“Singing the Hallelujah Chorus with believers from all over the word in that amazing basilica….I am forever changed by the experience!” said one 2009 ICMF participant.

Following a 25th anniversary celebration of the International Church Music Festival in Rome in June of 2009, Elwyn Raymer, the executive director of the festival and president of FestCorps, Inc. in Nashville, Tennessee has announced today that the ICMF will return to Rome for the 2012 event.

“Rome was a very special place for the festival in 2009 and many choir directors have asked us to consider a repeat in this important and very popular destination for Christians all over the world”, Raymer said. “So, while our official group registration will begin in August, I am pleased to make this advance announcement of our intention to return to the Eternal City June 11-15, 2012.”

The ICMF, which began in 1984 in England now has involved choir members from more than 300 churches in America and musicians from more than 28 countries on 6 continents. The 2009 Festival in Rome saw more than 600 church choir members and friends from 11 countries, all singing in one voice, proving that music is indeed the universal language. Prior to the Rome event, the ICMF had been held in England, Switzerland and Germany. For the 2010 event participants sailed to England on the Queen Mary 2 and then traveled back to the “spiritual home” of the ICMF, Coventry Cathedral for an exciting weekend event.

Group registration for 2012 begins in August. If you'd like to reserve space for your group now, please indicate your interest as soon as possible via email.

Elwyn Raymer
Festival Director