Education. Refreshment. Inspiration.
Celebrating our 50th Year!
Check your calendars and join us this summer.
Registration is live now.
July 22-27, 2025
Sessions will be held on the campus of
St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, Jackson
Our Conference Hotel is the
Homewood Suites by Hilton
(Medical Center) in
the Fondren neighborhood.
(Click on each photo to learn more…)
The Rev. Dr. William Bradley Roberts,
Professor of Music Emeritus, Virginia Theological Seminary
Mr. Deke Polifka, Director of Music at St. Paul’s Memorial Church in Charlottesville, Virginia
Dr. Matthew Hoch, Choirmaster at Church of the Holy Trinity in Auburn, Alabama, and Professor of Music,
Auburn University
The Rt. Rev. Doug Scharf, Bishop of Southwest Florida
Conference Preacher
Our 2025 Faculty…
CANTATE QUOD CREDIMUS
“To sing what we believe.”
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 NelsonWork 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)
What We Offer
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 Diocese of Mississippi, (Episcopal)
and a grant from the Association of Anglican Musicians.