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2025 Oct 31 highlighted
World Symposium on Choral Music, 23-28 August 2026, Macau, China, Reimagining the Future
Published: Oct 31,2025
Invitations will soon be sent to the selected choirs and presenters for WSCM 2026, as the Artistic Committee continues the exciting process of shaping the official Symposium programme.
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2025 Oct 31 highlighted
IFCM Online Café, 22 November 2025, 10AM CET, Creating, Conducting, and Inspiring Youth Ensembles
Published: Oct 31,2025
With Michael Barrett (South Africa), Maria Theresa Vizconde-Roldan (Philippines) and Lyn Williams (Australia)
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2025 Oct 31 highlighted
The Promotional Campaign of the World Choral Day Has Just Started!
Published: Oct 31,2025
IFCM invites conductors, singers, and choirs worldwide to join in building an international collage of photos and stories. Together, let’s show how choral singing touches lives, strengthens communities, and unites our planet. Start sharing now your unforgettable moments when singing together truly made a difference.
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2025 Oct 31 highlighted
Connect & Create - Strengthening Cultural Ties Between Africa and Europe
Published: Oct 31,2025
Connect & Create is the Sub-Saharan Africa branch of the EU-funded Africa-Europe Partnerships for Cultureprogramme. Led by the Goethe-Institut and Expertise France, in partnership with the Institut français, it seeks to renew and strengthen cultural ties between Sub-Saharan Africa and the European Union through equity, inclusion, and sustainability.
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2025 Oct 31 highlighted
Research on the Intelligibility of Choirs - Perception Investigation
Published: Oct 31,2025
Whether you have choral experience or none at all, Anastasia Kananovich, 3rd year PhD student at the University of Strasbourg, France, would like to invite you to take part in a perception investigation
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2025 Oct 31 highlighted
Musica International : End of a Huge Work on the Composers Table
Published: Oct 31,2025
The May 2025 IFCMeNEWS included a description of the benefits of using the database of 33,000 biographies of choral music composers.
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2025 Oct 31 highlighted
World Youth Choir (WYC) Performing
Published: Oct 31,2025
During its session 2025 in Catalonia and France, the World Youth Choir premiered Peace, a new composition by Anna Campmany. Commissioned especially for this session, Peace was performed in renowned venues including the Palau de la Música in Barcelona and the Théâtre Antique in Vaison-la-Romaine.
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2025 Oct 31 highlighted
European Choral Association (ECA), Conductors Beyond Borders Peer-to-Peer Exchange Programme
Published: Oct 31,2025
Through a Choral TIES project, a series of inspiring sessions have brought together conductors and choirs across borders, strengthening artistic and cultural connections worldwide. The programme has provided limited financial support to help cover travel expenses, enabling European conductors to collaborate with choirs from other continents, EU conductors to work in European countries outside the Union, or European choirs to host conductors from abroad.
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2025 Oct 31 highlighted
15th European Youth Choir Festival Basel – CALL FOR CHOIRS!
Published: Oct 31,2025
Basel, Switzerland I 4-9 May 2027 Registration open from 1 December 2025 – 31 January 2026 The EJCF Basel ranges among the most important platforms for highly qualified children’s and youth choirs in the world.
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2025 Nov 22 2025 Nov 22 highlighted
IFCM Online Café, 22 November 2025, 10AM CET, Creating, Conducting, and Inspiring Youth Ensembles
Published: Oct 31,2025
With Michael Barrett (South Africa), Maria Theresa Vizconde-Roldan (Philippines) and Lyn Williams (Australia)
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2025 Sep 30 highlighted
Come and Experience the Japan Choral Association (JCA) National Choral Competition!
Published: Sep 30,2025
The Japan Choral Association will host its 78th National Choral Competition in October and November 2025. The finest amateur choirs, selected from over 1,300 ensembles through rigorous preliminary and semifinal rounds, will gather in Japan to compete on the international stage. Don’t miss the chance to experience the beauty and power of the Japanese choral sound!
