IFCM - International Federation for Choral Music

2024 Feb 21 highlighted

Launch of the SWAN project — Singing with Additional Needs

Published: Feb 21,2024

Together with the project coordinator Norsk Sangerforum and the other project partners, the European Choral association is delighted to announce the start of the EU-funded project SWAN.

2023 Sep 28 highlighted

Musica International, a goldmine of choral repertoire with unrestricted access for the IFCM members

Published: Sep 28,2023

Musica International is a multilingual collaborative database of choral repertoire which references comprehensively more than 200,000 choral titles and of which IFCM is a founding member. The IFCM members globally get unrestricted privileged access to the Musica database through the website www.ifcm.net. But what does it mean?

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

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 Aug 31

IFCM Online Cafés, the new season

Published: Aug 31,2024

We’re back online! The upcoming season of IFCM Online Cafés will begin on 21 October 2024 with a Café addressing the subject of concert design.

2024 Aug 31

IFCM welcomes a new member: Montana International Choral Festival

Published: Aug 31,2024

The Montana International Choral Festival celebrates its 38th year as the United States premier non-competitive choral festival on 17-20 July 2025

2024 Jul 31

China International Chorus Festival, Beijing, China

Published: Jul 31,2024

The 17th China International Choral Festival (CICF) was held in Beijing, China, 15-19 July 2024. IFCM President, Emily Kuo Vong, attended the opening and closing concerts, award ceremony, and other events. CICF is one of the biggest festivals in the world, with 306 choirs and over 15,000 singers from 31 countries around the globe.

2024 Jul 31

World Youth Choir Alumni Session at HarbourVOICES! International Festival of Collective Singing Trad

Published: Jul 31,2024

The World Youth Choir is back home after an incredible Alumni Session 2024 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, hosted by HarbourVOICES! International Festival of Collective Singing Traditions.

2024 Jul 31

Qiandongnan International Folk Song Festival and World Voices Conference, 20-24 July 2024

Published: Jul 31,2024

The 2024 Qiandongnan International Folk Song Festival and World Voices Conference opened in Zhaoxing Dong Village on 21 July 2024. Situated in the Guizhou Province, Zhaoxing is one of the largest Dong minority villages in China.

2024 Jul 31

First YOUNG IFCM Online Café (21 July 2024): a Success!

Published: Jul 31,2024

The recent online café, moderated by Pelin Küçükerdoğan (YOUNG IFCM Chair, Turkey) and Gilles Lamere (IFCM YOUNG, Cameroon), welcomed Anne Copiaco (Philippines), Kertu Süld (Estonia), Juan Villalba (Venezuela), Maclain Hardin-Kurza (USA), and Sam Nicholson (New Zealand).

2024 Jul 31

Asia Pacific Youth Choir 2024 in Daegu, South Korea

Published: Jul 31,2024

The Asia Pacific Youth Choir (APYC) took place 14-20 July 2024 in Daegu, South Korea. It was led by two highly experienced conductors: Jacob Youngmok Chang, President of the Korea International Choral Association and Former President of Daegu Art University, and Mark Anthony Carpio, a renowned choral conductor, countertenor, and the choirmaster of the Philippine Madrigal Singers from the Philippines.

2024 Jul 31

American Choral Directors Association (ACDA): International Conductors Exchange Program

Published: Jul 31,2024

With the Philippine Choral Directors Association in 2025

2024 Jul 24

Le Chant sur la Lowé, Gabon, Paid Tribute to Black Music Icons

Published: Jul 24,2024

Les Grandes Icones de la Musique Noire is a show by the vocal group Le Chant Sur La Lowé at the Institut Français du Gabon in Libreville. There are so many stars in the music world... Some have left us, others are still with us. It's impossible to list them all, and it's a bit ambitious to try to sing like them. However, Le Chant Sur La Lowé decided to honor them in a special way with a few of their most iconic songs in two shows on July 19 and 22, 2024.

2024 Jun 28

Choral Federation Wallonia-Brussels, A Coeur Joie Belgium, presents its brochure of activities 2024-

Published: Jun 28,2024

The 2024-2025 new season is almost here at the Choral Federation Wallonia-Brussels, A Coeur Joie Belgium (ACJ.be). It will be a season filled with activities for all ages. Training courses, singing days, weekends, or weeks. Select the option that best suits your needs and enjoy the benefits!

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 31

Schola Cantorum Foundation of Venezuela: New Training Program

Published: May 31,2024

In recent days, the Schola Cantorum Foundation of Venezuela has launched a new program, called ¡Cantemos!, through which it continues to fulfill its mission of training in values and musical education of young directors, students and singers.

2024 May 21

Have you missed the last webinars of the European Choral Association? Check them out!

Published: May 21,2024

Webinar "Are you paid fairly? Recommendations on fair pay at international collective singing events"

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 May 08

☕️ Did you miss the IFCM Members' Cafe on Repertoire?

Published: May 08,2024

The recording of the IFCM Members Online Cafe "On the Discovery of New Repertoire, Part 2" (28 April 2024) is now available.