Preparing for the 2026 Conference:

O Splendor of God's Glory Bright

Join us July 20-25, 2026 for the 51st Annual Conference

2025 Conference Portrait

Looking Ahead: 2026 Conference Faculty

We are thrilled to announce our faculty for the 2026 Mississippi Music Conference.

  • Brad Hughley | St. Paul's, Indianapolis

  • Marjorie Johnston | First Presbyterian, Tuscaloosa

  • The Rev. Joe Robinson | Wareham, Mass.

Learn from Distinguished Leaders

Our conferences bring together some of the most respected voices in Episcopal church music and liturgy. These accomplished priests, musicians, scholars, and bishops share their wisdom and passion with our community.

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A large choir of men and women practicing or singing with music sheets in a spacious hall, led by a conductor at a grand piano.
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What We Offer

  • Valuable time to exchange ideas with colleagues from all over

  • Musical “mountaintop” experiences

  • A newly commissioned musical setting for the Eucharist Rite II
    by Jessica Nelson

  • Work with nationally renowned faculty

  • Music shopping at an extensive display from Lois Fyfe Music in Nashville

  • A praying conference, with a chaplain available for private sessions

  • Open to musicians and clergy (of all denominations)

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CANTATE QUOD CREDIMUS

“To sing what we believe.”

More About Us…

The Conference was started in 1975 by Leslie N. Casaday, who served as Principal Parish Musician at St. Philip's Episcopal Church in Jackson, Mississippi.

Begun as a weekend workshop for the St. Philip's Choir, the Mississippi Conference has, for fifty years, provided a time away for spiritual renewal and professional development, serving church musicians and clergy all over the country. For one week every summer they gather with a faculty made up of some of the finest theologians and musicians in the Episcopal Church to sing, to learn, to be challenged, and to be fed.

Our Conference gratefully acknowledges generous financial support from The Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi and a grant from the Association of Anglican Musicians.

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