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1 RSCM Victoria Newsletter June 2015 The Victoria Branch of RSCMAUSTRALIA: A National Church Music Association Inc. A0031309E Victorian News Print Post Approved PP 100004109 Vol 62 No 2 April 2015 FROM THE CHAIR Last issue I asked for your help to let us know what you’d like to see happening in RSCM Victoria. Thank you to all of you who contacted me to let us know both what you’d like and also how you’d like to contribute. This month you will be receiving a survey from the Victorian Branch Committee. We ask that you take a few moments to complete the ten questions in it so that we get a clearer picture of how we can best serve you and give you more “forte” for your membership “buck”! You can access the survey on the webpage or go directly to https://www.surveymonkey.com/ s/9TJD6H2 We are currently working on a number of possible events for the latter part of the year which we will tell you about as soon as we can. Meantime please claim the date of October 10 for a Br. Colin D. Smith Festival. An Australian composer of liturgical music based in Sydney, Brother Colin directed the massed choirs for various papal visits, composed the widely used Mass Shalom as well as a complete collection of Responsorial Psalms and two albums of liturgical songs. Colin taught me much of what I know about liturgical music making within the Catholic Church, inspired me to do liturgical training and gave me my passion for choral singing, first in The Singers of David, and later in The John Paul Singers. This October will be the tenth anniversary of his death. More can be read about Br Colin at http://cathnews.acu.edu.au/510/141.php and further details will be shown on the RSCM Website as they become available. I’d still like to hear from you about how we might engage young people in RSCM and how we might serve their needs. Please contact our branch committee if you have any suggestions. Once again, please do take a moment now to complete the survey it’s your RSCM and this is your opportunity to help shape the organization into what best enriches your music ministry! Warm regards, Donrita Reefman Chair RSCM Victoria Branch Committee

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1 RSCM Victoria Newsletter June 2015

The Victoria Branch of RSCMAUSTRALIA: A National Church Music Association Inc. A0031309E

Victorian News Print Post Approved PP 100004109

Vol 62 No 2 April 2015

FROM THE CHAIR

Last issue I asked for your help to let us know what you’d like to see happening in

RSCM Victoria. Thank you to all of you who contacted me to let us know both what

you’d like and also how you’d like to contribute. This month you will be receiving a

survey from the Victorian Branch Committee. We ask that you take a few moments

to complete the ten questions in it so that we get a clearer picture of how we can

best serve you and give you more “forte” for your membership “buck”! You can

access the survey on the webpage or go directly to https://www.surveymonkey.com/

s/9TJD6H2

We are currently working on a number of possible events for the latter part of the year which we will tell

you about as soon as we can. Meantime please claim the date of October 10 for a Br. Colin D. Smith

Festival. An Australian composer of liturgical music based in Sydney, Brother Colin directed the

massed choirs for various papal visits, composed the widely used Mass Shalom as well as a complete

collection of Responsorial Psalms and two albums of liturgical songs. Colin taught me much of what I

know about liturgical music making within the Catholic Church, inspired me to do liturgical training and

gave me my passion for choral singing, first in The Singers of David, and later in The John Paul

Singers. This October will be the tenth anniversary of his death. More can be read about Br Colin at

http://cathnews.acu.edu.au/510/141.php and further details will be shown on the RSCM Website as

they become available.

I’d still like to hear from you about how we might engage young people in RSCM and how we might

serve their needs. Please contact our branch committee if you have any suggestions.

Once again, please do take a moment now to complete the survey – it’s your RSCM and this is your

opportunity to help shape the organization into what best enriches your music ministry!

Warm regards,

Donrita Reefman

Chair

RSCM Victoria Branch Committee

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FROM THE MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY

2015 Financial members as at 1/6/15

Affiliate 39

All Souls Anglican Church Sandringham, Auburn Uniting Church, Ballarat Grammar, Camberwell

Grammar School, Christ the King Cathedral Ballarat, Christ Church Castlemaine, Christ Church South

Yarra, Christ the King Anglican Church Choir Maryborough, Coburg Uniting Church, Geelong Grammar

School, Haileybury, Highfield Road Uniting Church Canterbury, Holy Trinity Anglican Church Kew, Holy

Trinity Anglican Church Surrey Hills, Holy Trinity Launceston, Melbourne Grammar, Sacred Heart

Cathedral Bendigo, 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 Anglican Church Camberwell, St Johns Anglican Church

Footscray, St Johns Southgate, St Johns Toorak, St Marys Anglican Church North Melbourne, St

Matthews Anglican Church Albury, St Michaels Grammar School, St Oswalds Anglican Church Glen

Iris, St Patricks Cathedral Choir Melbourne, St Patricks Mentone, St Pauls Anglican Church Geelong,

