Carl Schalk to receive 2021 Service Award
Dr. Carl Schalk to receive 2021 Service Award
In 2018, Lutheran Summer Music established the Carlos Messerli Service Award to recognize individuals who have displayed outstanding service to the mission of LSM. This year, LSM is proud to announce that Dr. Carl Schalk will be honored with the 2021 Carlos Messerli Service Award for his decades of leadership and service to LSM.
A preeminent composer, lecturer and professor, Carl Schalk has been a friend of LSM since its inception in 1981. Perhaps his most recognized contribution is his setting of Luther's Morning Prayer, written for the LSM Community. The gift of this music is one that students and alumni carry with them always, and reminds them of their place as a valuable member of the LSM community forever.
Q&A with Carl Schalk
All are invited to participate in a live video Q&A with Dr. Schalk himself. Whether you have specific questions for him about his career, music, connection to LSM, or just want to listen in on this personal and exclusive conversation, all are welcome!
This event also coincides with the week of Dr. Schalk's 91st birthday- join us in honoring and celebrating him!
Monday, September 28th
1:00 PM Central Time
Hosted on Zoom
All are welcome: free to attend!
This event is free and open to all, with a brief online registration. Please register by September 25th to receive the login information, and to submit any questions you have for Dr. Schalk in advance!
Scholarship Endowment Fund
The Dr. Carl Schalk Lutheran Summer Music Scholarship Endowment Fund is now being established to coincide with this award.
The Dr. Carl Schalk Lutheran Summer Music Scholarship Endowment Fund furthers LSM’s strategic goal of removing the financial barrier to attendance for all deserving students. This Scholarship Endowment Fund will honor Dr. Schalk’s legacy not only in name, but in the promise that the future of music and the Church which he has served so faithfully will be preserved through the training and nurturing of these young people.
Gifts made toward this new scholarship endowment will be generously matched 2:1 by two anonymous donors! Thank you for considering adding your name to the list of people honoring Dr. Schalk by contributing to this new scholarship fund.