International Federation for Choral Music (IFCM) is an international association founded in 1982 to facilitate communication and exchange between choral musicians throughout the world.
IFCM has around 900 members from all continents. The members are individuals, choirs, organisations or companies. Through the organisations and choirs IFCM plays a role in choral music and choral events in the world. On the International Music Council of the UNESCO IFCM is the official representative of choral music.
Purposes
editThe purposes are fulfilled mainly through the following projects:
- African Children Sing!
- Musica International (Choral music database)
- ChoralNet[1]
- Conductors without borders
- International Centre for Choral Music in Namur, Belgium[2]
- Master classes
- OpusChoral
- Regional symposia
- Songbridge[3]
- World Choral Census[4]
- International Choral Bulletin[5]
- World day of Choral singing[6]
- World symposium on Choral music[7]
- World Symposium 2011 in Puerto Madryn, Argentina
- World Chamber Choir[8]
- World Youth Choir[9]
- Youth Committee[10]
Organizations
editIFCM was founded by seven national and international choral organizations from five continents. These are:
- The American Choral Directors Association ACDA
- A Coeur Joie International (France)[11]
- Arbeitsgemeinschaft Europäischer Chorverbände (Europa)
- Asociación Interamericana de Directores de Coros[12] (Latin America)
- Europa Cantat - Federation Européenne des Jeunes Chorales (Europe)
- Japan Choral Association[13] (Japan)
- Korforum Nordisk Korforum[14] - (Scandinavia)
References
edit- ^ ChoralNet website.
- ^ ACDA and IFCM, Cooperation for World Understanding (requires login). JSTOR.
- ^ Songbridge website.
- ^ World Choral Census, requires login.
- ^ International Choral Bulletin. ISSN 0896-0968
- ^ World Choral Day. December 2022.
- ^ World symposium on Choral music. 25-30th April 2023.
- ^ World Chamber Choir. Spotify.
- ^ World Youth Choir website.
- ^ Youth Committee. European Choral Association.
- ^ A Coeur Joie International website.
- ^ Asociación Interamericana de Directores de Coros website
- ^ Japan Choral Association website.
- ^ Korforum Nordisk Korforum website.