RSCM News
Exciting new musical commission.
As part of its upcoming 2027, the RSCM is proud to present a major new commission; a 40-minute choral work by acclaimed composed Thomas Hewitt Jones. The RSCM is inviting choirs to join ...
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 ...
Nominations for RSCM Honorary Awards now open
The RSCM annually confers various diplomas and awards and has done so since 1936! These are awarded at various levels recognising outstanding and/or special contributions to church music at ...
Celebration Day 2025
Last Saturday the RSCM held its annual Celebration Day service in the magnificent surroundings of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. Singers from local churches, and some much further afield, ...
Church Choir Award Recipients 2025
The Royal School of Church Music, in partnership with Cathedral Music Trust is delighted to announce the recipients of this year's Church Choir Awards. Now in its fourth year, the Church ...
Singing with the Spirit in Bath
In the middle of August, 93 singers and 20 staff gathered at Kingswood School, overlooking Bath, for another fantastic week of singing, worship and learning together. Directed by Jennifer ...
10 years of youth leadership: a farewell in Chester Cathedral
After ten years of expert leadership, Adrian Lucas recently led his final Summer Residential Course as Director of the RSCM Youth Choir. Chester Cathedral was the base for our flagship ...
CHURCH CHOIR AWARD
Now in its fourth year, the Church Choir Award, run in partnership with Cathedral Music Trust, recognises the crucial contribution of churches to choral and organ music. This year, ...