RSCM Celebration Day 2025

Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Saturday 4 October 2025

Celebration Day is our annual opportunity to celebrate and give thanks for the work of the RSCM and to present our Honorary Awards. We are delighted to be in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, this year and hope lots of singers will join us on the day.

We invite all singers to come and join the Cathedral Choir in this uplifting service. We are delighted that the conductor will be Christ Church Cathedral’s Director of Music, Peter Holder. We welcome under 18s to join us on the day however they must be accompanied by and adult.

Timetable
From 13:30  –  Registration
14:00–15:30  –  First rehearsal
15:30–16:15  –  Free time to include refreshments
16:15–17:15  –  Second rehearsal
18:05  –  Evening Service 

Repertoire
Herbert Howells – Hymn for St Cecilia
Sir John Rutter – For the beauty of the earth
Joseph Haydn – The heavens are telling
Joanna Forbes L’Estrange – The Chorister’s Prayer

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St Albans Cathedral

We were delighted to welcome so many people to St Albans Cathedral for this special service.

Approximately 150 singers were conducted by Dr David Hill FRSCM and accompanied by Andrew Lumsden on the organ. The Introit, Give us a Pure Heart, was particularly popular with the singers who enjoyed singing this with the composer, Christopher Willcock, present. Christopher had travelled over from Australia to collect his Fellowship of the RSCM Award. Other Honorary Award recipients had travelled from New Zealand and America as well as there being many home-grown recipients as well.

During the service not only were the Honorary Awards presented but we were also able to present a number of Voice for Life Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards as well as one of our Church Choir Awards.

We are most grateful to all those at St Albans for such a warm welcome and their help.