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.
IFCM is calling on millions of singers worldwide to join us and use their voices for peace through collective singing. We are confident that this is one of the most powerful tools we can use to contribute to achieving peace, which is currently a pressing global need.
The theme of the World Choral Day 2024 is Voices Uniting the Planet.
IFCM and Choirs for Ecocide Law (CFEL) are working together to make World Choir Day 2024 a celebration of peace and environmental sustainability.
Participate in the World Choral Day 2024 and submit your videos:
All these performances can include one or all of the following pieces:
Participate in the World Choral Day 2024 in other ways:
IFCM will organise two more webinars in collaboration with Choirs for Ecocide Law on the World Choral Day (8 December 2024):
For those situated in the Eastern hemisphere (8 December 2024 at 8AM CET):
Register on https://bit.ly/IFCMcafeDec2024-East
Join us on https://bit.ly/WCD-CFEL-Dec2024-East
For those situated in the Western hemisphere (8 December 2024 at 8PM CET):
Register on https://bit.ly/IFCMcafeDec2024-West
Join us on: https://bit.ly/WCD-CFEL-Dec2024-West
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.
Read moreOur 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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