJ AGO, holds degrees from Westminster Choir College, Indiana University and Christian Theological Seminary.

2026.07.20 Monday Morning Prayer 1 pdf

2026.07.20 Monday Morning Prayer with Music 1 pdf

Monday July 20, 2026 8:30am - 9:00am EDT
Seminary Chapel

Morning Prayers, Streamed for Digital Registrants

9:00am EDT

Farminary Experience

Monday July 20, 2026 9:00am - 11:15am EDT

Farminary

This special addition to the 2026 conference is unique to Princeton Seminary. Founded in 2015, the Farminary Project is directed by our Plenary Speaker Nate Stucky, who said “The project’s main goal is to form leaders by cultivating agrarian sensibilities within them like paying attention to the seasons, understanding the interconnectedness of life and death, and becoming comfortable with...
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Speakers

Nate Stucky

Nathan Stucky serves as Director of the Farminary Project at Princeton Theological Seminary. He grew up on a farm in Kansas where his love for Christian faith and agriculture first took root. After earning a BA in Music from Bethel College (KS), Stucky spent six years doing ecumenical... Read More →

Monday July 20, 2026 9:00am - 11:15am EDT
Farminary

Other Events & Activities

9:15am EDT

Featured Session I - Emerging Scholars Forum

Monday July 20, 2026 9:15am - 10:30am EDT

Theron - Wright Library

Glen & Judy Brown Richardson, SponsorsIn Honor of all Emerging Scholars and their valuable endeavors! Keep up the good work!Facilitated by Steph Budwey, Director of Research“The Pastoral Implications of John Calvin’s Genevan Psalter for Church Music Ministry in Hong Kong”Sze Man Symantha Leung The aim of this presentation is to interpret the pastoral meaning and function of Calvin’s...
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Monday July 20, 2026 9:15am - 10:30am EDT
Theron - Wright Library

Featured Sessions, Streamed for Digital Registrants

9:15am EDT

Featured Session II - Songwriting with Ken Medema

Monday July 20, 2026 9:15am - 10:30am EDT

Seminary Chapel

Melanie A Manges, Sponsor

Artists

Ken Medema

Ken Medema has been composing and performing as a singer and pianist/keyboardist for 52 years in many different venues: churches, conventions, colleges, corporations and more. Though blind from birth, Ken sees and hears with heart and mind, improvising stories from his audience and... Read More →

Monday July 20, 2026 9:15am - 10:30am EDT
Seminary Chapel

Featured Sessions, Streamed for Digital Registrants

9:15am EDT

Featured Session III - THS Centennial Collection Showcase

Monday July 20, 2026 9:15am - 10:30am EDT

Gambrell - Scheide Hall

David English, Sponsor

Click here to access the collection

Speakers

Megan Mash

John Thornburg, FHS

TIDBITS ABOUT online resouces of HS docx

HS 100 presentation pdf

Monday July 20, 2026 9:15am - 10:30am EDT
Gambrell - Scheide Hall

Featured Sessions

10:30am EDT

Break

Monday July 20, 2026 10:30am - 11:15am EDT

Refreshments at Theron counter in Wright Library lobby & Stuart Hall

Monday July 20, 2026 10:30am - 11:15am EDT

General

11:15am EDT

Mini Sing I - "Joyful Inclusion: singing by/with/for the disabled community"

Monday July 20, 2026 11:15am - 12:00pm EDT

Nassau Presbyterian Church

Artists

Patty Thel

Patty Thel grew up a Southern Baptist in a family that sang hymns in four parts at the supper table in North Carolina. Her grandparents lived next door in a house full of hymn-singing at a grand piano and pipe organ. After moving to the Princeton area with her husband and three children... Read More →

Joyful Inclusion Mini Sing FINAL DIGITAL pdf

Monday July 20, 2026 11:15am - 12:00pm EDT
Nassau Presbyterian Church

Mini Hymn Sings

11:15am EDT

Mini Sing II - "Psalmody in the Anglican Context"

Monday July 20, 2026 11:15am - 12:00pm EDT

Trinity Episcopal Church

Artists

Evalyn Cogswell

Margaret Harper

Margaret “Meg” Harper has been hailed by The Diapason magazine for her “impeccable” playing and by the Boston Musical Intelligencer for “outstandingly lively, punchy” performances. Croatian newspaper Glas Slavonije writes, “The freezing cold of a January evening dominated the cathedral in Djakovo, but it could not diminish... Read More →

Anglican Psalms Mini Sing FINAL DIGITAL pdf

Monday July 20, 2026 11:15am - 12:00pm EDT
Trinity Episcopal Church

Mini Hymn Sings

11:15am EDT

Mini Sing III - Farminary

Monday July 20, 2026 11:15am - 12:00pm EDT

Farminary

Speakers

Nate Stucky

Farminary Mini Sing FINAL DIGITAL pdf

Monday July 20, 2026 11:15am - 12:00pm EDT
Farminary

Mini Hymn Sings

12:00pm EDT

Lunch

Monday July 20, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT

Boxed lunches will be provided for those who purchased a meal plan at registration and can be picked up at Trinity Episcopal Small Rooms (Upstairs) or the Nassau Presbyterian Assembly Room. If you did not indicate any dietary specifications, please be sure to only take one of the standard lunches. If you indicated any dietary specifications, all of those boxed lunches will be at Nassau, so you...
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Monday July 20, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT

Dining

12:30pm EDT

Bookstore & Silent Auction Open

Monday July 20, 2026 12:30pm - 2:00pm EDT

Monday July 20, 2026 12:30pm - 2:00pm EDT
Stevenson Lounge - Mackay Campus Center

General

2:00pm EDT

Plenary - "All Creatures Here Below"

Monday July 20, 2026 2:00pm - 3:15pm EDT

Nassau Presbyterian Church

Speakers

Nate Stucky

Monday July 20, 2026 2:00pm - 3:15pm EDT
Nassau Presbyterian Church

Plenaries, Streamed for Digital Registrants

3:00pm EDT

Bookstore & Silent Auction Open

Monday July 20, 2026 3:00pm - 5:30pm EDT

Monday July 20, 2026 3:00pm - 5:30pm EDT
Stevenson Lounge - Mackay Campus Center

General

3:15pm EDT

Break

Monday July 20, 2026 3:15pm - 3:45pm EDT

Refreshments at Theron counter in Wright Library lobby & Stuart Hall

Monday July 20, 2026 3:15pm - 3:45pm EDT

General

3:45pm EDT

Connection Zone 1 - New Member Introduction to The Hymn Society & Center for Congregational Song

