We look forward to welcoming you to our 2026 Conference, to be held at our home base, Sarum College in Salisbury, on 24–25 April.

You are especially welcome if:

• You are interested in church music
• You lead or participate in church music
• You plan or lead services that use music
• You see music as a vital part of the present and future life of the Church
• You would like to meet others who share your interest and passion
• You would like to meet the RSCM staff team who support church music and musicians everywhere

Make a whole weekend of it - or join us just for Saturday. Salisbury is a wonderful place to visit, and our home base at Sarum College offers comfortable accommodation (available on a first-come, first-served basis). A range of other accommodation options is also available nearby.

Full details and booking are available here.

Save the date!  Music Sunday 2026 will take place on Sunday 14 June.

Music Sunday is, as always, a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the work, dedication and talents of all those associated with church music and to raise funds for your church and the work of the RSCM.

Why not put it in the church diary now?

Our top suggestion for 2026 is to hold a Come & Sing service. Fitting with our theme of Community, this is a wonderful way of bringing singers and listeners into the church and can be a useful tool for recruitment.

Resources will be coming over the next couple of months so do keep an eye on the website. These will include a suggested music list.

Thank you to everybody who has already taken part in our short customer survey, which is designed to help us improve the RSCM Music Shop and make sure it meets your needs.

As a thank you, everyone who completes the survey will be entered into a prize draw to win a £50 John Lewis voucher.

You can take part by clicking the button below. 

The Young Organ Scholars Trust (YOST) has a small number of means-tested scholarships still available for the current academic year (2025–26). These scholarships are aimed at committed young musicians aged 13–18, who need full or partial financial support in order to access organ tuition. For more information, and to download an application form, click here.

The deadline for these mid-year applications is Monday, 2 March 2026.

Stay connected with everything that’s happening across the RSCM through our monthly Events Newsletter. It brings you the latest online events and courses, important dates for your diary, and events organised by our Members.

Sign up using the link below, and have a look at a sample issue here to see what you’ll receive.

In case you hadn’t already realised, 2027 marks the RSCM’s Centenary, and preparations to celebrate are already well underway.

If you have any materials, stories, photographs, or reflections from the past 99 years of our history, we would love to hear from you. Please send them to us for possible inclusion in Church Music Quarterly at [email protected].

^{Above: The first School of English Church Music Festival, June 1930. Photo courtesy of Anthony Bragg.}

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