About the 2026 Convention Live and Recorded Sessions
The 2026 Convention will also offer a virtual option for those who cannot attend in person. This year’s Convention will offer a livestream of major events, allowing registrants to join us in real time:
- Opening Ceremony
- All Plenum Addresses
- All Showcase Events
- The Members’ Meeting
Additionally, the Convention will have a large number of Breakouts recorded for viewing at your own pace through September 30, 2026. Standalone pricing for the Live and Recorded Sessions Package is as follows:
- Non-member: $249
- Select (formerly Basic)-level: $199
- Select Plus: $190
- Standard: $180
- Premium: $170
Included livestreamed sessions:
(Available for viewing live via the web platform during the 2026 Convention)
- Opening Ceremony
- Plenum 1: Forever I Will Sing: Reflection on Fifty Years of NPM and Ministry (Fr. Richard Fragomeni)
- Plenum 2: Sing the Love Amazing! The Unsung Power of Pastoral Music (Dr. Steven Janco)
- Plenum 3: Way of Beauty: The Evangelizing Power of Music in Liturgy (Dr. Jem Sullivan)
- All 3 Showcase Events (GIA Publications, Inc; OCP; Source & Summit)
- Members’ Meeting (Wednesday, July 22)
Included recorded Breakout sessions:
(Available for viewing July 28-September 30, 2026)
- Breakout A – Chant: the (Unexpected) Hottest Course (Laurence Rosania)
- Breakout A – Effective Piano Leading (Not Just Accompanying) Across the Musical Spectrum (Peter Kolar)
- Breakout A – A Vocal-Centric Approach to Choir Rehearsal (Peter Kadeli)
- Breakout A – Obstacles to Full, Conscious, and Active Participation (Tony Alonso)
- Breakout B – Getting the Students to Sing: How to Plan a School Mass (Theresa Slott)
- Breakout B – True Inculturation of the Liturgy (John Flaherty)
- Breakout B and C – Artificial Intelligence for Liturgy: From Principles to Practice (A 2-Part Breakout) (Fr. Ricky Manalo)
- Breakout B – Vocal Troubleshooting: Practical Voice Science and Pedagogy for Church Musicians (Erin Taylor)
- Breakout C – Improve The Ensemble Musicianship In Your Parish (Jaime Cortez, Bobby Fisher, and Steve Petrunak)
- Breakout C – “Let the Word of Christ Dwell in You Richly” (Col 3:16): How the Psalms Can Advance the Church’s Mission of Evangelization and Catechesis (Anthony Fortunato)
- Breakout C – The Art of Celebrating: Preparing Vibrant Sacramental Liturgies (Michael Ruzicki)
- Breakout D – Music Ministry Z: Strategies for Engaging Young Adults (Jeremy Kiolbassa)
- Breakout D – They’re Changing the Liturgy Again? (Rev. Dustin Dought / Mary Sperry, USCCB)
- Breakout D and E – Introducing Bilingual Music: A 2-Part Breakout (Estela García-López and Rodolfo López)
- Breakout D – Is your catholicity truly Catholic? (Dr. M. Roger Holland II)
- Breakout E – Ministerial Bridge-Building with Between Anglo and Hispanic Choirs (Peter Kolar)
- Breakout E – Forever We Will Sing: The Gift of Gospel in Catholic Liturgy — Interculturation and the Living Tradition of Faith (Richard Cherie, Aaron Matthews and W. Clifford Petty)
- Breakout E – Living and leaning into the Liturgical Poet and Artist at Work and Worship (John Flaherty)