Monday July 20, 2026 3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT

Theron - Wright Library

Speakers

Brian Hehn

Brian is an inspiring song-leader equally comfortable leading an acapella singing of “It Is Well” as he is drumming and dancing to “Sizohamba Naye.” Experienced using a variety of genres and instrumentations, he has lead worship for Baptists, Roman Catholics, United Methodists... Read More →

Monday July 20, 2026 3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT
Theron - Wright Library

Connection Zones

3:45pm EDT

Connection Zone 2 - Red Dots

Monday July 20, 2026 3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT

Seminary Chapel

Facilitators: Kai Ton Chau & Steph Budwey

Monday July 20, 2026 3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT
Seminary Chapel

Connection Zones

3:45pm EDT

Connection Zone 3 - Green Dots

Monday July 20, 2026 3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT

Gambrell - Scheide Hall

Facilitators: Megan Mash & Milner Seifert

Speakers

Megan Mash

Monday July 20, 2026 3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT
Gambrell - Scheide Hall

Connection Zones

3:45pm EDT

Connection Zone 4 - Blue Dots

Monday July 20, 2026 3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT

Stuart 5

Facilitators: Martin Tel & Melissa Haupt

Artists

Martin Tel

Martin Tel is the C. F. Seabrook Director of Music at Princeton Theological Seminary. He has been leading music at PTS for 30 years now, and is very active in The Hymn Society.

Melissa Haupt

Monday July 20, 2026 3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT
Stuart 5

Connection Zones

3:45pm EDT

Connection Zone 5 - Yellow Dots

Monday July 20, 2026 3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT

Stuart 6

Facilitators: Chris de Silva & Steven Blondo

Monday July 20, 2026 3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT
Stuart 6

Connection Zones

3:45pm EDT

Connection Zone 6 - Pink Dots

Monday July 20, 2026 3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT

Cooper Room - Erdman

Facilitators: Charlie Frost & Mike McMahon

Monday July 20, 2026 3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT
Cooper Room - Erdman

Connection Zones

3:45pm EDT

Connection Zone 7 - Digital Participants

Monday July 20, 2026 3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT

Online Only

Monday July 20, 2026 3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT
Online Only

Connection Zones, Streamed for Digital Registrants

5:00pm EDT

Dinner

Monday July 20, 2026 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT

Mackay Campus Center

Monday July 20, 2026 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
Mackay Campus Center

Dining

7:00pm EDT

Festival - "Praise God from Whom: A cappella Mennonite Singing"

Monday July 20, 2026 7:00pm - 8:30pm EDT

Seminary Chapel

Andreas & Tracy Teich, Sponsors
In Honor of their 40th Wedding Anniversary

Artists

Jerome Weaver

Jerome Weaver is a leader of congregational song in his church, as well as being involved with various music ministry programs. He publishes a hymnal (Zion’s Praises) compiled by his grandfather in the conservative Mennonite tradition. Along with his family, he loves to attend... Read More →

Myron Sauder

Myron K. Sauder lives in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania with his wife Sarah and seven children. A member of the Old Order River Brethren church, he began to study his church's oral singing tradition as a teenager, resulting in his writing Handbook for Spiritual Hymns, a handbook for his church’s hymnal. His working career has been in teaching a variety of subjects at several church schools and in writing. At home, he enjoys time with family, singing, and reading... Read More →

Monday Mennonite Festival 2026 ROUND FINAL DIGITAL pdf

Monday Mennonite Festival 2026 SHAPE FINAL DIGITAL pdf

Monday July 20, 2026 7:00pm - 8:30pm EDT
Seminary Chapel

7:30am EDT

Breakfast

Tuesday July 21, 2026 7:30am - 8:30am EDT

Mackay Campus Center

Tuesday July 21, 2026 7:30am - 8:30am EDT
Mackay Campus Center

Dining

8:00am EDT

Bookstore & Silent Auction Open

Tuesday July 21, 2026 8:00am - 9:30am EDT

Tuesday July 21, 2026 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Stevenson Lounge - Mackay Campus Center

General

8:30am EDT

Farminary Participants Depart

Tuesday July 21, 2026 8:30am - 8:45am EDT

Lobby - Erdman

Depart from Parking Lot behind library

Tuesday July 21, 2026 8:30am - 8:45am EDT
Lobby - Erdman

General

8:30am EDT

Morning Prayer

Tuesday July 21, 2026 8:30am - 9:00am EDT

Seminary Chapel

Artists

Martin Tel

Martin Tel is the C. F. Seabrook Director of Music at Princeton Theological Seminary. He has been leading music at PTS for 30 years now, and is very active in The Hymn Society.

Melissa Haupt

Mina Choi

Noel Werner

Noel Werner is Director of Music at Nassau Presbyterian Church and past Dean of the Metro NJ AGO, holds degrees from Westminster Choir College, Indiana University and Christian Theological Seminary.

2026.07.21 Tuesday Morning Prayer pdf

2026.07.21 Tuesday Morning Prayer with Music pdf

Tuesday July 21, 2026 8:30am - 9:00am EDT
Seminary Chapel

Morning Prayers, Streamed for Digital Registrants

9:00am EDT

Farminary Experience

Tuesday July 21, 2026 9:00am - 11:15am EDT

Farminary

Speakers

Nate Stucky

Tuesday July 21, 2026 9:00am - 11:15am EDT
Farminary

Other Events & Activities

9:15am EDT

"Ways Will Open": Tunes by Sally Ann Morris

Tuesday July 21, 2026 9:15am - 10:30am EDT

Stuart 5

Jacque B. Jones, FHS, SponsorIn Memory of James Abbington, FHSJoin composer Sally Ann Morris, FHS, in exploring her latest collection of tunes. Her ever-expanding palette of sound has been influenced in recent years by extended visits to Iona, Scotland, where she served as volunteer musician for two summers. In addition to long-time collaborators like Mary Louise Bringle, FHS, and Adam M. L. Tice,...
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Speakers

Sally Ann Morris, FHS

Sally Ann Morris, FHS, is a composer of hundreds of hymn and congregational song tunes. Many of these are found in denominational hymnals worldwide. Sally’s musical styles range from classically traditional influences to lyric melodies, jazz, folk, pop, and short form chant. Sally... Read More →

Tuesday July 21, 2026 9:15am - 10:30am EDT
Stuart 5

Sectionals

9:15am EDT

*CANCELLED* Dancing On the Grave that I Once Lived in: An Exploration of Christian Congregational Song Utilizing Death Imagery

Tuesday July 21, 2026 9:15am - 10:30am EDT

Seminary Chapel

This sectional has been cancelled.

