Take part in LFCCM 2026
Composers around the world are warmly invited to submit new music to the Festival’s Call for Scores project, an open submission process for new church music. Selected submissions will be performed at LFCCM 2026 in May next year.
Call for Scores is open from 22 September until 31 October for personal submissions, and from 10 November until 23 January 2026 for youth submissions for composers aged 21 and younger.
Churches and church musicians across London are warmly invited to take part in 2025’s Festival in May next year. It’s easy to participate – simply programme contemporary music at any one of your regular services taking place during the Festival period. Taking part in the Festival is a great way of expanding the breadth and variety of repertoire in your music programme, and helps foster the continuing composition of new music for the church.
About the Festival
The London Festival of Contemporary Church Music was founded in 2002 with the aim of showcasing contemporary sacred music in both service and concert. Based at St Pancras Parish Church, London, the LFCCM has grown to include more than fifty events in venues across London and beyond, dozens of composers, hundreds of performers, and thousands of audience members, both live and online, showcasing the very best in contemporary sacred music for choir and organ.
Review LFCCM 2025
LFCCM 2025’s ten-day programme featured concerts by Siglo de Oro and The Elysian Singers of London, organ and choral recitals including two lunchtime recitals by The LFCCM Festival Singers, and performances of new sacred music at nearly 30 churches across London in May.
- “Eternal Light”: sacred music by Will Todd
- “Wisdom and Strength”: new sacred music by women composers
- Organ recital by Martyn Noble
- Choral recital by The LFCCM Festival Singers
- Complete LFCCM 2025 programme
New music streaming online
Listen online to curated performances from previous Festivals with our streaming playlists. New playlists added during LFCCM 2025 include:
- A Dodgson Centenary: sacred music by Stephen Dodgson in celebration of his 100th anniversary year
- In memoriam Ronald Corp: unaccompanied music by Ronald Corp, a dear friend, supporter, and Trustee of the Festival, who died just before the start of LFCCM 2025
- See all playlists
Selected highlights from LFCCM 2023’s gala concert, “Blesséd Cecilia”, are also available, with composers from across the UK coming together in a remarkable collaboration to celebrate 20 years of Christopher Batchelor’s founding and leadership of the LFCCM.
- Listen online
- Programme notes and event information for “Blesséd Cecilia”
- Follow along with the musical score for the Sanctus and Benedictus by watching a video created by David McGregor, composer of the Benedictus
- Find more recordings in the LFCCM’s sound archives
Make the LFCCM part of your Legacy
Artistic groups across the United Kingdom have seen funding cuts and financial pressures since the global coronavirus pandemic. In the face of challenges like these, the secure future of classical music in this country can no longer be taken for granted.
The LFCCM’s endowment fund ensures the Festival’s ongoing financial security and independence for generations to come.
