Media information and resources
Welcome to the news and media page of the RSCM website. Please select the appropriate tab below.
News from the RSCM
If you are a journalist, we hope you will find the RSCM news releases and RSCM picture gallery useful.
Photos may be downloaded free of charge but we ask that you credit the RSCM.
For further enquiries, please contact Stuart Robinson, the Media Relations Organiser, on 07831 827701 (email srobinson@rscm.com), or the RSCM Office on 01722 424848.
- 28 Apr 08: Singing headmaster to lead RSCM
- 16 Apr 08: Piece by David Ogden to be performed at Papal Mass in Washington DC
- 8 Apr 08: Young Voices Festival 2008 - Search for Peace
- 10 Mar 08: School term dates clash with Easter choral course
- 10 Mar 08: Choirstalls to overflow in culture capital's Anglican Cathedral
- 3 Mar 08: Millennium Youth Choir to sing in Salisbury
- 29 Jan 08: BBC Radio 3 Choral Evensong to return to Wednesdays
- 28 Jan 08: Festival service to be held on 2 February 2008, Washington, USA
- 28 Jan 08: Honorary Awards to be presented in North America
- 7 Jan 08: Harold Smart Competition winner
- 19 Dec 07: Professor Harper appointed Emeritus Director
- 14 Dec 07: RSCM Honorary Awards 2008 announced
- 11 Dec 07: The Way of the Cross - a new Passiontide service book
- 3 Dec 07: Podcast - Rutter in conversation
- 8 Oct 07: The psalms and an 80th anniversary
- 4 Oct 07: Sir David Willcocks welcomes new appointment
- 27 Sep 07: RSCM announces appointment of new Director
- 12 Sep 07: Rutter produces recording of Millennium Youth Choir
- 1 Sep 07: Encourage young singers, says Brian Kay
- 21 Aug 07: Millennium Youth Choir launches new CD
- 21 Aug 07: Millennium Youth Choir to sing in Edinburgh and on Radio 3
- 2 Jul 07: Church music: top church musician calls for “imaginative partnerships”
- 21 May 07: Archbishop presents Fellowship to RSCM Director
(full text of citation can be found here) - 2 May 07: Anniversary Service for Sir Sydney Nicholson: 30 May, Sarum College
- 7 Apr 07: New Co-ordinator appointed for South-West England
- 23 Mar 07: Sacred Music Studies – first awards
- 5 Mar 07: RSCM honours top church musicians
- 26 Feb 07: RSCM 80th Anniversary Celebrations
- 23 Feb 07: Road to Freedom: booklet marking the abolition of the slave trade
- 23 Feb 07: Young Voices Festival – How can I keep from singing?
- 17 Jan 07: RSCM welcomes government funding for music in schools
News archive
- 8 Nov 07: RSCM edition of Songs of Praise, 2nd December 2007
- 20 Sep 07: RSCM to lead televised Sunday Worship in Dublin
- 10 Jul 07: Royal School of Church Music to be featured on Songs of Praise
- 31 May 07: Wanted for music charity: Director with flair and vision
- 15 Mar 07: Let's make a musical!
- 9 Mar 07: Easter Course for Organists
- 31 Jan 07: Help at hand for “volunteer” organists struggling with diapasons
- 30 Nov 06: Join Sacred Music Studies in January!
- 10 Nov 06: Thirty-six pieces for the price of one (Buy 1, Get 35 Free!)
Sunday by Sunday Collection II published - 4 Nov 06: BBC Radio 3 Choral Evensong to move to Sundays
- 31 Oct 06: RSCM publishes new songbook for church and school choirs
- 19 Oct 06: Millennium Youth Choir on BBC Radio 4
- 13 Oct 06: John Harper to retire as Director in 2007
- 9 Oct 06: New publications announced: Voice for Life Songbook & Sunday by Sunday Collection II
- 28 Sep 06: RSCM to be welcomed by Salisbury Cathedral on 5th October
- 17 Sep 06: Millennium Youth Choir on BBC Songs of Praise
News releases
These are mainly PDF versions of the news items.