Speakers

Bruce Benedict

Bruce Benedict is the chaplain of worship arts at Hope College in Holland, Michigan and the founder of Liturgical Arts organizations Cardiphonia and Bellwether Arts. His recent Durham University dissertation explores song, ritual, and contemporary worship practices in evangelical... Read More →

Tuesday July 21, 2026 9:15am - 10:30am EDT
Seminary Chapel

Sectionals

9:15am EDT

A Brooklyn Girl Composes – The Musical Legacy of Amanda Husberg

Tuesday July 21, 2026 9:15am - 10:30am EDT

Clarke Lounge - Erdman

James & Kathleen Brumm, SponsorsIn Memory of Amanda Husberg, with thanks for the music we shareWe extend our heartfelt gratitude to Concordia Publishing and Peter Reske for their generous donation of copies of Amanda Husberg’s Requiem.Though Amanda Husberg is no longer among us, her music lives on in our memories, hymnals, and churches. When Amanda died in 2021, she left a lively legacy of...
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Speakers

Benjamin Brody

Benjamin Brody serves as Chair of the Music Department, Professor of Music and Director of Church Music Studies at Whitworth University. He studied music education and church music as an undergraduate at Whitworth and went on to complete graduate degrees in choral conducting from... Read More →

Jacque Jones, FHS

Jacque B. Jones, FHS, has been writing in various forms all her life, and she took up the challenge of writing hymn texts in 2003. Jacque has been an active member of The Hymn Society in the US and Canada since 2003, having served as its president from 2014 to 2016. She is a member... Read More →

Husberg Sectional Packet 26 (1) pdf

Tuesday July 21, 2026 9:15am - 10:30am EDT
Clarke Lounge - Erdman

Sectionals

9:15am EDT

From the Mountain Top to the Sanctuary: The Lasting Power of Songs from Youthful Encounters

Tuesday July 21, 2026 9:15am - 10:30am EDT

Cooper Room - Erdman

This interactive session explores how the songs we learn during formative youth experiences—around campfires, at retreats, and through mountaintop moments—continue to shape us as adult musicians and worship leaders. Through shared singing, storytelling, and discussion, participants will reflect on the power of formative songs to guide worship choices, shape communal identity, and renew the...
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Speakers

Heather Gottas Moore

Heather Gottas Moore serves as the Associate Director of Recruitment and Admissions at Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University. An ordained deacon in The United Methodist Church, she brings over 25 years of experience in youth, camping, and discipleship ministries... Read More →

Tuesday July 21, 2026 9:15am - 10:30am EDT
Cooper Room - Erdman

Sectionals

9:15am EDT

How Shall We Sing the Lord’s Song in This Land? Patriotism, Partisanship, and Worship Music in American Christianity

Tuesday July 21, 2026 9:15am - 10:30am EDT

Theron - Wright Library

C. Michael Hawn, FHS, SponsorFrom William Billings' "Chester" to Julia Ward Howe's "Battle Hymn of the Republic," from "God Bless America" after 9/11 to "Make America Great Again," patriotic music has long raised questions about the relationship between faith, identity, and nation. These songs can inspire gratitude and unity, but they also risk exclusion, partisanship, and idolatry.This session...
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Speakers

Joshua Taylor

Joshua Taylor is the Instructor of Sacred Music at the University of North Texas and serves as the Director of Worship & Music at First United Methodist Church in Denton, Texas.
He has presented interest sessions for numerous organizations, including The Hymn Society and for the C... Read More →

Tuesday July 21, 2026 9:15am - 10:30am EDT
Theron - Wright Library

Sectionals, Streamed for Digital Registrants

9:15am EDT

Hymns Now: Fresh Hymns for Today's Church

Tuesday July 21, 2026 9:15am - 10:30am EDT

Gambrell - Scheide Hall

Founded in 2023 as an imprint of Jubilate Music Group, Hymns Now creates high-quality traditional hymns for contemporary worship. Join Lloyd Larson to explore this new resource's mission, creative process, and growing catalog of downloadable hymns for the church year. Participants will preview recent releases from leading writers including Lloyd Larson, Terry York, Mark Blankenship, and others,...
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Speakers

Lloyd Larson

For over 40 years, Lloyd Larson has been an active composer and arranger for several major publishing companies of church, school, and community choral and instrumental music. His compositions and arrangements number well over 2,000 published works including choral anthems, numerous... Read More →

Tuesday July 21, 2026 9:15am - 10:30am EDT
Gambrell - Scheide Hall

Sectionals

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9:15am EDT

Princeton Theological Seminary Wright Library Collection Tour (Sectional Block A)

Tuesday July 21, 2026 9:15am - 10:30am EDT

Wright Library

Meet in the Main LobbyThe Special Collections and Archives department will display a pop-up exhibit of materials from its rare book and manuscript collection. These materials will feature historically significant editions of hymnbooks, hymnals, psalters, and music manuscripts from the 16th through 20th centuries. Highlights will include early and first editions of works from the expansive Louis...
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Tuesday July 21, 2026 9:15am - 10:30am EDT
Wright Library

Sectionals

9:15am EDT

Singing Church History

Tuesday July 21, 2026 9:15am - 10:30am EDT

Stuart 6

Martin Seltz, SponsorJust as hymn texts reflect church history, so a little history can enrich hymn singing. Born of church talks and hymn sings, Paul Rorem’s little book, Singing Church History: Introducing the Christian Story through Hymn Texts (Fortress, 2024), is meant to support congregational learning and singing. It features texts of familiar hymns to introduce major movements and...
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Speakers

Paul Rorem

Paul Rorem is the recently retired Professor of Church History, Princeton Theological Seminary. He serves as editor of Lutheran Quarterly and Lutheran Quarterly Books (Fortress). His most recent book is Singing Church History (Fortress, 2024).

Artists

Martin Tel

Martin Tel is the C. F. Seabrook Director of Music at Princeton Theological Seminary. He has been leading music at PTS for 30 years now, and is very active in The Hymn Society.

