The Committee was formed in the wake of the successful Liturgical Music Conference, held in London in January 2020, at the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God and the Holy Royal Martyrs.  While this was not the first pan-European liturgical music conference organised by ROCOR (there were several such events held in the 1990s in France, in particular at the convent of Lesna in Provemont), it was the first meeting of its kind in twenty-five years, certainly the first after the reunification of the Church Abroad with the Moscow Patriarchate.  As such, the conference was an epochal event, recognised as such by the Synod of Bishops (ROCOR), which blessed the decision of the Synodal Liturgical Music Commission to form a Committee to coordinate future activities in the field of church music in the European dioceses of the Russian Church Abroad.

Acknowledging the delicate balance of inter-jurisdictional relations, the Committee believes it may in fact be in a position to assist in the building of bridges and brotherly relationships, as the field in which we work is entirely without ideology. Based on the experience of the conference in London and other interactions, it is clear that our colleagues across the jurisdictional lines are ready and willing to work with us, for the greater glory of the Church, giving us great hope for joint projects in the future.