IFCM - International Federation for Choral Music

2023 Nov 03

America Cantat through the eyes of Sofía María Torres Valenzuela

Published: Nov 03,2023

Sofía María Torres Valenzuela is one of the YOUNG IFCM committee members. She is from Chile and recently participated in the America Cantat 10 in La Plata (11-15 October 2023)

2023 Nov 02

Carus-Verlag's New Choral Collection on Swiss Choral Music

Published: Nov 02,2023

Swiss up you choir! Mountains, cheese, chocolate – are those the first things that come to mind when you think of Switzerland?

2023 Sep 28

Empowering the Future of Choral Music: The Vision of YOUNG IFCM

Published: Sep 28,2023

Over the past couple of meetings, YOUNG IFCM has passionately deliberated on its role in shaping the future of choral music. After engaging in comprehensive discussions on the subject, we reached a consensus on the missions we aspire to achieve in and beyond our term.

2023 Sep 28

Africa Cantat 2023 Recap Video

Published: Sep 28,2023

It has already been over a month since the celebration of music during the second edition of the Africa Cantat Festival. It was a journey filled with unforgettable musical moments, heartwarming emotions, and the chance to connect with amazing people from all corners of the continent.

2025 May 27 2025 Jun 01

14th European Youth Choir Festival Basel, Switzerland, 27 May-1 June 2025

Published: Jan 08,2024

European platform for highest qualified children’s and youth choirs

2023 Aug 28

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.

2023 Aug 09

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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?

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

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.