Dra til Italia på "singing week" i sommer!

A singing week not to be missed! Next to the seaside and close to the beautiful Venice and the evocative Trieste, this summer singing week will host 6  atelier open to choirs, conductors, individual choir members and music lovers! Every evening there will be concerts, introduced by open singing, and all participants are invited to join this magical atmosphere and enjoy the music. At the end of the week each atelier will perform in a final concert. Alpe Adria Cantat is organised by Feniarco (Italian  Federation of Regional Choral Associations) in collaboration with ECA-EC (European Choral Association - Europa Cantat). Download the brochure and the application form on www.feniarco.it Atelier for individual singers and choirs >>MUSIC FOR CHILDREN'S CHOIRS AND CONDUCTORS' COURSE Conductor: Luigi Leo (IT) Put together the joy of singing in a choir, the thrill of being together, of meeting children and young people from  different cultures, add a pinch of euphoria and you get an explosive mixture. In this workshop you will learn songs  with a captivating rhythm and you will not only sing, but  move and shake! The conductors who accompany the  children will take part in this whirlwind of experiences in  the frontline! >>MONTEVERDI AND VENETIAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC Conductor: Fabio Lombardo (IT) Discovering the great Claudio Monteverdi and his contemporaries by focusing on aspects of the performing technique in relation to the style and the performers. The Magnificat II of 1641 and the Missa a 4 voci da cappella of 1650 are two of the pieces that will be studied. Both  individual singers and already formed vocal groups can participate at the workshop. >>SPIRITUAL AND GOSPEL Conductor: André J. Thomas (US) This workshop will help participants learn how to sing,  teach and conduct both Spirituals and Gospel Music with  one of the most famous expert, André Thomas. His book  Way Over in Beulah Lan’ Understanding and performing  the Negro Spiritual has become a primary source for  scholars, teachers, and performers. Participants will actively perform with authenticity and they will leave with an unforgettable store of knowledge! >>ROMANTIC MUSIC Conductor: Rainer Held (CH) We will dive into the Romantic music through interesting works by not too famous composers (Draeseke) placed side by side with the masterpieces for choir a cappella in four- and five-part scores of the great masters such as Mendelssohn, Reger, Brahms and Schoeck. The songs will include the sacred and profane repertoire and the languages will be Latin, German and Rhaeto-Romance (Ladin). >>VOCAL POP / JAZZ Conductor: Rogier IJmker (NL) Most pop songs are about love and may seem to be superficial, but underneath there lies some true difficulties and challenges to deal with. In this atelier you will discover some new pieces, interesting lyrics and original arrangements. The main goal this week is to get groovy: pop music is all about groove and rhythm! When the groove is in your body then singing will be a unique experience! >>WORLD MUSIC Conductor: Silvana Noschese (IT) Voices, sounds, dances and instruments! A strong bond will bring together cultural expressions from different countries, some more known and others at risk of disappearing. Songs related to particular traditions, ceremonies, moments of life and celebrations, from Africa to India, from European sounds to the sounds of South America in a wide variety of timbres and colours. Alpe Adria Cantat 2013 is waiting for you! Alpe Adria Cantat is a summer singing week, that stems from the need to offer to all the lovers of the choral nation­al and international world, an opportunity of learning, confronting and sharing of experiences in the context of a study holiday. Children can meet young singers of different nations and regions together with their conductors, adults can be involved in the over­whelming atmosphere of the world choral music, choose the con­tagious sound of spirituals and gospel music, or indulge in the pleasant vocal pop and jazz music. The most traditional singers have the opportunity to choose between the classic themes of Ro­mantic music and the Venetian school, deepened by internation­ally renowned conductors. There is something to suit everybody’s fancy! Together with the studying activities, every choir can perform, giv­ing to the other participants and to the public the best of its rep­ertoire, of the joy to sing and to listen. The concerts will be organ­ised in the Villaggio Ge.Tur., a comfortable setting of the many ac­tivities of the singing week, and also in the Friuli Venezia Giulia Re­gion and in the Veneto Region, in cities rich of historical and artis­tic beauties. In few words, a study holiday and also an occasion to recharge of ideas and enthusiasm for a new year of choral singing. facebook feniarco feniarco Via Altan 49 S. Vito al Tagliamento, Pn 33078, Italy +39 0434 876724 info@feniarco.it website www.feniarco.it

UKO - unge stemmer høres!

