St. Mary’s Parish and The Collegium are pleased to host the 2022 Colloquium of the Church Music Association of America (CMAA) June 13-25, 2022. Events will be held at St. Mary’s Parish Sanctuary and facilities, The Collegium, and the University System of Maryland at Hagerstown (USMH). The Colloquium and the CMAA pre-conference summer courses will attract more than 200 registrants and students for an extended stay in Hagerstown. 

 

Recently held in the Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, and Philadelphia, The Colloquium brings the largest and most in-depth teaching conference and retreat on sacred music in the world to Hagerstown, MD.  The 2022 program offers new opportunities for learning, singing, listening, and interacting with some of the best minds and musicians doing sacred music in the world today! All liturgies (English, Spanish, and Latin) are open to the public and will be held at St. Mary’s Parish Church. In addition, the CMAA will conduct summer courses such as vocal pedagogy at St. Mary’s the week before the Colloquium June 13th-18th. 

 

 

The Church Music Association of America (founded in 1874) is an association of Catholic musicians and others who have a special interest in music and liturgy, active in advancing Gregorian chant, Renaissance polyphony, and other forms of sacred music, including new composition, for liturgical use.