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2020 Oct 29 highlighted

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.

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 Oct 29 highlighted

News from The American Choral Directors Association (ACDA)

Published: Oct 29,2020

ACDA National Conference Diversity in Music Resources for Choral Professionals During the Pandemic Living Database of Artists Willing to Make Online Guest Appearances for Choirs and Music Classes COVID-19 Response Committee Report

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

Please follow us on Instagram to make sure you don’t miss our important choral news and content.

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

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 Sep 30

IFCM Welcomes the Arbeitskreis Musik in der Jugend (AMJ)

Published: Sep 30,2020

The Arbeitskreis Musik in der Jugend (AMJ), a German national music organization for the youth, just rejoined IFCM. Together with the French association A Coeur Joie France, they formed the driving forces towards international cooperation in amateur music after WWII. Both associations were the main founders of the European Choral Association — Europa Cantat. It’s a great honor for IFCM to welcome AMJ again in our international network.

2020 Sep 30

News from the Choral Federation A Coeur Joie Wallonie-Bruxelles

Published: Sep 30,2020

After a successful online General Assembly on 29 August 2020, the Board of Directors of A Coeur Joie Wallonie-Bruxelles is delighted to present its new President, Orianne Renault, who succeeds to Noël Minet.

2020 Aug 31

Obituary: Jacques Vanherle

Published: Aug 31,2020

It is with profound sadness that we announce the death of Jacques Vanherle, lifelong lover of and advocate for choral music and Founder, President, and Artistic Director of the Polyfollia Festival (2003-2014).

2020 Aug 31

ACDA National Conference goes virtual

Published: Jul 31,2020

Virtual ACDA Conference in 2021. More resources on the Studies of the Pandemic.

2020 Aug 31

News from the European Choral Association - Europa Cantat

Published: Aug 31,2020

Successful application for Training Leading Voices of ECA-EC. Your input is still needed to help design the project.

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Federació Catalana d'Entitats Corals, 56th Barcelona International Choir Festival, 5-11 July 2021

Published: Aug 31,2020

56th Barcelona International Choir Festival, Spain, 5-11 July 2021. Singing week in the magnificent city of Barcelona with workshops, final concert at the Palau de la Musica, and individual concerts for the participating choirs in Barcelona.

2020 Jul 31

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.

2020 Jul 31

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.

2020 Jul 31

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.