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FROM THE CHAIR

Most people will be beginning to think about their music for the Advent/Christmas season. There are many resources for choirs of all types. RSCM (UK) has a wide range of music available for purchase. Watch out for advertisements for choral concerts and Carol Services. If you wish to advertise your services or concerts, please feel free to contact us.

Roslyn Carolane

Chair RSCM Victoria

The Victoria Branch of RSCMAUSTRALIA: A National Church Music Association Inc.

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Victorian News

RSCM VICTORIA BRANCH NEWS

Vol 61 No 5 October 2014 __________________________________________________________________________________________

MULTICULTURAL CHURCH MUSIC FESTIVAL

Choirs and congregation, committee members and

visitors joined together in praise and worship at the

2014 Multicultural Church Music Festival held in St

Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne on Saturday afternoon

9 August.

Fay Magee lead everyone in learning some short

items which became part of the program.

More inside…

St Paul’s Cathedral Melbourne

During the Multicultural Church Music Festival

Karen Choir (St Thomas Werribee) Tongan Choir (Footscray)

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FROM THE MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY

Financial members as at 30 September 2014

Affiliate All Saints Anglican Church East St Kilda, All Souls Anglican Church Sandringham, Camberwell Grammar School, Christ Church Cathedral Ballarat , Christ Church Brunswick, Christ Church Castlemaine, Christ Church South Yarra, Christ the King Anglican Church Choir Maryborough, Geelong Grammar School, Ballarat Grammar, Haileybury College, Highfield Road Uniting Church Canterbury, Holy Trinity Anglican Church Surrey Hills, Moe Anglican Parish, Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral Wangaratta, Holy Trinity Anglican Church Kew, Holy Trinity Launceston, Anglican Parish of Jika Jika, St Oswalds Anglican Church Glen Iris, St Andrews Anglican Church Brighton, St Augustines Anglican Parish Shepparton, St Davids Uniting Church Choir Newtown Geelong, St Francis Choir Inc Melbourne, St Georges Numurkah, St James Traralgon, St Johns Toorak, St Johns Uniting Church Mt Waverley, St Johns Anglican Church Camberwell ,St Johns Anglican Church Footscray, St Johns Southgate, St Marys Anglican Church North Melbourne, St Matthews Anglican Church Albury, St Matthews Anglican Church Cheltenham, St Michaels Grammar School, St Patrick and the Holy Angels Mentone, St Patricks Cathedral Melbourne, St Pauls Anglican Church Geelong, St Pauls Canterbury, St Pauls Cathedral Choir Bendigo, St Pauls Cathedral Melbourne, The Canterbury Fellowship, Trinity College Chapel Choir Parkville, Trinity Uniting Church Brighton, Uniting Church Coburg, Uniting Church Auburn, St Peters Anglican Church Box Hill Honorary Balkan Voices Dandenong, Mandarin Congregation Music Group St Silas Nth Balwyn, Karen Choir Newport, South Sudanese Choir Collingwood, Anglicare Community Choir Collingwood Individual Mr William Adams, The Reverend Fr Kenneth Allan, The Rt Revd Jeremy Ashton, Mr Stephen Baldwin, Mr Ken Barelli ,Mr Michael Bottomley, Mr Tim Clarke, Mr Doug Clowes, Mr Stuart J Connew, Dr Geoffrey Cox, Mrs Marion Dewar, Dr Hayden Downing, Mr Roger Doyle, Mrs Thelma Edebohls, Dr Helen Farrell, Mr Siegfried Franke, Dr Dianne Gome ,Mr Leslie Harrison, Mr Gordon Hawley, Mr John Hogan, Mr Bertram Hosking, Mr Michael How, Mr Richard Hoy, Mr Andrew Kerr, Mr John Ladson, Mr John Lagerwey, Mr Warwick Lewis, The Revd Ian Littler, Mrs Elizabeth Mackenzie, Mr Bruce Macrae, Mrs Fay Magee, Mrs Judith McKnight, Mrs Wendy McLean, Mrs Jill Moodie, Mrs Julia Morkham, Mrs Sophy Morley, Mr Nigel Nettleship, Ms June Nixon, Mr William Orange, Mr Chris Pearce, The Reverend Ann Perrin, Mrs Jeannie Poole, The Reverend Graham Reynolds, Mrs Marilyn Richards, Mr Allan Smith, Mr Ian Smith, Mr William Stringer, Mrs Wendy Sutherland,Mr Stephen Thomas, Mr Geoffrey Thomlinson, Mrs Lis Uebergang, Mrs Liesbeth van Emmerik, Mr Peter Wakeley, The Reverend Alison Whish, The Reverend Dr DArcy Wood Newsletter only Mr Russell Byard, Mrs Joy Hearne, The Reverend Robert Joyce, Ms Joan McRae, Mr Colin Jenkins, Mr Richard Honess, Mrs Pamela Smith Friend Mrs Carol Deans, Mrs Fay Hatton, Ms Joan McRae Life Mr John Griffith

