The 12th World Symposium on Choral Music (WSCM) will be held in Auckland, New Zealand, July 11-18, 2020. The flagship global choral event of the International Federation for Choral Music (IFCM), this festival/congress is an extraordinary venue for showcasing the most extraordinary choirs of the world.
The WSCM2020 theme, People and the Land – the connection and tensions between people and land, between urban life and the nature world, provides a perfect framework for choirs from all over the world to share their stories, identities, beliefs, and traditions. Take your choir to learn with and from tangata whenua (literally “people of the land”).
The deadline for applications (choirs and presenters) is October 31, 2018.
IFCM International Online Cafes are open to everyone! Recordings are available to IFCM members only. Since the first online meeting in 2023, IFCM has invited prestigious choral leaders, conductors and composers, from all over the world: Maria Guinand (Venezuela), Eric Banks (USA), Michael Ostrzyga (Germany), Tracy Wong (Malaysia/Canada), Luz Helena Peñaranda (Colombia), Joel Magus P. Navarro (Philippines), Ana María Raga (Venezuela), Carmen Acevedo (Puerto Rico), Jurģis Cābulis (Latvia), Lim Ai Hooi (Singap
Read moreOur 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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