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,

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s, organisations or companies. Through the organisations and choirs IFCM plays a role in choral music and choral events in the world. On the

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IFCM is the official representative of choral music.

Purposes

The purposes are fulfilled mainly through the following projects: *African Children Sing! * Musica International (Choral music database) * ChoralNet website * Conductors without borders *International Centre for Choral Music in Namur, Belgium *Master classes *OpusChoral *Regional symposia *Songbridge *World Choral Census *International Choral Bulletin *World day of Choral singing *World symposium on Choral music *World Symposium 2011 in Puerto Madryn, Argentina *World Chamber Choir *

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*Youth Committee

Organizations

IFCM was founded by seven national and international choral organizations from five continents. These are: *The

American Choral Directors Association The American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, is a non-profit organization with the stated purpose of promoting excellence in the field of choral music. Its membership comprises approximately 22,000 c ...

ACDA *

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(France) * Arbeitsgemeinschaft Europäsicher Chorverbände (Europa) * Asociación Interamericana de Directores de Coros (Latin America) *

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- Federation Européenne des Jeunes Chorales (Europe) *

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- (Scandinavia)

References

External links

Official web siteWorld Youth Choir Official web siteMusica International Choral Repertoire Database official web site
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