There will be no Summer Music Institute this year at St Vladimir’s Seminary, but the popular educational event will return in the summer of 2025.

The seminary’s Institute of Sacred Arts (ISA), which organizes and hosts the event on campus, is using the added time this summer to help prepare for next year’s Summer Music Institute.

“We are exploring some new possibilities for the 2025 edition that we hope will make the event even more beneficial for participants,” explained Dn Harrison Russin, assistant professor of liturgical music. “We are encouraged by the amount of participation and interest the Institute has garnered over the past few years, and we have received wonderful feedback from participants and faculty about improving the Institute’s programs and workshops.”

In recent years, the Summer Music Institute has drawn hundreds of Orthodox church musicians from North America and abroad to St Vladimir's Seminary, where they honed their vocal, conducting, and compositional skills. Past themes have included Orthodox liturgical music written by American composers, pan-Orthodox hymnody, and practical skill- and resource-building for parish musicians.

The ISA will announce more details regarding the 2025 Summer Music Institute over the coming academic year. To stay updated, subscribe to St Vladimir’s Seminary’s monthly e-newsletter (scroll down on SVOTS.edu for the sign-up form), follow the ISA on Facebook or Instagram, or check back at the seminary’s events page.