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2023 Aug 09
First Meeting of YOUNG IFCM
Published: Aug 09,2023
The first online meeting of the YOUNG IFCM Youth Committee was an exciting and productive gathering of young choral music enthusiasts and professionals. The meeting took place on August 7, 2023, in an online format to accommodate the global nature of the committee members and ensure everyone's participation. The primary objectives of the meeting were to introduce the committee members to each other, discuss the committee's mission and goals, and outline the plan for upcoming projects and activities. The committee discussed and clarified their shared mission and goals, focusing on empowering and engaging youth in choral music activities and advocating for their inclusion and representation. The members collaboratively brainstormed and discussed potential projects and activities to be undertaken by the committee, and to ensure effective implementation of the projects, the members will allocate roles and responsibilities based on their interests, strengths, and expertise on the next meeting.
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2023 Aug 09
Volunteer for Conductors Without Borders
Published: Aug 09,2023
Conductors Without Borders is a core project of IFCM that aims to build bridges between choral communities around the world by providing access to quality choral music instruction to those who may not have easy access to it. As a volunteer choral teacher, you will help realize this goal by sharing your knowledge, skills, and experience in choral music and conducting.
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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
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2023 Jul 28
YOUNG IFCM
Published: Jul 28,2023
The idea of creating an IFCM Youth Committee came after a successful program for young choral and cultural managers at the World Choral EXPO in 2022. Noticing the interest of these young participants for IFCM and recognizing the benefits that IFCM could gain from their feedback and vision, the IFCM Board of Directors decided to establish a YOUNG IFCM - youth committee.
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2023 Jul 28
The European Choral Association presents its brochure of 2024 choral events
Published: Jul 28,2023
The 2024 ECA brochure is packed with carefully selected choral activities and events organized next year by ECA itself or under its label. All these events are open to choirs and singers, vocal leaders/conductors, creators/composers, educators/teachers, and any choral lovers from Europe and beyond.
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2023 Jul 28
Training Leading Voices — Your source for resources
Published: Jul 28,2023
Training Leading Voices, a project in partnership with the European Choral Association, came to an end last month! The project developed interventions for the professionalization of vocal and choral leaders in Europe and the internationalization of their careers.
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2023 Jul 13
Celebrating Oxford University Press Music's Anniversary with a.... Song for All
Published: Jul 13,2023
Bringing the world together with a free song by one of the top choral composers, Bob Chilcott, this is what the Oxford University Press (OUP) offers for their 100th Anniversary.
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2023 Jun 29
Musica International Celebrates Anniversaries
Published: Jun 29,2023
Musica International (www.musicanet.org), a multimedia collaborative database of the world’s choral repertoire, publishes a comprehensive list of all composers cited in Musica having a jubilee (100, 150, 200, 250 years, etc.) anniversary during the current year and the following three years. This represents hundreds of composers for each of these years.
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2023 Jun 29
News from Carus Verlag
Published: Jun 29,2023
Bruckner’s 200th anniversary in 2024 presents a wonderful opportunity to focus on the choral works of a composer highly revered for his Masses, symphonies, and his Te Deum.
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2023 Jun 20
IFCM Working Committees 2023-2026
Published: Jun 20,2023
IFCM Board restructures its committees in order to better serve the choral community. During their third meeting on 25 May 2023, newly-elected Board members worked positively and actively to confirm the new structure of the working committees responsible for managing the various matters of IFCM.
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2023 Jun 20
The IFCM Board elected a new Editorial Board for the International Choral Magazine (ICM)
Published: Jun 20,2023
The call for the 2023-2026 Editorial Board of the International Choral Magazine was launched in early April 2023. IFCM received 24 applications from 19 countries around the world. The IFCM Board selected eight applicants according to the specifications in the call and the regions they represent. Congratulations and welcome to the new Editorial Board.
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2023 May 31
A Coeur Joie International: First Composition Competition Chanter en Français
Published: May 31,2023
A Coeur Joie International (ACJI) is organizing its first composition competition for mixed voices based on French texts – Chanter en français. Open to composers from all over the world without any restrictions, the competition offers 3,000 euros in prizes.
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2023 May 30
Looking Back on the World Symposium on Choral Music 2023
Published: May 31,2023
Message from the Director of the World Symposium on Choral Music 2023, Istanbul, Türkiye, 25-30 April 2023.
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2023 May 04
IFCM General Assembly and Elections 2023: update
Published: May 04,2023
The International Federation for Choral Music (IFCM) held its General Assembly on 25 April 2023. Prior to the General Assembly, the Election of the new Board of Directors was fully organized online (1 March – 1 April 2023). We can proudly say that this event has a historical significance in our association since this was the first time ALL INDIVIDUALS had the opportunity to vote individually thanks to a change of in the Bylaws voted at the General Assembly in Lisbon in September 2022.
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2023 May 02
WSCM 2023, Message from Chair of the ArtCom, Jan Schumacher, and AdminCom, Ki Adams
Published: May 02,2023
The 2023 World Symposium on Choral Music – Changing Horizons has just concluded in İstanbul, Türkiye! With support from the Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Culture and Tourism and IFCM, we were able to organize a truly international celebration of collective singing.
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2023 Apr 10
Obituary: Royce Saltzman, IFCM Honorary Member and Past President
Published: Apr 10,2023
IFCM is deeply saddened about the passing of our dear friend and Honorary Member, Royce Saltzman, in Eugene, Oregon, USA, on April 3, 2023, in his 95th year.
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2023 Mar 28
Obituary: Ricardo Denegri
Published: Mar 28,2023
IFCM is deeply saddened about the passing of our long-time friend Ricardo Denegri in La Plata, Argentina, on 4 March 2023, at the age of 78. Thirty years ago, Ricardo founded the Sociedad de los Encuentros Corales and, together with his friend and colleague Oscar Escalada, created the Argentine Association for Choral Music (AAMCANT) and the Festival America Cantat.
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2023 Feb 27
Musica International: Manage your holdings directly in Musica International database
Published: Feb 27,2023
Do you have an extensive collection of choral scores? Do you manage easily to find your way around the collection? Do you have sufficient information on each piece in your current catalogue?
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2022 Dec 30
Musica International: Are you a composer or an arranger of choral music?
Published: Dec 30,2022
Are you a composer or an arranger of choral music? If so, are you referenced in Musica International choral database?
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2022 Nov 30
Volunteer to Translate the International Choral Magazine's articles
Published: Nov 30,2022
The IFCM International Choral Magazine (ICM) is still looking for volunteer translators
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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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