Ung i Kor satser på unge sangere/tillitsvalgte

Ung i Kor har i mange år hatt et opplæringsprosjekt 

kalt UKO for ungdom mellom 14 og 20 år.

Prosjektet er todelt ved at det gis en grunnleggende organisasjonsopplæring samt

musikalsk påfyll.

På Ung i Kor sitt landsmøte i Arendal i april avslutter 15 ungdommer fra hele landet sin tid som UKOer. Disse kan nå bli resurspersoner i egne kor eller i regionale og sentrale styrer. Samtidig ønsker vi velkommen 20 nye UKOer som starter på sitt toårige opplæringsløp. De kan glede seg til flotte samlinger rundt i Norge, Norden og Europa!

Eurochoir 2013

Vil du synge i et internasjonalt ungdomskorprosjekt i sommer? Sjekk ut Eurochoir, 10.-17.august 2013. Du kan også lese mer her.

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Deadlines for applications in March

European Academy for Composers in Graz (AT) - 31/3/2012 Deadline for applications of conductors
Deadline for compositions submitted for the composition competition Details on http://www.chorverband.at 

International Singing Week in Briançon (FR) - 31/3/2012Details on http://www.choralp.fr/en/home.html  

Choral Arts Management Programme - CAMP in St. Lô (FR) - 31/3/2012
Detailed information on this Study Tour for managers and the application form are available here. Further information about the Polyfollia festival is available on www.polyfollia.org 

Eurochoir 2012 in Czech Republic

We are happy to give more details on the EuroChoir 2012 in Lomnice nad Popelku (Northern Bohemia, Czech Republic) which starts on Saturday July 7th 2012 and ends on Sunday July 15th 2012 (see flyer>> here). More information about the conductors, repertoire, concerts, accommodation, food etc. is now available on the new websitewww.eurochoir2012.cz. Deadline for applications is April 30th 2012. 

Major project VOICE receives EU funding

We are happy to report that the European Union has decided to support the multiannual cooperation project “VOICE - Vision On Innovation for Choral music in Europe” under its Culture Programme. VOICE is a is a European project coordinated by the European Choral Association – Europa Cantat with 14 partners (choral organisations, festivals, cultural centres and universities) accross Europe. It is one of 14 multiannual cooperation projects selected by the European Union among 54 applications submitted in October 2011. It will run from June 2012 to May 2015 and has a total budget of almost 2,4 million EUR, with a subsidy from the European Union of almost 1,2 million EUR. You will find a full description of VOICE, our project partners, the aims of the project and the activities planned from 2012 to 2015 on the VOICE section of our Website >> here and a Press Release in English >> here.

NEW Calendar Feature on our Website

We have added a new feature to our website: Under "Events 2012" you will now find a menupoint "Calendar of choral events". You can only travel during a specific period of time but have not decided about your country of destination, yet? Or you want to visit a certain country and want to know which choral events are offered there? Or maybe you want to find out more about special event or about a specific type of events? All this is possible now with this new online calendar. You can search for choral events in Europe and beyond, organised by the European Choral Association - Europa Cantat and by others. You can even submit your own international choral event >> here.

Fundraising for Friends of Choral Music

On March 10th 2012, in the presence of our Board, we organised a fundraising concert with two very different choirs, the Youth Choir of the Friedenskirche in Bonn conducted by Katharina Wulzinger,and the Mixed Choir of Tallinn english College from Estonia conducted by Margot Peterson. They presented a varied programme, delighting the audience with a mix of fun songs, choreography and exquisite vocal quality. The main newspaper of Bonn, the Generalanzeiger, reported about the concert on March 12th - see text in German here. After the concert the audience donated 864 EUR for the association "Friends of Choral Music in Europe". If you also want to support the association, tell your friends about it, organise a fundraising concert yourself, become a friend of the association or give a donation, go to www.eca-ec.org/friends or write to friends@eca-ec.org or visit our Facebook page.

