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2023 Aug 28 highlighted
Jury Members of the International Choral Composition Competition 2023/2024
Published: Aug 28,2023
IFCM has launched its Sixth International Choral Composition Competition 2023/2024 to promote new works in choral music and to encourage innovation in choral writing that fits the needs of a 21st-century choir. We are looking for compositions that combine originality, imagination, and creativity within the context of contemporary global themes.
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2023 Aug 28 highlighted
IFCM Welcomes to new member in the category "National Organisation": ADICORA
Published: Aug 28,2023
ADICORA, the Association of Choir Conductors of the Argentine Republic. The Association of Choir Conductors of the Argentine Republic (ADICORA) was founded in 2003 and is composed of directors from across the country. It is organized into branches and delegations located in the Argentine provinces, with a federal and democratic vision built upon commitment, respect, and professionalism.
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2023 Aug 28 highlighted
What's in the next International Choral Magazine (October 2023)
Published: Aug 28,2023
What’s going on in the international choral world? Big festivals are in a time of change. Some are discussing the future and others are enjoying their current success, e.g., Africa Cantat in Yaoundé, Cameroon. Composer birthdays are always great programming considerations, and in 2023 we are celebrating Györgi Ligeti’s 100th birthday.
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2023 Aug 28 highlighted
Musica International: Let's Get Emotional!
Published: Aug 28,2023
During the World Symposium on Choral Music 2023 in İstanbul, Jean Sturm, Executive Director of Musica International (www.musicanet.org), presented "Building a concert program using online choral resources: the Musica project". Interesting questions came up, such as "Can I search for sad pieces in Musica?" On Facebook, a choir conductor was looking for “a piece that would convey anxiety/worries”. Another conductor needed a happy song to end a middle-school choir concert.
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2023 Aug 28 highlighted
Still time to renew your IFCM membership
Published: Aug 28,2023
Whether you have already renewed your IFCM membership this year or haven’t done it yet, you are invited to (re)discover the benefits of what your membership offers. You will find the complete list of benefits and advantages here. The list has been updated recently, so you might find much more value than expected for your IFCM membership.
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2023 Aug 11 highlighted
Registration is open for the Membership Weekend 2023 of the European Choral Association
Published: Aug 11,2023
For two days, ECA members will have a unique chance to interact, learn, sing and meet with each other while contributing to the future of the association, in Vilnius, Lithuania, 17-19 November 2023
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2023 Aug 09 highlighted
First Meeting of YOUNG IFCM
Published: Aug 09,2023
The first online meeting of the YOUNG IFCM Youth Committee was an exciting and productive gathering of young choral music enthusiasts and professionals. The meeting took place on August 7, 2023, in an online format to accommodate the global nature of the committee members and ensure everyone's participation. The primary objectives of the meeting were to introduce the committee members to each other, discuss the committee's mission and goals, and outline the plan for upcoming projects and activities. The committee discussed and clarified their shared mission and goals, focusing on empowering and engaging youth in choral music activities and advocating for their inclusion and representation. The members collaboratively brainstormed and discussed potential projects and activities to be undertaken by the committee, and to ensure effective implementation of the projects, the members will allocate roles and responsibilities based on their interests, strengths, and expertise on the next meeting.
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2023 Aug 09 highlighted
Volunteer for Conductors Without Borders
Published: Aug 09,2023
Conductors Without Borders is a core project of IFCM that aims to build bridges between choral communities around the world by providing access to quality choral music instruction to those who may not have easy access to it. As a volunteer choral teacher, you will help realize this goal by sharing your knowledge, skills, and experience in choral music and conducting.
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2023 May 30 highlighted
IFCM Choral Composition Competition 2023/2024
Published: Mar 28,2023
IFCM has organized five international choral composition competitions since this project was created in 2010. The aim of these competitions is to promote the creation and distribution of new, innovative, and accessible choral repertoire. IFCM announces its sixth International Competition for Choral Composition to promote new works in choral music and to encourage innovation in choral writing which fits the needs of a 21st-century choir. We are looking for compositions that combine originality, imagination, and creativity within the context of contemporary global themes.
