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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.
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2024 Mar 28
IFCM is happy to welcome a new business member: Uniart Culture and Media Group
Published: Mar 28,2024
Based in Austria, Uniart Culture and Media Group has a 30-year experience in the arts sector and specializes in organizing music festivals. Their flagship event is the World Peace Choral Festival and the World Orchestra Festival.
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2024 Mar 27
Report on the Webinar on the pentatonic mode in African choral music (16 March 2024)
Published: Mar 27,2024
At the initiative of African Confederation for Choral Music (ACCM) and Africa Cantat Festival, a webinar was organized on March 16, 2024, around the theme "The pentatonic mode in African choral heritage".
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2024 Oct 04 2024 Oct 06
International Choral Festival Flanders-Genk, Belgium, 4-6 October 2024
Published: Sep 18,2023
From Friday 04 Oct '24 to Sunday 06 Oct '24, Genk - in the heart of Limburg - will once again host the 17th International Choir Festival Flanders-Genk. On the C-mine site, where the past and the charm of old mine buildings go hand in hand with contemporary art and creativity, more than 1,000 voices will echo for three days!
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2024 Mar 25
Musica International quest for a concert theme: Ecology
Published: Mar 25,2024
Musica International regularly invites its users to help develop concert themes. For the month of April, the theme focuses on ecology in choral music. A search for the keyword ecology yields 62 pieces.
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2024 Mar 25
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.
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2024 Mar 25
Choirs for Ecocide Law project to be presented at the fair of the European Bauhaus Festival
Published: Mar 25,2024
From 9-13 April 2024, the European Choral Association is delighted to present the Choirs for Ecocide Law project at the fair of the New European Bauhaus Festival!
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2024 Mar 25
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.
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2024 Mar 25
World Youth Choir Alumni Session 2024, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Published: Mar 25,2024
Meet the selected singers for the World Youth Choir (WYC) Alumni Session 2024 at HarbourVOICES International Festival of Collective Singing Traditions!
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2024 Mar 21 2024 Mar 24
17th Fukushima Vocal Ensemble Competition 2024 co-organized by Japan Choral Association
Published: Aug 11,2023
The Fukushima Vocal Ensemble Competition, 21-24 March 2024, co-organized with JCA, is calling for participating groups
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2024 Mar 15
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).
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2024 Mar 14
IFCM Members Online Café: participants delighted by the session with Joel P. Navarro
Published: Mar 14,2024
In the latest IFCM café, Joel P. Navarro presented a brief history of the evolution of conducting and rehearsal techniques based on his personal and collegiate experience and training, in particular, within the Philippine cultural context. Joel also gave an overview of Martin Behrmann's conducting technique, including preliminaries, the stance, the manual apparatus, the signal domains, and the music applications.
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2024 Feb 23
Musica International quest for a concert theme
Published: Feb 23,2024
Musica International regularly invites its users to help develop concert themes. The most recent theme is based on the words planets, stars, and space. A search for the keyword planet yields 122 pieces, while space and cosmos yield 126 and 402 pieces, respectively.
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2024 Feb 23
Looking back at World Choral Day 2023
Published: Feb 23,2024
On 10 December 2023, the second Sunday in December, the global choral community celebrated World Choral Day (WCD). Throughout the month, we saw many wonderful posts on social media demonstrating the various ways in which singing groups took part in the celebration.
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2024 Feb 23
African Youth Choir Annual Summer Camp, Dakar, Senegal, 22-28 July 2024
Published: Feb 23,2024
Get ready for an unforgettable experience at the African Youth Choir Annual Summer Camp in Dakar, Senegal, 22-28 July 2024!
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2024 Feb 21
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.
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2024 Feb 21
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.
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2024 Feb 12
World Symposium on Choral Music 2023, İstanbul: After Movie!
Published: Feb 12,2024
Did you miss the World Symposium on Choral Music (WSCM) in İstanbul, Türkiye, last April? You can now watch and listen to a synopsis of the fun and music shared by more than 2500 participants from 60 countries.
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2024 Jan 31
The Federació Catalana d’Entitats Corals (FCEC) Announce their Composition Competition Winners
Published: Jan 31,2024
The Federació Catalana d’Entitats Corals (FCEC) announce the winners of their two biennial competitions, one of which is organized in collaboration with the Orfeó Català.
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2024 Jan 31
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.
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IFCM International Choral Magazine

Official magazine of the International Federation for Choral Music, the International Choral Magazine 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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