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The Bloemfontein International Choral Centre (BICC) (Page 71)

Annemarie van der Walt

IFCM Board Member

 

Bloemfontein, the city of roses, in the centre of South Africa!

The town with the vision to establish a centre to educate all choral conductors and choral singers

 

Waterfront and Loch Logan Park, Bloemfontein -
Photo: Annemarie van der Walt

 

The Bloemfontein International Choral Centre (BICC) was established on 29 May 2009

 

Vision 

Advancement and development of choral music.

Mission

  • To serve as an International Choral Centre for Choral Music for practitioners, conductors, singers and composers in South Africa and to provide them with opportunities to learn,  do research and develop as leaders in their choral fields.
  • To promote the composition and publication of choral music whenever and wherever the opportunity might arise.
  • To bring professionals and volunteers together to learn, collaborate and debate in a friendly, supportive environment that promotes networking, information exchange, and shared goals.
  • To facilitate interaction, exchange and collaboration between choral practitioners across the different media and with artists in other disciplines and to liaise and cooperate with local, national and international bodies involved in the funding, promotion, distribution and development of music.

Structure

  • President (Annemarie van der Walt)
  • Vice-President (Lance Phillip)
  • Administrative Secretary (Mirriam Ramafikeng)
  • Treasurer (Johan van der Sandt)
  • Additional Members: Ingrid Lipale, Theo Dzorkpey, Simon Aiken, Jeanette Masia.  (Extra members may be co-opted for specific projects.)

Goals

  • To establish an extensive communication network-system between all choral practitioners in and around Bloemfontein, as well as on a national and an international level. 

Collaboration with all:

→ Bloemfontein Choral institutions (UOFS, RSCM Free State, Musicon),

→ National Choral Institutions and Choral Associations (ATKV, SAKOV, CHORISA, Dept. of Arts & Culture) and Choral Associations,

→ International Choral Institutions and Choral Associations (IFCM, ACDA, Interkultur)

  • To establish a national and international register of choral practitioners.
  • To present workshops for the education and development of the skills of all choral practitioners.
  • To present a quarterly newsletter to subscribers.  Through subscribing to the quarterly newsletter of BICC a person becomes a member.
  • To facilitate visits of choirs from South Africa and from abroad to Bloemfontein and to arrange intercultural exchanges and concerts.
  • To assist communities in creating audiences for choral events across the cultural spectrum.  
  • Website – a website will be developed

The BICC shall operate on a non-profit basis and the financial resources of the BICC shall be derived from proceeds from projects, grants by international and national organizations, governments or public bodies, legacies, contributions and/or grants from private bodies or persons.

 

Planned projects

  • The first project: 

International Project for the Development of Choral Music (IPDCM)

Presented by the Bloemfontein International Choral Centre (BICC)

In collaboration with the Croatian Choral Directors Association The Vocal Academy Croatia.

Musicon 1 – 4 October 2009.

Choral Singing is one of the most actively pursued cultural activities in our country but not many choir conductors have the opportunity to learn more about conducting.

 

This course is the first of three accredited courses for choral conductors, with a test at the end of the three days and a certificate.  The subjects are taught by professionals in the field in such a way as to be understandable by beginners in choral conducting.   

Subjects:  Voice warm-ups, vocal physiology, expressive analysis and vocal stylistics in choral music, vocal techniques, emotional voice posture, history of choral music and musical style, music theory, and conducting techniques. These subjects enable choral conductors to lift the standard of their choirs and thus contribute to social and economic progress.  

The participants will also have the opportunity to sing and conduct the choir-in-residence.

Parts 2 and 3 of this choral course will follow in 2010.

Clinicians:

Branko Stark (Zagreb, Croatia)

Rudolf de Beer (Stellenbosch)

Annemarie van der Walt (Bloemfontein)

Theo Dzorkpey (Bloemfontein)

 

  • Future projects and events:

2009

  • Assistance and collaboration with the CHORISA workshop on 21 November in Bloemfontein.  (Clinicians Richard Cock and Reinette Bouwer)
  • Celebration of the IFCM World Day of Choral Singing on 13 December 2009 by hosting and organizing a Choir Festival in Bloemfontein

2010

  • IPDCM 2:  5 to 8 January 2010
  • Choir festival and workshop with Kungsholmen Gymnasium Kor, Stockholm, under the direction of Bengt Ollen, 27 and 28 March 2010
  • IHLOMBE – Festival concert and Workshop, 3 August 2010.
  • IPDCM 3: 30 September to 3 October 2010.  

