Message from the IFCM President
2015-04-01
Chicago, 1 April 2015
Dear friends,
As we enter the 33rd year since IFCM was created, I am reminded of the fact that this organization is focused on service. In fact our byline is:
“W…Read More →
Choral Warm-Downs - Turning Tradition on its Head
2015-04-09
By Dr. Timothy Seelig, choral conductor and teacher
Tired of the same old warm-ups? We all are. So let’s start over — with a brand new look.
There has always been much debate about whether it is necessary to do ch…Read More →
After Eric: New American Composers after 1980 (part one)
2015-04-09
By Philip Copeland, choral conductor and teacher
Eric Whitacre dramatically altered the landscape of American choral music in 1996 with “Water Night.” Since then, many of us have probably programmed his most popular works: Sleep, W…Read More →
Goodbye dear friend...
2015-04-09
Dr. Steve Zegree left us this Saturday 7th March, victim of a rapidly-spreading cancer. Music has lost one of its most faithful servants and hundreds of students, alumni, members of World Youth Choir and artists mourn his passing.
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Changes in the Choral World over the past Ten Years
2015-04-09
Every year at the end of October, the International Warsaw Choir Festival, “Varsovia Cantat” (www.varsoviacantat.pl), takes place. I am lucky to have been a jury member of this event for many years and, l…Read More →
Planning Interesting, Vital Rehearsals
2015-04-09
By Dr. John Warren, Director of Choral Activities, Syracuse University
Edited by Louise Wiseman, UK
Planning rehearsals day after day can be a grind. It is helpful to have a formula or pattern as a starting point. In this…Read More →
IFCM Ambassador Program
2015-04-09
By Francesco Leonardi, IFCM Project Manager
Translated from the Italian by Marvin Vann, USA
Through its membership, IFCM brings together over fifty thousand choirs from throughout the world. This impressi…Read More →
Conductors Who Cannot Conduct: The role of emotions and their excess in conducting
2015-04-09
By Aurelio Porfiri, choral conductor and teacher
Edited by Gillian Forlivesi Heywood, Italy/UK
When we are busy considering what a conductor does, we may observe the way he or she moves the hands, gestures, and th…Read More →
The Spirit and Voice of Robert Schumann
2015-04-09
Seventh International Robert Schumann Choral Singing Festival, Zwickau, Germany
15 — 19 October 2014
By Henri Pompidor, choral conductor and instructor
Translated from the French by…Read More →
Wrocław choral art; Towards Polyphony, Competition for Choral Conductors
2015-04-09
By Marta Kierska-Witczak, choral conductor and teacher
Translated from the Polish into English by Agata Szczygiel
Edited by Mirella Biagi, UK/Italy