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2023 Jul 28
YOUNG IFCM
Published: Jul 28,2023
The idea of creating an IFCM Youth Committee came after a successful program for young choral and cultural managers at the World Choral EXPO in 2022. Noticing the interest of these young participants for IFCM and recognizing the benefits that IFCM could gain from their feedback and vision, the IFCM Board of Directors decided to establish a YOUNG IFCM - youth committee.
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2023 Jul 28
Asia Pacific Youth Choir 2023 in Penang, Malaysia
Published: Jul 28,2023
The Asia Pacific Youth Choir session was held on from 16 to 23 July, 2023, in Penang Island, Malaysia, under the direction of Tracy Wong and Chi Hoe Mak. 31 young talented singers from China (2), Hong Kong SAR (1), Indonesia (11), Japan (3), Malaysia (9), The Philippines (1), Thailand (1), and Taiwan (3) joined together to sing, accompanying by a percussionist (former singer of APYC) from Singapore.
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2023 Jul 28
The European Choral Association presents its brochure of 2024 choral events
Published: Jul 28,2023
The 2024 ECA brochure is packed with carefully selected choral activities and events organized next year by ECA itself or under its label. All these events are open to choirs and singers, vocal leaders/conductors, creators/composers, educators/teachers, and any choral lovers from Europe and beyond.
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2023 Jul 28
Training Leading Voices — Your source for resources
Published: Jul 28,2023
Training Leading Voices, a project in partnership with the European Choral Association, came to an end last month! The project developed interventions for the professionalization of vocal and choral leaders in Europe and the internationalization of their careers.
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2023 Jul 13
Celebrating Oxford University Press Music's Anniversary with a.... Song for All
Published: Jul 13,2023
Bringing the world together with a free song by one of the top choral composers, Bob Chilcott, this is what the Oxford University Press (OUP) offers for their 100th Anniversary.
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2023 Jun 29
World Youth Choir Session, 3-12 June 2023, Croatia, Slovenia, and Hungary
Published: Jun 29,2023
The 2023 World Youth Choir Alumni Session has just come to an end, and we cannot begin to express how inspiring it was to witness 43 talented singers from 26 nationalities join their voices to make music together.
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2023 Jun 29
Musica International Celebrates Anniversaries
Published: Jun 29,2023
Musica International (www.musicanet.org), a multimedia collaborative database of the world’s choral repertoire, publishes a comprehensive list of all composers cited in Musica having a jubilee (100, 150, 200, 250 years, etc.) anniversary during the current year and the following three years. This represents hundreds of composers for each of these years.
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2023 Jun 29
The European Music Council Elected a New Board, IFCM Is Well Represented
Published: Jun 29,2023
Within the frame of their annual meeting on 10 June 2023, the members of the European Music Council elected a new board for the next two years.
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2023 Jun 29
July News of the European Choral Association
Published: Jun 29,2023
The European Choral Association welcomes to two new members from Bulgaria and Spain 60th anniversary celebration at the opening concert of the Bonner Schumannfest Europa Cantat Junior 2023 will kick off on July 5 in Ghent, Belgium
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2023 Jun 29
News from Carus Verlag
Published: Jun 29,2023
Bruckner’s 200th anniversary in 2024 presents a wonderful opportunity to focus on the choral works of a composer highly revered for his Masses, symphonies, and his Te Deum.
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2023 Jun 21
Junges Vokalensemble Hannover Germany on New Zealand & Australia Tour this July and August
Published: Jun 21,2023
The mixed choir Junges Vokalensemble Hannover (JVH) performs choral music from all over the world. Down Under, the choir will focus on compositions by German composers e.g. Bach, Brahms, Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Rheinberger, and by the contemporary Australian composer Luke Byrne. In Germany Byrne has worked two times with JVH, furthermore, in 2023, he has written the commissioned work RAINFOREST for the choir. Concerts will be given in Rotorua, Auckland, Adelaide, Sydney, and Cairns. JVH will be conducted by Klaus-Jürgen Etzold.
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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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