The Sacred Music Institute of the Southwest is dedicated to advancing and preserving the beauty of liturgical and sacred music for Ecumencial Christian worship across all denominations.
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AUG
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Voices in Harmony: A Festival of Sacred Music
AUG
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Voices in Harmony: A Festival of Sacred Music
AUG
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Voices in Harmony: A Festival of Sacred Music
Black History Month
Voices in Harmony: A Festival of Sacred Music
June 27, 2026
Featured Work:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Choir:
Grace Presbyterian
Location:
10221 Ella Lee Ln, Houston, TX 77042
Navidad Nuestra
Voices in Harmony: A Festival of Sacred Music
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Dr. Lopez is the Artistic Director of the Sacred Music Institute of the Southwest. Dr. Lopez serves as an adjunct professor for the Master of Sacred Music program at the University of St. Thomas in Houston and is the Artistic Director of Coro Gloria Dei. He has served as Associate Board Member of the Southwest Liturgical Conference serving as the Chair of the Hispanic Liturgical Ministry Development Committee. He has been a guest lecturer and workshop presenter for the biennial Hispanic Pastoral Musicians Conference, Southwest Liturgical Conference and the National Pastoral Musicians Conference (NPM).
He has written articles for several publications that include “Pastoral Music” for the NPM and “Worship” for the Liturgical Press. He was pleased to be the Co-Chairperson for the 39th Annual NPM National Conference hosted for the first time in Houston. Dr. Lopez received a Doctor of Musical Art in Choral Conducting with an emphasis in Sacred Music from Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California”