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2025 May 16 highlighted
Unison Episode 6 welcomed Lim Ai Hooi from Singapore
Published: May 16,2025
Lim Ai Hooi is a recognised and respected conductor and educator in Singapore’s choral scene. Ai Hooi graduated in 1989 from the Royal College of Music, London, majoring in Piano and Voice. Over the past 30 years, Ai Hooi has led her school choirs to achieve top honours at numerous renowned international competitions. In 2009, she founded ONE Chamber Choir. Since then, the choir has triumphed at competitions in Philippines, Wales, Hungary, Germany and South Africa, including achieving Champion of the World Choir Games in 2018.
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2025 Apr 29 highlighted
Unison welcomed David Squire in its 5th episode
Published: Apr 29,2025
David Squire is one of New Zealand’s most prominent conductors. Since 2011, he has been Music Director of the New Zealand Youth Choir, the first alumnus director of the choir. David also directs the Auckland Youth Choir and international award-winning ensembles Voicemale (Westlake Boys High School), Euphony (Kristin School), and the Westlake Symphony Orchestra.
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2025 Apr 29 highlighted
Choral TIES Webinar on 22 May 2025 at 2PM CET: Conducting Youth and Children’s Choirs
Published: Apr 29,2025
Encouraging the creation of youth and children's choirs, giving practical inputs and tools to choral conductors and leaders
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2025 Apr 29 highlighted
Unison welcomed Basilio Astulez in its 4th episode
Published: Apr 29,2025
In addition to teaching and conducting Leioa Kantika Korala children's choir and SJB mixed youth choir at the Leioa Municipal Music Conservatory, Basilio Astulez conducts Vocalia Taldea, an award-winning female chamber ensemble (Toulouse, Torrevieja, Maasmechelen, Arezzo, Tours, and Cork). He has recorded 12 albums and toured in Europe, North America, and Asia with these choirs.
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2025 Apr 29 highlighted
YOUNG, Youth International Cultural Management Programme 2025
Published: Apr 29,2025
Meet the selected candidates who will participate in YOUNG 2025, Youth International Cultural Management Programme, in the frame of the 45th International Congress of Pueri Cantores, 16-20 July 2025, in Munich, Germany.
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2025 Apr 29 highlighted
IFCM welcomes a new member in the Choir Category: Chœur Miangaly from Madagascar
Published: Apr 29,2025
Created in 2013, Chœur Miangaly is a Malagasy secular choir composed of approximately 30 talented and passionate young singers. With its corporate status, Chœur Miangaly is the single model of choral ensemble in Madagascar.
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2025 Apr 29 highlighted
Musica International:  A quick way to find information about composers of choral music
Published: Apr 30,2025
All choirs and conductors need information about the composers or arrangers of choral works in order to better introduce these pieces to both the singers and the audiences of their concerts. For example, the years of birth and death of composers in concert programmes are appreciated in order to provide an historical point of reference for the composition. Sometimes short composer biographies help to contextualise the works and enhance both printed programmes and spoken presentations during concerts.
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2025 Apr 29 highlighted
The World Youth Choir is thrilled to announce its 2025 summer tour across Catalonia and France!
Published: Apr 30,2025
Under the direction of Dutch conductor Daniel Reuss (Capella Amsterdam, Rias Kammerchor, Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne), the 2025 World Youth Choir will present a rich and diverse programme of European composers, including Vaughan Williams, Vasks, Schnittke, and Martin, complemented by folk pieces and a world première by a Catalan composer — and World Youth Choir alumna — Anna Campmany Duch.
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2025 Apr 29 highlighted
Join the World Youth Choir Study Tour on 19-22 July 2025
Published: Apr 30,2025
Organized by Asociación Española de Directores de Coro (AEDCORO) in collaboration with the World Youth Choir Foundation and the Federació Catalana d'Entitats Corals, this Study Tour is available exclusively to AEDCORO members and WYC alumni. It will take place in Barcelona during the 2025 WYC session.
