Composition Institute Schedule

June 14-20, 2026

Sunday, June 14

  • 4-6pm Check In

  • 6pm Dinner & Opening Remarks

Monday, June 15

  • 8:30am-11:45am 45-minute Private Composition Lessons for Composers 1-4

  • 12pm Mass

  • 1pm Lunch

  • 2:15pm Choral Rehearsal 1

  • 3:15pm Break

  • 3:30pm Choral Rehearsal 2

  • 4:30pm Break

  • 4:45pm Reading Session of Composition Auditors’ Music

  • 5:45pm Break

  • 6pm Adoration, Compline, Benediction

  • 7pm Dinner

Tuesday, June 16

  • 8:30am-11:45am 45-minute Private Composition Lessons for Composer 5-8

  • 12pm Mass

  • 1pm Lunch

  • 2:15pm Choral Rehearsal 1

  • 3:15pm Break

  • 3:30pm Choral Rehearsal 2

  • 4:30pm Break

  • 4:45pm Seminar with David Clayton

  • 5:45pm Break

  • 6pm Adoration, Compline, Benediction

  • 7pm Dinner

Wednesday, June 17

  • 8:30am-11:45am 45-minute Private Composition Lessons for Composers 1-4

  • 12pm Mass

  • 1pm Lunch

  • 2:15pm Choral Rehearsal 1

  • 3:15pm Break

  • 3:30pm Choral Rehearsal 2

  • 4:30pm Break

  • 4:45pm Seminar with Eric Plutz on Composing Organ Accompaniments

  • 5:45pm Break

  • 6pm Adoration, Compline, Benediction

  • 7pm Dinner

Thursday, June 18

  • 8:30am-11:45am 45-minute Private Composition Lessons for Composer 5-8

  • 12pm Mass

  • 1pm Lunch

  • 2:15pm Choral Rehearsal 1

  • 3:15pm Break

  • 3:30pm Choral Rehearsal 2

  • 4:30pm Break

  • 4:45pm Roundtable Discussion on a Liturgical Aesthetic in Music

  • 5:45pm Break

  • 6pm Adoration, Compline, Benediction

  • 7pm Dinner

Friday, June 19

  • 8am Mass at St. Paul’s (optional)

  • 9am Seminar

  • 10:30am Break

  • 12pm Lunch

  • 2:30pm Rehearsal at St. Paul’s Church in Princeton

  • 5:00pm Dinner on our own

  • 7pm Closing Concert at St. Paul’s Church

  • 9pm Reception

Saturday, June 20

  • 10am Depart from Princeton