Marion Dewar Membership Secretary

RSCM Victoria

MSO and Chorus perform the Rachmaninov Vespers: Sunday 19 October at 3pm in St Mary's Basilica Geelong

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2015 BRISBANE SUMMER SCHOOL — CHURCH MUSIC IN PRACTICE Dates Saturday 3 January (registration opens at 1.30 pm) – Saturday 10 January (the Summer School finishes after breakfast). Accommodation St. John’s College, University of Queensland. This is the main venue for the Summer School. Communal areas are air- conditioned, but bedrooms are not. Duchesne College, University of Queensland. This will be used by those who wish to have air-conditioned bed-rooms, but it is not expected any Summer School activities will be held here. It is a short walk (5-6 minutes) to St. John’s College. Venues As well as rooms within the colleges, workshop, courses, rehearsals and liturgies will be held at: College Chapels: St. Peters Lutheran College, St. John’s Anglican Cathedral, St. Stephen’s Catholic Cathedral Rydges Hotel, South Bank (for the Summer School Dinner) General Course For Adults of all ages, who can either stay on campus (residential) or stay elsewhere (non-residential) Daily Program The morning program will include the opportunity for denominational worship, devotions, Summer School Choir (all delegates), and separation into seven “courses”. The afternoon program will include Workshop electives and several plenary sessions. The evening program will include a concert (Wednesday evening), two major liturgical services (Tuesday and Sat-urday evenings), a Festival of Great Hymns (Monday evening) and the Summer School Dinner (Thursday eve-ning). Courses Seven “courses” will be held concurrently in the courses time slot. Delegates will enrol in one of these. The Art of the Organ (Michael Fulcher) Chamber Choir for Advanced Singers (Andrew Reid) Vocal Technique for Choristers (Ron Morris & Kathryn Morton) Making Church Music Work in the Modern World (Ross Cobb) Composition (Robert Davidson – University of Queensland School of Music) Clergy (Father Peter Catt and Graeme Morton) Church Music Leadership and Management (Ralph Morton) Workshops A variety of workshops (perhaps half a dozen) will be held concurrently in the Elective time slot (1.30 – 3.00). It is expected that there will be enough for a wide range of interests – organist, choir director, choral singer, composer, instrumentalist, clergy. Summer Singfest – Choral Experience for Youth Summer Singfest is open to those who attend secondary school. It is a “day course”, with participants arriving at 9.00 am each morning and departing at the end of the day. On some occasions, this will be 3.00 pm, but the Sum-mer Singfest Choir will sing at a number of the evening events such as the two major services and the concert. Since this is a “day course”, it is expected that choristers who participate will live in Brisbane. It is possible for cho-risters from other cities to be accommodated at St. John’s or Duchesne College, but only if they are accompanied by some-one who is over 18 who is designated as their legal guardian. The staff for Summer Singfest will include conductor, accompanist and several adult supervisors. Sun Song – Choral Experience for Children Sun Song is open to those who attend primary school from Year 5 Children’s Course to Year 8. It is a “day course”, with participants arriving at 9.00 am each morning and departing at the end of the day. On some occa-sions, this will be 5.00 pm, but the Sun Song Choir will sing at a number of the evening events such as the two major services and the concert. Since this is a “day course”, it is expected that choristers who participate will live in Brisbane. It is possible for cho-risters from other cities to be accommodated at St. John’s or Duchesne College, but only if they are accompanied by some-one who is over 18 who is designated as their legal guardian. The staff for Sun Song will include conductor, accompanist and several adult supervisors. Major Summer School Presenters will include Summer School Director: Andrew Reid (Director – RSCM UK) Summer Singfest Director: Linda Beaupre Sun Song Course Director: Jenny Moon Summer School Chaplains: The Reverend Dr Peter Catt (St. John’s Anglican Cathedral, Brisbane) and Father Michael McLean (Sydney) Summer School Accompanist: Mr. Andrej Kouznetsov (St. John’s Cathedral, Brisbane) Summer School Manager: Ralph Morton (St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Brisbane) Alternative Accommodation The University of Queensland area does not really have much alternative accommodation. If you are looking, you should search on ‘hotels in St. Lucia and Toowong’. The closest is St. Lucia Gardens, but it is not within walking distance. Price at the time of writing is $1,085 for the week.

