Mid South Region

Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee

Events

Repertoire:

Abana - arr. Greg Scheer

Be Thou My Vision - arr. Alice Parker

Christ Has Broken Down the Wall - Mark Miller

Come, O Thou Traveler Unknown - arr. David Mennicke

O Give Thanks to the Lord - Jody Brown and Jeff McGaha

True Light - Keith Hampton

You Are Holy - arr. John Helgen

What is an "accessible anthem"? For the purposes of this conference we are defining an accessible anthem as having at least two of the following traits:

1. The anthem can be sung with as few as one or two singers per voice part.

2. The anthem features repeated material that shortens and simplifies the learning process.

3. The anthem contains substantial unison sections.

Suggested hotels:

Fairfield Inn and Suites Morristown

2961 Millers Point Drive

Morristown, TN 37813

(423) 353-4300

Holiday Inn Express and Suites

2903 Millers Point Drive

Morristown, TN 37813

(423) 307-1111

Hampton Inn Morristown I-81

5368 Winners Circle Road

Morristown, TN 37813

(423) 839-1920

Second Annual Festival of Choirs

September 12-13, 2025

First Presbyterian Church, Morristown, Tennessee

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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!

Past Events

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.

Festival of Choirs Concert Program

Festival of Choirs Worship Bulletin

View the Course Here

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.