RSCM Charlotte

03/16/2026

St. John’s hosted the 2026 RSCM Carolinas Treble Festival with 50 choristers from St. John’s Charlotte, Christ Church Greenville, SC, St. Luke’s Salisbury, Emmanuel Southern Pines, Holy Trinity Greensboro, NC, and St. Michael’s Raleigh. Dr. Homer Ferguson directed, with Alan Reed as organist. The choir was excited to sing the world premiere of Sarah MacDonald’s The Choristers’ Prayer, commissioned by Dr. Ferguson for the Festival. music Alan C. Reed St. John's Episcopal Church Tracy Reed

04/25/2024

Tracy and I have done the work to manage an RSCM course each year, 2001-2024. This year the Charlotte Course (since 2004) is merging with the Washington DC RSCM Summer Choral Residency, July 15-21. For more information about the Washington offerings, see their web page at www.rscmwashingtondc.org We hope everyone will enjoy the opportunities offered in Washington.

We've enjoyed our years of managing RSCM summer courses, including the Carolina Course for Boys and Adults, and our founding and managing of the Gulf Coast Course for Girls and adults in 2002.

Many thanks to all who have joined us in Charlotte since 2004 for music-making, learning, worship, and fun! We wish all the best to our Charlotte course family, but we are now retiring from the work of RSCM course management that we've done since 2001.

for advanced singers — both treble choristers and teen and adult altos, tenors, and basses. The Washington Course is an exciting and challenging course that takes place on the campuses of Catholic University in Washington, D.C., as well other important venues in the D.C. metropolitan area.

07/18/2023

The first two days of a summer choral residency are a whirlwind. The first day is just us schlepping everything to the college, getting unloaded, and organized as the staff starts to arrive. The second day folks arrive, check in, move in, audition, flights are delayed, some get cancelled, linens are forgotten, and whatever you need is across campus and you can’t park there 🤪. But, then, you have the first rehearsal in a resonant and beautiful space with well prepared choristers, and that’s where the magic happens!

07/01/2023

Counting down to July 17!

05/18/2023

We visited Davidson today and it's going to be so good! The dorm has been renovated in recent years, and the bathrooms are in good shape. The dining hall is very close by, DCPC is lovely with excellent rehearsal spaces and a very short and beautiful walk from the dorm.
The campus is smack dab in the middle of the town, very walkable, and so charming! It's going to be a great week!

05/17/2023

Join us! We still have room! We know a lot of people have been disappointed by cancellations of their favorite or preferred Summer Choral Residency this year so we cordially invite you to join us at RSCM Charlotte July 17-23, AD 2023! Check out our website for all the details! https://www.stje.org/rscm

05/17/2023

UPDATE: We'll be spending the week of July 17-23 at Davidson College, north of Charlotte. We're up to 60 participants, and we'd love to include you! Note that all registrations should be received by May 31.

05/10/2023

Here's a YouTube playlist with all the pieces on our music list except the Buzard Matin Responsory, which is unpublished.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmOs0SP_TIKVsUg-F9Z3FLPMr8ldUWMrq

Tracy Abner Reed
Alan C. Reed
Stephen Buzard

04/19/2023

Adrian Batten - O sing joyfully

From an edition of the long-running BBC TV series “Songs of Praise”, 2 November 2008. With the choir of Truro Cathedral, directed by Robert Sharpe.

04/19/2023

We hope everybody enjoyed a lovely Easter Day and had a break after the rigors of Holy Week!

We are still accepting registrations and our April 30th deadline is approaching. We know things get hectic as the end of the school year and church program year approaches. We'd love to finalize our staff and plans for a great week of music-making in July.

If you need a little more time to get your registrations in - just contact Alan Reed at [email protected]! Registration forms and all course information are available on our website: https://www.stje.org/rscm