International Federation for Choral Music

An international choral event to extol the values of solidarity, peace and understanding!

Thousands of choirs have joined in the celebration of World Choral Day (WCD) on or around the 2nd Sunday in December in the past twenty years. Millions of singers across the globe have been involved in World Choral Day concerts, festivals, sing-alongs, choral seminars, Days of Friendship and other events.

The World Choral Day is an initiative of Alberto Grau from the Latin American Vice-Presidency of the International Federation for Choral Music, proposed and approved by the General Assembly of IFCM held in Helsinki in August, 1990, within the framework of the 2nd World Symposium on Choral Music:

The world is living through severe and continuous crisis of self destruction. There are no possible reasons that can justify these actions. The majority of the human race wants to live in peace with dignity. It is time to show, with more power and strength, that our choral family contributes, through music to break down the artificial barriers product of politics, different ideologies, religious differences, and racial hatred that separate human beings. We must be able to show that MUSIC, the divine art, is more than the mere search of formal perfection and interpretative beauty, music should serve to extol the values of solidarity, peace, and understanding. We cannot work isolated, we have to make all possible efforts to have our voices heard and to let music work its own paths of communication.

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World Choral Day 2025: Singing for Peace, Connection, and Our Common Home

This World Choral Day 2025, IFCM invites conductors, singers, and choirs worldwide to join in building an international collage of photos and stories. Together, let’s show how choral singing touches lives, strengthens communities, and unites our planet. Share your unforgettable moments when singing together truly made a difference.
How to participate in World Choral Day 2025:

• Share one photo that captures a powerful choral moment for you.
• In your caption (max 100 words), tell the story of how/why this choral experience was meaningful for you, your choir, or your community.
• Tag three singers, conductors, or choirs to keep the chain going.
• Use #WorldChoralDay2025 to link all contributions.

Together, we will create a global mosaic of collective singing (one photo and one story at a time), showing how voices joined in harmony have the potential to unite us all - one voice on one planet.

On World Choral Day, voices from every corner of the globe will rise in a powerful message: peace is possible, and it begins with us. In a world too often divided by conflict, fear, and isolation, singing together is a radical act. It builds trust, opens hearts, and connects strangers. When two people sing together, they are not in conflict—they are listening, responding, and creating harmony.

World Choral Day celebrates the power of music to unite us. It’s not just about performance - it’s about presence. About choosing conversation over conflict, connection over silence. This year, we are called to reject the walls that separate us - between nations, cultures, communities, even neighbors. If we sing together, we choose not to fight. We choose to create peace.

In a time of global uncertainty, our voices must also rise to protect our shared home. Climate change reminds us: we are all in this together. Just as a choir depends on every voice to create harmony, a livable planet depends on each of us to protect and care for it. Peace and a healthy planet are built on strong human relationships.

Every choir that gathers across cultural, political, or linguistic divides is practicing what it means to be a global family. Just as every singer plays a part in the music, each of us has a role in shaping a more peaceful, connected, and sustainable world.

On World Choral Day, let us raise our voices—in song, in solidarity, and in hope.

Sing for peace. Sing for our planet. Sing for our future.

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