Upcoming events.
CMC Spring Recital
The Spring Recital for all CMC students enrolled in private lessons will be held on Sunday, May 18 at 3 p.m. in Kaeppel Chapel on the SPLHS campus. Due to the busy spring season and scheduling issues, it will be one extended recital for all students.
Organ Exploration Workship
Led by Organists Mrs. Cindy Calafaty and Mrs. Katherine Drefs
Grades 4-12—no prior keyboard experience needed! Just an interest in exploring the organ!
This workshop will explain how the organ works, the students will have the opportunity to get “inside” the organ and look at the various types of pipes that produce the sounds, and they will get to experiment with playing the organ, the pedals and the different stops. The workshop will also include some history of the organ, how it is used, the different types of pipe organs, and some demonstrations. The workshop will conclude with a mini-organ concert.
Strings Workshop
Led by Violinist Ms. Anna Royuk Grass and Cellist Ms. Jennifer Lochhead (from St. Joseph, MO)
Grades 4-10—minimum of 1 year of private strings lessons, or 2 years in an ensemble
Kinderchor Workshop
Led by Dr. Jerrode Marsh and Ms. Anna Royuk Grass
Grades 4-8—Primary focus on the anthems and liturgy that will be performed at the LCMS Missouri District Convention Opening Service on Sunday, 22 June in Columbia, MO at 6pm. “Practice performance” will be on Saturday evening the 21st in Warrensburg and Bethlehem Lutheran Church at 5:30pm. If needed, another ½ day rehearsal will be scheduled for Friday, the 20th. There is no charge if there is rehearsal on the second day.
The Senior Recital of Naomi Truwe
Please come support Naomi Truwe, a senior voice student at CMC, and a member of the SPLHS Singing Saints! She is headed to Europe with the choir this May and is presenting a full recital at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cole Camp on THIS FRIDAY, March 14th at 7pm. The benefit concert includes many solo pieces sung by Naomi, along with several ensembles with her singing buddies from the Singing Saints. She is accompanied by CMC Executive Director Jerrode Marsh. This concert is presented jointly by the Concordia Music Conservatory, where Naomi is enrolled as a voice student of Page Gravely, and the Trinity School of Music, which is based in Cole Camp and providing the venue and the reception.
Please come and support CMC and Naomi’s hard work to develop her God-given talent for His glory! The concert is free but we hope you will donate generously in honor of her efforts to develop her vocal talent and enable her to continue to share them on the European tour and into the future past her time at the Concordia Music Conservatory.
For questions, please email Jerrode.Marsh@cmc-music.org.
Kleinkinderchor & Kinderchor Singing at Christkindlesmarkt
Come experience the Christkindlesmarkt on the campus of SPLHS and hear both children’s choirs sing on Saturday afternoon on December 13, 2024.
Sedalia Symphony Christmas Concert with the Kinderchor
The Concordia Community Kinderchor will perform with the Sedalia Symphony Orchestra during their Christmas concert on Monday, December 9, 2024. The concert will be at the Heckart Center for the Performing Arts and will be part of the Symphony’s 90th Season celebration. Symphony tickets are $15.00 and children and students are free with an accompanying paying adult.
Winter Recital
Join us for the CMC Winter Recital (for individuals enrolled in private lessons) on Friday, December 6, 2024 in Kaeppel Chapel on the campus of SPLHS campus. The first group will be at 6:00 p.m. and the second group will begin at 7:30 p.m.
Concordia Community Kinderchor performs at annual Riverside Concert
The Concordia Community Kinderchor will perform at the 5th annual “Down by the Riverside” outdoor concert on Sunday, October 20, 2024 at Eagle Bluff Ranch in Waverly, Missouri. Join them for this popular annual event that overlooks the breathtakingly beautiful Missouri River and whose songs are all themed around water and nature. The concert is free, with wheelchair accessibility. Covered seating available.
Concordia Community Kinderchor sings the National Anthem at Concordia Fall Festival
The Concordia Community Kinderchor has been invited to perform the National Anthem at the Concordia Fall Festival (Street Fair) at 6:30pm on Saturday, September 7. They will be singing it at the Religious and Decorated Float Parade!
Concordia Fall Festival began in 1898, (in German it’s called “Straßenfest”) and is a weeklong German-themed festival with parades, rides, street vendors, German food, games and more. For more information see www.concordiafallfestival.com.
Spring Recital
The spring recital for all students enrolled in private lessons will be in Kaeppel Chapel on SPLHS campus on Saturday, May 11, 2024 at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Kleinkinderchor & Kinderchor Spring Concert
The spring concert for Kleinkinderchor, Kinderchor, and Handbell Exploration will be held at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Higginsville, MO on Friday May 10, 2024 at 6 p.m.
Sedalia Symphony Winter Concert Toys! Toys! Toys!
Featuring Doll Song from Tales of Hoffman, March of the Toys from Babes in Toyland, and excerpts from Toy Story and Cars. Children ages 5-12 to can enter their names for a chance to come on stage and direct the orchestra! Adults $10, children are free. Purchase tickets at sedaliasymphonyorchestra.com.
Music Recital
CMC Faculty members Dr. Jerrode Marsh and Dr. Gary Moege will be presenting a concert of German music at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cole Camp, Missouri. Guest flute player Lorraine Miller will also perform. The program includes solo and chamber music classics by J. S. Bach, Johannes Brahms, Felix Mendelssohn and Robert Schumann.
Winter Recital
End-of-year recital for all students enrolled in private lessons. Small reception featuring Christmas snacks will follow. The recital will be in Room 104 of the Fine Arts Building on the SPLHS campus.
Christkindlesmarkt
Concordia Community Kinderchor and the Concordia Kleinkinderchor will perform on the main stage of the 4th annual Christkindlesmarkt on Saturday, December 9 at 2 p.m.
Concert
Benefit concert at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Warrensburg, MO, featuring Dr. Jerrode Marsh, Dr. Gary Moege, CMC Horn Professor, and Lorraine Miller, guest flute. This program is a benefit concert to help support Ukraine refugees in Germany. The program will be in German.
Music Recital
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CMC Executive Director and Piano Instructor Dr. Jerrode Marsh will perform a piano recital at 7pm. Included is solo piano music, and collaborative work with CMC Horn Instructor Dr. Gary Moege and guest flute player, Lorraine Miller. Concert is free and a reception will follow.