Duke University Chapel, Durham, North Carolina, has become the new administrative home for the Royal School of Church Music in America (RSCM). RSCM America will share office space and support staff with the chapel’s music program. The arrangement gives RSCM America a base of operations at a major research university with a vibrant sacred music program, and connects Duke Chapel more closely to RSCM America’s national training programs and network of church musicians. The arrangement provides a foundation for nurturing church music, particularly choral singing, at Duke University and around the country. Zebulon Highben is Duke Chapel director of music. Joseph Causby is president of RSCM America and director of music and organist at the Episcopal Church of The Chapel of the Cross, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Duke Chapel’s music program dates back to the chapel’s founding in the 1930s and includes multiple choirs, weekly worship services, regular organ and carillon recitals, an annual concert series, recording projects, training for singers and organists, and a diverse catalogue of choral compositions published in the “Music from Duke Chapel Series” with ECS Publishing Group. Duke Chapel is a member of RSCM America and has been hosting its summertime Carolina Course for more than a decade. For information: chapel.duke.edu and rscmamerica.org.
