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2020 Nov 30 highlighted

European Choral Association — Europa Cantat: Brochure 2021

Published: Nov 30,2020

Hopeful and joyful, the European Choral Association - Europa Cantat released its Brochure of Choral Activities 2021, a selection of choral events open to singers, conductors, composers, and all choral lovers around Europe and beyond. In this brochure, you will find a careful selection of international activities organized, co-organised, or promoted by ECA-EC. Members of the association benefit from reduced prices in most events, which is yet another reason to join the biggest European choral network.

2020 Oct 29 highlighted

News from the World Symposium on Choral Music in Doha, Qatar

Published: Oct 29,2020

The Qatar choral team developing an Arabic transliteration system for non-Arab choral singers seeks additional collaborators. The Qatar Concert Choir is developing a system for adapting IPA Arabic (standardized and dialect) to vocal music, with the goal of making Arabic pronunciation more accurate and accessible to non-Arabic speaking singers. They are currently collaborating with a number of choral leaders and linguists in the region but are seeking to connect with others who have experience in this area and would like to contribute to the project.

2020 Oct 29 highlighted

News from Choral Canada

Published: Oct 29,2020

Choral Canada is proud to share two videos from its first ever National Youth Virtual Choir of Canada project, conducted by Dr. Jean-Sébastien Vallée and Apprentice Conductor Thomas Burton.

2020 Aug 31 highlighted

World Youth Choir Videos

Published: Aug 31,2020

The World Youth Choir (WYC) continues to update its video collection of WYC performances throughout the past two decades. In addition to the videos on the WYC website, more WYC performances can be accessed on the WYC YouTube channel.

2020 May 28 highlighted

IFCM At Home, Interesting Choral Contents in the Time of Social Distancing

Published: May 28,2020

The world is going through very difficult and strange times. Among numerous other challenging consequences of this pandemic, choral enthusiasts around the globe are not allowed to maintain normal choral activities, rehearsals, and performances. We believe that it is more important than ever to stay strong and stick together, even if the challenges of moving forward are more difficult than before. Thanks to modern online technologies, we are not completely lost. Our community is discovering that there are many ways to keep ourselves connected to each other and our audiences.

2020 Mar 26 highlighted

Call for articles in the International Choral Bulletin (ICB)

Published: Aug 30,2019

Would you like to be published in an international choral journal distributed to thousands of IFCM members and associates around the world? Send us your article!

2020 Mar 26 highlighted

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Published: Mar 26,2020

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2021 Jan 29

World Choral Day 2020: Short Report

Published: Jan 29,2021

Total World Choral Day 2020 registrations: 147 — Traditional concerts: 28 — Virtual concerts: 34 — Virtual choir videos: 29 — Edited videos from previous performances: 56

2020 Dec 28

IFCM President, Emily Kuo Vong, and Board and Staff Members wish you a Happy New Year!

Published: Dec 28,2020

Best wishes from IFCM President, Emily Kuo Vong, Board and Staff Members for a better and brighter year 2021!

2020 Dec 05

IFCM 2020 General Assembly and Elections: Press Release

Published: Dec 05,2020

The International Federation for Choral Music (IFCM) held its first online General Assembly on 3 December 2020. Prior to the General Assembly, the Election of the new Board of Directors was fully organized online (1-15 November 2020). We can proudly say that this event has a historical significance in our association since this is the first time we have had the opportunity to connect virtually with our members from all over the world.

2020 Dec 01

International Federation for Choral Music, Freelance Positions

Published: Dec 01,2020

The International Federation for Choral Music (IFCM) is an organization that largely operates thanks to the volunteer time of all its board members and collaborators. IFCM also has two permanent full-time positions and two freelance part-time positions. The health of the organization relies, in great part, on the periodic review of all these positions. Board members serve three-year terms with limited re-elections, and staff positions are reviewed based on the mission, vision, and needs of the organization. This process is an institutional one, is overseen by the board of directors, and is driven by the board’s commitment to its role as stewards of the organization.

2020 Nov 30

Thank you to IFCMeNEWS Translators and Readers

Published: Nov 30,2020

Our deepest gratitude to our committed IFCMeNEWS Translators who made it possible for a lot of us to read this enews in our own language in 2020: Lore Auerbach (German), Anna Bobrikova and her Team (Russian), Jacob Chang (Korean), Carlo Leonardi (Italian), Nadine Robin (French), Shuhei Sanada (Japanese), Ariel Vertzman (Spanish), Jieling Wang and Vienna Gu (Chinese).

2020 Nov 30

News from ADICORA, the Association of Choral Conductors from Republic of Argentina

Published: Nov 30,2020

n this unusual, complex year of 2020, choral conductors in Asociación de Directores de Coro de la República Argentina(ADICORA) have dedicated themselves to working within the new reality.

2020 Nov 30

Update on the next Cork International Choral Festival

Published: Nov 30,2020

The Cork International Choral Festival will go ahead in 2021 on the planned dates, 28 April - 2 May!

2020 Nov 30

Update on the next European Music Festival for Young People

Published: Nov 30,2020

The 69th festival will be online in 2021!

2020 Oct 29

Obituary: Maestro Luis Clemente, Argentina

Published: Oct 29,2020

With great sorrow, AAMCANT President, Oscar Escalada, and Board Members have to inform that their Vice-president, Maestro Luis Clemente, passed away on October 23.

2020 Oct 29

News from the China International Chorus Festival

Published: Oct 29,2020

The 15th China International Chorus Festival pivoted to an online festival in 2020 amid the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the move seems to have actually helped to increase its popularity. The opening ceremony, which was streamed online on 5 October 2020, received more than 120 million views, the highest number in the history of the festival. More than 20 top choruses from China and abroad participated in 2020 festival, including the Vienna Boys Choir, Estonian Voices, and the Beijing Philharmonic Choir.

2020 Oct 29

World Youth Choir Online Reception

Published: Oct 29,2020

On 16 September 2020, the European Choral Association - Europa Cantat (ECA-EC) hosted an Online Reception for potential recruiters and supporters of the World Youth Choir (WYC), in cooperation with the World Youth Choir Foundation Board and session manager Inês Moreira. The reception was part of the multi-annual cooperation project EP:IC (Emerging Professional: Internationalisation of music Careers) coordinated by the ECA-EC and co-funded by the European Union Creative Europeprogramme. EP:IC provides emerging musicians with invaluable skills and professional experience that complement their formal training and can help boost their careers at the international level. Understanding that collective music making is a powerful tool to bring people and nations together, the EP:IC project aims to assess and verify the value and impact of auditioned youth music ensembles in the professionalisation and internationalisation of careers. It intends also to improve the training of emerging professionals and to foster the creation of new ensembles across Europe.

2020 Oct 29

News from A Coeur Joie International

Published: Oct 29,2020

The choral association A Coeur Joie International has now its website: www.acoeurjoieinternational.org

2020 Oct 29

News from the European Choral Association — Europa Cantat

Published: Oct 29,2020

The European Choral Association - Europa Cantat called upon their member organisations all over Europe to submit recently-composed pieces of choral music to be entered in an international competition. Results of the European Award for Choral Composers.