Nyheter fra European Choral Association, mars 2012

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