Music lovers of all ages are invited to campus for the 2025-26 Concordia Seminary Music Series [1], which will feature talented musicians during events scheduled through summer 2026.
The annual series includes Hymn Festivals, Services of Sacred Music and Summer Carillon Concerts.
The Concordia Seminary Music Series is free and open to the public, and is made possible in part through a Vital Worship Grant from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, Grand Rapids, Mich., with funds provided by Lilly Endowment Inc.
Performances are held in the Chapel of St. Timothy and St. Titus on the campus of Concordia Seminary except for the carillon concerts at which visitors are invited to enjoy the open-air, outdoor setting near Luther Tower.
“These services of sacred music and concerts are a blessing to all who experience them,” said Dean of Chapel Dr. Jon Vieker [2]. “It is a great privilege and joy for Concordia Seminary to be able to share these rich musical offerings with the larger St. Louis community.”
Hymn Festivals and Services of Sacred Music
Hymn Festivals and Services of Sacred Music will follow the seasons of the church year and will feature locally and nationally acclaimed musicians. The concerts also are available via livestream at csl.edu/live [3].
This year’s Hymn Festivals and Services of Sacred Music include:
Reformation Vespers [4]
4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025
Featuring Laudamus, St. Louis Lutheran Chorale, Concordia Seminary Children’s Choir, Concordia Seminary Youth Choir and instrumentalists
Advent Lessons and Carols [5]
7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025
Featuring the Seminary Chamber Choir, Laudamus, St. Louis Lutheran Chorale, Concordia Seminary Children’s Choir, Concordia Seminary Youth Choir and instrumentalists
Children’s Choir Festival [6]
6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6, 2026
Featuring Joshua Pedde, executive artistic director of the Indianapolis Children’s Choir, and children’s choirs from St. Louis area Lutheran congregations
A Hymn Festival Featuring the Hymns of Lisa Clark and Katie Schuermann [7]
4 p.m. Sunday, March 1, 2026
Featuring Laudamus, St. Louis Lutheran Chorale, Concordia Seminary Youth Choir and instrumentalists
St. John Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach (1725) [8]
3 p.m. Palm Sunday, March 29, 2026
Featuring the American Kantorei and Orchestra and the Concordia Seminary Children’s Choir
Choral Evening Prayer for Eastertide [9]
3 p.m. Sunday, May 10, 2026
Featuring the Seminary Chamber Choir, Laudamus, St. Louis Lutheran Chorale, Concordia Seminary Children’s Choir, Concordia Seminary Youth Choir and instrumentalists
Summer Carillon Concerts
Summer Carillon Concerts are held at 7 p.m. Tuesdays in June and feature national and international carillonneurs performing pieces on the 49-bell carillon in Luther Tower. The public is invited to bring picnics and lawn chairs and gather on the grounds near the tower to enjoy the performances.
Carillon concerts are scheduled for June 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30.
For more details and a complete schedule, please visit Concordia Seminary Music Series [1].
About Concordia Seminary
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis provides Gospel-centered graduate-level theological education for pastors, missionaries, deaconesses, scholars and other leaders in the name of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) [10]. To learn more, visit csl.edu [11].