International Federation for Choral Music

Saturday, 9 November 2024, online, 4pm CET

This IFCM Online Café is open to all. It will focus on the art of choral composition. Three well-known Latin American composers will share their ideas on how to create choral music for ensembles today, using their own compositions as illustrations.

To explore this theme, IFCM invited these three composers from Latin America:

• César Alejandro Carrillo (Venezuela). Venezuelan composer, arranger, and choral conductor, César has performed in Europe, Asia, and America. He has received many awards for his work as a composer and has also been a jury member, workshop leader, and speaker at various local and international venues. He wrote the book Música Sacra - Guía de textos latinos traducidos al español. He conducted the Orfeón Universitario of the Central University of Venezuela from 1992 to 2012 and is currently the conductor of Cantarte and the founder and arranger of Bolanegra.
• Julio César Morales Pineda (Mexico). Julio is currently a choral director in the Community Choir Program of the Veracruz Institute of Culture and director/arranger of Vox A Cappella Band, a vocal group with many tours abroad. A tenor, he performs with Exigence, a professional ensemble with singers from various nationalities and Los Bordershop Quartet, the first bi-national barbershop group. His music has been premiered and awarded in many countries.
• Mónica Pacheco (Argentina). Mónica founded the Children's Choir of the Municipality of Mza (1985) and the Choir of AMICANA (1986), which she still conducts. In 2007, she started ARTE VOCAL Experimental Group of Cámara, an ensemble which mixes art forms in unusual places. In addition to conducting the Mendoza Philharmonic and researching interdisciplinary vocal performance, Mónica teaches research methodology, Latin American music of the 20th and 21st centuries, and processual writings. 

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