Conferences

Conferences offer a unique opportunity for participants to learn from fellow musicians, clergy, and scholars from around the country, to share ideas, to be inspired, and to catch up with old friends and make new ones. ALCM hosts three kinds of events:

• Every two years in odd-numbered years ALCM hosts a national biennial conference (see list below).
• From 1988 through 2016 in even-numbered years, each region hosted a conference
• In 2022 and 2024 a conference was held on the campus of Valparaiso University (indented in the list below). Held in conjunction with Lutheran Summer Music, this conference differs from biennial conferences in that its emphasis is on skill-building and the more practical issues related to worship & music.
• Beginning in 2018 in both even- and odd-numbered years, events are held in different areas of the United States. These Hearts • Hands • Voices events are local half- or full-day skills-based workshops organized and hosted by ALCM members.

ALCM Biennial & Regional Conferences

2025 – Nineteenth Biennial Conference, Raleigh-Durham, NC
Composers Symposium, Fort Wayne, IN
Hearts • Hands • Voices events held around the country

2024
Valparaiso, IN
Hearts • Hands • Voices events held around the country

2023 – Eighteenth Biennial Conference, Philadelphia, PA
Hearts • Hands • Voices events held around the country

2022
Valparaiso, IN
Hearts • Hands • Voices events held around the country

2021 – postponed to 2023

2020 – events postponed to 2022

2019 – Seventeenth Biennial Conference, Portland, OR
Hearts • Hands • Voices events held around the country

2018
Region 1 – Valparaiso, IN
Hearts • Hands • Voices events held around the country

2017 – Sixteenth Biennial Conference, Minneapolis, MN

2016
Region 1 – Fort Wayne, IN
Region 2 – Franklin (Nashville), TN
Region 3 – Chicago, IL
Region 4 – Sacramento, CA

2015 – Fifteenth Biennial Conference, Atlanta, GA

2014
Region 1 – Baltimore, MD
Region 2 – Charlotte, NC
Region 3 – Kansas City, MO
Region 4 – Portland, OR

2013 – Fourteenth Biennial Conference, Valparaiso, IN

2012
Region 1 – Bethlehem, PA
Region 2 – Austin, TX
Region 3 – St. Peter, MN; River Forest, IL; Lincoln, NE
Region 4 – Thousand Oaks, CA

2011 – Thirteenth Biennial Conference, Seattle, WA

2010
Region 1 – Pittsburgh, PA
Region 2 – Jacksonville, FL
Region 3 – Lindsborg, KS (cancelled); Sioux Falls, SD; Davenport, IA
Region 4 – Denver, CO

2009 – Twelfth Biennial Conference, Milwaukee, WI

2008
Region 1 – Worcester, MA
Region 2 – Savannah, GA
Region 3 – River Forest, IL
Region 4 – San Francisco, CA

2007 – Eleventh Biennial Conference, Houston, TX

2006
Region 1 – Columbus, OH
Region 2 – Hickory, NC
Region 3 – Decorah, IA
Region 4 – Seattle, WA

2005 – Tenth Biennial Conference, New York, NY

2004
Region 1 – Frankenmuth, MI
Region 2 – cancelled
Region 3 – Rockford, IL
Region 4 – Glorietta, NM

2003 – Ninth Biennial Conference, San Diego, CA

2002
Region 1 – Lansdale, PA
Region 2 – Charleston, SC; Austin, TX
Region 3 – Urban (Chicago, IL & Minneapolis, MN) and Rural (Blair, NE; Jamestown, ND; Dubuque, IA)
Region 4 – Honolulu, HI

2001 – Eighth Biennial Conference, Kansas City, MO

2000
Region 1 – Oberlin, OH
Region 2 – Atlanta, GA
Region 3 – Waverly, IA
Region 4 – Tucson, AZ

1999 – Seventh Biennial Conference, Richmond, VA

1998
Region 1 – Baltimore, MD
Region 2 – Hickory, NC
Region 3 – Sioux Falls, SD
Region 4 – Tacoma, WA

1997 – Sixth Biennial Conference, Valparaiso, IN

1996
Region 1 – Fort Wayne, IN
Region 2 – Caribbean cruise
Region 3 – St. Louis, MO
Region 4 – Irvine, CA

1995 – Fifth Biennial Conference, Denver, CO

1994
Region 1 – New Haven, CT
Region 2 – Charlotte, NC
Region 3 – Madison, WI
Region 4 – Calgary, AB

1993 – Fourth Biennial Conference, Minneapolis, MN

1992
Region 1 – Lancaster, PA
Region 2 – Austin, TX
Region 3 – Des Moines, IA
Region 4 – Thousand Oaks, CA

1991 – Third Biennial Conference, Atlanta, GA

1990
Region 1 – Springfield, OH
Region 2 – Hampton, VA
Region 3 – River Forest, IL
Region 4 – Las Vegas, NV

1989 – Second Biennial Conference, Rochester, NY

1988
Region 1 – Allentown, PA
Region 2 – Winter Park, FL
Region 3 – Dubuque, IA
Region 4 – Berkeley, CA

1987 – First Biennial Conference, Seattle, WA

1986 – Constituting Convention, Northfield, MN

1985 – Organizing Conference, Columbia, SC