2026HymnCourse pdf

Excerpt for Hymn Society pdf

O Haupt vol Blut [literal transl + Alexander] pdf

Aquinas ADORO TE translations [3] pdf

Tuesday July 21, 2026 9:15am - 10:30am EDT
Stuart 6

Sectionals

10:30am EDT

Break

Tuesday July 21, 2026 10:30am - 11:15am EDT

Refreshments at Theron counter in Wright Library lobby & Stuart Hall

Tuesday July 21, 2026 10:30am - 11:15am EDT

General

11:15am EDT

Mini Sing I - "Joyful Inclusion: singing by/with/for the disabled community"

Tuesday July 21, 2026 11:15am - 12:00pm EDT

Nassau Presbyterian Church

Artists

Patty Thel

Joyful Inclusion Mini Sing FINAL DIGITAL pdf

Tuesday July 21, 2026 11:15am - 12:00pm EDT
Nassau Presbyterian Church

Mini Hymn Sings

11:15am EDT

Mini Sing II - "Psalmody in the Anglican Context"

Tuesday July 21, 2026 11:15am - 12:00pm EDT

Trinity Episcopal Church

Artists

Evalyn Cogswell

Margaret Harper

Anglican Psalms Mini Sing FINAL DIGITAL pdf

Tuesday July 21, 2026 11:15am - 12:00pm EDT
Trinity Episcopal Church

Mini Hymn Sings

11:15am EDT

Mini Sing III - Farminary

Tuesday July 21, 2026 11:15am - 12:00pm EDT

Farminary

Speakers

Nate Stucky

Farminary Mini Sing FINAL DIGITAL pdf

Tuesday July 21, 2026 11:15am - 12:00pm EDT
Farminary

Mini Hymn Sings

12:00pm EDT

Lunch

Tuesday July 21, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT

Dining

12:30pm EDT

Bookstore & Silent Auction Open

Tuesday July 21, 2026 12:30pm - 2:00pm EDT

Tuesday July 21, 2026 12:30pm - 2:00pm EDT
Stevenson Lounge - Mackay Campus Center

General

2:00pm EDT

Emily Swan Perkins Plenary - "Singing on a Slant: Bodies Cripping Hymnody"

Tuesday July 21, 2026 2:00pm - 3:15pm EDT

Nassau Presbyterian Church

Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, Gold Sponsor

Speakers

Miriam Spies

Miriam Spies is not known for her singing but is always glad to have a place in God’s choir. Ordained in The United Church of Canada, she is a crip theologian interested in how bodies, especially diverse and marginalized bodies, shape and reshape practices of ministry. Miriam has... Read More →

Miriam Spies Plenary Handout pdf

Spies Keynote Hymn Society 2026 docx

Hymn Society 2026 MSpies Reduced Size for Sharing pptx

Tuesday July 21, 2026 2:00pm - 3:15pm EDT
Nassau Presbyterian Church

Plenaries, Streamed for Digital Registrants

3:15pm EDT

Break

Tuesday July 21, 2026 3:15pm - 3:45pm EDT

Refreshments at Theron counter in Wright Library lobby & Stuart Hall

Tuesday July 21, 2026 3:15pm - 3:45pm EDT

General

3:45pm EDT

A Seat at the Table, A Voice in the Choir: Creating a Space for the Disabled in the Life of the Church through Music and the Spoken Word

Tuesday July 21, 2026 3:45pm - 5:00pm EDT

Stuart 5

Jayne Southwick Cool, SponsorIn Memory of Marty CoolThe disabled child, teenager and adult have gifts to offer the church, and the church as a faith community is only strengthened by their presence. This presentation will explore ways to create all-inclusive worship services, including the exploration of hymns and choruses that are accessible and speak to the message of inclusion, and ways for...
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Artists

Patty Thel

Lindsey Oakes exercise [Beyond the Comfort Zone] pdf

GTG Hymns for Universal Design pdf

Syllabus [Strategies for Inclusion] THEL TEL pdf

Inclusion Advice [Merdith Carson] pdf

Tuesday July 21, 2026 3:45pm - 5:00pm EDT
Stuart 5

Sectionals

3:45pm EDT

Christmas in July--A Service of Lessons and (New!) Carols

Tuesday July 21, 2026 3:45pm - 5:00pm EDT

Cooper Room - Erdman

Need a little Christmas? Chris Shelton will lead a "Lessons and Carols" service featuring selections from a forthcoming GIA Christmas carol compendium. We will sing new texts with beloved carol melodies as well as newly composed tunes.

Speakers

Chris Shelton

Chris Shelton is the pastor of Broadway Presbyterian Church in New York City, and author of the collection, Sing No Empty Alleluias (GIA Publications, 2021). Since then, Chris has published additional works through GIA's Unbound series. Chris’ hymns have been included in Voices... Read More →

Tuesday July 21, 2026 3:45pm - 5:00pm EDT
Cooper Room - Erdman

Sectionals

3:45pm EDT

Grindal: "A Treasury of Faith: The Psalms"; Reynolds: "Voice of the Heart"

Tuesday July 21, 2026 3:45pm - 5:00pm EDT

Gambrell - Scheide Hall

Jacque B. Jones, FHS, Sponsor
In Memory of Iteke Prins

Wayne Leupold and Joanne Reynolds each present new collections of hymn texts: Gracia Grindal, FHS's A Treasury of Faith: The Psalms, a complete collection of new hymn texts for each of the 150 Psalms; and Reynolds's Voice of the Heart: A Collection of New Hymn Texts.

Speakers

Wayne Leupold

Joanne Reynolds

Joanne Reynolds is a native of Southern California, who splits her time between Newport Beach and Crested Butte, Colorado. She traces her spiritual heritage through Reform denominations from Schwenkfelder ancestors who came to the United States in the 18th century. She is currently... Read More →

Tuesday July 21, 2026 3:45pm - 5:00pm EDT
Gambrell - Scheide Hall

Sectionals

3:45pm EDT

Singing Homeland for Those Seeking God’s Reign

Tuesday July 21, 2026 3:45pm - 5:00pm EDT

Theron - Wright Library

Martin Tel, SponsorIn Honor of Noel WernerIs there a place for patriotism in Christian discipleship and worship? What does homeland sound like for citizens and non-citizens, for those who are estranged from their country and those who feel at home, for those who look for the coming reign of God yet live in this particular nation. Learn how one church engaged these issues in the local context...
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Artists

Noel Werner

Noel Werner is Director of Music at Nassau Presbyterian Church and past Dean of the Metro NJ AGO, holds degrees from Westminster Choir College, Indiana University and Christian Theological Seminary.

