The RSCM Midwest Summer Choral Residency

06/08/2026

Registration is open for ONE MORE WEEK! We’d love to see you in Evansville next month for a fantastic week of singing and worship. Visit our website now: https://rscmmidwest.org/registration

05/26/2026

Today’s staff spotlight features our wonderful chaplain Amy!

Amy Crawford has, for the last 20 years, worked at the intersection of ministry and psychology. She holds a Masters in Clinical and Counseling Psychology, with a concentration in adolescent psychology and pastoral counseling. Amy has worked as a trauma and spirituality therapist for youth and young adults, as associate pastor of spiritual care and counseling at Liquid Church, a top-100 fastest-growing church in the US, and is currently in the process of becoming ordained in The Episcopal Church and receiving an M.Div. from General Theological Seminary. She also consults as an organizational psychologist and as a trauma/neurodiversity specialist to various organizations, including seminaries and para-church organizations. Amy and her husband are parents to four daughters. In her (few) spare moments, she is a classically trained professional pianist who enjoys playing Bach, an avid native-plants gardener, and a person passionate about liturgy and Benedictine spirituality.

05/15/2026

We’d love to see you in Evansville this summer! Registration is still open:

https://rscmmidwest.org/registration

Are you looking to add a dose of joy and gladness to your summer? It’s not too late to register for one of our four choral residencies! Make new friends and expand your musical horizons in the best way possible: in community with fellow choristers.

Registration remains open for singers of all ages. Links to individual residency webpages in the comments!

RSCM West
RSCM Carolina Summer Choral Residency
The RSCM Midwest Summer Choral Residency
RSCM Washington DC Course

05/11/2026

Because registration for RSCM Midwest 2026 is still open, today’s staff spotlight features our wonderful registrar!

Wendy McCormick is a Presbyterian minister in Columbus, Ohio and an RSCM mom (even after the chorister is grown). She is delighted to be part of the RSCM Midwest team.

04/28/2026

We’re excited to feature Michael Smith, our assistant music director, for today’s staff spotlight!

Michael Smith is the Minister of Music at St. Thomas’ Church, Whitemarsh, located outside of Philadelphia. There he oversees a semi-professional adult choir and a chorister program and has led them to amplify the voices of women and BIPOC composers while honoring the church’s Anglican musical heritage. Michael serves as Past President of the Royal School of Church Music in America, where his goals include strengthening and supporting the summer residencies, increasing the value of the organization to its members, and amplifying diversity, equity, and inclusion across the organization. Prior to his appointment to St. Thomas’ Church, he had a twelve year career in teaching and administration for private schools, including Shipley School in Philadelphia and Groton School in Massachusetts. Concurrently, he served a variety of parishes on a part-time basis and values the experiences of working with small, medium, and large parishes everywhere on the liturgical spectrum. Michael earned his undergraduate degree in organ performance at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. He went on to earn graduate degrees in organ and conducting at Yale University.

04/21/2026

Let’s do a staff spotlight! Meet this year’s organist, Andrew Jacob:

Andrew Jacob serves as the Director of Worship and Music at Augustana Lutheran Church in West Saint Paul, MN. Andy’s greatest joy at the organ comes when leading a worshiping congregation in song. He is regularly invited to create and lead hymn festivals around the country and to serve as a clinician at continuing education conferences for church musicians.

Andy also serves as the Music Director for St. Olaf College’s internationally syndicated radio program, Sing For Joy. Each week, the 30-minute program airs sacred choral music following the lessons assigned in the Revised Common Lectionary.

A multiple prize recipient, he is the winner of the 2019 Ruth and Paul Manz Organ Competition (Lutheran School of Theology, Chicago), the 2020 American Guild of Organists Student Commissioning Project Grant, and the 2021 Richard VanScriver Church Music Scholarship in Organ (Metropolitan Music Ministries, Charlotte, NC).

Andy earned the B.A. degree in music from St. Olaf College and the M.M. degree in organ performance from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) where he was a Kenan Organ Scholar. His primary teachers have included Dr. Catherine Rodland and James Bobb at St. Olaf and Dr. Timothy Olsen at UNCSA.

04/14/2026

Registration for this year’s residency is still open! RSCM Midwest is a seven-day immersive choral experience for any singer age 10+. Choristers of all ages spend each day rehearsing with top choral clinicians, making friends and playing games, singing daily services and praying together while growing in faith. We hope to see you this July in Evansville, IN!
https://rscmmidwest.org/registration

01/20/2026

Registration for our 2026 residency is now LIVE! Join us in Evansville July 13-19 under the direction of Andrew Parr. Visit our website to learn more:

https://rscmmidwest.org/registration

08/26/2025

What a fantastic week we had at RSCM Midwest 2025! It was wonderful making music with friends in beautiful spaces. Thank you to our staff for making this week possible. We hope to see you in Evansville next year - mark your calendars for July 13-19, 2026!

07/27/2025

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Join us for our closing worship service at First Presbyterian Church, Evansville.

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