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AUSTRALIAN CHORAL CONDUCTORS EDUCATION AND TRAINING (ACCET) SUMMER SCHOOLS

MELBOURNE JANUARY 2015 Three outstanding experiences for choral conductors, singers, and piano accompanists

LEADERS Maria Guinand (Venezuela)

Carl Crossin (Adelaide, Australia) Dr David Kram (Melbourne, Australia

Steve Sedergreen (Melbourne, Australia)

CHORAL CONDUCTORS SUMMER SCHOOL The 22nd Choral Conductors Summer School takes place at Xavier College, Melbourne from Monday 19 January to Thursday 22 January, 2015. Keynote presenters are the distinguished Venezuelan conductor Maria Guinand and well-known Australian choral director Carl Crossin. Inspiring plenary sessions and master classes are complemented by intensive small group tu-torials – whether you are a beginner or a professional. It’s an inspiring way to develop personal conducting skills over four days in a supportive atmosphere. See http://www.choralconductors.org.au/joolma/images/2015_brochures/accet_conductor_2015.pdf

SING FOR LIFE For choristers (and those choral conductors who love to sing) will have an unforgettable whole-day and one-evening opportunity to sing as a choir under internationally acclaimed conductor Maria Guinard on Sunday 18 January and Tuesday 20 January, 2015. See http://www.choralconductors.org.au/joolma/images/2015_brochures/accet_singforlife_2015.pdf

PIANO ACCOMPANISTS SUMMER SCHOOL The 6th Piano Accompanists Summer School, January 19-22, 2015, will be held at Xavier Col-lege, Melbourne. Participants at all levels from amateur to professional will develop the skills improvisation and of piano accompanying for singers with a leadership team of excellence, in-cluding Dr David Kram, Steve Sedergreen, Irina Cherkassi, and Robin Baker. See http://www.choralconductors.org.au/joolma/images/2015_brochures/piano_accompanist_2015.pdf

APPLY More details and application forms for all three educational activities are available in brochures or on the ACCET website www.choralconductors.org.au

You can also write to Australian Choral Conductors

Education and Training Summer School

PO Box 535 Richmond Vic 3121 or email contact

@choralconductors.org.au

The closing date for Early Bird registrations is

21 November 2014.

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MUSIC IN PARIS…

I shared a fraction of my sister’s three months holiday overseas with Committee members recently and received an interesting reply from John Scott.

Marion Dewar

Hi Marion I'm in St Sulpice (2nd biggest church in Paris) listening to the organ recital after 11 am mass. It's a very famous organ - see W ik ipedia http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Saint -Sulpice,_Paris Today the head organist, Daniel Roth, played for 10:45 prelude and for mass: Prelude et fugue en Sol mineur BWV 535 J.S. Bach Offertory: Andante con moto Sonata No 5 Mendelssohn Communion: Meditation M. Durufle And now for the recital, Leo Abbott, director of music, Holy Cross Cathedral, Boston, is playing: Allegro Symphonies II L. Vierne Ave Maria - Ave Maris Stella J. Langlais Ut Re Mi... Fantaisie sur l'hymne a St Jean Baptiste (1st performance in France) D. Roth 12.26 pm. Recital just finished, good applause, organist bowed from organ loft, hard to tell in such a big space, but maybe 100-200 people here - at least twice that for mass.

Love from Heather

Hello Marion, Yes, totally envious of your sister! Back in 1990 I organised Michael Dudman to present a recital on the small pipe organ in St John's Anglican Wodonga. He stayed the weekend at my place and in discussions he mentioned St Sulpice as one of his favourite places - and organs! It has ever since been on my 'to do' list! Thanks for sharing your sister's visit with us. What a marvellous experience!

Regards John Scott

2014 RSCM VICTORIA MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL OF CHURCH MUSIC

The 2014 RSCM Victoria Multicultural Festival of Church Music was again a colourful affair with choir members

dressed in national costume. Following morning rehearsals, it was held at St Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne, on the

afternoon of Saturday 9 August. The Reverend Canon Robert Vun opened the Festival with prayer and acted as

Master of Ceremonies. Fay Magee led the choirs and congregation in learning some African worship chants.