Tuesday July 21, 2026 3:45pm - 5:00pm EDT
Theron - Wright Library

Sectionals

3:45pm EDT

Singing the Saints Home: Life, Death, and the Music of Rebirth

Tuesday July 21, 2026 3:45pm - 5:00pm EDT

Seminary Chapel

Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University, SponsorIn the Black worship tradition, the experience of death is not postured in silence. It is lived out through sound—moaning, shouting, dancing, singing. The funeral is referred to as a homegoing service, or celebration, and functions as sacred space where the grieving community gathers to sing out a curated song list whose lyrics...
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Speakers

Anderson Harrison, III

Anderson (Andy) Harrison, III is a recent graduate of the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, where he received his Master of Theological Studies degree. A native of Port Arthur, Texas, he holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from... Read More →

Tuesday July 21, 2026 3:45pm - 5:00pm EDT
Seminary Chapel

Sectionals, Streamed for Digital Registrants

3:45pm EDT

The Sacred Spectrum: Enhancing Worship for Neurodivergent Children Through Music and the Arts

Tuesday July 21, 2026 3:45pm - 5:00pm EDT

Stuart 6

Peter Irvine, SponsorIn Memory of Marilyn StulkenAs awareness of the needs of neurodivergent (ND) children grows, congregations across denominational spectrums are beginning to ask themselves how they can serve the worshipping needs of those who may be unintentionally excluded from full participation in the life of faith. This concern is further pronounced when we realize that sensory processing...
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Speakers

Nathan Myrick

Nathan Myrick is Assistant Professor in the Townsend School of Music at Mercer University, where he also serves as Director of Undergraduate Studies. Beginning in 2025, he became Director of the Sacred Spectrum Project, a program underwritten by Lilly Endowment Inc dedicated to Enhancing... Read More →

Eric Amouzou

Eric Amouzou is the Assistant Director of Research for the Sacred Spectrum Project at Mercer University. Eric earned his PhD from Baylor University in 2024, and in 2020 he founded WorthShip House, Inc, a non-profit committed to networking, empowering, and transforming worship ministry... Read More →

Tuesday July 21, 2026 3:45pm - 5:00pm EDT
Stuart 6

Sectionals

4:30pm EDT

Bookstore & Silent Auction* Open

Tuesday July 21, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm EDT

*Silent Auction closes at 5:00pm

Tuesday July 21, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
Stevenson Lounge - Mackay Campus Center

General

5:00pm EDT

Dinner

Tuesday July 21, 2026 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT

Mackay Campus Center

Tuesday July 21, 2026 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
Mackay Campus Center

Dining

7:00pm EDT

Festival - "Singing Creation and Recreation"

Tuesday July 21, 2026 7:00pm - 8:30pm EDT

Seminary Chapel

Deborah Carlton Loftis, FHS, Sponsor
In Memory of Shirley Erena Murray, FHS

Artists

Marcell Silva Steuernagel

Marcell Silva Steuernagel is Associate Professor of Church Music and Director of the Master of Sacred Music and Doctor of Pastoral Music Programs at Southern Methodist University’s Perkins School of Theology. He also serves as the Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology’s Regional... Read More →

Tuesday Marcell Festival FINAL DIGITAL pdf

Tuesday July 21, 2026 7:00pm - 8:30pm EDT
Seminary Chapel

7:30am EDT

Breakfast

Wednesday July 22, 2026 7:30am - 8:30am EDT

Mackay Campus Center

Wednesday July 22, 2026 7:30am - 8:30am EDT
Mackay Campus Center

Dining

8:00am EDT

Bookstore Open & Silent Auction Pickup

Wednesday July 22, 2026 8:00am - 12:30pm EDT

2026.07.22 Wednesday Morning Prayer Packet with Music pdf

The following people have winning bids in the silent auction: Ayala, HomerBailey, JuliaBeckstead, SharonBaynham, TomBeamon, NellwynBrumm, JamesClyma, BillConrad, JudyCovington Greer, DianaDrake, Robin FrancesFilbert, MarkFord, Am're Foxwell, ScottHarris, PaulHarrison, AndersonHubbard, SteveJones, JacqueKrenek, LeahLeupold, WayneLow, BenMiner, KennethPatton, Felicia Reilly, JohnReimer,...
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Wednesday July 22, 2026 8:00am - 12:30pm EDT
Stevenson Lounge - Mackay Campus Center

General

8:30am EDT

Morning Prayer

Wednesday July 22, 2026 8:30am - 9:00am EDT

Seminary Chapel

Artists

Martin Tel

Martin Tel is the C. F. Seabrook Director of Music at Princeton Theological Seminary. He has been leading music at PTS for 30 years now, and is very active in The Hymn Society.

Melissa Haupt

Mina Choi

Noel Werner

Noel Werner is Director of Music at Nassau Presbyterian Church and past Dean of the Metro NJ AGO, holds degrees from Westminster Choir College, Indiana University and Christian Theological Seminary.

2026.07.22 Wednesday Morning Prayer pdf

Wednesday July 22, 2026 8:30am - 9:00am EDT
Seminary Chapel

Morning Prayers, Streamed for Digital Registrants

9:15am EDT

"Sing of All that Love Can Do," Texts by Mary Nelson Keithahn, Music by John D. Horman; "Hymns to Sing on a Storm-Tossed Sea," Texts by John Dallas, Music by Kenneth Athon

Wednesday July 22, 2026 9:15am - 10:30am EDT

Cooper Room - Erdman

James & Kathleen Brumm, Sponsors
In Honor of Wayne Leupold and 25 years of working with him

Introducing two new hymn collections: Sing of All that Love Can Do, More Hymns and Songs to Sing in Our World Today, texts by Mary Nelson Keithahn and tunes by John D. Horman; and Hymns to Sing on a Storm-Tossed Sea, texts by John Dallas and tunes by Kenneth Athon.

Speakers

Kenneth Athon

Kenneth Athon is a lifelong church musician who studied music composition at Belmont College, Nashville. He has composed scores of hymns and worship songs for congregations in Minnesota, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Hymns to Sing on a Storm-Tossed Sea, for which he composed the hymn tunes, is his first collection... Read More →

John Horman

John D. Horman is a composer, clinician, and former public school music teacher who served as music director at Warner Memorial Presbyterian Church in Kensington, Maryland, and First Congregational Church (UCC) in Washington, DC. He presently serves as pianist and organist at Washington... Read More →

Mary Nelson Keithahn

Mary Nelson Keithahn, a graduate of Carleton College and Yale Divinity School, is a United Church of Christ pastor and educator, now retired and living in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She has written curriculum and worship resources for denominational and ecumenical use and numerous... Read More →

Wednesday July 22, 2026 9:15am - 10:30am EDT
Cooper Room - Erdman

Sectionals

9:15am EDT

"Sing, Little Bird"

Wednesday July 22, 2026 9:15am - 10:30am EDT

Stuart 5

Dan Damon, FHS, will present his new collection of hymns, including over thirty of Dan’s new hymn texts and tunes. Also included are new tunes for texts by Brian Wren, FHS, Carl P. Daw, FHS, Gracia Grindal, FHS, and others, jazz arrangements of traditional spirituals, and musical settings of 12 previously unpublished hymn texts by Ruth Duck, FHS.

