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Equipped and Inspired: a new RSCM Course for Young Singers
The RSCM was delighted to run a brand new course for young people this May half-term in the Yorkshire town of Beverley. "The sessions were really interesting, I really liked learning ...
RSCM Honorary Awards 2025
Each year the RSCM Council confers Honorary Awards on those who have made outstanding contributions to church music. The 2025 Honorary Awards will be presented at Celebration Day on 4th ...
A new director for the RSCM Youth Choir
We are delighted to announce that Lucy Joy Morris has been appointed Director of the RSCM Youth Choir from September 2025. Lucy Joy is a conductor, music educator, and performer known ...
A prayer for Pope Francis
O God, faithful rewarder of souls, grant that your departed servant Pope Francis, whom you made successor of Peter and shepherd of your Church, may happily enjoy for ever in your ...
Skills in focus: RSCM Youth Choir in Salisbury
The RSCM's flagship Youth Choir have recently been in Salisbury for four days of skills-based training, development, and liturgical singing. "Bringing together young people from a wide ...
Fabulous Singing Break with Joanna Forbes L’Estrange announced
The Royal School of Church Music (RSCM) is delighted to announce its 2025 Singing Break led by acclaimed composer, vocalist and music director Joanna Forbes L’Estrange. Taking place from ...
RSCM Young Voices Toolkit: putting children and young people back at the heart of music ministry
The RSCM has launched the Young Voices Toolkit, a brand new, step-by-step online guide to setting up a junior choir, created in consultation with David Fawcett, composer and Assistant ...
Does your church need support to develop its choral music making?
The RSCM and Cathedral Music Trust appreciate the vital contribution made by church choirs to the world of choral and organ music, both through their regular music-making and the musical ...
CMQ Goes Digital
Church Music Quarterly is a magazine available to RSCM Members and Friends that is packed with advice, information, news and inspiration. Starting with this issue the magazine will be ...
Emerging Leaders 2025/26 – applications now open!
Applications are now open for our Emerging Leaders programme for aspiring choral directors. Being an Emerging Leader is a brilliant opportunity to benefit both from expert input and to ...