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Regional Psalm Festivals
This is My Story, This is My Song
An interactive conversation about Gospel Music, honoring the power of faith, testimony and song in the African American Experience, with special guests Dante Ford and Julian Davis Reid.
Psalmody in Color: Celebrating the Sacred Music of Black Voices
As part of The Abyssinian Baptist Church’s annual Black Music Month Celebration, Psalmody in Color is a weekend-long festival dedicated to exploring and uplifting the psalm settings of Black composers, past and present. Through concerts, lectures, and workshops, the festival highlights the rich sacred music traditions that have shaped worship and cultural life across generations.
Join Calvin University choirs for their fiftieth annual lessons and carols service, which coincides with Calvin University's 150th anniversary celebrations spanning the 2025–26 academic year.
Singer-songwriter Wendell Kimbrough will share fresh musical settings of psalms for congregational singing. These songs give voice to the full range of human emotion—from lament and judgment to hope and praise. Come ready to sing, reflect, and experience the depth of the psalms. Wendell will lead this session as part of the weekly worship service time for Calvin University students and community.
This chapel service at Calvin University will be led by the Calvin University Campus Choir under the direction of Dr. Mark Stover and the Woodlawn Choir directed by Chan Gyu Jang. Both choirs call Calvin’s campus their home, making this a unique opportunity to witness the rich musical and spiritual life rooted in this community. Come and experience the power of communal singing, scripture, and prayer.
Why and how did psalm singing become such a hallmark of Reformed worship? Join Dr. Karin Maag for a fascinating journey through time, from Reformation Geneva to Scotland and from the Netherlands to New England, exploring the roots and impact of metrical psalm singing. Along the way, we will hear the voices of early modern Christians as they learned how to sing the psalms, both in unison and in harmony. Come ready to sing!
This public lecture with Felicia Wu Song highlights the impacts of AI on human interactions and how faith communities should respond.
