IFCM - International Federation for Choral Music

2024 Dec 31

A look back at the World Choral Day 2024

Published: Dec 31,2024

How did you choose to celebrate World Choral Day / Dia Mundial del Canto Coral this year? Many of you chose to celebrate it with a concert dedicated to this year's theme Voices Uniting the Planet.

2024 Dec 31

Conductors Beyond Borders in Cameroon

Published: Dec 31,2024

In 2021, the first session in Cameroon of the IFCM Project Conductors Without Borders (recently renamed Conductors Beyond Borders) was organised in Douala, thanks to the collaboration of À Cœur Joie International, FECAMUCH-ACJ (Choral Federation À Cœur Joie of Cameroon), and IFCM. It was the first session of a three-year programme, based on the rate of one week per semester.

2024 Dec 31

Musica International’s Monthly FAVOURITE PIECE Could Be YOURS!

Published: Dec 31,2024

If you were going to a desert island, what is the one choral piece you would take with you? This is the whole idea of Musica International’s monthly Favourite Piece!

2024 Dec 19

YOUNG IFCM Committee meets in Istanbul

Published: Dec 19,2024

Sam Nicholson, Oceania representative on the YOUNG IFCM Committee of the International Federation for Choral Music, recently travelled to Türkiye for the committee's first in-person meeting in Istanbul. Read Sam’s reflections on the committee’s work and the many highlights of his trip on an article that he recently wrote for eBreve, the monthly newsletter of the New Zealand Choral Federation.

2024 Dec 18

European Choral Association: EUROPA CANTAT Festival is back!

Published: Dec 18,2024

Liepāja to host the next edition in August 2027. The European Choral Association is delighted to officially announce the 22nd EUROPA CANTAT Festival, ECA’s major event designated to singers, choirs, and all choral lovers across Europe and beyond.

2024 Nov 29

YOUNG, Youth International Cultural Management Programme 2025, Munich, Germany

Published: Nov 29,2024

YOUNG, Youth International Culturel Management Programme organised in the frame of the 45th International Congress of Pueri Cantores, (16-20 July 2025), Munich, Germany. Application process is open from 1 December 2024 to 31 January 2025

2024 Nov 29

Watch the last online café dedicated to three Latin-American composers

Published: Nov 29,2024

On 9 November 2024, the IFCM online café focused on the art of choral composition. Three well-known Latin American composers shared their ideas on how to create choral music for ensembles today, using their own compositions as illustrations: César Alejandro Carrillo (Venezuela), Julio César Morales Pineda (Mexico), and Mónica Pacheco (Argentina).

2024 Nov 29

IFCM welcomes a new choir member: The Choir of World Culture (Chor der Weltkultur Bühne)

Published: Nov 29,2024

The Choir of World Culture is a unique singing ensemble dedicated to uniting literature and music in a harmonious way.

2024 Nov 29

Conductors Beyond Borders with Schola Cantorum de Venezuela in Mérida and San Cristóbal, Venezuela

Published: Nov 29,2024

¡Cantemos! con La Schola, 20-24 November 2024. Following their first program ¡Cantemos! on the Margarita Island, the Schola Cantorum de Venezuela, conducted by Maria Guinand and Luimar Arismendi, brought their program to yet another part of Venezuela. This time to Mérida and San Cristóbal. ¡Cantemos! Is designed to encourage the participation and development of more choral groups through meetings, workshops, seminars and concerts.

2024 Oct 31

World Youth Choir 2024: Watch the Documentary by Deutsche Welle on the WYC Session 2024

Published: Oct 31,2024

World Youth Choir 2024: Watch the Documentary by Deutsche Welle on the WYC Session with the Bundesjugendorchester

2024 Oct 31

European Choral Association: Euro Choir 2024 Documentary

Published: Oct 31,2024

Eurochoir, Bulgaria, 2024 — Donka Miteva - Conductor — Mahler - Urlicht — Producer - Georgi Elenkov — Recorded by Four For Music — The organizers of the EuroChoir 2024 event are the European Choral Association, in collaboration with the Bulgarian Choral Union.

2024 Sep 30

Webinar organized by the African Confederation for Choral Music and Africa Cantat

Published: Sep 30,2024

Did you miss it? You have a chance to watch now! On 21 September 2024, the African Confederation for Choral Music and the Africa Cantat Festival organized a webinar on the topic: “Exploring the Legacy of Shalati Joseph Khosa in African Choral Music”.

2024 Aug 31

American Choral Directors Association: Shout-out to Soul Children of Chicago

Published: Aug 31,2024

The American Choral Directors Association gave a Facebook shout-out to the Grammy Award-winning youth gospel choir Soul Children of Chicago and conductor Walt Whitman for their performance of a stirring gospel rendition of the U.S. National Anthem at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, which received a standing ovation.

2024 Aug 31

Carus-Verlag: Choral Music Composed by Women

Published: Aug 31,2024

A real novelty: Choral Music Composed by Women features a total of 47 works for mixed choir. Numerous hidden gems for mixed choir are ready and waiting to be performed in concerts and church services.

2024 Aug 31

New! YOUNG IFCM podcasts

Published: Aug 31,2024

Unison is a new podcast series dedicated to celebrating choral music and showcasing the diverse experiences, insights, and talents of choral musicians internationally.

2024 Jul 24

World’s First Conducting App Created by Carus Verlag: Now Available in English

Published: Jul 24,2024

A clear conducting technique, the ability to lead lively rehearsals and a sound knowledge of vocal training are all essential attributes for any successful choral conductor. Carus-Verlag offers the ideal toolkit for all aspiring choral conductors. Conductor’s Coach, The App is the first tool for aspiring choir conductors to practice, hone and professionalize their technique.

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 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 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.