Welcome to the Royal School of Church Music in America Carolina Summer Choral Residency -- a week long course of sacred music.
2026 Course dates are June 22nd - 28th
January 15, 2026
The RSCMA Carolina Summer Choral Residency is pleased to welcome Kristin Lensch as this year’s Music Director! Kristin Lensch serves as organist-choirmaster at Calvary Episcopal Church, Memphis. She oversees a vibrant music program consisting of four choirs, a Friends of Music concert series, monthly Evensong services, and tri-annual residencies at English cathedrals. She holds degrees from The University of Iowa, Indiana University, and The University of Memphis. She maintains a private organ studio, is active in the Royal School of Church Music America and the Association of Anglican Musicians, and serves the American Guild of Organists as its Southeast Regional Ambassador.
May 11, 2025
We’re excited to welcome everyone to the RSCMA Carolina Summer Choral Residency in July. Regrettably, due to circumstances beyond our control, we’ve have had to postpone having Tansy Castledine with us as our Music Director this year. We very much look forward to having her at the Course next summer in 2026. For this year’s Residency, Dr. Joseph Causby from the Chapel of the Cross in Chapel Hill, NC has very graciously agreed to step in and serve as our substitute Music Director. Joe is no stranger to RSCM America, and will be a familiar and friendly face for many of us. Welcome, Joe!
December 30, 2024
The RSCMA Carolina Summer Choral Residency is pleased to welcome Tansy Castledine as this year’s Music Director! Described by BBC Radio 3 as “one of the UK’s leading women conductors” Tansy is a highly regarded British choral conductor at the forefront of the profession within Church Music. Her dynamic and engaging style is known for engendering outstanding results from the choirs with which she works, making her much in demand as a conductor, educator, and animateur. Across the span of her career Tansy has run a wide range of choirs and courses for children, adults, amateurs, and professionals. A prize-winning graduate of the Royal Academy of Music and the University of Oxford, Tansy holds the FRCO diploma, National Professional Qualification for Senior Leadership (NPQSL), and ARAM for services to choral music. She serves as a Trustee for the Royal School of Church Music and Church Music Society, and is a member of the Academic Board of the Royal College of Organists.
December 29, 2024
The RSCMA Carolina Summer Choral Residency is pleased to welcome Margaret Harper as this year’s Organist! Margaret Harper is the Director of Music at Trinity Episcopal Church in Princeton, NJ. At Trinity, she oversees a landmark Episcopal music program, including multiple choirs that have released critically acclaimed recordings over the years. Before coming to Trinity, Margaret served churches in Texas, New York, Illinois, and New Hampshire. She was founding manager of the RSCM America’s Dallas Boys Course and founding director of the Choir School at St. John’s in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
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