St Pauls Cathedral Choir Bendigo (and 2016), St Pauls Canterbury, St Pauls Cathedral Melbourne,

Trinity Uniting Church Brighton, Uniting Church (?) (23/3/15)

Individual 59

Mr William Adams, Father Kenneth Allan, The Rt Reverend Jeremy Ashton, Mr Stephen Baldwin, Mr

Ken Barelli, Mr Michael Bottomley, Mr Bernard Capicchiano, Mr Tim Clarke, Mr Douglas Clowes, Dr

Geoffrey Cox, Mr Robert Craven, The Reverend Catherine Dawson, Mrs Marion Dewar, Dr Hayden

Downing, Mr Roger Doyle, Mrs Thelma Edebohls, Dr Helen Farrell, Mr Siegfried Franke, Mrs Dianne

Gome, Mr Leslie Harrison, Mr Gordon Hawley, Mr John Hogan, Mr Bertram Hosking, Mr Richard Hoy,

Mrs Marlene Johnston, Mr Andrew Kerr, Mr Brian Krahnert, Mr John Lagerwey, Mr Warwick Lewis, The

Reverend 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, Dr June Nixon, Mr William Orange, Mr Chris Pearce, Mrs Jeannie Poole, Mrs Donrita

Reefman, 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 Elisabeth

Uerbergang, Mrs Liesbeth van Emmerik, Mr Peter Wakeley, The Reverend Alison Whish, Father

Antony White, The Reverend Dr D’Arcy Wood, Mr Mark Woods

Newsletter only 4

Mr Russell Byard, Mrs Joy Hearne, Mr Richard Honess, Mr Colin Jenkins

Friend 2

Mrs Caroline Deans, Mrs Joan McRae

Life 1

Mr John Griffith

Query

Please contact the Membership Secretary (03 5662 4432 or [email protected]) to provide further

details for bank deposit UCA 23/3/15

Marion Dewar

Membership Secretary

RSCM Victoria

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CHURCH MUSICAT THE CROSSROADS AGAIN? PANEL DISCUSSION

Members and friends of RSCM Victoria from churches across the state, both city and country

flocked to St Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne for the RSCM Victoria Event on Monday evening 20

April. The panel discussion on church music was presented by St Paul’s Cathedral, the Royal

School of Church Music Australia (Victoria Branch), and the University of Divinity. Those in

attendance joined in the conversation by singing the songs and asking the questions. The

evening’s discussion may be continued online. Please email [email protected]

to register for future communications, hopefully to include a transcript of the evening’s taped

proceedings.

The evening’s panellists were: Dr Paul Taylor (Liturgical Music Academic, Coordinator of Liturgy for the

Archbishop’s Office, Executive Secretary for the Bishops’ Commission for Liturgy, and Acting Director of Music,

St Patrick’s Catholic Cathedral); The Revd Canon Professor Dorothy Lee (Musician, Theologian, Canon of St

Paul’s Cathedral and Dean of Trinity College Theological School); Mr Andrew Reid (Sometime Cathedral

Director of Music and Organist, now Director of the Royal School of Church Music in the United Kingdom);

Professor Peter Sherlock, chairperson (Theologian, Musician, Lay Canon of St Paul’s Cathedral and Vice-

Chancellor of the University of Divinity); The Revd Dr Peter Carolane (Musician, Theologian, and Lead Minister

of Merri Creek Anglican – a church plant in Clifton Hill); and Ms Fay Magee (Musician, Theologian, and Teacher,

based in country Victoria - Cowes, Phillip Island).

Contributors to the preparation and presentation of the evening included: Mr Philip Nicholls (Director of Music,

St Paul's Anglican Cathedral, Musician, Theologian, Musicologist, General Editor of the Australian Hymn Book

Company); and Mrs Roslyn Carolane (Assistant Organist St Paul’s Cathedral and member of RSCM Australia

(Victoria Branch) Committee, playing organ and piano).

[NOTE: The Editor apologises for incorrect titles for several panellists in the April issue]

Dr Paul Taylor, Prof Dorothy Lee, RSCM Director Andrew Reid, Prof Peter Sherlock, Dr Peter Carolane, Ms Fay Magee

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HISTORY OF RSCM VICTORIA

If you have any recollections, photos, memorabilia or information you would like to share please phone, email or

post to Marion Dewar. This issue we hear from Peter Schulz, in Launceston, Tasmania.

Hello Marion,

St John's at the present time has the 3 Sunday services:

8 a.m. Eucharist with hymns (sometimes a la CD I believe, although often with the organ)

10 a.m. Family Service (the organ rarely used)

7 p.m. Evening Prayer (the organ is I believe used at this service).

