Celebrate Church Music and Musicians
Music Sunday – 14th June 2026
Music Sunday is, as always, a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the work, dedication and talents of all those associated with church music and to raise funds for your church and the work of the RSCM.
Join us in 2026 by holding a Come & Sing Evensong. Fitting with our theme of Community, this is a wonderful way of bringing singers and listeners into the church and can be a useful tool for recruitment to choirs. Choose your own repertoire or make use of the new resource drawn from RSCM Come & Sing Evensong.
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Alternatively, plan a special service or any other event to support Music Sunday and raise money for the church and RSCM at the same time.
What will your church do for Music Sunday?
Talk to your church now about doing something for Music Sunday 2026. It might be a Come & Sing event or service, but equally you could choose to put on a special service, a concert, a cake sale. Above all, do something to celebrate church music and the work of all church musicians.
Whilst celebrating Music Sunday can you or your church make a donation to support the work of the RSCM?
You can raise money for your church and the RSCM by holding a special collection, having a cake sale, a sponsored event or in a multitude of others way. Help us to continue to enable the flourishing of church music. You can find out more about the 50:50 campaign below.
Why participate in Music Sunday?
Church Music and Musicians
There are so many special days in the calendar, but Music Sunday is a day to connect in spirit with the whole of the RSCM. It is heart-warming to know that churches around the country, and indeed the world, are focusing on the role of music in worship and the dedicated church musicians who lead this.
Community
In addition to this central aspect of Music Sunday, this year we really encourage you to reach out within the local community to bring more people together. This might be a local school or group, or generally within the population. This might be a combined service event or something entirely different. You might want to hold your Music Sunday event during the school week – do whatever will help you to achieve your goals.
Fundraising
Music Sunday is a great opportunity to fundraise for your own organisation as well as the RSCM, which we call the 50:50 campaign. Depending on the nature of your event this might be a special collection on the day, the proceeds from a sale, sponsorship money or profits from a concert. We encourage you to share the money 50:50 with the RSCM so that we can invest in the future flourishing of church music.
Remember to let us know what you are doing! Register your special service or event here.
NB. Music Sunday events are supported by the RSCM but all responsibility for the events and arrangements remain with the church concerned.
What is the 50:50 campaign?
Recognising the financial needs of our churches, we introduced the Music Sunday 50:50 campaign to allow churches to keep half of the profits, donations and/or collections from their Music Sunday event and/or special service.
Please make sure that your audiences and congregations for Music Sunday are clear about what is being sent to the RSCM and what is being retained by the Church.
All donations to the RSCM support us in enabling the flourishing of church music. You can donate via the website, by bank transfer or by sending in a cheque.