Copying music without permission is against the law
So how do you introduce new music to your worshipping community without breaking the bank? Talk to Sue Dean about the Calamus UK Copyright Scheme.* Sue is happy to give you advice on the best way forward for your Church's/ Group's long-term circumstances or on what you need to do when preparing music for a once-only event.
Calamus administers copyrights of hymns and other liturgical music in the UK. It represents many publishers and organisations, giving access to a large proportion of the repertoire used particularly, but not exclusively, in Catholic Liturgy today and allowing reproduction of the words and melody line of the pieces covered under the scheme. It offers two levels of service: Annual licence - mainly taken up by Churches or Christian Communities or Special permission for individual or one-time use e.g. a Workshop or special Service.
*UK and Republic of Ireland only.
Current Prices (incl. VAT at 20%)
Annual Calamus Licence for churches and individual communities:
Up to 100 people = € 51.34
101 to 250 people = € 70.77
251 to 500 people = €96.25
501 to 1000 people = €134.48
over 1000 people = €161.37
If you would like to take out a licence for your church, community or school, please contact Sue Dean and the relevant forms will be sent in the post to you.
Decani Music Ltd
70 High Street, Brandon, Suffolk , IP27 0AU, United Kingdom
Tel: +44(0)1842 819830 .
Publishers covered by the Calamus Licence
Ateliers et Presses de Taizé
Clifton Music
CJM
Decani Music
Franciscan Communications
GIA Publications Inc.
The Grail (England)
Magnificat Music
New Dawn (North American Liturgy Resources)
McCrimmon Publishing Co. Ltd
O'Carroll Music
OCP Publications
Rose-Conlon Music
St Meinrad Archabbey (USA)
St Thomas More Group Team Publications
Weston Priory Publications
Wild Goose Publications
Worth Abbey Music
Composers/Authors covered by the Calamus Licence
Ainslie, John
Alstoll, Owen
Barr, Tony
Batey, Nick
Bauress, Liam
Berthier, Jacques (Taizé)
Boulton Smith, Geoffrey
Boyce, Joanne
Brown, Teresa
Callanan, Ian (O.P.)
Connaughton, Luke (McCr.)
Conry, Tom
Coy, Michael
Daly, Margaret
Dean, Stephen
Donnelly, Noel
Dufford, Bob (S.J.)
Duffy, Mgr Francis
Farrell, Bernadette
Fitzpatrick, Gerry
Foley, John (S.J.)
Furlong, Sue
Gaisford, Philip (O.S.B.)
Geary, Patrick
Gelineau, Joseph (Grail, Taizé)
Glynn, John
Haas, David
Haugen, Marty
Hemson, Anthony
Huijbers, Bernard
Hurd, Bob
Inwood, Paul
Jabusch, Willard
Johnstone, G. Paul
Joncas, Michael
Jones, Peter
Kelly, Thomas
Landry, Carey
Lee, Patrick
McCrimmon, Joan
McGrail, Peter
McNulty, Daniel
Murray, Dom. Gregory
Norbert, Gregory
O'Carroll, Fintan
O'Connor, Roc (S.J.)
O'Hara, Chris
Ogden, David
Quigley, Anne
Quinn, James (S.J.)
Saint, David
Sands, Ernest
Schutte, Dan (S.J.)
Sexton, Bernard
Smith, Alan
St Louis Jesuits
Stanley, Mike
Steel, Geoffrey
Tamblyn, Bill
Temple, Sebastian
The Grail (England)
Toolan, Suzanne
Walker, Christopher
Walsh, James
Ward, Anne
Walls, Trish
White, Estelle
Willcock, Christopher (S.J.)