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The Harold Smart Memorial Composition Competition 2024


Are you, or do you know, a young composer with a passion for church music? The RSCM has just launched the 2024 Harold Smart Memorial Composition Competition. This invites individuals 25 ...

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RSCM Scottish Voices at the Cathedral of the Isles


The RSCM Voices Choirs sing in churches and cathedrals right across the country, though they rarely take a ferry to get there!  Scottish Voices, one of RSCM’s Voices Choirs, recently ...

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RSCM Music Sunday


Thank you to all the churches that acknowledged Music Sunday in some way this year. It is always so interesting to hear how different churches choose to participate. Our focus on hymns this ...

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Music Sunday this Weekend


We are wishing all churches well as they celebrate RSCM Music Sunday this weekend. Many are choosing to focus on hymns, with some using the special pack/and or the results of the poll to ...

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Laudemus! Competition Winners Announced


Laudemus!, an adult SATB choir and charity which meets annually to sing Choral Evensong in churches throughout Dorset, has recently announced the winners of its composition competition for ...

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Golden Celebration in St Paul’s


14 RSCM Gold Award candidates received their certificates as part of an RSCM Festival Evensong in St Paul’s Cathedral on Saturday 18th May. They added their voices to a massed choir of ...

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RSCM Announces New Chair of Trustees


The Royal School of Church Music (RSCM) is delighted to announce the appointment of Baroness Hayman of Ullock as its new Chair. A member of the House of Lords since 2020 and Shadow DEFRA ...

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King Charles III announced as Patron of the Royal School of Church Music


We are honoured and delighted to announce that His Majesty the King has accepted patronage of the Royal School of Church Music. The announcement from Buckingham Palace this week coincides ...

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Festival of Faith and Music


'What a fantastically varied couple of days'. Just one of the huge number of positive comments from delegates following the first Festival of Faith and Music which took place in York this ...

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More travels with Hugh Morris


Hugh spent Thursday and Friday last week in the Netherlands following some connections made last year. As well as attending Choral Evensong at Janskerk in Utrecht, Hugh attended a symposium ...

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