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Past Festivals

History of
Moravian Music Festivals
in North America

Past Moravian Music Festivals: date, location, festival director, MMF staff, festival chair(s)               

  1. June 26-July 2, 1950: Bethlehem, PA: Moravian College for Women, Central Moravian Church. Thor Johnson, conductor; Walter A. Schrempel, General Chairman
  2. June 21-27, 1954: Bethlehem, PA: Moravian College for Women, Central Moravian Church. Thor Johnson, conductor; Walter A. Schrempel, General Chairman.
  3. June 20-26. 1955:     Winston-Salem, NC: Salem College; Thor Johnson, conductor; Donald McCorkle, staff, Clemens Sandresky, General Chairman
  4. June 24-30, 1957: Bethlehem, PA: Moravian College, Central Moravian Church.  Thor Johnson, conductor; Donald McCorkle, MMF Director; The Rev. Dr. Raymond S. Haupert, General Chairman
  5. June 22-28, 1959: Winston-Salem, NC: Salem College. Thor Johnson, conductor; Donald McCorkle, MMF Director. H. Harold and Elizabeth Vogler, General Chairmen
  6. June 22-25, 1961: Tuscarawas County, OH: Dover High School; Sharon Moravian Church, Tuscarawas; John Heckwelder Moravian Church, Gnadenhutten; Schoenbrunn State Park, New Philadelphia.  Thor Johnson, conductor; Donald McCorkle, MMF Director. The Rev. Richard E. Michel and Tom R. Scheffer, Co-Chairmen.
  7. June 14-21, 1964: Warwick Union High School, Lititz, PA; Nazareth Moravian Church, Nazareth, PA; Central Moravian Church, Bethlehem, PA. Thor Johnson, conductor; Marilyn Gombosi, MMF Assistant Director. Elmer L. Mack, General Chairman
  8. June 12-19, 1966: Winston-Salem, NC: Salem College. Thor Johnson, conductor; Ewald Nolte, MMF Director. R. Arthur Spaugh, General Chairman.
  9. June 16-22, 1969: New York, NY: Manhattan: First Moravian Church; Brick Presbyterian Church; The Riverside Church; Staten Island: Susan Wagner High School.  Thor Johnson, conductor; Ewald Nolte, MMF Director. Edward and Dorothy Rondthaler, General Chairmen. Thor Johnson
  10. June 11-18, 1972: Winston-Salem, NC: Salem College. Thor Johnson, conductor; Ewald Nolte, MMF Director. Mr. and Mrs. Allen S. Goslen, General Chairmen.
  11. June 19-23, 1974: De Pere, WI: St. Norbert’s College. Thor Johnson, conductor; Karl Kroeger, MMF Director. Mr. Henry C. Weinlick, General Chairman.
  12. June 20-27, 1976: Bethlehem, PA: Moravian College, Central Moravian Church.  Richard Schantz and Jeffrey Reynolds, conductors; Karl Kroeger, MMF Director. Robert P. Snyder and Joyce Pharo, Co-Chairmen.
  13. June 18-25, 1978: Winston-Salem, NC: Salem College. John Nelson, Jeffrey Reynolds, Sam Fort, Jr., conductors; Karl Kroeger, MMF Director. Sallie Greenfield, Festival Chairman.
  14. June 17-21, 1981: Waukesha, WI: Carroll College. David Crosby and Jeffrey Reynolds, conductors; James Boeringer, MMF Director. Barbara J. Strauss, Festival Chairman.
  15. June 17-24, 1984: Winston-Salem, NC: Salem College. Thomas Dunn and Jeffrey Reynolds, conductors; James Boeringer, MMF Director. Carol and I. B. Southerland, III, Festival Co-Chairmen.
  16. June 28-July 3, 1987: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: University of Alberta, All Saints Cathedral. Richard Schantz and Jeffrey Reynolds, conductors; Karoly Köpe, MMF Director. The Rev. R. E. Voelker, Chairman.
  17. June 17-23, 1990: Winston-Salem, NC: Salem College. Karoly Köpe, Conductor; James Basta and Robert Clark, Band Directors; Randy Kohlenberg, Trombone Choir Director; Karoly Kope, MMF Director. Mallie B. Graham, Chairperson
  18. June 22-28, 1992: Bethlehem, PA: Moravian College, Central Moravian Church.  Richard Schantz and Jeffrey Reynolds, conductors; E. Allen Schultz, MMF Executive Director, Nola Reed Knouse, MMF Director of Research and Programs. Theodore F. Hartmann and Martha Schrempel, Festival Co-Chairs.
  19. June 16-22, 1996: Winston-Salem, NC: Salem College.  David Lewis Crosby, conductor; Nola Reed Knouse, MMF Director; James Basta and Robert Clark, Band; Erik Salzwedel, Trombone Choir and Brass Ensemble. Chris and Gerrie Fulk, General Chairs.
  20. June 19-26. 1999:  Millersville, PA:  Millersville University.  John V. Sinclair, conductor; Nola Reed Knouse, MMF Director. Jan Stein and Marian L. Shatto, Festival Co-Chairs.
  21. June 8-14, 2003: Winston-Salem, NC: Salem College and Winston-Salem State University. John V. Sinclair, conductor; Nola Reed Knouse, MMF Director; James Basta and Robert Clark, Band Directors; Donna Rothrock, Trombone Choir Director. Jim and Roberta Pettit, Festival Co-Chairs.
  22. July 2-8, 2006: Columbus, OH: Capital University and Trinity Lutheran Seminary. John V. Sinclair, conductor, Nola Reed Knouse, MMF Director. Donald Kemmerer, Band Director; J. Michael Allsen, Trombone Choir Director. Columbus Bach Ensemble. David Blum, Festival Chair.
  23. July 19-25, 2009: Belmont, NC: Belmont Abbey College. John V. Sinclair, conductor, Nola Reed Knouse, MMF Director. Jeff Whitsett, Band Director. Donna Rothrock, Trombone Choir. Paddy Wigney, Festival Chair.
  24. July 14-20, 2013: Bethlehem, PA: Central Moravian Church and Moravian College. John V. Sinclair, conductor; Nola Reed Knouse, MMF Director. Allen Frank, Band Director; Don Kemmerer, Trombone Choir; Jan Harke, Handbells; Myra Jones, Children’s Program. Rebecca Kleintop Lepore, Local Chair.
  25. July 23 – 29, 2017: Winston-Salem, NC: Home Moravian Church and Salem College and Winston-Salem State University. John V. Sinclair, conductor; Nola Reed Knouse, MMF Director. Chris Wormald and Allen Frank, Concert Band Director and Asst. Director; Deborah Rice, Handbell Director; Donna Rothrock, Trombone Choir; Anne Saxon and Beth Juran, Children’s Music. Amanda Moody-Schumpert, Local Chair.
  26. July 18 – 24, 2021; PART 1: NOTE: Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, plans are for an online/onsite hybrid festival – with digital content, remote connectivity, recorded and livestreamed music.
    July, 2022; PART 2: Shorter, in-person event, focusing on performance. Bethlehem, PA: Central Moravian Church and Moravian College. John V. Sinclair, conductor; Nola Reed Knouse, MMF Director; Allen Frank, Band Director; Don Kemmerer, Trombone Choir; Jan Harke, Handbells; Myra Jones and Sarah Hriniak, Children’s Program. Henry Naisby, Local Chair.