I have played there very occasionally as a relief person, however Holy Trinity keeps me on the run most of the

time.

Things have stayed fairly quiet there since Gaylene Cohen resigned some time ago. Things have stayed fairly

quiet there since Gaylene Cohen resigned some time ago. When Bill Pierce held sway, she was the assistant/

deputy.

Holy Trinity today observed the Sunday after Anzac Day including elements for Good Shepherd Sunday.

Service: Dudman

Sentence: John 15.13–14 Chant: Stephen Elvey in E flat (Double)

Psalm: 23 Chant: Charles Hylton Stewart in E (Single)

Gospel Acclamation: Matthew 5.9

Communion Anthem: Non nobis, Domine C.E.W. Bean/A.E. Floyd (Book of Common Praise Australian Hymn

Supplement No.8)

Memorial ode: Sung by choir - setting by P. Schultz (2014)

Hymns:

Our God, our help in ages past (St Anne)

O brother Man, fold to thy heart (Tree of Peace)

O valiant hearts (Harris) vv 1,4,5,6,7

Kipling's Recessional (Melita)

Prelude: Adagio from BWV564

Postludes: Elegy (Thalben-Ball), Solemn Melody (Walford Davies) & Dead March from Saul (Handel)

Prelude: Adagio from BWV564

Postludes: Elegy (Thalben-Ball), Solemn Melody (Walford Davies) & Dead March from Saul (Handel)

So, we were very ANZAC. Our rector is a reserve Navy Chaplain and our associate priest is a retired RAAF

chaplain. I think you may get the drift. However, no Catafalque party; that happens on Defence Sunday.

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CHRIST CHURCH SOUTH YARRA CONCERTS 2015

For more information visit www.ccsy.org.au

Friday 8 May, 7-8pm

The Choir of CCSY presents the May Showcase Concert

(All proceeds go towards the Christ Church Music Foundation)

Tuesday 14 July

Festival of Traditional Japanese Music, Theatre and Dance from Kyoto (through Eniko)

CONCERTS AND EVENTS

LETTERS

Thanks for publishing my potted history: it is a long time since anything of mine has appeared in print. Few of our

readers will remember me. Thelma in Traralgon and Dr Hayden Downing whose name always appears next to

mine in the alphabetical list of individual RSCM members will. Hayden and I were both at Maryborough HS in the

1940s.He still sings in one of the choirs at All Saints St Kilda.

A postlude to my musical career. Every Sunday morning I go to a retirement hostel in Newborough. My dear

friend Barbara, who sang in many choirs that I directed, is a resident and we raise a hideous squawk each week

when we sing along together in Songs of Praise. I keep the door firmly shut on these occasions.

Thanks for the fine work you do for the RSCM.

ROGER (DOYLE)

JOIN RSCM VICTORIA IN OCTOBER

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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

Siegfried Franke 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 VICTORIA OFFICERS

Chairperson Donrita Reefman

95 Boggy Creek Road CALULU VIC 3875

P: 03 5157 1285 M: 0411 702 068

E: [email protected]

Secretary

Treasurer Marion Dewar

24 Hassett Street LEONGATHA VIC 3953

P: 03 5662 4432

E: [email protected]

Membership Secretary Marion Dewar

Newsletter Editor Marion Dewar

Promotions Officer Tim Clarke

35 Arthur Street BURWOOD VIC 3125

P: 03 9807 3814 M: 0417 259 097

E: [email protected]

Secretary (for CAV) Tony Way

Committee Members – elected and co-opted

Michael Bottomley

13 Doveton Street CASTLEMAINE VIC 3450

P: 03 5472 1370

E: [email protected]

Roslyn Carolane

56 Ivanhoe Parade IVANHOE VIC 3079

P: 03 9499 1891

E: [email protected]

Siegfried Franke

3/90 Collins Street THORNBURY VIC 3071

P: 03 9484 7211

E: [email protected]

Fay Magee

PO Box 324 COWES VIC 3922

E: [email protected]

Beverley Phillips

233 Slate Quarry Road C/- Leverets Lane

BEREMBOKE VIC 3342

P: 03 5286 1179

E: <[email protected]>

Tony Way

326 Lonsdale Street MELBOURNE 3000

P: 03 9639 4560

E: [email protected]

Church Representatives

Anglican Roslyn Carolane

Catholic Archdiocese Paul Taylor

Uniting Church

Victorian Council of Churches

Area Representatives

Central Michael Bottomley

Geelong

Gippsland Marion Dewar

Metropolitan Tony Way

North-Eastern

Western Beverley Phillips

AUGUST 2015 NEWSLETTER COPY

Copy for the August issue should be forwarded to

Marion Dewar no later than Friday 31 July 2015

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.