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2023 Jun 20
IFCM Working Committees 2023-2026
Published: Jun 20,2023
IFCM Board restructures its committees in order to better serve the choral community. During their third meeting on 25 May 2023, newly-elected Board members worked positively and actively to confirm the new structure of the working committees responsible for managing the various matters of IFCM.
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2023 Jun 20
The IFCM Board elected a new Editorial Board for the International Choral Magazine (ICM)
Published: Jun 20,2023
The call for the 2023-2026 Editorial Board of the International Choral Magazine was launched in early April 2023. IFCM received 24 applications from 19 countries around the world. The IFCM Board selected eight applicants according to the specifications in the call and the regions they represent. Congratulations and welcome to the new Editorial Board.
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2023 May 31
A Coeur Joie International: First Composition Competition Chanter en Français
Published: May 31,2023
A Coeur Joie International (ACJI) is organizing its first composition competition for mixed voices based on French texts – Chanter en français. Open to composers from all over the world without any restrictions, the competition offers 3,000 euros in prizes.
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2023 May 30
Looking Back on the World Symposium on Choral Music 2023
Published: May 31,2023
Message from the Director of the World Symposium on Choral Music 2023, Istanbul, Türkiye, 25-30 April 2023.
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2023 May 30
Musica International: Let's Meet Again and Talk Repertoire!
Published: May 31,2023
How lovely it was to meet friends and make new acquaintances at the World Symposium on Choral Music 2023 inİstanbul in April! Musica International (www.musicanet.org), a multimedia collaborative database of the world’s choral repertoire, invites you to meet again, this time in Strasbourg, France, from 23-28 October 2023 at a Musica Workshop.
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2023 May 04
IFCM General Assembly and Elections 2023: update
Published: May 04,2023
The International Federation for Choral Music (IFCM) held its General Assembly on 25 April 2023. Prior to the General Assembly, the Election of the new Board of Directors was fully organized online (1 March – 1 April 2023). We can proudly say that this event has a historical significance in our association since this was the first time ALL INDIVIDUALS had the opportunity to vote individually thanks to a change of in the Bylaws voted at the General Assembly in Lisbon in September 2022.
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2023 May 02
WSCM 2023, Message from Chair of the ArtCom, Jan Schumacher, and AdminCom, Ki Adams
Published: May 02,2023
The 2023 World Symposium on Choral Music – Changing Horizons has just concluded in İstanbul, Türkiye! With support from the Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Culture and Tourism and IFCM, we were able to organize a truly international celebration of collective singing.
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2023 Apr 20
May 2023 Update from Musica International
Published: Apr 20,2023
Have you considered organizing a concert around the theme of the Four Elements (air, water, fire, earth)? Musica International database (www.musicanet.org or https://www.ifcm.net/service/access-to-musica-international-database for IFCM members) is an ideal resource for building a concert program around a given theme, particularly because the database is developed as a collaborative project in which all choral musicians are invited to participate. As Musica International is a structured database, conductors can obtain specific, targeted responses by combining multiple and different search criteria.
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2023 Apr 10
Obituary: Royce Saltzman, IFCM Honorary Member and Past President
Published: Apr 10,2023
IFCM is deeply saddened about the passing of our dear friend and Honorary Member, Royce Saltzman, in Eugene, Oregon, USA, on April 3, 2023, in his 95th year.
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2023 Mar 28
Obituary: Ricardo Denegri
Published: Mar 28,2023
IFCM is deeply saddened about the passing of our long-time friend Ricardo Denegri in La Plata, Argentina, on 4 March 2023, at the age of 78. Thirty years ago, Ricardo founded the Sociedad de los Encuentros Corales and, together with his friend and colleague Oscar Escalada, created the Argentine Association for Choral Music (AAMCANT) and the Festival America Cantat.
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2023 Feb 27
Musica International: Manage your holdings directly in Musica International database
Published: Feb 27,2023
Do you have an extensive collection of choral scores? Do you manage easily to find your way around the collection? Do you have sufficient information on each piece in your current catalogue?
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2023 Feb 27
The American Choral Directors Association is happy to announce its Regional Conferences 2024
Published: Feb 27,2023
The American Choral Directors Association is happy to announce its Regional Conferences 2024
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2022 Dec 30
Musica International: Are you a composer or an arranger of choral music?
Published: Dec 30,2022
Are you a composer or an arranger of choral music? If so, are you referenced in Musica International choral database?
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2022 Nov 30
Volunteer to Translate the International Choral Magazine's articles
Published: Nov 30,2022
The IFCM International Choral Magazine (ICM) is still looking for volunteer translators
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2022 Nov 30
ECA: publication of the Annual Report and Noël Minet Scholarship for 2023
Published: Nov 30,2022
News from the European Choral Association: publication of the Annual Report and Noël Minet Scholarship for 2023
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2022 Feb 28
Musica International: Programming Female Composers' Pieces
Published: Feb 28,2022
In conversations with choral leaders and in writings about the activities of choirs worldwide, it is apparent that the topic of diversity in choral repertoire planning is a special interest and focus. Evidence of the importance of this heightened interest in diversity is an increased Inclusion of works by female composers in concert programs. It is not surprising that there is a myriad of extraordinary pieces written by women, for all choral settings and for any type of concert theme. These compositions are simply not known widely.
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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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