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Festival Plans for 2021 & 2022


The 26th Festival will be in TWO PARTS              

Due to the pandemic, the Festival will be reimagined for July, 2021 – with digital content, remote connectivity, recorded and livestreamed music. Digital music experiences will allow for more equitable participation than ever before, with potential to engage our worldwide Moravian music community!

  1. PART 1: The 2021 Festival will focus on Education with mostly online connectivity.
  2. PART 2: Then, in 2022, we hope to gather in Bethlehem for a shorter in-person Festival to present the music we learned in 2021!
At this point, plans for ensembles are limited to online collaborations, like “virtual choirs” and “virtual band,” and pre-recorded music video.

More info to follow.

A recent inquiry to MMF - Subject: Copyright/Streaming

 

Dear MMF,

I have a question about copyright and streaming. We have CCLI license and streaming license at my church, but it does not cover many pieces for organ. Would the ASCAP license provide that protection for us to stream and include copyrighted organ music? I’ve read their website, and it seems like it would.  https://www.ascap.com/music-users/types/church-or-ministry

Thanks!

____________________________________________________

Dear Worship Leader,

We have been instructing folks to follow CCLI and OneLicense guidelines, which, as you discovered, unfortunately, rarely cover instrumental/keyboard music.

Yes, it appears as though ASCAP offers a “WorshipCast” streaming license, which is set up in much the same manner as CCLI and OneLicense licenses – i.e., the fee structure is based on worship attendance:

https://apps.christiancopyrightsolutions.com/purchase-license.aspx?svc=wc

A quick click brought up this fee structure:
1 – 199 (in attendance): $284.00
200 – 499 (in attendance): $424.00 (obviously it goes up from here)

Some further good news – the WorshipCast license offered above is controlled by Christian Copyright Solutions (a division of CCLI, and it appears as though purchase of this license would allow you to broadcast both ASCAP and BMI titles, opening up even more possibilities.

I don’t think, however, that this license includes SESAC titles; thus, if you wished to perform anything under the SESAC umbrella (Dan Gawthrop, for instance), you would need to approach that entity directly for a license:

https://www.sesac.com/#!/

Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

Blessings to you in your music ministry!

Gwyneth Michel, Assistant Director, Moravian Music Foundation      – – (with edits by Erik S.)

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