- 28 Apr 08: Singing headmaster to lead RSCM
- 16 Apr 08: Piece by David Ogden to be performed at Papal Mass in Washington DC
- 8 Apr 08: Young Voices Festival 2008 - Search for Peace
- 10 Mar 08: School term dates clash with Easter choral course
- 10 Mar 08: Choir stalls to overflow in culture capital's Anglican Cathedral
- 3 Mar 08: Millennium Youth Choir to sing in Salisbury
- 29 Jan 08: BBC Radio 3 Choral Evensong to return to Wednesdays
- 28 Jan 08: Festival service to be held on 2 February 2008, Washington, USA
- 28 Jan 08: Honorary Awards to be presented in North America
- 7 Jan 08: Harold Smart Competition winner
- 19 Dec 07: Professor Harper appointed Emeritus Director
- 14 Dec 07: RSCM Honorary Awards 2008 announced
- 11 Dec 07: The Way of the Cross - a new Passiontide service book
- 8 Nov 07: RSCM edition of Songs of Praise, 2nd December 2007
- 8 Oct 07: The psalms and an 80th anniversary
- 4 Oct 07: Sir David Willcocks welcomes new appointment
- 27 Sep 07: RSCM announces appointment of new Director
- 12 Sep 07: Rutter produces recording of Millennium Youth Choir
- 1 Sep 07: Encourage young singers, says Brian Kay
- 21 Aug 07: Millennium Youth Choir launches new CD
- 21 Aug 07: Millennium Youth Choir sings in Edinburgh and on Radio 3
- 10 Jul 07: Royal School of Church Music to be featured on Songs of Praise
- 2 July 07: Church music: top church musician calls for “imaginative partnerships”
- 21 May 07: Archbishop presents Fellowship to RSCM Director
(full text of citation can be found here) - 23 Mar 07: Sacred Music Studies – first awards
- 15 Mar 07: Let's make a musical!
- 9 Mar 07: Easter Course for Organists
- 5 Mar 07: RSCM honours top church musicians
- 26 Feb 07: RSCM 80th Anniversary
- 23 Feb 07: Road to Freedom: booklet marking the anniversary of abolition of the slave trade
- 23 Feb 07: Young Voices Festival - How can I keep from singing?
(Event Diary Marker also available) - 31 Jan 07: Help at hand for "volunteer" organists struggling with diapasons
- 17 Jan 07: RSCM welcomes government funding for music in schools
- 10 Nov 06: RSCM publishes Sunday by Sunday Collection II
- 6 Nov 06: BBC Radio 3 Choral Evensong to move to Sundays
- 31 Oct 06: RSCM publishes new songbook for church and school choirs
- 13 Oct 06: John Harper to retire as Director in 2007
- 22 Aug 06: Archbishop encourages clergy to learn music in the bath
- 1 Jun 06: "O when the saints" hits CD-ROM
- 1 Jun 06: Road to Freedom - Cathedrals to rock to "O when the saints"
- 1 May 06: RSCM move to Salisbury - national release
- 1 May 06: RSCM move to Salisbury - area release
Podcasts
Here you can find links to articles and podcasts.
- podcast: Lindsay Gray - the sixth Director of the RSCM
- podcast: John Rutter: From tails to jeans and sweatshirt – record producing with the MYC
- Everything you wanted to know about the RSCM Millennium Youth Choir… in under 8 minutes
- podcast: John Rutter and David Ogden talking about Out of the Stillness (MYC's new CD)
- podcast: Voice for Life Songbook
- podcast: Sunday by Sunday Collection II
- podcast: the Welsh Eucharist
- article on podcasting by Stuart Robinson (RSCM, Media Relations; freelance broadcaster & producer)
Picture Gallery
Please follow this link to find pictures of some of the people and places associated with the RSCM.
This collection is not exhaustive, and more pictures are added frequently.