IFCM - International Federation for Choral Music

2024 Jul 15 2024 Jul 19 highlighted

Exclusive opportunity to discover China and sing in Beijing

Published: Nov 22,2023

The 17th China International Chorus Festival is scheduled to be held in Beijing from 15 to 19 July 2024. During these five days, the festival will feature a wide range of choral activities, including opening and closing ceremonies, choral forums, choir evaluation, high-level concerts featuring both Chinese and international choirs, master classes (workshops), and public welfare activities. These vibrant choral events aim to provide the best platform for global choir enthusiasts to exchange skills and exhibit talents.

2024 Apr 13 2024 Apr 18 highlighted

Sing & Travel to Prague - Musica Sancta Choir Tours

Published: Feb 14,2024

Worldwide amateur and professional classical choirs, singing groups, individual classical singers (amateur or professional) are welcome to join our unique European tours to perform together sacred masterpieces in the musical capitals of Europe. Unleash the power of your voice and be a part of something extraordinary. The tour includes singing the Fauré Requiem at the magnificent St. Thomas Church as well as private singing lessons, recording sessions and solo performances.

2024 Jul 14 2024 Jul 20 highlighted

Asia Pacific Youth Choir (APYC) 2024

Published: Oct 19,2023

The next session of the Asia Pacific Youth Choir will be held in Daegu, South Korea, from July 14 to 20, 2024.

2024 Oct 18 2024 Oct 20 highlighted

3rd Fosco Corti International Competition for choral conductors, Turin, Italy, 18-20 October 2024

Published: Mar 06,2024

The city of Turin will host the third edition of this important competition for choral conductors which is open to participants from all over the world. The competition is a project presented by Feniarco, Conservatorio G. Verdi of Torino, and Associazione Cori Piemontesi under the label of European Choral Association.

2025 Mar 18 2025 Mar 25 highlighted

American Choral Directors Association announces its 2025 convention

Published: Jan 31,2024

Dallas, Texas, will be the host city of the 2025 National Convention of the American Choral Directors Association:Celebrating the Choral Art: Past-Present-Future (18-22 March 2025).

2024 Apr 25 2024 Apr 26

Symposium for Research in Choral Singing, 25-26 April 2024, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Published: Jul 28,2023

ACDA is pleased to announce the fourth International Symposium on Research in Choral Singing, a forum for the dissemination of research and scholarly activity.

2024 Apr 26 2024 Apr 29

72nd European Music Festival for Young People (EMJ) 2024, Neerpelt, Belgium

Published: Sep 14,2023

From April 26-29, 2024, about 100 children and youth choirs, with 4.000 youngsters up to the age of 28 from all over the world, will participate in the 72nd European Music Festival for Young People.

2024 Apr 29 2024 May 02

Cork International Choral Festival, Ireland, 29 April - 2 May 2024

Published: Aug 28,2023

Founded in 1954, the Cork International Choral Festival is one of Europe’s premier international choral festivals. Overall, the Festival attracts some 5,000 participants and 50,000 people who bring Cork to life with song over the five days.

2024 Apr 04 2024 Apr 08

Misatango Choir Festival Berlin

Published: Apr 04,2023

Under the baton of Maestro Saul Zaks, with composer Martín Palmeri at the piano and international soloists, participating choirs will jointly rehearse and perform the famous “Misa a Buenos Aires”, a contemporary roman mass in an authentic Argentinean tango style, as well as the world premiere of a new piece by Martín Palmeri in the fantastic modern venue of the Berlin Philharmonie.

2024 Mar 21 2024 Mar 24

17th Fukushima Vocal Ensemble Competition 2024 co-organized by Japan Choral Association

Published: Aug 11,2023

The Fukushima Vocal Ensemble Competition, 21-24 March 2024, co-organized with JCA, is calling for participating groups

2024 Jun 01 2024 Jun 02

Namur en Choeurs, Namur, Belgium, 1-2 June 2024

Published: Feb 21,2024

Organized by the Choral Federation Wallonia-Brussels - A Coeur Joie Belgium, Namur en Choeurs will make the city of Namur sing for a whole weekend with 100 concerts throughout the city center.

2024 Mar 16 2024 Mar 16

Webinaire: le mode pentatonique dans le patrimoine choral africain — Webinar on African choral music

Published: Mar 05,2024

La CAMC-Confédération Africaine de Musique Chorale et Africa Cantat Festival ont le plaisir d'inviter les acteurs et structures chorales africaines ainsi que les partenaires internationaux, nationaux et locaux à un panel en ligne sur la musique chorale africaine. Ce webinaire offre une belle opportunité de croiser les regards de spécialistes africains, à partir de cas pratiques, sur le mode pentatonique si caractéristique de la musique africaine authentique, dans une large mesure, et son utilisation dans la musique chorale africaine. The African Confederation for Choral Music and Africa Cantat Festival are pleased to invite African choral actors and structures, as well as international, national and local partners, to an online panel on African choral music. This webinar offers a great opportunity to explore the views of African specialists, based on practical cases, on the pentatonic mode so characteristic of authentic African music, to a large extent, and its use in African choral music.

2024 Jul 02 2024 Jul 04

Florence FUN & Music Festival (FUN), 2-4 July 2024

Published: Sep 28,2023

Make your music resonate in the marvelous venues in the most beautiful stage of the Renaissance, the city of Florence.

2024 Jul 05 2024 Jul 10

Summa Cum Laude International Youth Music Festival, Vienna, Austria, 5-10 July 2024

Published: Nov 14,2023

The Summa Cum Laude Festival Vienna is a global youth music festival for choirs, bands and orchestras. It takes place in Vienna’s most important and most beautiful concert venues

2024 Jul 12 2024 Jul 21

14th International Youth Chamber Choir Meeting in Usedom, Germany: Apply now!

Published: Nov 08,2023

14th International Youth Chamber Choir Meeting in Usedom, Germany, 12-21 July 2024: Apply before 15 December 2023

2024 Jul 18 2024 Jul 21

Miltenberg International Choir Competition, Bavaria, Germany

Published: Aug 07,2023

The International Choir Competition Miltenberg announces that the next competition will take place 18-21 July 2024 in the district of Miltenberg, Bavaria, Germany

2024 Jul 23 2024 Jul 26

Florence International Choir & Orchestra Festival (FICF), 23-26 July 2024

Published: Sep 28,2023

The unique and the original Florence Choir Festival, also open to orchestras and bands, takes place in the wonderful city of Florence, Italy.

2024 Jan 13 2024 Jan 14

ACDA Children’s & Community Youth Choir Conductors’ Retreat

Published: Jul 28,2023

As we emerge from three years of Covid, we are all in need of healing ourselves as well as finding ways to help our choristers heal. Nashville is at the heart of America’s music. For this retreat, the American Choral Directors Association found a hosting venue that will truly help the participants heal their soul and reconnect them as a community through songs.

2023 Nov 19 2023 Nov 24

FICFE International Festival of Female Choirs in Latin America, 19-24 Nov 2023, Tlaquepaque, Mexico

Published: Jun 29,2023

FICFE’s International Festival of Female Choirs in Latin America (festival Internacional de Coros Femeninosen Latinoamérica) evolves from the interest in music originally composed for female voices and the need to make their presence visible in the artistic and Latin American cultural field.

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!