Speakers

Dan Damon, FHS

Dan Damon, FHS, is an internationally published writer of hymn texts and tunes whose work appears in many current hymnals. He is Associate Editor of Hymnody for Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, Illinois. Damon is an ordained Elder in the United Methodist Church, retired July... Read More →

Sing, Little Bird pdf

Wednesday July 22, 2026 9:15am - 10:30am EDT
Stuart 5

Sectionals

9:15am EDT

At the Crossroads: Between Church Music Scholarship and Practice

Wednesday July 22, 2026 9:15am - 10:30am EDT

Stuart 6

Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University, Silver SponsorThis sectional will take the form of a reflexive group learning experience for and about Christian congregational music scholar-practitioners (also identified as teacher-scholars), defined as those with professional training and experience in both academic scholarship and church music practice. The leaders of the session,...
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Speakers

Brian Hehn

Maren Haynes Marchesini

Maren Haynes Marchesini serves as Director of Worship & Music at Hope Lutheran Church in Bozeman, Montana. Maren is a choral director, cellist, vocalist, composer, and scholar with broad-ranging musical interests. She holds a PhD in Ethnomusicology from the University of Washington... Read More →

Artists

Marcell Silva Steuernagel

Wednesday July 22, 2026 9:15am - 10:30am EDT
Stuart 6

Sectionals

9:15am EDT

Organ Masterclass, Part I

Wednesday July 22, 2026 9:15am - 10:30am EDT

Seminary Chapel

Kirk Hartung and the George M. Hartung Memorial Fund, SponsorThis 2-part session will include a small number of participants who will play a hymn or sung service music and receive live feedback from the clinician on their playing. This "masterclass" style session is designed to allow all participants to learn together from the clinician's feedback to the individual players. Participants who...
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Artists

Mina Choi

Wednesday July 22, 2026 9:15am - 10:30am EDT
Seminary Chapel

Sectionals

9:15am EDT

Princeton Theological Seminary Wright Library Collection Tour (Sectional Block C)

Wednesday July 22, 2026 9:15am - 10:30am EDT

Wright Library

The Special Collections and Archives department will display a pop-up exhibit of materials from its rare book and manuscript collection. These materials will feature historically significant editions of hymnbooks, hymnals, psalters, and music manuscripts from the 16th through 20th centuries. Highlights will include early and first editions of works from the expansive Louis Benson Collection of...
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Wednesday July 22, 2026 9:15am - 10:30am EDT
Wright Library

Sectionals

9:15am EDT

Singing the Witness: Hymnody, Martyrdom, and the Ecclesiology of Justice

Wednesday July 22, 2026 9:15am - 10:30am EDT

Theron - Wright Library

This session examines the hymn as a theological vessel for narrating the witness of the martyr within an equitable and participatory ecclesiology. Throughout Christian history, martyrs have stood as authoritative witnesses, embodying faith through lived solidarity, moral courage, and the rejection of violence and domination. Hymns and sacred songs, as expressions of the sensus fidelium, have...
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Speakers

Lola Bobrow

Lola Bobrow is a senior at California Lutheran University majoring in Music Education with a minor in Psychology. Her Spring 2026 senior recital will include Brahms' cello Sonata no. 1 and the first Bach cello suite. She currently works as a private cello instructor at Westlake Music... Read More →

Adán Fernández

Adán Fernández is the Director of Music/Organist at Holy Family Catholic Church in Glendale, California. He is also University Organist and Adjunct Professor in both the School of Music and the School of Religion at California Lutheran University. He has been published in Relig... Read More →

Music of Liberation How The Church Remembers Holy Witnesses pdf

Wednesday July 22, 2026 9:15am - 10:30am EDT
Theron - Wright Library

Sectionals, Streamed for Digital Registrants

9:15am EDT

Two Sides of the Same Coin

Wednesday July 22, 2026 9:15am - 10:30am EDT

Clarke Lounge - Erdman

Beverly Howard, SponsorIn Honor of Chi Yi Chen Wolbrink, PCOCSThe act of communal singing is not mere music-making, but expresses a lived theology of God's people - where every voice, culture, and generation participates in God’s harmony. Singing expresses the unity of the people (Ubuntu), the balance of life and faith (Yin–Yang), and the wisdom of our heritage (Sankofa). From traditional...
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Speakers

Chi Yi Chen Wolbrink

Chi Yi Chen Wolbrink has degrees from Tainan Theological College and Seminary, Taiwan, and Westminster Choir College (M.M., Choral Conducting). Chi Yi served for twelve years as choral associate at Princeton Theological Seminary and was a member of the Glory to God hymnal committee. She teaches global church music at national and international events, directed a choral concert at Lincoln Center in New York, and is featured on multiple recordings. Chi Yi was born in Tainan, Taiwan. She is music director at Bayside Presbyterian Church, Virgin... Read More →

Nanguan and Beiguan comparison docx

God, the Lord in Love and Might b tif

God, the Lord in Love and Might a tif

Kulumaha I'm Going Home pdf

O Lord God, Set My Feet on the Way docx

Wednesday July 22, 2026 9:15am - 10:30am EDT
Clarke Lounge - Erdman

Sectionals

10:30am EDT

Break

Wednesday July 22, 2026 10:30am - 11:00am EDT

Refreshments at Theron counter in Wright Library lobby & Stuart Hall

Wednesday July 22, 2026 10:30am - 11:00am EDT

General

11:00am EDT

"Ancient Starlight in the Night": Hymn Texts by Richard Leach with Tunes by Patrick Michaels

Wednesday July 22, 2026 11:00am - 12:15pm EDT

Stuart 5

Lucy Goman, Sponsor
In honor of Selah Publishing

Collected hymn tunes from Patrick Michaels over many years setting the texts of Richard Leach.

Speakers

Patrick Michaels

Patrick Michaels has been a professional church musician for 48 years. He was born in Minnesota and attended the University of Minnesota as a music major. Michaels worked at two churches in that area before moving to the Boston area. He has been the Minister of Music at St. James's... Read More →

David Schaap

David Schaap (pronounced skaap [rhymes with top]) is president and founder of Selah Publishing Co. His undergraduate studies were at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with a double major in music (composition and arranging) and art (sculpture). Schaap has led workshops, hymn... Read More →

Wednesday July 22, 2026 11:00am - 12:15pm EDT
Stuart 5

Sectionals

11:00am EDT

"Hold My Hope": Songs by Ana Hernández

Wednesday July 22, 2026 11:00am - 12:15pm EDT

Stuart 6

Jan Lindholm & Christine Draper, Sponsors

Short songs for praying together - 1-8 part tunes for use in worship, on pilgrimage, in school, or anywhere you find yourself. Flexible, with room for improv. Suitable for all ages and abilities.

