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Church Choir Award 2026
RSCM and Cathedral Music Trust are delighted to announce the fifth year of our Church Choir Award, which gives church choirs the opportunity to innovate and develop their work. The ...
The Church Music Society and the RSCM announce a new Publishing Partnership
The Royal School of Church Music (RSCM) and the Church Music Society (CMS) are delighted to announce an important new partnership that will see the RSCM become the exclusive publisher for ...
The Royal School of Church Music secures over £400,000 Church of England funding to transform youth discipleship through music
Following our news post last week, you can now read the full press release. ‘The Choir Project’: the Church of England invests £0.4m in launching 200 new parish church choirs for ...
RSCM Launches the Choir Project in partnership with the Church of England
The RSCM is delighted to be working with the Church of England on an initiative to help up to 200 parish churches across England establish or renew choirs for children and young ...
Alexandra Skevington wins RSCM Harold Smart Composition Competition 2025
The RSCM is delighted to announce Alexandra Skevington as the winner of the 2025 Harold Smart Composition Competition. In a very strong field of entries, Alexandra’s composition made a ...
Church music is everywhere
Church music is everywhere, but perhaps never more visibly so than at this time of year. Like many people and organisations, it is a time to reflect on the year ending and to look forward ...
Exciting new musical commission.
As part of its upcoming 2027 Centenary, the RSCM is proud to present a major new commission; a 40-minute choral work by acclaimed composer Thomas Hewitt Jones. The RSCM is inviting ...
The Director’s Challenge – He did it!!
A massive congratulations from the whole Team to Hugh Morris for completing his marathon 25-hours of organ playing last weekend! He played a huge range of organ pieces and countless ...
The Director’s Challenge starts tomorrow!
RSCM’s Director, Hugh Morris writes: “I am looking forward – I think – to the challenge of playing the organ for 25 hours on Friday/Saturday. Thank you for all your support (not ...
The Director’s Challenge is nearly here!
25 Hours of Organ Playing 21st–22nd November Hugh Morris, Director of the RSCM, will be playing the organ for a marathon 25 hours in 2025 to mark Play the Organ Year. This will be ...