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2025 Apr 29 highlighted
European Choral Association (ECA) Leading Voices, Tallinn, Estonia, 6-10 July 2025
Published: Apr 30,2025
Several hundred choral professionals from Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, and USA have already registered for Leading Voices!
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2025 Apr 29 highlighted
A Cœur Joie International presents the Choralies, 30 July-7 August 2025
Published: Apr 30,2025
Choralies, Vaison-la-Romaine, France, 30 July-7 August 2025, the French Choral Rendez-vous!
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2025 Apr 29 highlighted
American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), Between the Staves
Published: Apr 30,2025
Between the Staves is an initiative of the ACDA Education and Collaboration National Standing Committee.
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2025 Apr 29 highlighted
Federació Catalana d'Entitats Corales offers Summer Course on Choral Conducting Barcelona, Spain,
Published: Apr 30,2025
The Federació Catalana d'Entitats Corales (FCEC) offers a 4-day course on choral conducting for working groups in three levels: Initial, Intermediate, and Advanced. Each group will work with a pilot choir. Aspects of conducting technique (conducting practices, auditory perception, vocal training, and common singing) and complementary activities (conference and analysis) will be included. The closing concert of the course will take place on 11 July 2025.
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2025 Jul 17 2025 Jul 19 highlighted
The 7th World Youth Arts Festival: 17-19. July 2025 in Vienna
Published: May 08,2025
This annual celebration brings together musicians and performers from around the world in a unique blend of performance, cultural exchange and travel. Gathering while connecting with fellow musicians from different cultures and exploring the heart of Europe's classical legacy.
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2025 Aug 24 2025 Aug 31 highlighted
FENIARCO: 13th European Academy for choral conductors, Fano, Italy, 24-31 August 2025
Published: Apr 29,2025
The Academy is a biannual professional masterclass opened to participants from all over Europe, organised by Feniarco in partnership with European Choral Association. The lecturer for the Academy 2025 is Māris Sirmais (Latvia). The participants will work with a high level pilot-choir during the whole Academy. The working language will be English.
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2024 Dec 31 highlighted
Call for Choirs to Apply for Conductors Beyond Borders Peer-to-Peer Exchange Programme
Published: Dec 31,2024
The Conductors Beyond Borders Peer-to-Peer Exchange Programme is a component of the Choral TIES project coordinated by the European Choral Association, co-funded by the European Union, and organised in cooperation with IFCM. This programme provides limited financial support in the form of a grant to cover international travel expenses.
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2024 Nov 29 highlighted
IFCM Online Cafés: Tell us what you think
Published: Nov 29,2024
It has been so inspiring to meet many of you this year at the monthly online cafés organised by IFCM.
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2025 Jun 13 2025 Jun 16 highlighted
5th End of the World Choir Festival “Trascendence”, Ushuaia, Argentina, 13-16 June 2025
Published: Oct 31,2024
The End of the World Choir Festival is a four-day event featuring concerts, workshops, lectures, and discussion forums under a specific theme that makes each edition unique. It takes place in Ushuaia both in-person and online, with professional live streaming that connects the world to a high-quality artistic and touristic experience.
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2025 Jul 06 2025 Jul 10 highlighted
Leading Voices 2025, 6-10 July 2025, Tallinn, Estonia
Published: Jun 17,2024
From 6-10 July 2025, Tallinn will host Leading Voices 2025, an event of the European Choral Association organised in cooperation with the Estonian Choral Association and the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre.
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2025 Jul 07 2025 Jul 13 highlighted
Federació Catalana d'Entitats Corals (FCEC) announces its 60th International Choral Music Festival
Published: Jul 31,2024
FCEC’s International Choral Music Festival (7-13 July 2025) offers an international singing week: six days of workshops and concerts in the heart of Barcelona surrounded by music and cultures from around the world.
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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. Publication temporarily suspended.

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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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