IFCM - International Federation for Choral Music

2024 Jul 31

Asia Pacific Youth Choir 2024 in Daegu, South Korea

Published: Jul 31,2024

The Asia Pacific Youth Choir (APYC) took place 14-20 July 2024 in Daegu, South Korea. It was led by two highly experienced conductors: Jacob Youngmok Chang, President of the Korea International Choral Association and Former President of Daegu Art University, and Mark Anthony Carpio, a renowned choral conductor, countertenor, and the choirmaster of the Philippine Madrigal Singers from the Philippines.

2024 Jul 31

American Choral Directors Association (ACDA): International Conductors Exchange Program

Published: Jul 31,2024

With the Philippine Choral Directors Association in 2025

2024 Jul 24

Le Chant sur la Lowé, Gabon, Paid Tribute to Black Music Icons

Published: Jul 24,2024

Les Grandes Icones de la Musique Noire is a show by the vocal group Le Chant Sur La Lowé at the Institut Français du Gabon in Libreville. There are so many stars in the music world... Some have left us, others are still with us. It's impossible to list them all, and it's a bit ambitious to try to sing like them. However, Le Chant Sur La Lowé decided to honor them in a special way with a few of their most iconic songs in two shows on July 19 and 22, 2024.

2024 Jun 28

Choral Federation Wallonia-Brussels, A Coeur Joie Belgium, presents its brochure of activities 2024-

Published: Jun 28,2024

The 2024-2025 new season is almost here at the Choral Federation Wallonia-Brussels, A Coeur Joie Belgium (ACJ.be). It will be a season filled with activities for all ages. Training courses, singing days, weekends, or weeks. Select the option that best suits your needs and enjoy the benefits!

2024 Jun 28

Corearte Acción Cultural: check out their festivals

Published: Jun 28,2024

Since 2007, Corearte Acción Cultural has stood out as a leader in promoting choral and orchestral events worldwide. Symbolizing its growth, the Festival Corearte Barcelona has witnessed the participation of over 260 choirs from diverse backgrounds during its 18-year history.

2024 Jun 21

Musica International: Find the translations of choral texts

Published: Jun 21,2024

A good understanding of what you're singing is essential for optimal interpretation. This is particularly true when singing in a foreign language, including the Latin for sacred works. In its quest for comprehensive information, the Musica database offers you not only the complete texts of the choral pieces you are considering (76,000 references have a text link), but also their translations in one or more languages (50,000 references linked to translations of the text), in French and/or English and/or German and/or Spanish, or even another language if it seems useful.

2024 May 31

Schola Cantorum Foundation of Venezuela: New Training Program

Published: May 31,2024

In recent days, the Schola Cantorum Foundation of Venezuela has launched a new program, called ¡Cantemos!, through which it continues to fulfill its mission of training in values and musical education of young directors, students and singers.

2024 May 21

Have you missed the last webinars of the European Choral Association? Check them out!

Published: May 21,2024

Webinar "Are you paid fairly? Recommendations on fair pay at international collective singing events"

2024 May 13

ACDA Publication: Women Conductors of College Men’s Choirs – Redefining the “Brotherhood”

Published: May 13,2024

The International Journal of Research in Choral Singing (IJRCS) is ACDA’s scholarly publication that welcomes research studies that apply rigorous, systematically grounded methodologies, either quantitative or qualitative, to investigate phenomena of potential interest to all who sing in, work with, or are otherwise interested in choral ensembles. Here is the abstract from an article written by Marci L. Major and Elizabeth Cassidy Parker titled: “Disrupting the choral class system: A journey of one high school choral program.”

2024 May 08

☕️ Did you miss the IFCM Members' Cafe on Repertoire?

Published: May 08,2024

The recording of the IFCM Members Online Cafe "On the Discovery of New Repertoire, Part 2" (28 April 2024) is now available.

2024 Apr 25

The African Confederation for Choral Music presents the first African Choral Night virtual concert

Published: Apr 25,2024

On 13 April 2024, the first African Choral Night virtual concert showcased the richness and diversity of African choral music. Choirs, ensembles, and vocal groups from Africa and its diaspora were brought together on the digital stage. Through this unique virtual experience, treasures of talent and authenticity were presented, offering an exceptional panorama of varied repertoire ranging from the traditional to the modern. Entitled In the Moonlight, this first edition of African Choral Night focused on traditional African repertoire through video performances by nine choirs from the four corners of the African continent. The concert was broadcast on the ACCM YouTube channel.

2024 Apr 25

IFCM Member running a survey for her thesis: take part in it!

Published: Apr 25,2024

IFCM member Anastasia Kananovich (France) is a first year PhD student in Linguistics at the University of Strasbourg (France). She invites you to participate in the survey that will form the basis of her thesis.

2025 May 27 2025 Jun 01

14th European Youth Choir Festival Basel, Switzerland, 27 May-1 June 2025

Published: Jan 08,2024

European platform for highest qualified children’s and youth choirs

2024 Mar 29

Update on the International Choral Magazine

Published: Mar 29,2024

New development on the publication of the International Choral Magazine created more than 40 years ago.

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".

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.