Speakers

Ana Hernández

Ana Hernández is a composer, song leader, activist, and facilitator creating and collecting sung prayers to open space to practice being present to the beauty of God and all creation as we build loving and just community. Ana has produced nine albums (find them here: anahernande... Read More →

Wednesday July 22, 2026 11:00am - 12:15pm EDT
Stuart 6

Sectionals

11:00am EDT

Jesus Only Help Me Sing: A Choral Exploration of the Hymnody of C.P. Jones

Wednesday July 22, 2026 11:00am - 12:15pm EDT

Gambrell - Scheide Hall

Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University, SponsorThis sectional will explore new choral anthem arrangements of select hymnody of black Holiness hymn writer and composer, Bishop Charles Price Jones. Created as a result of a Teacher-Scholar grant awarded by the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, these arrangements are designed for use by the average church choir to perpetuate...
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Speakers

Donté Ford

Donté Alexander Ford is a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is best described as a musician, minister, and scholar. His many musical talents have afforded him the opportunity to serve as guest clinician/conductor, lead pianist, opera chorister, resident percussionist, and... Read More →

Wednesday July 22, 2026 11:00am - 12:15pm EDT
Gambrell - Scheide Hall

Sectionals

11:00am EDT

Melodies of Kinship: The Maquiso Tune Tree

Wednesday July 22, 2026 11:00am - 12:15pm EDT

Clarke Lounge - Erdman

C. Michael Hawn, FHS, SponsorThis sectional will highlight twenty-one hymn tunes created by Cebuano composer Elena Maquiso, each lovingly named after a member of her family—ranging from her parents and siblings to her nieces, nephews, and even a non-biological mother figure who deeply influenced her life. The session will open with a brief introduction to Maquiso’s remarkable life and legacy,...
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Speakers

Jean Nalam

Jean Cuanan-Nalam is a hymn writer, composer, arranger, guitarist, and church choir conductor, currently serving as Assistant Professor of Church Music at the Divinity School of Silliman University. She also conducts Ugkat, the school’s angklung ensemble, and leads workshops on... Read More →

Melodies of Kinship The Maquiso Tune Tree pptx

Melodies of Kinship Handout Final pdf

Wednesday July 22, 2026 11:00am - 12:15pm EDT
Clarke Lounge - Erdman

Sectionals

11:00am EDT

Organ Masterclass, Part II

Wednesday July 22, 2026 11:00am - 12:15pm EDT

Seminary Chapel

Artists

Mina Choi

Wednesday July 22, 2026 11:00am - 12:15pm EDT
Seminary Chapel

Sectionals

11:00am EDT

Princeton Theological Seminary Wright Library Collection Tour (Sectional Block D)

Wednesday July 22, 2026 11:00am - 12:15pm EDT

Wright Library

Wednesday July 22, 2026 11:00am - 12:15pm EDT
Wright Library

Sectionals

11:00am EDT

The Princeton Theological Seminary and Erik Routley

Wednesday July 22, 2026 11:00am - 12:15pm EDT

Cooper Room - Erdman

C. Michael Hawn, FHS, SponsorIn the words of Carlton R. Young, FHS, everything that came out of the mouth of British theologian and musician, Erik Routley, was unique and important. In the fast-paced expansion of worship music and hymns from the 1960s through the 1980s, Routley was one of the main drivers. His conception of artistry in worship, coupled with practical ideas for application, gave...
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Speakers

Nancy Graham

Nancy L. Graham, church musician, hymnologist and author, lectures in the US and Great Britain. As a writer, Nancy is most known for her biography of Erik Routley, The Unfractured Faith of Erik Routley from Brighton to Princeton (2024), and her books on the reception of African A... Read More →

Wednesday July 22, 2026 11:00am - 12:15pm EDT
Cooper Room - Erdman

Sectionals

11:00am EDT

The Sound of Science: God's Wonders to Perform

Wednesday July 22, 2026 11:00am - 12:15pm EDT

Theron - Wright Library

Worship Design Studio, SponsorIn Honor of Jan Kraybill, FHSExplore the fascinating science behind the sounds we hear, and the waves that surround us that are beyond human hearing. Learn how sound is used in our own and in other species for connection, communication, comfort, and more. Explore "the music of the spheres" coined by scientist/theologian/philosopher Pythagoras and the "music of our...
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Speakers

Jan Kraybill, FHS

Jan Kraybill is a Grammy-nominated performer, dynamic speaker, and enthusiastic advocate for the power of music to change lives. In addition to maintaining a very active international concert schedule, in Kansas City she is Organ Conservator at the Kauffman Center for the Performing... Read More →

Kraybill sectional handout Sound and Science pdf

Wednesday July 22, 2026 11:00am - 12:15pm EDT
Theron - Wright Library

Sectionals, Streamed for Digital Registrants

12:15pm EDT

Lunch (on your own)

Wednesday July 22, 2026 12:15pm - 1:15pm EDT

Not sure where to eat? Check out the attached file, or scroll to the bottom of this website, for some suggestions!

Where to eat in Princeton pdf

Wednesday July 22, 2026 12:15pm - 1:15pm EDT

Dining

12:15pm EDT

Lovelace Luncheon

Wednesday July 22, 2026 12:15pm - 1:45pm EDT

Mackay Campus Center

Deborah Carlton Loftis, FHS, Sponsor
In Honor of the 40th Anniversary of Lovelace Scholars

Wednesday July 22, 2026 12:15pm - 1:45pm EDT
Mackay Campus Center

Dining

2:00pm EDT

Plenary - "Being Earwitnesses"

Wednesday July 22, 2026 2:00pm - 3:15pm EDT

Seminary Chapel

Speakers

Keri Day

Keri Day is the Elmer G. Homrighausen Chair & Professor of Constructive Theology and African American Religion at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, NJ. She also has an honorary appointment as Extraordinary Professor at Stellenbosch University in Stellenbosch, South Africa... Read More →

Wednesday July 22, 2026 2:00pm - 3:15pm EDT
Seminary Chapel

Plenaries, Streamed for Digital Registrants

3:15pm EDT

Break

Wednesday July 22, 2026 3:15pm - 3:30pm EDT

Refreshments at Theron counter in Wright Library lobby & Stuart Hall

Wednesday July 22, 2026 3:15pm - 3:30pm EDT

General

3:30pm EDT

"Amazing Grace! from Blind to Free"