Each choir took it in turns to sing prepared hymns and sacred songs. There was a variety of instrumental

accompaniment. Chairperson Roslyn Carolane congratulated the choirs on their singing, noting the new groups

for 2014 and the return of groups that had previously taken part. A Program outline was available to all who

attended. Sponsorship was obtained from St Paul’s Cathedral and the Victorian Multicultural Commission.

Committee members assisted with choir movement and acted as ushers. The groups that took part this year

included

SOUTH SUDANESE GROUP (SUNSHINE)

KAREN CHOIR (ST THOMAS WERRIBEE)

TONGAN CHOIR (FOOTSCRAY)

PAKASTANI AUSTRALIAN CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP (HOPPERS CROSSING)

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RSCM MUSIC RESOURCE LIBRARY

The RSCM Victoria Music Resource Library is

housed at Christ Church South Yarra, corner Toorak

& Punt Roads SOUTH YARRA VIC 3141. Contact the

Secretary for information and access

RSCM VICTORIA ADDRESSES

Postal Address RSCM Victoria,

C/- S Franke ,Trinity Grammar School,

40 Charles Street KEW VIC 3101

Website www.rscmaustralia.org.au

RSCM AUSTRALIA Aims and Objectives

* To promote the study, worthy practice and improvement of music in Christian worship in Australia * To facilitate communication between church musicians of all Christian denominations in Australia * To encourage the composition and publication of church music in Australia * To establish formal links with Christian denominations and organisations within Australia * To develop, promote and administer award or certificate schemes at various levels, specifically related to church music in Australia.

RSCM VICTORIA OFFICERS

Chairperson Roslyn Carolane 56 Ivanhoe Parade IVANHOE VIC 3079 P: 03 9499 1891 E: roslyncarolane@yahoo.com.au Secretary Siegfried Franke 3/90 Collins Street THORNBURY VIC 3071 P: 03 9484 7211 E: frankes@trinity.vic.edu.au Treasurer Marion Dewar 24 Hassett Street LEONGATHA VIC 3953 P: 03 5662 4432 E: imdewar@dcsi.net.au Membership Secretary Marion Dewar Committee Members – elected and co-opted Fay Magee PO Box 324 COWES VIC 3922 E: frmagee@waterfront.net.au Michael Bottomley 13 Doveton Street CASTLEMAINE VIC 3450 P: 03 5472 1370 E: bottomley@gcom.net.au Beverley Phillips 233 Slate Quarry Road C/- Leverets Lane BEREMBOKE VIC 3342 P: 03 5286 1179 John Scott C/- St Matthew's Anglican Church ALBURY NSW 2640 P: 0412 828 923 E: bellenden2@bigpond.com Church Representatives Anglican Roslyn Carolane Catholic Archdiocese Uniting Church Area Representatives Central Michael Bottomley Geelong Gippsland Marion Dewar North-Eastern John Scott Western Beverley Phillips Newsletter Editor The Reverend Ian Littler E: ian.littler@bigpond.com Promotions Officer Tim Clarke 35 Arthur Street BURWOOD VIC 3125 P: 03 9807 3814 M: 0417 259 097 E: tim@timclarke.net

DECEMBER 2014 NEWSLETTER COPY

Copy for the December issue should be with the

Editor no later than Friday 28 November 2014

AUBURN UNITING CHURCH

125TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS

Mr Fincham's Magnum Opus A salute to the organ

Auburn Uniting Church

81 Oxley Road, Hawthorn (cnr Hepburn Street)

Sunday 26 October at 2 pm To celebrate its opening in October 1889, John Maidment OAM will talk about the Fincham organ on its125th birthday. The glories of the instrument will be shown off by the 'Three Cathedral Organists', featuring Margaret Pettitt, Auburn UC (popularly known as the 'Cathedral of Methodism'), Lachlan Redd, St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne and Christopher Trikilis, formerly St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne. RSCM Victoria members especially welcome. Enquiries: mail@auburnuc.org.au or 03 9818 2119

CHOIR MUSIC WANTED

I am looking for some out of print choir publications: "New Anthem Book Vol Two: SA Men" published by Kevin Mayhew; "Australian Hymn Book" harmony edition preferably with Catholic Supplement; "The ASB Psalter and Canticles" published by Collins. If you have any of these that you are not using and

would be prepared to part with, please contact

Richard Hoy at Holy Trinity Surrey Hills,

rdhoy@bigpond.com or 03 98942335

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