2025 December — CTSFW Kantorei Southwest Tour: January 5–11

Kantorei Southwest Tour

January 5–11, 2026

The CTSFW Kantorei, under the direction of Kantor Kevin Hildebrand, will be traveling to New Mexico and Arizona for their January 2026 tour. The final stop for the tour will be an Epiphany Evening Prayer Service in Kramer Chapel on January 22, which will be livestreamed.

TOUR STOPS

• Santa Fe, NM: Monday, January 5, 6:30 p.m., Immanuel Lutheran Church
• Albuquerque, NM: Tuesday, January 6, 7:00 p.m., Grace Lutheran Church
• Roswell, NM: Wednesday, January 7, 7:00 p.m., Immanuel Lutheran Church
• Las Cruces, NM: Thursday, January 8, 7:00 p.m., Mission Lutheran Church
• Tucson, AZ: Friday, January 9, 7:00 p.m., Catalina Lutheran Church
• Mesa, AZ: Saturday, January 10, 4:30 p.m., Eternal Life Lutheran Church
• Glendale, AZ: Sunday, January 11, 8:00 and 10:30 a.m., Atonement Lutheran Church
• Fort Wayne, IN: Thursday, January 22, 5:00 p.m. (ET), Concordia Theological Seminary

The Rev. Jeffrey Kazmierski, CTSFW admission counselor, will serve as preacher on the tour. Associate Kantor Matthew Machemer will serve as organist.

The Kantorei represents the Seminary on tours and sings for daily chapel services, seasonal Choral Vespers, and other events. The choir has also recorded several CDs of sacred music, which are heard regularly on Lutheran Public Radio, and recordings are streaming on Apple Music and Spotify.

If you live near one of the tour stops, attend if you’re able and spread the word to others who might be interested. For full details and a media kit, click the button below or visit ctsfw.edu/kantorei-tour.

If you’re not able to attend a service in person, we invite you to tune in to the January 22 livestream at ctsfw.edu/kantorei-tour.

Sample announcement for congregations

THE CONCORDIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY KANTOREI will sing at (name of church) on (date) at (time). Repertoire includes choral arrangements of hymns and Scripture texts as well as congregational hymns and canticles. The Kantorei is a men’s choir of students studying for the pastoral ministry at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana, directed by Kantor Kevin Hildebrand. For more information, visit www.ctsfw.edu.