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2024 Jan 31
IFCM welcomes a new member in the choir category: University of Minnesota Morris Choir
Published: Jan 31,2024
The University of Minnesota Morris Choir (Morris, Minnesota, USA) is a non-auditioned choral ensemble comprised of students from all academic majors as well as University of Minnesota Morris faculty/staff and community members.
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2024 Jan 31
News from Voices of Singapore
Published: Jan 31,2024
Voices of Singapore (VOS) is pleased to announce its milestone collaboration with the classical recording label Naxos Records.
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2024 Jan 31
The Brochure of Choral Events 2024 of the European Choral Association
Published: Jan 31,2024
The Brochure of Choral Events 2024, published by the European Choral Association, presents a selection of events open to singers, conductors, composers, and all choral lovers around Europe and beyond.
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2024 Jan 31
Chœur la Grâce, Democratic Republic of Congo, receives honour
Published: Jan 31,2024
Founded in 1985 and IFCM member since 2000, Chœur la Grâce (Ambroise Kua-Nzambi Togo, conductor) has become one of the best-known choirs on the African continent.
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2024 Jan 31
Fifth Conductors Without Borders in Douala, Cameroon
Published: Jan 31,2024
The Federation of Choral Music of Cameroon organized its fifth session of Conductors Without Borders in Douala, 8-14 January 2024.
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2024 Jan 29
Musica Orbis Prague Festival invites choirs to perform in Prague
Published: Jan 29,2024
Musica Orbis Prague Festival, a festival and competition organizer based in Prague, Czechia, invites all choir from around the world to showcase their talents and perform in Prague, one of Europe's most cultural cities.
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2024 Jan 13 2024 Jan 14
ACDA Children’s & Community Youth Choir Conductors’ Retreat
Published: Jul 28,2023
As we emerge from three years of Covid, we are all in need of healing ourselves as well as finding ways to help our choristers heal. Nashville is at the heart of America’s music. For this retreat, the American Choral Directors Association found a hosting venue that will truly help the participants heal their soul and reconnect them as a community through songs.
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2023 Dec 26
Check your membership fee before renewing: It might be lower this year!
Published: Dec 26,2023
Check also the list of benefits: There might be some new ones!
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2023 Dec 26
CHORAL TIES project (European Choral Association) is launched!
Published: Dec 26,2023
The Choral TIES project, coordinated by the European Choral Association and co-funded by the European Union, kicked off at the beginning of December!
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2023 Dec 26
European Choral Association: Website Accessibility Guidelines
Published: Dec 26,2023
In the framework of the EU-funded project IGNITE, the European Choral Association designed guidelines for website accessibility to empower everyone involved in the web development process with the knowledge and tools necessary to make the first steps towards accessible and inclusive websites.
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2023 Nov 28
IFCM Choral Composition Competition 2023-2024: The Winners are…
Published: Nov 28,2023
In March 2023, IFCM launched its Sixth International Choral Composition Competition to promote new works in choral music and to encourage innovation in choral writing that fits the needs of a 21st-century choir. The criteria emphasized compositions that combine originality, imagination, and creativity within the context of contemporary global themes.
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2023 Nov 22
Exclusive opportunity to discover China and sing in Beijing
Published: Nov 22,2023
The 17th China International Chorus Festival is scheduled to be held in Beijing from 15 to 19 July 2024. During these five days, the festival will feature a wide range of choral activities, including opening and closing ceremonies, choral forums, choir evaluation, high-level concerts featuring both Chinese and international choirs, master classes (workshops), and public welfare activities. These vibrant choral events aim to provide the best platform for global choir enthusiasts to exchange skills and exhibit talents.
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2023 Nov 19 2023 Nov 24
FICFE International Festival of Female Choirs in Latin America, 19-24 Nov 2023, Tlaquepaque, Mexico
Published: Jun 29,2023
FICFE’s International Festival of Female Choirs in Latin America (festival Internacional de Coros Femeninosen Latinoamérica) evolves from the interest in music originally composed for female voices and the need to make their presence visible in the artistic and Latin American cultural field.
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2023 Nov 16
Conductors Without Borders, Continuation of a Training Cycle for Young Choral Directors in DR Congo
Published: Nov 16,2023
Continuation of a Training Cycle for Young Choral Directors, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 30 October – 4 November 2023
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2023 Nov 09
The IFCM online Cafes — International and National
Published: Nov 09,2023
Following the enthusiastic response to the online cafes organized in the past few months, the International Federation for Choral Music is announcing five more of them in the upcoming months! International Cafes will be for IFCM members only while National Cafes will be open to everyone, members or not. These sessions will be informative but also enriched by your active participation.
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2023 Nov 03
America Cantat through the eyes of Sofía María Torres Valenzuela
Published: Nov 03,2023
Sofía María Torres Valenzuela is one of the YOUNG IFCM committee members. She is from Chile and recently participated in the America Cantat 10 in La Plata (11-15 October 2023)
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2023 Nov 02
Carus-Verlag's New Choral Collection on Swiss Choral Music
Published: Nov 02,2023
Swiss up you choir! Mountains, cheese, chocolate – are those the first things that come to mind when you think of Switzerland?
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2023 Sep 28
Empowering the Future of Choral Music: The Vision of YOUNG IFCM
Published: Sep 28,2023
Over the past couple of meetings, YOUNG IFCM has passionately deliberated on its role in shaping the future of choral music. After engaging in comprehensive discussions on the subject, we reached a consensus on the missions we aspire to achieve in and beyond our term.
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2023 Sep 28
Africa Cantat 2023 Recap Video
Published: Sep 28,2023
It has already been over a month since the celebration of music during the second edition of the Africa Cantat Festival. It was a journey filled with unforgettable musical moments, heartwarming emotions, and the chance to connect with amazing people from all corners of the continent.
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2023 Aug 28
Musica International: Let's Get Emotional!
Published: Aug 28,2023
During the World Symposium on Choral Music 2023 in İstanbul, Jean Sturm, Executive Director of Musica International (www.musicanet.org), presented "Building a concert program using online choral resources: the Musica project". Interesting questions came up, such as "Can I search for sad pieces in Musica?" On Facebook, a choir conductor was looking for “a piece that would convey anxiety/worries”. Another conductor needed a happy song to end a middle-school choir concert.
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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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