Due to the 2025 Summer European Choir Tour led by the Executive Director, the following one day Workshops will be offered this summer.

• Organ Exploration Workshop

Tuesday, June 17, from 9:30am to 4pm (meet at Fine Arts Building at Saint Paul Lutheran High)

Led by Organists Mrs. Cindy Calafaty and Mrs. Katherine Drefs

WORKSHOP FEE:  $30 (enroll by June 1).  After June 1 the fee is $40  (enrollment fee includes a light lunch)

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

Wednesday, June 18, from 9:30 to 3:30pm (Fine Arts Building at Saint Paul Lutheran High)

Led by Violinist Ms. Anna Royuk Grass and Cellist Ms. Jennifer Lochhead (from St. Joseph, MO)

WORKSHOP FEE:  $30 (enroll by June 1).  After June 1 the fee is $40 (enrollment fee includes a light lunch)

Grades 4-10—minimum of 1 year of private strings lessons, or 2 years in an ensemble

The string workshop will include numerous hands-on activities and games for students to refine their technique on their instruments and learn new music to play together. We will learn about the great string performers of history and practice active listening. Intermediate or advanced students will have the opportunity to perform for the class and give each other feedback. The workshop will conclude with a recital featuring the instructors.

• Kinderchor Workshop

Thursday, June 19 from 9:30 to 3:30pm (Fine Arts Building at Saint Paul Lutheran High)

Led by Dr. Jerrode Marsh and Ms. Anna Royuk Grass  

WORKSHOP FEE:  $30 (enroll by June 1). Students enrolled in the Spring 2025 Kinderchor only pay $15.  After June 1 the fee is $40 (enrollment fee includes a light lunch)

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. Second rehearsal will be on Saturday, at 3pm in Warrensburg at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, followed by a “Practice performance” with singing in the 5:30pm worship service.  

THOSE WHO ENROLL IN THE THURSDAY KINDERCHOR WORKSHOP ARE REQUESTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY EVENTS. There is no additional charge for participating in those events.