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2020 Jul 31 highlighted
Members of IFCM: Save the Date!
Published: Jul 31,2020
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2020 Jul 31 highlighted
Message from the WSCM2020 Team
Published: Jul 31,2020
Two weeks ago, on July 11, we were going to welcome the choral world to Auckland. That afternoon you would have picked up your bag and lanyard at registration, learnt how to use the conference app, and oriented yourself in the main Symposium hub. You might also have strolled around the city and the harbour – and yes, it was a mild, sunny day! Later that day, you would have been treated to a spectacular, theatrical opening concert that was to showcase Aotearoa New Zealand in song.
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2020 Jul 31 highlighted
World Youth Choir 2021: Press Release
Published: Jul 31,2020
The World Youth Choir Foundation is thrilled to announce that the World Youth Choir (WYC) will be one of the performing choirs at the next American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) National Conference, which will take place in Dallas, Texas (USA). The conference will convene 17-20 March 2021, and a World Youth Choir session will be held on the days surrounding the conference dates, to include a short rehearsal period and some additional performances.
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2020 Jul 31 highlighted
Asia Pacific Youth Choir 2020 is Postponed to 2021
Published: Jul 31,2020
The new coronavirus (COVID-19) is continuing to spread all over the world and we are witness to this worldwide pandemic which has caused the cancellation or postponement of international choral events. We checked the COVID-19 situation in the countries represented in the APYC, and several countries are beginning to see a second wave although the situation in Malaysia is improving. The Working Committee of the Asia Pacific Choral Council decided yesterday to postpone the APYC2020 session in Kuala Lumpur to November 2021.
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2020 Jul 30 highlighted
Call for Freelance Positions at IFCM
Published: Jul 30,2020
The International Federation for Choral Music announces the call for two freelance positions, starting January 2021.
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2020 Jul 11 highlighted
12th World Symposium on Choral Music should have started today!
Published: Jul 11,2020
Wish you were here! Today we were going to welcome the choral world to Auckland. It's been hard coming to terms with the fact that WSCM2020 will now not happen, but we haven’t given up on our dream to host the choral world here in Aotearoa.
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2020 Jun 29 highlighted
Qatar National Choral Association: The First Non-Profit, Local NGO registered in the State of Qatar
Published: Jun 29,2020
The QNCA is the first local non-profit association established in Qatar. This is more significant than it might seem at first glance.
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2020 Jun 29 highlighted
IFCM Partners with Jeunesses Musicales International on the World Music Day
Published: Jun 29,2020
Building on the long-standing partnership between IFCM and Jeunesses Musicales International (JMI) and the European Choral Association – Europa Cantat as the founding patrons of the World Youth, JMI recently invited IFCM to participate in its 2020 World Music Day Pop-up Festival (June 20-21).
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2020 Jun 29 highlighted
IFCM Invited to several virtual dialogues
Published: Jun 29,2020
How to return to activities, a virtual conference organized by Coros Portugal Sing Your Soul, an initiative of Saint Angela Choir, Bandung, Indonesia
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2020 Jun 22 highlighted
World Symposium on Choral Music, Qatar 2023 | signing ceremony (video)
Published: Jun 22,2020
IFCM and QNCA was to have taken place at this year's 12th WSCM in Auckland, New Zealand. Sadly, as with so many other events this year, WSCM2020 had to be cancelled. However, in the spirit of moving forward and better days ahead, we are happy to share a short video of the online official signing of the contract between IFCM and QNCA. Plan now to join us!
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2020 May 28 highlighted
IFCM and the Qatar National Choral Association Working on the 13th WSCM
Published: May 28,2020
In a historical first for the Middle East region, the International Federation for Choral Music (IFMC) welcomes the choral world to Qatar! At the moment, when humanity is facing one of the biggest pandemics in more than 50 years, cultural events around the globe are on hold. Nonetheless, IFCM and its partner, the Qatar National Choral Association (QNCA), are working hard on the next World Symposium on Choral Music – the 13th WSCM! The world's largest, non-competitive, international choral event will be held in Doha, Qatar, in 2023
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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.
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2020 May 28 highlighted
World Choral Day: Planned Date for 2020!
Published: May 28,2020
Despite all types of choral events being cancelled due to the current pandemic crisis and even though we don’t know how long the crisis will last, we believe that it is important to remain positive and hopeful. That is why we are cautiously, and optimistically, announcing the planned date for World Choral Day 2020. Following last year’s decision by the IFCM Executive Committee, World Choral Day 2020 will take place on the second Sunday of December (13 December 2020).
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2020 May 28 highlighted
IFCM Youtube Playlist - Virtual Choir Projects
Published: May 28,2020
IFCM is collecting favourite virtual choral projects that have been created as a result of the current pandemic and compiling them in a YouTube. Have you also made similar videos recently?
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2020 May 28 highlighted
News from the World Youth Choir Foundation
Published: May 28,2020
The World Youth Choir Foundation (WYCF) continues to add documentaries about former World Youth Choir sessions to its YouTube channel. Since the 2020 World Youth Choir session with the German National Youth Orchestra has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, the WYCF is featuring a documentary to mark the 10th anniversary of the 2010 World Youth Choir in Spain.
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2020 Dec 01 2020 Dec 31 highlighted
World Choral Day: Planned Date for 2020!
Published: May 28,2020
Despite all types of choral events being cancelled due to the current pandemic crisis and even though we don’t know how long the crisis will last, we believe that it is important to remain positive and hopeful. That is why we are cautiously, and optimistically, announcing the planned date for World Choral Day 2020. Following last year’s decision by the IFCM Executive Committee, World Choral Day 2020 will take place on the second Sunday of December (13 December 2020)
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2020 Aug 05 2020 Aug 13 highlighted
Europa Cantat Junior Festival, 5-13 August 2020, Lithuania
Published: Sep 30,2019
Children and youth choirs, don't miss the opportunity to attend the Europa Cantat Junior festival in Vilnius, 5-13 August 2020. Discover Lithuania's wonderful capital, with its impressive concert halls and beautiful old town and spend a whole week learning how singing can make you feel better and be smarter.
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2020 Jul 31 highlighted
News from the European Choral Association - Europa Cantat
Published: Jul 31,2020
Training Leading Voices Survey, Statement on Covid-19 and Collective Singing, Europa Cantat Junior, see what's going on with ECA-EC for the moment.
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2020 Jul 31 highlighted
News from the American Choral Directors Association - ACDA
Published: Jul 31,2020
ACDA has helped fund the following research projects designed to expand the scientific research to help members develop science-based plans for singing together again. Initial results of these studies will be available before the end of the summer.
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2020 Jul 31 highlighted
News from the Federació Catalana d'Entitats Corals
Published: Jul 31,2020
Three years day per day after the WSCM12 opening in Barcelona on July 22, 2017, The Federació Catalana d'Entitats Corals released seven videos (one for each day of the symposium), that offer a summary of the 2017 program: a song from each of the selected choirs, some pieces of the concert circle, a summary of the Sagrada Família concert, of the opening and closing concerts and of the concerts outside Barcelona.
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ICB Bulletin

Official magazine of the International Federation for Choral Music, the International Choral Bulletin is published quarterly in the four official languages of IFCM: English, French, German and Spanish. It is distributed in more than 80 countries on the five continents and is the official voice of choral music around the world.

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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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