In the same week that the New Zealand Choral Federation (NZCF) and IFCM announced the cancellation of WSCM2020 (11-18 July 2020 in Auckland, NZ), NZCF also cancelled its major secondary schools choral festival, The Big Sing.
Each year, close to 10,000 young people from over 250 schools take part in The Big Sing regional festivals nationwide which culminate in The Big Sing Finale. As so many choral communities have done around the world, NZCF launched a virtual choir project for the students to work on during the country’s lockdown. Singing from their individual bubbles up and down the country, 180 secondary students joined their voices, and bubbles, to create extraordinary ‘singing bubbles’ floating over the islands.
For 2020, The Big Sing became The Virtual Sing in the performance of an energetic waiata, A te terakihi (The Cicada).
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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