The European Choral Association is supported by the European Union, the German Ministry of Youth and the City of Bonn Member of: International Federation for Choral Music - IFCM, European/International Music Council (EMC-IMC), Culture Action Europe, Musica International, Choral Festival Network

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Newsflash, November 2011






EUROPA CANTAT festival in Turin 2012 - Deadline for applications approaching

The festival in Turin from 27th July to 5th August 2012 will offer more than 50 ateliers with different musical genres for choirs and individual singers of any level. There will also be offers for conductors and composers and training courses for young managers as well as Open Singing, concerts, fringe programmes and much more (more n our Press Release >> here). Are you ready to apply? You can now register online on www.ectorino2012.it. Those applying before 30th November 2011 will be guaranteed to attend one of the ateliers of their choice!

World Youth Choir sings for Nobel Peace Prize winners/ World Youth Choir 2012 session in Cyprus

We are proud to announce that the World Youth Choir will participate at different events in the frame of the Nobel Peace Prize Award in Oslo on December 19th and 11th and will give a solo concert in Oslo University’s Ceremonial Hall on Friday December 9th. More information in the Press Release >> here. / The World Youth Choir session 2012 will be held in Cyprus and will include a tour to Greece and Turkey. Further information on the session and the auditions on www.worldyouthchoir.org.


Michal Hájek successful in conductors‘ competition

At the International Competition for Young conductors in Hungary, 29-year old conductor Michal Hájek from Czech Republic won the overall 1st prize as well as the special prize of the European Choral Association – Europa Cantat which consists in an (assistant) conductorship at the EUROPA CANTAT festival in 2015. Michal convinced the jury with his conducting technique and his communication skills. The 2nd prize was won by Ruut Kiiski from Finland, the third prize went to Matteo Valbusa from Italy. >>more

European Choral Association - Europa Cantat and IMC World Forum on Music
We are proud to report that the Hearts-in-Harmony project in Barcelona was one of the three winners of the IMC Musical Rights Awards 2011, as projected of SCIC (Secretariat de Corals Infantils de Catalunya) nominated by the European Choral Association- Europa Cantat together with the Moviment Coral Català. More in the official Press Release >> here and on our website >> here. The Prize was awarded in the frame of the World Forum on Music of the International and European Music Council (see www.worldforumonmusic.org) at which our association was also present with several project presentations, a delegation of representatives from different choral associations and at the infomarket. At the General Assembly following the forum, our Secretary General Sonja Greiner was elected Treasurer of the International Music Council. You will find the full composition of the Board >> here.


Further news on our Association on http://www.europeanchoralassociation.org/news under the following headlines:Turin welcomes General Assembly with a view to the 2012 festival
ECmagazine 3/2011 available online for members
World Choral Day on December 12th 2011
Bonn greets Turin - Torino Vocal Ensemble and Carlo Pavese in Bonn
European Award for Choral Composers
Composition Competition in association with the European Academy for Conductors in Graz 

Concerts and Workshop with Netherlands Youth Choir in Dortmund
European Choral Association - Europa Cantat at different music fairs

Summer Activities 2011


News from IFCM
The International Federation for Choral Music elected a new Board at the General Assembly in the frame of the 9th World Symposium on Choral Music in Puerto Madryn. Michael Anderson (USA) was elected President, further members on the Executive Board are Leon Tong (Hong Kong, China), Philip Brunelle (USA), Saeko Hasegawa (Japan), Stephen Leek (Australia), Theodora Pavlovitch (Bulgaria) and Hakan Wickström (Finland). For further information see www.ifcm.net and for the full Board see >> here.

News from Culture Action Europe / We Are More campaign
Culture Action Europe, which held its General Assembly on 19 October 2011 in Brussels, also elected a new Executive Committee with Mercedes Giovinazzo. More on www.cultureactioneurope.org and  >> here. The General Assembly discussed further steps for the We Are More campaign which was also mentioned several times during the European Cultural Forum the following days. In November Culture Action Europe published a vacancy announcement for the post of Secretary General. More >> here.

News from Choral Festival Network
Kaie Tanner has been elected President of the Choral Festival Network during the online General Assembly on November 21st and 22nd 2011. Further Board members are Vice-President Jeroen Schrijner, Treasurer Sebastian Pflüger, Secretary General Simonne Cleays as well as Board members Maria Elina Mayorga and Dolf Rabus. More about the Choral Festival Network on www.choralfestivalnetwork.org

News from Musica International
Musica International is offering a new membership advantage to is member organisations. From January 2012 the individual members and member organsiations of the European Choral Association - Europa Cantat will have privileged access to the Musica Database from the password-protected membership section on our website. More about Musica International on www.musicanet.org