IFCM - International Federation for Choral Music

2024 Mar 29 highlighted

Update on the International Choral Magazine

Published: Mar 29,2024

New development on the publication of the International Choral Magazine created more than 40 years ago.

2024 Mar 25 highlighted

IFCM Members Online Café: IFCM on the Discovery of New Repertoire — Part 2, 28 Apr 2024

Published: Mar 25,2024

Are you searching for new pieces for your choir to perform? Do you want to stay up-to-date with the latest trends in choral music?

2024 Feb 21 highlighted

Co-host a Youth International Management Program with IFCM

Published: Feb 21,2024

If your association is a member of IFCM and is organizing an event this year for which you could use some support, the 2024 Youth International Management Program (YOUNG) may be of interest.

2023 Nov 22 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 16 highlighted

Berkshire Choral International Announces New Artistic Leadership Team

Published: Apr 16,2024

Berkshire Choral International (BCI) has appointed its new artistic leadership team: Dr. Anthony Trecek-King will step into the new role of Artistic Director, providing leadership to the organization for strategic direction and long-term artistic vision. Dr. Sean Taylor will be expanding his role at BCI, taking on the Director of Music position, having served as a frequent BCI faculty member over the past decade. Berkshire Choral International expands the horizons of singers through participation in exhilarating performances, enriching travel and cultural exploration, lifelong music education, and connection to an inspiring community of choral artists.

2024 Mar 25 highlighted

Recommendations for fair remuneration at international choral events

Published: Mar 25,2024

The European Choral Association is a member of the European and International Music Councils (EMC and IMC, respectively) and subscribes to the Five Music Rights developed by IMC. The fifth right is the right for all musical artists “to obtain just recognition and fair remuneration for their work”. In the past, this right has often not been fully respected in the choral sector.

2024 Mar 25 highlighted

American Choral Directors Association Career Center

Published: Mar 25,2024

The American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) presents the ACDA Career Center, which offers resources for finding the perfect job and advancing one's career within the USA.

2024 Mar 22 highlighted

The European Forum on Music 2024 Call for Session Proposals

Published: Mar 22,2024

The European Forum on Music (EFM) is back with its 12th edition 'Equity in Music' and we can’t wait to welcome you in Sofia, Bulgaria from 5 to 7 June 2024.

2024 Mar 15 highlighted

Two IFCM Vice-Presidents meet the newly created Turkish Youth Choir

Published: Mar 15,2024

The Turkish Youth Choir held its first rehearsal 1-3 March 2024, at the Historical Hall of the Presidential Symphony Orchestra in Ankara, Türkiye. The choir enjoyed a pleasant visit by two IFCM Vice-Presidents, Jan Schumacher (Germany) and Burak Onur Erdem (Türkiye).

2024 Feb 28 highlighted

Engage with Canada's choral and group singing arts sector and community

Published: Feb 28,2024

PODIUM 2024 planning is well underway and we are searching for sponsors and advertisers for this exciting national event happening in Montreal from May 16 to 19, 2024. There are many opportunities to engage with our conference delegates and festival audience members both in-person and virtually, including sponsorship and advertising.

2024 Feb 21 highlighted

IFCM welcomes a new member in the category “Business”: Musica Sancta Choir Tours, Berlin, Germany

Published: Feb 21,2024

Musica Sancta Choir Tours welcomes worldwide amateur and professional classical choirs, singing groups, individual classical singers (amateur or professional) to join their European tours to perform together sacred masterpieces in the musical capitals of Europe.

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.

2024 Feb 21 highlighted

2024 Asia Pacific Youth Choir, Daegu, South Korea, 14 — 20 July 2024

Published: Feb 21,2024

The members of the Asia Pacific Youth Choir Artistic Committee are pleased to announce that they received 87 applicants for the 2024 Asia Pacific Youth Choir Audition and have selected 30 singers from 11 countries/regions.

2024 Feb 21 highlighted

American Choral Directors Association supports HerVoice Emerging Women’s Composer Competition

Published: Feb 21,2024

ACDA is proud to support Chicago a cappella, in partnership with the Vancouver Youth Choir and the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, for HerVoice, a competition and mentorship program for emerging women composers.

2024 Feb 21 highlighted

News from Cappella Romana, Portland, Oregon, USA

Published: Feb 21,2024

African American composers, poets, and hymnographers join musicians from multiple traditions for events exploring the intersections between African American and Orthodox sacred music.

2024 Feb 21 highlighted

One of the most fascinating fragments in the history of music

Published: Feb 21,2024

The remnants of Mozart's Requiem serve to inspire! Since the composer's death in 1791, many attempts have been made to complete this great work of music history. The British composer and choral conductor Howard Arman has now published his own new complete version at Carus-Verlag, offering a fresh perspective on Mozart's masterpiece.

2024 Jan 31 highlighted

IFCM Online Café: Plan a Choral Year with IFCM, Recording Available to IFCM Members

Published: Jan 31,2024

Moderated by Pelin Küçükerdoğan, Member of IFCM YOUNG from Türkiye, this session welcomed ten association members of IFCM to present choral activities in their region.

2024 Jan 31 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).

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?

2024 Mar 28

IFCM is happy to welcome a new organization member : Philippine Choral Directors Association (PCDA)

Published: Mar 25,2024

The Philippine Choral Directors Association (PCDA), a national organization established by choral artists for choral artists, presents masterclasses, workshops, conventions, forums, clinics, and festivals nationwide as it aspires to develop a thriving and vibrant Filipino choral culture.