Music Resources
Other Musicians
Possibly the least expensive and most useful resource available is a chat with another church musician! Social interaction with a colleague is invariably helpful, informative and stimulating. Church musicians should share their experiences more regularly.
International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
www.imslp.org is a virtual library of public domain music scores. Users can exchange musical ideas through the site, submit their own compositions, or listen to other people's composition; this makes IMSLP an ever-growing musical community of music lovers for music lovers.
ChoralWiki
www.cpdl.org is the home of the Choral Public Domain Library (CPDL). You will find free choral/vocal scores, texts, translations, and other useful information.
MuseScore
MuseScore is a free notation application. You can learn more and download the application at https://musescore.org/.
Simple Music for Organ
The publisher, Kevin Mayhew, www.kevinmayhew.com has a comprehensive stock of simple organ and choir music. Much of the organ music is for manuals only.
Used Organ Music
www.usedorganmusic.com purchases and distributes second hand books and sheet music. It deals with printed sheet music for the organ together with books on organs and Church music; some choral music is also available.
CMQ (Church Music Quarterly)
This is the journal of the Royal School of Church Music, and it contains a wealth of material of interest to the church musician — news items, articles on organs and choral music, photographs, letters, reviews of new music and CDs and lots of advertising material of relevance and interest. Details from the RSCM www.rscm.com
The Organ
This is a quarterly journal published by Musical Opinion Ltd. It contains articles about organs (obviously!), organists, organ events, festivals and courses, reviews of organ music and recordings, lots of photographs and advertisements. www.theorganmag.com
Organists’ Review
This is a 100-page quarterly journal published by the IAO (Incorporated Association of Organists) in the UK. It contains a wealth of interesting articles about organs and organists of note, organ mechanisms, organ events, advertisements, interesting correspondence, reviews of books, organ music and recordings. Much of it is in colour and and it is fully illustrated. www.organistsreview.com
Choir & Organ
This 72-page journal, published bi-monthly, contains articles about performers and composers, descriptions of organs and how they work, interesting correspondence, advertisements, and reviews of music and CDs. www.choirandorgan.com
Sing Ireland
Sing Ireland, based in Limerick, organises courses in conducting and choir direction at various venues. For information go to www.singireland.ie or contact info@singireland.ie
More Resources...
Our Links page lists organizations related to Church Music Dublin and other organizations with similar objectives. Our Reading List page recommends several book that students of our Archbishop of Dublin’s Certificate in Church Music (ACCM) course have benefited from. Our Choral Services page provides details of services within the Dublin area where you can hear choral music.