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Soundboard

Soundboard is a magazine for church musicians published three times a year. The annual subscription is €15 / £12. To receive a sample copy send a SAE to DCMC, 18 Villiers Road, Dublin 6.  Recent issue are now on-line:

May 2008 : Soundboard No. 16

November 2007 : Soundboard No. 15

March 2007 : Soundboard No. 14

October 2006 : Soundboard No. 13

June 2006 : Soundboard No.12

March 2006 : Soundboard No.11

October 2005 : Soundboard No.10

May 2005 : Soundboard No.9

December 2004 : Soundboard No.8

June 2004 : Soundboard No.7

January 2004 : Soundboard No.6

June 2003: Soundboard No.5

January 2003: Soundboard No.4

June 2002: Soundboard No.3

December 2001: Soundboard No.2

May 2001: Soundboard No.1

Deputy Organists

For a list of organists available for deputy work, send a stamped addressed envelope to 18 Villiers Road, Dublin 6.  The list is also published in the Dublin and Glendalough Diocesan Directory, available in parish offices. Basic contact details are listed on this web site.

Fees

Guidelines on fees for church musicians are issued jointly by the Church Music Committee and by the Advisory Committee for Church Music of the Roman Catholic Episcopal Commission for Liturgy. To view and printout the guidelines for 2008, click here. 

Silent Worship

In 1990 the Joint Committee for Church Music in Ireland (since disbanded) published a thought-provoking report on music in the Church of Ireland. The report Silent Worship provides a rationale and justification for the use of music in church, gives a fascinating historical background, analsyes the reasons for the shortage of church organists, and makes practical recommendations for the future.

The future of choral music in Ireland ...

All lovers of choral music should read Michael McGlynn's thought-provoking article published in The Irish Times on 5 June 2006.  Click on this link: http://www.anuna.ie/IT2006.htm 

CDS

** Released in June 2006 *** Laudate Dominum. The Choir of St Bartholomew's Church, Dublin / Andrew J Mackriell (organist) / Malcolm Wisener. Works by Elgar, Dyson, Greene, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Mozart, S.S.Wesley. €12 + postage from Robert Hilliard, Choir Treasurer .

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