Children and youth in grades 5–9 are invited to join NLC's Director of Education and Outreach, Erin Gaffaney, and Artistic Director, Jennaya Robison, for a dynamic day of music-making and leadership. Special guest conductor Maria Ellis—owner of Girl Conductor LLC and Artistic Director of The Sheldon's All-Star Chorus and UMSL's Voices of Jubilation—brings her passion for diverse, engaging music education. This joyful and collaborative festival celebrates creativity, connection, and the next generation of musical leaders.

A journey of remembrance and hope, this concert honors the beauty and fragility of life while offering a glimpse of the eternal home that awaits. Through music and movement, we explore the thin places between heaven and earth.

Featured works include Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's In Thee, O Lord, Thomas LaVoy's O Great Beyond (with texts by Rabindranath Tagore), and Stephen Paulus' beloved The Road Home. Additional selections by Minnesota composers Linda Kachelmeier and Marí Esabel Valverde round out the program.

Presented in collaboration with dance artist Eve Schulte, the concert will be performed in the Twin Cities and in St. Peter, Minnesota in partnership with Brandon Dean and the Gustavus Choir as NLC goes on the road. 

Enjoy a day of singing, workshops, and an informal performance with acclaimed composer Elaine Hagenberg and NLC Artistic Director Jennaya Robison. Featuring Hagenberg's music alongside new anthems for church, school, and community choirs, this annual festival invites singers of all backgrounds to unite in song. An intergenerational experience for adult singers, conductors, church music directors, and singers in 7th-12th grade.

As we transition from the stillness of winter into the promise of spring, we are invited to seek refuge in song—a sacred space where the soul finds its voice and a place to belong. Opening with movements from Fanny Hensel's Lobgesang and Shavon Lloyd's So Breaks the Sun, the program traces the arc from winter's stillness to spring's awakening.

Works by Jake Runestad, Under This Tree and Nada te Turbe, offer reassurance and belonging. At the heart of the program is Aaron McDermid's From Light to Light, commissioned by the National Lutheran Choir in 2008, with texts by Susan Palo Cherwien that invite us into stillness and the heartbeat of God.

Presented in the Twin Cities and on location in Moorhead, Minnesota, where the choir will partner with The Concordia Choir, Michael Culloton, conductor.

Just steps from Central Lutheran Church, join us in the Seasons Rotunda at the Minneapolis Convention Center following the Spring Concert for a joyful evening celebrating 40 years of sacred choral music with the National Lutheran Choir! This milestone event supports the choir's mission and ensures a vibrant future of musical excellence and spiritual inspiration. Come raise a glass, share in the song, and be part of the next chapter of the NLC story.

Concert for the students, families, and community of St. Olaf College

In the turning of the season, we rise—rooted in memory, reaching toward the future. This program bursts forth in song, celebrating the sacred bonds of community. Joined by Anton Armstrong and the St. Olaf Choir at Central Lutheran Church, we honor the living legacy of the Lutheran choral tradition in the United States.

Former NLC Artistic Director David Cherwien joins us as guest organist as we mark 40 years of the National Lutheran Choir. Works by J.S. Bach, F. Melius Christiansen, Larry Fleming, and David Cherwien bloom alongside new pieces by Earlene Rentz and Jennaya Robison. The concert concludes with a festival chorus of alumni and friends—celebrating four decades of song and the promise of many more to come as we proclaim, "For all that has been, Thank you. For all that is to come, Yes!" (Dag Hammarskjöld)