The Friends of Anglican Music Inc.

The Friends of Anglican Music is an incorporated association (A0034755G) whose statement of purpose is
"The preservation and promotion of Anglican Church Music"

The Friends of Anglican Music Inc (FOAM) is an organisation founded in 1996 for the purpose of singing music that is peculiarly Anglican. FOAM has not been established to compete with the Royal School of Church Music. Rather, it supplements the RSCM's function by providing a purely Anglican area of operation. Neither has FOAM been established to agitate for the wholesale restoration of the The Book of Common Prayer services. Its purpose is akin to that of Remembrance Day - Lest We Forget.

We enjoy the membership of people who remember, people who find it difficult to remember and those who have never sung a Book of Common Prayer service.

FOAM meets four Saturdays a year for worship: thrice in the City of Melbourne or suburbs and once in the "bush". There is a rehearsal at 2:00pm followed by Evensong at 4:00pm.

Annual Membership of FOAM is:
Single: AU$10
Family: AU$15
Pensioner/Student: AU$6

Further information can be obtained from the Secretary.

Members of FOAM at St Mary's Anglican Church, Morwell

Members of FOAM at St Paul's, East Kew, March, 2007

The next meeting of FOAM will be:

Choral Evensong:

on Saturday, May 30th
at
St Paul's Anglican Church, East Kew

cnr Windella Ave & Hale St (Melway 45 G3)

Music:

Introit: Tallis If Ye Love Me a(Hear it Sung)
Canticles: Brewer in D a (Hear the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis)
Anthems: Tye O Holy Spirit, Lord of Grace
Attwood Come, Holy Ghost
Psalm 104: 24-35 (Chant: Longhurst) (Learn your part - even try the Karaoke version!!)

Hymns (from The Australian Hymn Book):
Come Down, O Love Divine (Down Ampney) 310 Hear it sung
Spirit of Mercy, Truth and Love (Warrington) 316 Hear the tune
Spirit Divine, Attend Our Prayers (Grafenberg) 377 Hear the tune, see the score
O Spirit of the Living God (Gonfalon Royal) 318 Hear the tune
(Note: These links are provided as a guide only. Different editions may be provided on the day.)

More dates:

Saturday, August 1st St Margaret's, Eltham (Melway 21 J7)

Saturday, November 7th Tarrawarra Abbey (Melway 276 G2)

Saturday, March 20th, 2010 St Peter's, Box Hill (Melway 75A H4)

Be filled with the Spirit, as you sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, singing and making melody to the Lord in your hearts, giving thanks to God the Father at all times and for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
(Ephesians 5:18-20)