Conference XL - Orlando, FL - January 2023

We will gather in Orlando, FL for our 40th annual conference January 9–12.  Join us for workshops on chant by Charles Thatcher, Spanish music in liturgy by Elizabeth Jennings, a choral concert at the cathedral, an organ recital by Adam Brakel at the Mary Queen of the Universe Shrine, and more.  Click here to register.

The conference hotel is the Embassy Suites by Hilton Orlando Downtown—a short walk from the Cathedral.  Single and double rooms are available for $199 per night, and includes breakfast.  The registration deadline for the conference and the hotel room block is December 1st.  Click here to reserve your room at the conference rate.

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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As a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, CRCCM is supported by your contributions in addition to our membership fees.  Your contribution helps us to further the mission of the organization—engaging in dialogue, reflection, deliberation, resource exchange, mutual support, and ongoing professional development for cathedral musicians in particular, and as a model for the Church-at-large.

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