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CONTENTS 5 EDITORIAL
6 IN ACTION
A look at a recent Strengthen for Service event in Salisbury
8 WHAT’S ON
Highlights of RSCM events across the UK, June to October 2019
13 THE MUSIC OF HILDEGARD OF BINGEN Jennifer Bain looks at the music
of Hildegard of Bingen and provides a practical guide to using Hildegard’s music across the church year.
19 FIVE HUNDRED YEARS OF NEGLECT Olivia Sparkhall considers the prominence of women composers from the 15th century to the present day.
24 FROM THE DIRECTOR Hugh Morris talks about the RSCM’s new Strategic Plan.
26 RSCM NEWS
News and reports across the RSCM’s international network
32 MY FAVOURITE HYMN Brian Kay talks to CMQ about
his favourite hymns and about conducting The Really Big Chorus.
36 BRANCHING OUT Jenny Yates, RSCM South Africa, describes bringing sacred music to some of the poorest schools
on the Eastern Cape.
38 SIMPLE WORSHIP SONGS ON THE ORGAN Miles Quick and Tom Bell provide tips for playing worship songs
on the organ.
40 CONGRATULATIONS Members’ successes and
RSCM awards
42 HYMN MEDITATION Gordon Giles meditates upon Walford Davies’s God be in my head.
44 NEWS FROM PUBLISHING
A look at the upcoming RSCM publication In Every Corner Sing, Book Two
47 NOTEBOOK:
NEWS AND EVENTS
News from the world of church music
49 READERS’ LETTERS 51 OBITUARIES
52 REVIEWS
CMQ evaluates the latest church music books and CDs.
56 PUZZLES
57 LOOKING TO
THE FUTURE
CMQ talks to organist and conductor Helen Smee.
58 CLASSIFIED ADS