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2024 Feb 23
Musica International quest for a concert theme
Published: Feb 23,2024
Musica International regularly invites its users to help develop concert themes. The most recent theme is based on the words planets, stars, and space. A search for the keyword planet yields 122 pieces, while space and cosmos yield 126 and 402 pieces, respectively.
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2024 Feb 23
Looking back at World Choral Day 2023
Published: Feb 23,2024
On 10 December 2023, the second Sunday in December, the global choral community celebrated World Choral Day (WCD). Throughout the month, we saw many wonderful posts on social media demonstrating the various ways in which singing groups took part in the celebration.
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2024 Feb 23
African Youth Choir Annual Summer Camp, Dakar, Senegal, 22-28 July 2024
Published: Feb 23,2024
Get ready for an unforgettable experience at the African Youth Choir Annual Summer Camp in Dakar, Senegal, 22-28 July 2024!
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2024 Jul 23 2024 Jul 26
Florence International Choir & Orchestra Festival (FICF), 23-26 July 2024
Published: Sep 28,2023
The unique and the original Florence Choir Festival, also open to orchestras and bands, takes place in the wonderful city of Florence, Italy.
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2024 Feb 21
One of the most fascinating fragments in the history of music
Published: Feb 21,2024
The remnants of Mozart's Requiem serve to inspire! Since the composer's death in 1791, many attempts have been made to complete this great work of music history. The British composer and choral conductor Howard Arman has now published his own new complete version at Carus-Verlag, offering a fresh perspective on Mozart's masterpiece.
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2024 Feb 12
World Symposium on Choral Music 2023, İstanbul: After Movie!
Published: Feb 12,2024
Did you miss the World Symposium on Choral Music (WSCM) in İstanbul, Türkiye, last April? You can now watch and listen to a synopsis of the fun and music shared by more than 2500 participants from 60 countries.
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2024 Jan 31
The Federació Catalana d’Entitats Corals (FCEC) Announce their Composition Competition Winners
Published: Jan 31,2024
The Federació Catalana d’Entitats Corals (FCEC) announce the winners of their two biennial competitions, one of which is organized in collaboration with the Orfeó Català.
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2024 Jan 31
IFCM Online Café: Plan a Choral Year with IFCM, Recording Available to IFCM Members
Published: Jan 31,2024
Moderated by Pelin Küçükerdoğan, Member of IFCM YOUNG from Türkiye, this session welcomed ten association members of IFCM to present choral activities in their region.
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2024 Jan 31
IFCM welcomes a new member in the choir category: University of Minnesota Morris Choir
Published: Jan 31,2024
The University of Minnesota Morris Choir (Morris, Minnesota, USA) is a non-auditioned choral ensemble comprised of students from all academic majors as well as University of Minnesota Morris faculty/staff and community members.
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2024 Jan 31
News from Voices of Singapore
Published: Jan 31,2024
Voices of Singapore (VOS) is pleased to announce its milestone collaboration with the classical recording label Naxos Records.
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2024 Jan 31
The Brochure of Choral Events 2024 of the European Choral Association
Published: Jan 31,2024
The Brochure of Choral Events 2024, published by the European Choral Association, presents a selection of events open to singers, conductors, composers, and all choral lovers around Europe and beyond.
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2024 Jan 31
Chœur la Grâce, Democratic Republic of Congo, receives honour
Published: Jan 31,2024
Founded in 1985 and IFCM member since 2000, Chœur la Grâce (Ambroise Kua-Nzambi Togo, conductor) has become one of the best-known choirs on the African continent.
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2024 Jan 31
Fifth Conductors Without Borders in Douala, Cameroon
Published: Jan 31,2024
The Federation of Choral Music of Cameroon organized its fifth session of Conductors Without Borders in Douala, 8-14 January 2024.
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2024 Jan 29
Musica Orbis Prague Festival invites choirs to perform in Prague
Published: Jan 29,2024
Musica Orbis Prague Festival, a festival and competition organizer based in Prague, Czechia, invites all choir from around the world to showcase their talents and perform in Prague, one of Europe's most cultural cities.
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2024 Jan 13 2024 Jan 14
ACDA Children’s & Community Youth Choir Conductors’ Retreat
Published: Jul 28,2023
As we emerge from three years of Covid, we are all in need of healing ourselves as well as finding ways to help our choristers heal. Nashville is at the heart of America’s music. For this retreat, the American Choral Directors Association found a hosting venue that will truly help the participants heal their soul and reconnect them as a community through songs.
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2023 Dec 26
Check your membership fee before renewing: It might be lower this year!
Published: Dec 26,2023
Check also the list of benefits: There might be some new ones!
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2023 Dec 26
CHORAL TIES project (European Choral Association) is launched!
Published: Dec 26,2023
The Choral TIES project, coordinated by the European Choral Association and co-funded by the European Union, kicked off at the beginning of December!
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2023 Dec 26
European Choral Association: Website Accessibility Guidelines
Published: Dec 26,2023
In the framework of the EU-funded project IGNITE, the European Choral Association designed guidelines for website accessibility to empower everyone involved in the web development process with the knowledge and tools necessary to make the first steps towards accessible and inclusive websites.
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2024 Oct 04 2024 Oct 06
International Choral Festival Flanders-Genk, Belgium, 4-6 October 2024
Published: Sep 18,2023
From Friday 04 Oct '24 to Sunday 06 Oct '24, Genk - in the heart of Limburg - will once again host the 17th International Choir Festival Flanders-Genk. On the C-mine site, where the past and the charm of old mine buildings go hand in hand with contemporary art and creativity, more than 1,000 voices will echo for three days!
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2023 Nov 28
IFCM Choral Composition Competition 2023-2024: The Winners are…
Published: Nov 28,2023
In March 2023, IFCM launched its Sixth International Choral Composition Competition to promote new works in choral music and to encourage innovation in choral writing that fits the needs of a 21st-century choir. The criteria emphasized compositions that combine originality, imagination, and creativity within the context of contemporary global themes.
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IFCM International Choral Magazine

Official magazine of the International Federation for Choral Music, the International Choral Magazine is published quarterly in the four official languages of IFCM: English, French, German and Spanish. It is distributed in more than 80 countries on the five continents and is the official voice of choral music around the world.

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Global Choral Calendar

Our focus at the moment is to unite the choral calendars of international choral organisations. Meanwhile please consult the calendar of choral events published by the European Choral Association - Europa Cantat here.

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