Welcome to the website of the Royal School of Church Music (RSCM) Australia. We are an interdenominational educational organisation for church musicians. Our members are church choirs, choristers, clergy, organists and other musicians.

This site contains information about the state branches; the national council (which is made up of representatives from each state); resources for members and the annual summer school.

RSCM Australia is part of the worldwide network of the Royal School of Church Music, and we have particularly close links and co-operation with our colleagues in RSCM New Zealand.

Download the July 2010 issue of Church Music Australia: .doc format / .pdf format. Previous issues of CMA are available on the resources page.

Communicate with other RSCM members on the new online forum: http://www.websights.org/rscm_forum

Subscribe to the RSCM's NEW email newsletter - a free service for anyone interested in church music: http://www.rscmnewsletter.co.uk/

Click here to download recent editions of the national Newlsetter, Church Music Australia.

To preserve in Christian church services the role of quality sacred music

To attract those who enjoy quality sacred music and to educate and nurture them in using their talents to present music of beauty, which enhances the worship of God and is an inspiring and enriching experience for us all.

To support and inspire church musicians, choir directors, choristers, organists and other instrumentalists.

To promote high standards of liturgical music whether traditional or modern, choral or instrumental, simple or difficult.

To encourage involvement of clergy, church leaders and congregations

To foster friendship amongst church musicians from different denominations and countries.

By offering members workshops, courses, masterclasses, special services and concerts during the year in capital cities and regional/country areas, which assist church leaders, congregations and musicians in the preparation and presenation of music in worship.

By holding a week long residential Summer School of workshops in both Australia and New Zealand. These tutorials and services in January provide an opportunity for fellowship and enrichment at many levels

By providing members with a variety of musical resources, published material and structured programmes suitable for choristers of all ages.

Australian and New Zealand members receive CMQ (Church Music Quarterly) issued by RSCM headquarters in the UK. It is an invaluable resource with news, articles, repertoire suggestions, and music and CD reviews.

Most branches also issue a regular local newsletter to members.

The RSCM originated in the UK in 1927 as the School of English Church Music and became the Royal School of Church Music by command of King George VI in 1945. There are now branches all over the world.

RSCM Australia was born in the late 1990s out of a desire to bring together the former Australian branches of the Royal School of Church Music under a simple administration. RSCM Australia represents a national voice in church music, and aims to develop co-operative and formal links with the major church bodies in Australia

There are over 7,000 active members and affiliates world-wide, and 1,500 supporting friends in over 40 countries.

Bless, O Lord, us your servants who minister in your temple.
Grant that what we sing with our lips, we may believe in our hearts,
what we believe in our hearts, we may show forth in our lives;
through Jesus Christ our Lord; Amen.