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2025 Jun 30 highlighted
IFCM Announces the Dates of the 2026 World Symposium on Choral Music (WSCM) in Macao
Published: Jun 30,2025
IFCM is excited to return to Macao SAR for the WSCM 2026, 23-28 August 2026, 11 years after its first World Choral EXPO was convened in Macao in 2015. It will be wonderful to immerse ourselves once more in the region's amazing and diverse cultures. Macao's omnipresent blend of cultural influences will provide the perfect setting for the WSCM 2026 celebration of exchange and collaboration.
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2025 Jun 30 highlighted
Online Café, 26 July 2025, 2PM CEST: Creating Choral Music: Exploring the Art of Choral Composition
Published: Jun 30,2025
Join us for an inspiring online café Creating Choral Music — Exploring the Art of Choral Composition, where we will explore how composers create music for choirs today. This session will feature three renowned composers each of whom will bring a unique voice and perspective to the conversation.
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2025 Jun 30 highlighted
Meet and Greet Meeting of the YOUNG 2025 and YEMPers
Published: Jun 30,2025
On 28 June 2025, IFCM and the European Choral Association (ECA) organised a 'Meet & Greet and Online Training' event for young managers participating in two training programmes within the Choral TIES project, which is co-funded by the EU's Creative Europe programme.
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2025 Jun 30 highlighted
IFCM Honorary Member Lore Auerbach Awarded
Published: Jun 30,2025
On 19 June 2025, Dr. h.c. Lore Auerbach, Honorary President of the Arbeitskreis Musik in der Jugend (AMJ) and Honorary Member and long-time volunteer of IFCM, received the Hans-Lenz Medal from the Federal Association of German Orchestra Associations (BDO) in recognition of her decades of service to amateur music.
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2025 Jun 30 highlighted
Musica International: A new score was just added to the Musica Database
Published: Jun 30,2025
“Alea” by David Massong, published by Helbling Musikverlag KG, is a contemporary choral work in which singers use dice to randomly shape the music. Each roll creates a new variation, illustrating the game of chance.
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2025 Jun 30 highlighted
The European Choral Association invites you to give your Feedback on the last Choral TIES Webinar
Published: Jun 30,2025
How did you like the Webinar on Conducting Youth and Children’s Choirs on 22 May 2025, with Basilio Astulez, Zimfira Poloz and Ken Wakia? If you missed it, you can watch it here.
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2025 Jun 30 highlighted
New Board of the European Music Council Elected
Published: Jun 30,2025
During their Annual Meeting on 26 June 2025, members of the European Music Council elected a new board for the next two years. Congratulations to EMC on their new board and to IFCM board member Niels Græsholm on being re-elected as treasurer!
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2025 Jun 30 highlighted
Music is Life - Music is Blood - Music is Lifeblood (Ade Bantu) — Insights from the 2025 European Fo
Published: Jun 30,2025
On 11-12 June 2025, over 100 music sector stakeholders came together in Brussels, Belgium, for the 13th edition of the European Forum on Music (EFM) with the theme “Celebrating Musical Diversity”.
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2025 Jun 30 highlighted
From Cappella Romana, Portland, Oregon, USA
Published: Jun 30,2025
For a limited time, the ensemble Cappella Romana, joined by In Medio, invites you to watch their performance of Passion & Resurrection by Ivan Moody, conducted by Alexander Lingas.
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2025 May 30 highlighted
New IFCM Membership Category for Students and Young People under the Age of 25
Published: May 30,2025
The YOUNG IFCM Committee proposed the creation of a new student membership category to the IFCM Committee responsible for membership. The proposal was examined carefully, and an appropriate amount for this new category was discussed and approved by the IFCM board. IFCM hopes that this new fee will increase membership accessibility for the younger generation.
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2025 May 30 highlighted
The 2025 World Youth Choir is heading to Catalonia and France this summer!
Published: May 30,2025
The 2025 World Youth Choir is heading to Catalonia and France this summer! Conducted by Daniel Reuss (The Netherlands), 64 singers from 37 countries will present a programme featuring European composers together with traditional folk repertoire and a world première by a Catalan composer — and World Youth Choir alumna — Anna Campmany Duch.
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2024 Dec 31 highlighted
Call for Choirs to Apply for Conductors Beyond Borders Peer-to-Peer Exchange Programme
Published: Dec 31,2024
The Conductors Beyond Borders Peer-to-Peer Exchange Programme is a component of the Choral TIES project coordinated by the European Choral Association, co-funded by the European Union, and organised in cooperation with IFCM. This programme provides limited financial support in the form of a grant to cover international travel expenses.
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2024 Nov 29 highlighted
IFCM Online Cafés: Tell us what you think
Published: Nov 29,2024
It has been so inspiring to meet many of you this year at the monthly online cafés organised by IFCM.
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2024 Dec 31 highlighted
 World Youth Choir Session 2025: Auditions are over
Published: Dec 31,2024
The World Youth Choir (WYC) 2025 application process officially ended yesterday, and we are thrilled to announce that we received 240 applications from 51 different countries.
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2024 Dec 31 highlighted
Cork International Choral Festival, more options!
Published: Dec 31,2024
Join the Cork International Choral Festival by becoming a Friend or register to the 2025 International Choral Conducting Course at the Cork International Choral Festival.
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2024 Nov 29 highlighted
Watch the Webinar
Published: Nov 29,2024
Watch the Webinar "Creating Choral Music — Talking about the requirements of choral repertoire" which took place on Zoom on 23 November 2024
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2024 Nov 29 highlighted
International Music Council has a new website!
Published: Nov 29,2024
The International Music Council (IMC) is pleased to announce the launch of a new website. With this new website, IMC hopes to offer a more dynamic and fresher image of the organisation, its values, its activities, and its community.
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2024 Nov 29 highlighted
Berkshire Choral International (BCI) opens 2025 Apprentice applications
Published: Nov 29,2024
Applications are open for Berkshire Choral International’s two free educational programs for undergraduate and graduate level music students.
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2024 Oct 31 highlighted
News from Carus Verlag: Carus Digital Vocal Scores
Published: Oct 31,2024
In response to increasing demand, Carus Verlag is now offering their vocal scores in digital form.
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2024 Sep 30 highlighted
Federació Catalana d’Entitats Corals: Catalunya Prizes for Choral Compositions 2025
Published: Sep 30,2024
The 10th International Prizes “Catalunya” for Choral Composition of the Federació Catalana d’Entitats Corals (FCEC) is open until 31 January 2025. Composers can enter compositions based on Catalan texts and harmonizations of traditional Catalan songs in two categories: mixed voices and equal voices.
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IFCM International Online cafe

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

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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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