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Message from the President (Page 26)

Dear Friends,

The new year is upon us, and with it come fresh new ideas, new inspiration, and new energy and spirit for IFCM.

Over the past few months our Executive Committee, Board and staff have been hard at work laying the organisational groundwork for our new and improved IFCM. We have exciting plans for the coming year and for the longer-term future, in line with IFCM’s mission to serve and bring our worldwide choral family closer together, to share our choral and cultural traditions with each other, and to foster choral education in order to bring the joys of choral singing to people all over the globe.

Our events from last year, including the 11th World Symposium on Choral Music in Barcelona, the International Folk Song Choral Festival and IFCM Voices Conference in Kaili, and the “Sound from the Silk Road” Choral Festival in Inner Mongolia, were an astounding success, so we will continue to organise these events and increase the scope of their ambition. Indeed, this year we will launch our Belt and Road Choral Festival in Inner Mongolia, a massive international choral event focused on connecting a wide variety of cultures through choral music. The 2018 World Youth Choir session will be hosted in China, and the World Youth Choir will join the Belt and Road Festival in Inner Mongolia before continuing on to the 14th China International Chorus Festival in Beijing. A second IFCM World Choral Expo is also in the offing this year, which will build on the excellent work done as part of our first Expo in Macau three years ago in 2015.

In addition to these events, we have plans to revitalise and reenergise the Songbridge project to promote children’s and youth choirs for the sake of peace and friendship, and to develop an IFCM App in order to propel our organisation into the increasingly hyper-connected world of the future. Of course, these are only a few of the IFCM events, programmes, and projects currently in the works; there will be many more exciting activities to look forward to as the year goes on!

I wish to thank our Executive Committee, Treasurer and Legal Advisor, Board of Directors, staff and network of volunteers from around the world, whose tireless work makes everything IFCM does possible. Above all, I wish to thank you, our members, in whose interests all our efforts are directed.

As the new year sets in, let us take time to reflect on all that is past and celebrate all that is to come. Happy New Year to all of you, and may it bring you and your loved ones even greater joy and success than ever before.

A toast: To the new year, and to a brighter future for IFCM!

 

Edited by Christopher Lutton, UK

Message de la Présidente

2018-01-01
By: Emily Kuo Vong
On: January 1, 2018
In: Message from the President
With: 0 Comments

Chers amis,

La nouvelle année est là et, avec son arrivée viennent de toutes nouvelles idées, de nouvelles inspirations, une nouvelle énergie et un nouvel esprit pour la FIMC.

Ces derniers mois, notre comité exécutif, notre bureau …Read More →

2017 American Choral Directors Association National Conference

2017-07-15
By: Tim Sharp
On: July 15, 2017
In: Choral World News
With: 0 Comments

Tim Sharp, Directeur de l’Association des chefs de chœurs américains (ACDA)

Le congrès national biennal de l’Association des chefs d…Read More →

Premier Festival de Chœurs Universitaires FICORU

2017-07-15
By: Ana Patricia Carbajal Córdova
On: July 15, 2017
In: Choral World News
With: 0 Comments

Ana Patricia CARBAJAL CORDOVA, professeur et directeur du chœur

La première édition du Festival International de Chœurs Universitaires a eu li…Read More →

Le chant est un droit fondamental de l’enfant (2ème partie)

2017-07-15
By: Oscar Escalada
On: July 15, 2017
In: Choral Technique
With: 0 Comments

Oscar ESCALADA, chef de cœur, compositeur et professeur

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Composer en pensant à l'interprète, entretien avec le compositeur de musique de chœur russe Sergey Yekimov

2017-07-15
By: Kevin L. Coker
On: July 15, 2017
In: Composers' Corner
With: 0 Comments

Kevin L. Coker, chef de chœur et enseignant

Kevin L. Coker: Pouvez-vous me citer quelques-unes de vos influences musicales, et me dire en quoi elles ont façonné…Read More →

Le Maestro Electo Silva Gainza est décédé

2017-07-15
By: Digna Guerra
On: July 15, 2017
In: IFCM News
With: 0 Comments

Digne Guerra, compositeur choral et professeur

Le Maestro Electo Silva nous a quittés le 30 mai dernier. Il était pédagogue, compositeur, che…Read More →

Festival International du Chant Populaire 2017 de Qiandongnan en Chine et Colloque Mondial de la FIMC sur la Voix

2017-07-15
By: IFCM Press Release
On: July 15, 2017
In: IFCM News
With: 0 Comments

Du 8 au 13 août 2017, Ville de Kaili, Province de Guizhou, China

Le 14 mai dernier, une conférence de presse très réussie a eu lieu à Shangha…Read More →

Book Review: The Learning Conductor – Le Chef de Chœur en apprentissage

2017-07-15
By: Tobin Sparfeld
On: July 15, 2017
In: Choral World News
With: 0 Comments

Par Tobin Sparfield, DMA, enseignant et chef de chœur

L’auteur Thomas Caplin travaille en tant que professeur et chef de chœur en Norvège. Il…Read More →

Hommage à Veljo Tormis

2017-07-15
By: Raul Talmar
On: July 15, 2017
In: Choral World News
With: 0 Comments

Par Raul Talmar, chef de chœur et enseignant, Président de l’Association Chorale Estonienne

Cet article ne prétend pas traiter de musicologie…Read More →

Claudio Monteverdi : Vêpres de la Vierge (Vêpres de 1610), SV 206

2017-07-15
By: Uwe Wolf
On: July 15, 2017
In: Focus
With: 0 Comments

Uwe Wolf, musicologue

Les Vêpres de la Vierge font partie d’un recueil qui a été publié sous le nom de “Sanctissimae Virgini Mis…Read More →

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