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2025 Mar 20 2025 Mar 23 highlighted
18th Fukushima Vocal Ensemble Competition 2025 co-organized by Japan Choral Association
Published: Aug 14,2024
The Fukushima Vocal Ensemble Competition (20-23 March 2025, Fukushima City, Japan)), co-organized with the Japan Choral Association, is calling for groups to participate.
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2024 Apr 26 highlighted
2025 ACDA National Convention, Dallas, Texas, USA, 18-22 March 2025
Published: Apr 26,2024
The 2025 ACDA National Conference will highlight the United States of America’s rich choral heritage, celebrate the music and expertise of our present-day choral colleagues, and look with excitement to the next generation.
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2024 Feb 21 highlighted
Launch of the SWAN project — Singing with Additional Needs
Published: Feb 21,2024
Together with the project coordinator Norsk Sangerforum and the other project partners, the European Choral association is delighted to announce the start of the EU-funded project SWAN.
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2025 Jul 06 2025 Jul 10 highlighted
Leading Voices 2025, 6-10 July 2025, Tallinn, Estonia
Published: Jun 17,2024
From 6-10 July 2025, Tallinn will host Leading Voices 2025, an event of the European Choral Association organised in cooperation with the Estonian Choral Association and the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre.
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2025 Jul 07 2025 Jul 13 highlighted
Federació Catalana d'Entitats Corals (FCEC) announces its 60th International Choral Music Festival
Published: Jul 31,2024
FCEC’s International Choral Music Festival (7-13 July 2025) offers an international singing week: six days of workshops and concerts in the heart of Barcelona surrounded by music and cultures from around the world.
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2025 Jul 12 2025 Jul 18 highlighted
European Choral Association International Singing Week Ghent
Published: Aug 31,2024
The International Singing Week Ghent will take place in the heart of the beautiful historical city of Ghent, 12-18 July 2025
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2025 Jul 16 2025 Jul 20 highlighted
45th International Congress PUERI CANTORES, Munich, Germany, 16-20 July 2025
Published: Jun 27,2024
In July 2025, approximately 4,500 young singers from all over the world are invited to Munich to pray, celebrate, and sing for peace together. The third largest city in Germany offers a multitude of churches, a beautiful old town, and numerous tourist attractions.
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2025 Jul 17 2025 Jul 20 highlighted
Montana International Choral Festival, Missoula, USA, 17-20 July 2025
Published: Aug 31,2024
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2025 Jul 29 2025 Aug 02 highlighted
The Bandung Choral Society Announces its 14th Bali International Choir Festival (BICF)
Published: Jul 25,2024
The 14th Bali International Choir Festival, 29 July-2 August 2025 provides a range of services and resources for choirs and solo singers, including clinics and workshops, evaluation performances, friendship concerts, and competitions in several categories.
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2025 Sep 03 2025 Sep 07 highlighted
EUROTREFF 2025, Wolfenbüttel, Germany, 3-7 September 2025
Published: Sep 30,2024
Announcing the 21st EUROTREFF to be held 3-7 September 2025 in Wolfenbüttel, Germany. Over 500 young choristers of choirs from all over Europe will come together to create lasting memories through music. The official motto is for this year is “Together”.
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2023 Sep 28 highlighted
Musica International, a goldmine of choral repertoire with unrestricted access for the IFCM members
Published: Sep 28,2023
Musica International is a multilingual collaborative database of choral repertoire which references comprehensively more than 200,000 choral titles and of which IFCM is a founding member. The IFCM members globally get unrestricted privileged access to the Musica database through the website www.ifcm.net. But what does it mean?
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2024 Oct 04 2024 Oct 06
International Choral Festival Flanders-Genk, Belgium, 4-6 October 2024
Published: Sep 18,2023
From Friday 04 Oct '24 to Sunday 06 Oct '24, Genk - in the heart of Limburg - will once again host the 17th International Choir Festival Flanders-Genk. On the C-mine site, where the past and the charm of old mine buildings go hand in hand with contemporary art and creativity, more than 1,000 voices will echo for three days!
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2024 Aug 31
American Choral Directors Association: Shout-out to Soul Children of Chicago
Published: Aug 31,2024
The American Choral Directors Association gave a Facebook shout-out to the Grammy Award-winning youth gospel choir Soul Children of Chicago and conductor Walt Whitman for their performance of a stirring gospel rendition of the U.S. National Anthem at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, which received a standing ovation.
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2024 Aug 31
New! YOUNG IFCM podcasts
Published: Aug 31,2024
Unison is a new podcast series dedicated to celebrating choral music and showcasing the diverse experiences, insights, and talents of choral musicians internationally.
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2024 Aug 31
IFCM Online Cafés, the new season
Published: Aug 31,2024
We’re back online! The upcoming season of IFCM Online Cafés will begin on 21 October 2024 with a Café addressing the subject of concert design.
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2024 Aug 31
IFCM welcomes a new member: Montana International Choral Festival
Published: Aug 31,2024
The Montana International Choral Festival celebrates its 38th year as the United States premier non-competitive choral festival on 17-20 July 2025
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2024 Aug 24 2024 Sep 05
World Youth Choir Concert Tour 2024: Secure your Tickets
Published: Apr 26,2024
As part of the World Youth Choir 2024 concert tour, the choir will join the National Youth Orchestra of Germany —Bundesjugendorchester — for a program featuring Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 and a commissioned work by Tan Dun entitled Nine - Ode to Compassion.
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2024 Jul 31
China International Chorus Festival, Beijing, China
Published: Jul 31,2024
The 17th China International Choral Festival (CICF) was held in Beijing, China, 15-19 July 2024. IFCM President, Emily Kuo Vong, attended the opening and closing concerts, award ceremony, and other events. CICF is one of the biggest festivals in the world, with 306 choirs and over 15,000 singers from 31 countries around the globe.
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2024 Jul 31
World Youth Choir Alumni Session at HarbourVOICES! International Festival of Collective Singing Trad
Published: Jul 31,2024
The World Youth Choir is back home after an incredible Alumni Session 2024 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, hosted by HarbourVOICES! International Festival of Collective Singing Traditions.
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2024 Jul 31
Qiandongnan International Folk Song Festival and World Voices Conference, 20-24 July 2024
Published: Jul 31,2024
The 2024 Qiandongnan International Folk Song Festival and World Voices Conference opened in Zhaoxing Dong Village on 21 July 2024. Situated in the Guizhou Province, Zhaoxing is one of the largest Dong minority villages in China.
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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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