Mid South Region
Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee
Upcoming Events
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Third Annual Festival of Choirs
October 2-3, 2026
First Presbyterian Church, Lexington, Kentucky
In partnership with the Lexington Sacred Music Festival
Event Description:
The Third Annual "Festival of Choirs" is partnering with the Lexington Sacred Music Festival to offer a rare opportunity to see how sacred music lives within a wider artistic space, expanding your imagination for how choir can serve both church and community.. Choir directors are invited to bring their ensembles for an immersive experience that strengthens community and musicianship, while also leaving with repertoire and musical insights they can carry directly into their church’s worship planning long after the festival ends.
Past Events
Second Annual Festival of Choirs
September 12-13, 2025
First Presbyterian Church, Morristown, Tennessee
Event Description:
The "Festival of Choirs" is open to all church choir directors & members and will explore accessible anthems specifically targeted towards small churches and small church choirs. Bring your choir and join the Mid-South region for this enriching experience full of fellowship & song!
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Festival of Choirs
September 13-14, 2024
Idlewild Presbyterian Church, Memphis, Tennessee
The Presbyterian Association of Musicians Mid-South Region partnered with Idlewild Presbyterian Church in hosting the Mid-South Festival of Choirs!
Click below to view bulletins from this event.
With My Whole Heart: Singing Together as One
September 2022
This special event for everyone - church musicians, choir members, church leaders, congregation members—anyone who can “make a joyful noise to the Lord" took place in September.
Taught by the Rev’d John Allen Bankson, Director of Music Ministries at the First Christian Church of Birmingham, each week’s class featured a guest organist from the Birmingham area. This was a joint event of the First Christian Church of Birmingham and the Presbyterian Association of Musicians, Mid-South Region.
This exciting six-week journey culminated with a Hymn Festival led by the Rev. David Gambrell, Associate for Worship in the Office of Theology and Worship of the Presbyterian Church (USA).
Resources
Hymnology Course
PAM Mid-South has released a hymnology course adapted from our fall 2022 event, “Singing With My Whole Heart.”
This course combines the history of Christian hymns with basic sight-singing skills and vocal technique to help everyone engage more fully in congregational singing. The installments of this series are short (10-20 minutes in length) and can form the basis for Sunday School classes and small-group studies, or they can be used at the beginning of rehearsals.
All 20 installments are available free on the PAM Mid-South YouTube Channel.
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