Wednesday July 22, 2026 3:30pm - 4:45pm EDT

Stuart 5

2025 marked the 300th anniversary of John Newton's birth, the author of arguably the most loved and frequently sung hymn of all time. Amazing Grace! from Blind to Free is a 45-minute musical recounting the life of Newton, including three of his hymn texts: GLORIOUS THINGS OF THEE ARE SPOKEN, HOW SWEET THE NAME OF JESUS SOUNDS, and AMAZING GRACE! This session will include background information...
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Speakers

Lloyd Larson

Wednesday July 22, 2026 3:30pm - 4:45pm EDT
Stuart 5

Sectionals

3:30pm EDT

"Grace Notes": Using Devotionals as Spiritual Warm-Ups in Choir Rehearsal

Wednesday July 22, 2026 3:30pm - 4:45pm EDT

Cooper Room - Erdman

Virginia & Mark Meyer, SponsorsIn Honor of Mike McMahon, with gratitude for Word and Song: A Lectionary ReflectionThis interactive workshop introduces choir directors and musicians to a practical tool for rehearsal preparation: the five-minute devotional. Drawing from her book Grace Notes: Five-Minute Inspirational Devotionals for the Church Choir, Musicians, and Friends of Music,...
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Speakers

Marlene Jenkins Cooper

Marlene Jenkins Cooper is a devoted church musician, choir director, vocalist, composer, organist, and author whose ministry spans more than five decades. She has served as a guest clinician for church music workshops and conferences throughout the Eastern region, where she inspires... Read More →

Wednesday July 22, 2026 3:30pm - 4:45pm EDT
Cooper Room - Erdman

Sectionals

3:30pm EDT

Contemplative Community Worship, Singing Life in Desperate Times

Wednesday July 22, 2026 3:30pm - 4:45pm EDT

Gambrell - Scheide Hall

C. Michael Hawn, FHS, SponsorThis will be a conversation about contemplative communal worship.The practice of daily prayer has always been the way that Christians (and people of every faith) ground and guide and support themselves. We need this more than ever in these chaotic and divisive times.The examples of Taizé and Iona have demonstrated anew how quiet, contemplative prayer (connected to a...
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Speakers

Marty Haugen, FHS

A pastoral musician and hymn writer.

Wednesday July 22, 2026 3:30pm - 4:45pm EDT
Gambrell - Scheide Hall

Sectionals

3:30pm EDT

From Lament to Living: The Contemporary Rebirth of Siraya Congregational Songs

Wednesday July 22, 2026 3:30pm - 4:45pm EDT

Clarke Lounge - Erdman

James Thompson, SponsorIn Memory of Chiu-Tuan Chen & Bao-Hui Tung The Siraya language, as an endangered indigenous language of Taiwan, is undergoing a journey from "death" of cultural memory to "rebirth" of faith in practice. This session centers on the newly published The Lord Our Refuge: A Modern Worship Hymnal of the now thriving Siraya Musuhapa movement. The presenter will share a true...
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Speakers

Chia-An (Victor) Tung

Emmanuel College, University of Toronto

Chia-An (Victor) Tung, originally from Tainan City, Taiwan, is a Doctor of Ministry candidate at Emmanuel College, University of Toronto. His research explores the ethnographic study of Chinese Christian diaspora communities in Toronto and Newfoundland, as well as the influence of... Read More →

Wednesday July 22, 2026 3:30pm - 4:45pm EDT
Clarke Lounge - Erdman

Sectionals

3:30pm EDT

Singing with All Creation

Wednesday July 22, 2026 3:30pm - 4:45pm EDT

Stuart 6

Martin Seltz, SponsorOn the rare occasions when the church’s music engages with the non-human world, other beings in God’s creation are typically treated as objects to sing about, rather than fellow worshipers to sing with. For example, most “creation hymns” extol the goodness of God’s creation (e.g., “All things bright and beautiful”) or, more recently, lament the human desecration...
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Speakers

Carl Bear

Carl Bear is a scholar and practitioner of music and worship. He studied church music at Valparaiso University (BM), musicology at Arizona State University (MA), religion and music at Yale Divinity School and Institute of Sacred Music (MAR), and liturgical studies at the Graduate... Read More →

Wednesday July 22, 2026 3:30pm - 4:45pm EDT
Stuart 6

Sectionals

3:30pm EDT

Voices of Resistance: Hymns that Stand Firm Against Christian Nationalism

Wednesday July 22, 2026 3:30pm - 4:45pm EDT

Theron - Wright Library

Karl Moyer, SponsorIn Memory of Carolyn S. MoyerThis sectional explores the theology of hymns—both past and present—that offer a strong foundation for the church's resistance to Christian nationalism. As this ideology threatens the faithfulness of congregations and the integrity of democracy, singing becomes a powerful act of defiance against harmful ideologies and the systemic issues of...
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Speakers

Stephen Fearing

Stephen M. Fearing is a hymnwriter, and a pastor in the Prebyterian Church (USA). He recently earned his Doctor of Ministry degree from New Brunswick Theological Seminary, focusing on the positive effects of congregational singing on prophetic preaching and fostering unity within... Read More →

Hymns Against Christian Nationalism HANDOUT pdf

Wednesday July 22, 2026 3:30pm - 4:45pm EDT
Theron - Wright Library

Sectionals, Streamed for Digital Registrants

5:00pm EDT

Banquet Dinner with Medema Tree Song Presentation

Wednesday July 22, 2026 5:00pm - 7:00pm EDT

Mackay Campus Center

A note for in-person attendees: During our closing banquet, we are excited that our songwriter in residence, Ken Medema, will be premiering his 50th anniversary edition of his "Tree Song." We need a pickup choir to help him premiere it. If you'd like to join that choir, you will be provided a practice track ahead of time and there will be one brief rehearsal* with Ken to prepare on site at...
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Wednesday July 22, 2026 5:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
Mackay Campus Center

Dining

7:30pm EDT

Festival - "Singing the Old Time Way"

Wednesday July 22, 2026 7:30pm - 9:00pm EDT

Nassau Presbyterian Church

Nassau Presbyterian Church, Platinum Sponsor

Artists

Braxton Shelley

Braxton D. Shelley is the George Washington Williams Professor of Music, of Sacred Music, and of Divinity at Yale University, where he is also faculty director of the Interdisciplinary Program in Music and the Black Church. A specialist in African American popular music, his research... Read More →

Wednesday Shelley Festival FINAL DIGITAL pdf

Wednesday July 22, 2026 7:30pm - 9:00pm EDT
Nassau Presbyterian Church