Expressing Emotions in Music
2013-10-15
Expressing Emotions¹ in Music
From the notes to the sound – for young and old²
Rudolf de Beer
choral conductor and teacher
President’s Column
2013-10-15
15 August 2013
Dear friends,
Welcome to the first Quarterly President’s Column. The Board of Directors and I decided to use this as yet another means of providing information to our members about what is on the horizon for IFCM, which …Read More →
Welcome to Seoul… Tenth World Symposium on Choral Music, 6-13 August 2014
2013-10-15
By Young-Rai Cho
If you are hungry, then visit the trendy streets of downtown Seoul, where a wide range of restaurants, from small and charming to premium places boasting famous chefs, serve the best of dishes to indulg…Read More →
Professional and Amateur Choral Performance in the Soviet Union (1922-1991)
2013-10-15
By Boris Tarakanov, conductor and writer and Anton Fedorov, composer, conductor and writer
The Choir as a Symbol of a Strong State
The Soviet leadership was well aware that a strong count…Read More →
The Kinshasa Chœur la Grace on Tour
2013-10-15
Ambroise Kua-Nzambi Toko
Chœur la Grace, a Congolese choir directed by Ambroise Kua-Nzambi Toko and composed largely of choir directors, has certainly claimed a presence these past ten yea…Read More →
World Youth Choir is calling young singers to join the 25th session in Croatia, July 2014
2013-10-15
As one of the most original choral projects existing nowadays the World Youth Choir is heading to its 25th Anniversary summer session which will be held in July 2014 in Croatia under the motto ”Singing the World”. The session wi…Read More →
Interview with Javier Busto
2013-10-15
María Zugazabeitia
The composer Javier Busto, who confesses that he feels more comfortable conducting music than he does creating it, has kindly found the time to answer a series of questions from the ICB. The interview…Read More →
The Foundation World Youth Choir
2013-10-15
News August 2013
Vladimir Opačić
Project Manager World Youth Choir Foundation
The Foundation World Youth Choir elects new President
The F…Read More →
The Issue of Modernity in Choral Music
2013-10-15
Aurelio Porfiri
choral conductor and teacher
It is common for opinions on the value of a piece of choral music to be given regarding its conformity to a category defined as ‘modernity’, a cat…Read More →