RSCM News
Pedalling Practice
Training for the Director’s Challenge continues – Hugh and Paul have had their first outing on the tandem with a ride or two around the Close in Salisbury! This first tentative trip was ...
RSCM choirs visit York and Salisbury
Two of our regional adult choirs, Northern Cathedral Singers and Voices West, are looking forward to a bank holiday of singing on Monday (1st May). NCS are returning to York Minster to sing ...
Sing for the King!
Uniting in song! With the Coronation just over a week away, groups are already singing this special anthem commissioned by the RSCM and composed by Joanna Forbes L’Estrange. As well as ...
A new collection for Come & Sing Evensongs
Come & Sing Evensongs are becoming increasingly popular around the country and this new book, published by the RSCM, contains an inspiring collection of Responses, Canticles and ...
Church Choir Award 2023
The Royal School of Church Music and Cathedral Music Trust (CMT) are both deeply aware of the vital role that church choirs play in developing the UK’s rich choral music heritage through ...
Stainer’s Crucifixion performance at St Marylebone, using the RSCM’s new critical edition
St Marylebone Parish Church was the venue of the first ever performance of Stainer’s masterpiece, The Crucifixion. It has been performed there every year since, usually on Good Friday, ...
Exciting New Sacred Music Initiative launched this week
The Royal School of Church Music, in partnership with St Stephen’s House, Oxford, today announces the launch of a new Institute of Sacred Music. It is hoped that the new qualifications ...
The late Sir David Harrison
The RSCM is sad to learn of the death of Sir David Harrison FRSCM (1930–2023), who was Chairman of the RSCM Council from 1996 to 2005. He guided the RSCM through nine years of exceptional ...
RSCM and St Stephen’s House, Oxford
The RSCM is delighted to have recently signed the Memorandum of Understanding, confirming that RSCM will be a partner in delivering a series of lectures in 2024 within a new qualification ...
Music to celebrate the Coronation
As we approach the forthcoming Coronation in May, our Sunday by Sunday team have put together appropriate suggestions for hymns and anthems that can be used in a church service to ...