 

 

The Bloemfontein International Choral Centre (BICC)

2009-10-15
By: Annemarie van der Walt
On: October 15, 2009
In: Focus
With: 0 Comments

Annemarie van der Walt

IFCM Board Member

 

Bloemfontein, the city of roses, in the centre of South Africa!

The town with the vision to establish a centre to e…Read More →

Songbridge

2009-10-15
By: Susan Knight
On: October 15, 2009
In: Focus
With: 0 Comments

Social Integration and Learning Through Inter-cultural Music Making

 

Susan Knight

Founder and Artistic Director of Shallaway

 

Introduction

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The ICB Has a new Managing Editor: Andrea Angelini

2009-10-15
By: Jutta Tagger
On: October 15, 2009
In: IFCM News
With: 0 Comments

Jutta Tagger

Outgoing Managing Editor

 

Many of you may not know that the International Choral Bulletin (ICB) is older than the IFCM itself. The first issue is dated July 1981, whereas the IFCM was of…Read More →

IFCM Advisors 2008 – 2011

2009-10-15
By: International Federation for Choral Music
On: October 15, 2009
In: IFCM News
With: 0 Comments

We are pleased to announce that all Advisors recommended by the IFCM Board have now accepted to serve. Please find below the complete list.

 

Anne Meier Baker (USA)

Robert Cooper (Cana…Read More →

Choral Singing and Citizen Education

2009-10-15
By: International Federation for Choral Music
On: October 15, 2009
In: Focus
With: 0 Comments

 

André Pires

Choir Director

 

While honored by the invitation to write this article – on the relationship between choral singing and education – I did wonder what I could possibly say on…Read More →

The Health Benefits of Singing in a Choir

2014-04-01
By: Margrethe Ek
On: April 1, 2014
In: Focus
With: 0 Comments

By Margrethe Ek, conductor, teacher and writer

Several choir singers claimed that they arrived at the rehearsal feeling tired and exhausted, but left feeling happy and full of new energy after two or three hours of singing. The cho…Read More →

The Rapt and the Austere — In memoriam John Tavener

2014-04-01
By: Ivan Moody
On: April 1, 2014
In: Choral World News
With: 0 Comments

By Ivan Moody, composer, conductor and Orthodox priest

Sir John Tavener (1944-2013) was not only a composer of enormous versatility, but one who managed to surprise everybody with every new development in his stylistic traj…Read More →

Message from the IFCM President

2015-07-01
By: Michael J. Anderson
On: July 1, 2015
In: Message from the President
With: 0 Comments

Chicago, 1 July 2015

 

Dear friends,

As members of an organization focused on service, IFCM administrators constantly strive to find meaningful ways to meet the organization’s stated mission. Since that mission involves supportin…Read More →

Light and Love: New Vocal Works for the Sonux Ensemble (Hans-Joachim Lustig, director)

2014-10-18
By: T.J. Harper
On: October 18, 2014
In: CD Review
With: 0 Comments

Featured Instrumentalists: Stefan Kuchel, saxophone; Sirius Quartet: Fung Chen Hwei, violin; Gregor Hübner, violin; Ron Lawrence, viola; Jeremy Harman, cello

Hans-Joachim Lustig, director

Rondeau Production GmbH – Petersstraße 39-41 – …Read More →

Review of The Essentials of Beautiful Singing: A Three-Step Kinesthetic Approach by Karen Tillotson Bauer

2014-10-18
By: Tobin Sparfeld
On: October 18, 2014
In: Book Review
With: 0 Comments

Reviewed by Tobin Sparfeld, choral conductor and teacher

Author Karen Tillotsen Bauer has taught voice and voice pedagogy for over thirty years and is currently a professor at North Park University in Chicago, IL. She is also a form…Read More →

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