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Australian Capital Territory Branch

The ACT Branch has an ongoing project designed to help people with minimal skills who are trying to improve the standard of worship in their church, such as a pianist taking on an unforgiving organ, or a choir director starting a choir because there is no one else available. Our "Help Sheets" come in small doses - two sides of an A4 page in their printed form - and in three categories: "CD" for Choir Directors, "O" for Organists and "Rev" for Clergy (a recurring theme in the first two categories is a good working relationship with the clergy, and the "Rev" series looks at things from the opposite point of view).

More titles will no doubt be added in the future, and the existing topics will certainly be revised in the light of experience.

Please feel free to download any or all of these Help Sheets, and if possible try them out and let us have any comments or feedback. You can e-mail us at secretary.act_at_rscmaustralia.org.au

The following help sheets are available:

"CD" Series for Choir Directors

• CD 1 Starting a choir (November 2002)
• CD 2 Attendance and punctuality (October 2002)
• CD 3 Choir practice: Beginnings (November 2002)
• CD 4 Choir practice: The next steps (November 2002)
• CD 5 The role of the choir in worship (November 2002)
• CD 6 Choosing music for your choir (in preparation)
• CD 7 Working with the clergy (November 2002)

"O" Series - for Organists

(intended mainly for organists who have had little or no formal organ tuition)

• O1 Playing legato on the organ (October 2002)
• O2 Rhythm and phrasing on the organ (November 2002)
• O3 Working with the clergy (November 2002)
• O4 Playing hymns (November 2002)
• O5 Organ practice (November 2002)
• O6 Organ music for voluntaries (November 2002)

"Rev" Series - for Clergy

• Rev 1 Impoving your organist's skills (November 2002)
• Rev 2 Getting the best out of a small choir (November 2002)
• Rev 3 Hymns without instruments (in preparation)
• Rev 4 The role of the choir in worship (in preparation)

Copies of any of these Help Sheets may be obtained from the Secretary of RSCM Australia, ACT Branch: Katharine Walker, 12 Renwick Street, Chifley, ACT 2606
Phone/Fax 6281 6666; E-mail: secretary.act_at_rscmaustralia.org.au

The ACT Branch has no objection to further copies being made for distribution to people who might be helped by them, provided they are made without amendment.