The Church Music Society
Registered Charity No. 290309
President: The Most Reverend Bernard Longley, Archbishop of Birmingham
Membership of the Society
You are warmly invited to join the Church Music Society.
Founded in 1906 to publish and encourage the performance of good, but unavailable, church music, the CMS affirms the importance of music in worship, supports the use of music appropriate to liturgical use, and strives to sustain the Church’s wonderful musical heritage. It works closely with the Royal School of Church Music, which publishes all its hard-copy titles. The catalogue ranges from scholarly but practical editions of works from the historic repertory meriting revival, to music by living composers suitable for choirs of varying abilities and resources, as well as music with congregational participation. The Society also offers a range of useful liturgical music composed or edited by its members, available free on its Music Downloads page.
Members are kept fully up-to-date with the Society’s work through its newsletters, annual reports and complimentary copies of new publications – also at the Annual General Meeting each year. One of the major benefits of membership is that, under present arrangements, any member may buy in one year, at the current rate of trade discount (currently 25%), an unlimited number of copies of any of the Society’s publications in sheet music form.
Subscription rates:
From 1st January 2025, the subscription rates and structure are as follows:
- Corporate Membership: £30
- Individual Membership until age 75: £30
- Free Associate Membership is offered to those under 30
- Free Associate Membership is also offered to those 75 and over.
Free Associate membership confers all benefits of Full membership but without voting rights. Prospective Associate Members declare their date of birth when applying. In the Associate’s 30th year (after they turn 29) they are advised that they need to pay the Full Member’s subscription at the start of the year following their 30th birthday, and therefore become a Full Member. Full membership is of course an option for persons under the age of 30.
Please contact the Administrator for all membership and subscription matters:
The Administrator
Church Music Society
c/o The London Oratory
Brompton Road
London
SW7 2RP
