Conference XXXVIV - Little Rock, AR - January 2022



We will gather in Little Rock, AR for our 39th annual conference January 3–6.  Little Rock is a unique southern capital city with a unique Catholic history.  This conference will mark the 30th anniversary of the installation of the cathedral's 66-rank Nichols and Simpson organ, and Colin MacKnight will present the first recital of the anniversary year during the conference.  The keynote speaker will be Father Anthony Ruff, OSB.  An excursion to Subiaco Abbey is also planned.

The conference hotel is the Little Rock Marriott in downtown Little Rock—a short walk from the Cathedral.  Single and double rooms are available for $111 per night.  The registration deadline for the conference and the hotel room block is December 6th.  Click here to reserve your room at the convention rate.

The Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport (LIT) is about four miles from the conference hotel, and has many connections to regional cities.  The hotel operates an airport shuttle; Uber and Lyft are also available.

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History

The genesis of the Conference was the initial association of Peter LaManna, Gerald Muller, and Richard Proulx in the Spring of 1983 while engaged in the search process for a new Music Director for the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C. This productive collaboration and an awareness of antecedent Roman Catholic music organizations led to a call to seventeen cathedral musicians who subsequently met at the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in November, 1984.

To view summaries of our past conferences, click here.

Statement of Purpose

The Conference of Roman Catholic Cathedral Musicians (CRCCM) is the collegial gathering of musicians serving cathedral churches in the United States and Canada. It engages in dialogue, reflection, deliberation, resource exchange, mutual support, and ongoing professional development in consideration of the musico-liturgical practice in unique Cathedral settings as models for the Church-at-large.

CRCCM both seeks and stands ready to consult with other liturgical and musical organizations in the pursuit of beauty and excellence in worship, for the spiritual and cultural enrichment of the community, and the greater glory of God.

Membership in the Conference is open to professional musicians in all Roman Catholic Cathedral Churches in the United States and Canada.

November 1984
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Membership

The Conference of Roman Catholic Cathedral Musicians is a collegial organization. Membership in the Conference is open to musicians working in leadership positions in Roman Catholic Cathedral Churches in the United States and Canada. In addition to those actively employed as cathedral musicians, a nonvoting membership is available for those who had at one time been engaged in such employment and had been active members of CRCCM, but are no longer affiliated with a cathedral church.

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