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2025 Sep 29 highlighted
Call for Choirs to Apply for Conductors Beyond Borders Peer-to-Peer Exchange Programme
Published: Dec 31,2024
The Conductors Beyond Borders Peer-to-Peer Exchange Programme is a component of the Choral TIES project coordinated by the European Choral Association, co-funded by the European Union, and organised in cooperation with IFCM. This programme provides limited financial support in the form of a grant to cover international travel expenses.
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2025 Dec 14 2025 Dec 14 highlighted
World Choral Day 2025: Singing for Peace, Connection, and Our Common Home
Published: Sep 11,2025
On World Choral Day 2025 (14 December 2025), voices from every corner of the globe will rise in a powerful message: peace is possible, and it begins with us. In a world too often divided by conflict, fear, and isolation, singing together is a radical act. It builds trust, opens hearts, and connects strangers. When two people sing together, they are not in conflict—they are listening, responding, and creating harmony.
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2025 Sep 11 highlighted
World Choral Day 2025: Singing for Peace, Connection, and Our Common Home
Published: Jul 31,2025
On World Choral Day 2025 (14 December 2025), voices from every corner of the globe will rise in a powerful message: peace is possible, and it begins with us. In a world too often divided by conflict, fear, and isolation, singing together is a radical act. It builds trust, opens hearts, and connects strangers. When two people sing together, they are not in conflict—they are listening, responding, and creating harmony.
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2026 Feb 06 2026 Feb 08 highlighted
“Music Worldwide” 2026 - The 12th International Youth Arts Festival in Vienna
Published: Sep 05,2025
“Music Worldwide” 2026 - The 12th International Youth Arts Festival in Vienna will take place in Vienna, Austria, from 06 to 08 February 2026. We cordially invite artists of choral music and etc. from Europe, China and all over the world to participate in this unforgettable winter event.
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2025 May 30 highlighted
New IFCM Membership Category for Students and Young People under the Age of 25
Published: May 30,2025
The YOUNG IFCM Committee proposed the creation of a new student membership category to the IFCM Committee responsible for membership. The proposal was examined carefully, and an appropriate amount for this new category was discussed and approved by the IFCM board. IFCM hopes that this new fee will increase membership accessibility for the younger generation.
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2026 Jul 16 2026 Jul 18 highlighted
8th World Youth Arts Festival 2026, Vienna, Austria, 16-18 July 2026
Published: Sep 12,2025
The 8th World Youth Arts Festival 2026 will take place in Vienna, Austria, from 16 to 18 July 2026. We cordially invite artists of choral music and etc. from Europe, China and all over the world to participate in this unforgettable summer event.
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2026 Aug 14 2026 Aug 23 highlighted
International Youth Chamber Choir Meeting 2026
Published: Jun 24,2025
The International Youth Chamber Choir Meeting, on 14-23 August 2026, is a unique choral experience in a truly special place, the beautiful island of Usedom, Germany, right by the sea.
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2027 May 05 2027 May 09 highlighted
15th European Youth Choir Festival Basel – CALL FOR CHOIRS!
Published: Oct 31,2025
Basel, Switzerland I 4-9 May 2027 Registration open from 1 December 2025 – 31 January 2026 The EJCF Basel ranges among the most important platforms for highly qualified children’s and youth choirs in the world.
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2025 Sep 30
Did You Miss the IFCM Online Café Beware of Vowels and Consonants!?
Published: Sep 30,2025
In this Online Café, we’ll hear from someone who knows exactly how that bridge is built. Our guest is Anastasia Kananovich, originally from Russia and now residing in France, where she is a doctoral student at the University of Strasbourg. Anastasia is perfectly qualified to explain to us why we should "Beware of Vowels and Consonants"!
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IFCM International Online cafe

IFCM International Online Cafes are open to everyone! Recordings are available to IFCM members only. Since the first online meeting in 2023, IFCM has invited prestigious choral leaders, conductors and composers, from all over the world: Maria Guinand (Venezuela), Eric Banks (USA), Michael Ostrzyga (Germany), Tracy Wong (Malaysia/Canada), Luz Helena Peñaranda (Colombia), Joel Magus P. Navarro (Philippines), Ana María Raga (Venezuela), Carmen Acevedo (Puerto Rico), Jurģis Cābulis (Latvia), Lim Ai Hooi (Singap

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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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