| | Over 200,000 records in Musica! |
| Musica International is a collaborative database which, thanks to the efforts of our contributors and our team, is constantly being enriched with new descriptive records of choral scores. We've reached a new milestone - over 200,000 records - and the number is still rising! |
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| | A flashback to the World Symposium on Choral Music - Changing horizons |
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| | In April, Musica International was present at the World Symposium on Choral Music in Istanbul, Turkey, organized by the International Federation for Choral Music (IFCM). This unifying event welcomed over 2,500 people to a rich programme of conferences, workshops, round tables, reading sessions, an expo and, of course, concerts. At the Musica stand at the expo, Anastasia, Jean and Pierre-Luc were able to present the project, meet up with friends and make new acquaintances. Our expo neighbors were with IFCM, European Choral Association - Europa Cantat (ECA), Choral Canada, Carus, Musica Baltica (all five are Musica members), Oxford Press, Astrum, Dozan World and others. |
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The presentation "Building a concert program using online choral resources: the Musica project", given by Jean Sturm, Musica's Executive Director, attracted a large and attentive audience. Interesting questions were asked, such as "Can I search for sad pieces in Musica?" (answer: yes, just enter "sad" in the "Keywords/Genre/Style/Form" field, and you'll get over 2000 results; it would be useful to add a few more criteria to this search). Our team attended many other presentations and round tables, including those on concert design, music publishing, changing horizons, challenges for communication on choral events, choral acoustics and more. This exchange of perspectives and visions is always enriching.
A number of meetings and presentations led to several scores being referenced in Musica (e.g. Little Trotty Wagtail by Peter BURTON, Kyrie by Kikuko MARUO, A Rozana by Bishr ISSA).
One of our objectives now is to better reference the Turkish choral repertoire - we're already working on it with the Turkish Federation! |
| | | Photo : World Symposium on Choral Musica |
| | | The variety of choirs and repertoires presented during the concerts was fascinating. Musica’s favorites are, to name a few, the Estonian Chamber Choir (conductor Tõnu Kaljuste), the Turkish State Choir (conductor Ragnar Rasmussen), the Fayha Choir (conductor Barkev Taslakian), Leioa Kantika Korala (conductor Basilio Astúlez), Vancouver Youth Choir (conductor Carrie Tennant), and A Capella Boğaziçi. Well done to all and thanks to IFCM for organizing it! See you next time! |
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| | Musica International invites you to meet again and talk repertoire, during a "Musica workshop" from October 23 to 28, 2023 in Strasbourg, France, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The concept of the Musica workshops is to bring together conductors, music librarians, publishers, and composers for a week of interaction, collaboration, and work. Participants interact directly with the database by entering new choral pieces and/or correcting and improving already-existing records. Throughout the workshop, participants exchange their knowledge, skills, and understandings under the guidance and with the support of the Musica team.
Come participate in a worldwide collaborative project by contributing to the database while learning how to use it effectively.
The next workshop will take place on 23-28 October 2023, at the Institute of Phonetics of the University of Strasbourg, France.
Start of the Workshop: Monday, 23 October 2023, 2.00 pm.
End of the Workshop: Saturday, 28 October 2023, noon.
Generally, the schedule is set by general consensus at the beginning of the session. Typically, this is a daily schedule:
morning work from 9:00 am to 12:15 pm (coffee break around 11:00 am)
lunch at 12:30
afternoon work between 2:00 pm and 6:00 pm (coffee break around 4:00 pm) or sightseeing of the region, if working in the evening
dinner in the city center
free evening, a concert or socializing together
But… you are a volunteer! Therefore, you are of course free to determine your schedule!
Learn more about the Musica workshops on our website or contact us at office@musicanet.org. |
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| | Every month, Musica publishes a Favorite Piece – a score that every conductor should take with him/her to the proverbial desert island.
The three most recent pieces are: |
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| | La Cucaracha arr. by Robert SUND (Sweden) |
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| | Ave Maria by Robert Nathaniel DETT (Canada) |
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| | Eli, Eli by György Deák BÁRDOS (Hungary) |
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| | In each MusicaMail, we invite you to send us titles of choral scores corresponding to a given theme. If the Musica database already contains records for the pieces you suggest, we will add the corresponding keyword (if necessary); otherwise, if we have sufficient information on a piece that is not yet included in the database, we will create a new record. If this is not the case, we will either contact you for more information or give you permission to enter details directly online. |
| Theme of this MusicaMail: « Emotions » (joy, sadness, surprise, depression, anger, etc.) |
| | | | | Please email your contributions to librarian@musicanet.org. Our Music Librarian Pierre-Luc will ensure they are followed up properly.
Alternatively, you can add comments to the post concerning this theme on our Facebook page. |
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| | Choral composers! Are you referenced in Musica International database of the world's choral repertoire?
Verify your presence in Musica now by clicking here.
In the [Search for] section of the homepage, choose the folder [Composers] to access the search tool for composer biographies. Input your last name.
No results? Get in touch with librarian@musicanet.org to be added.
Did you find your details?
Please check the data: last name, first name, date of birth (year/month/day), nationality, place of birth, gender, and URL for a detailed biography. Send an update to librarian@musicanet.org.
Click [Scores referenced in Musica]. Get in touch with librarian@musicanet.org in order to improve the visibility of your compositions or arrangements.
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| | | | Communication from the organizers IFCM has organized five international choral composition competitions since this project was created in 2010. The aim of these competitions is to promote the creation and distribution of new, innovative, and accessible choral repertoire. IFCM announces its 6th International Competition for Choral Composition to promote new works in choral music and to encourage innovation in choral writing which fits the needs of a 21st-century choir. We are looking for compositions that combine originality, imagination, and creativity within the context of contemporary global themes.
Rules and Regulations -- https://ifcm.net/projects/choral-composition-competition
Deadline: 30 September 2023. Submissions to be sent to secretarygeneral@ifcm.net
Applications fees are US$12.00 (HDI3) / 18.00 (HDI2) / 25.00 (HDI1).
Fee varies according to the country of nationality of the composer. (HDI=Human Development Index).
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| | Communication from the organizers A Cœur Joie International is organizing a composition competition for mixed-voice pieces using French texts, aimed at amateur choirs.
The aim is to promote new works in French that are affordable and attractive to amateur choirs, particularly in member federations.
In addition, this initiative illustrates A Cœur Joie International's strong commitment to safeguarding and enriching the precious cultural heritage of the choral repertoire in all its French-speaking and international diversity. |
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| | The winning works will be published by Editions A Cœur Joie France and performed at concerts organized by member federations. |
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| | - Help actively to reference your choral heritage online! Musica International is a collaborative project that is run by and for people involved in choral singing. We need volunteers who want to share their passion with the choral community by taking an active part in the project. You can do this in many ways, such as inputting and checking records, translating, assisting with communication tasks. Contact us at office@musicanet.org.
- You can now manage your own choral library without needing to input all the data yourself. Just sign up for a “private field” in the Musica database and take advantage of all the information we already have - all the power of our IT tools to build your own catalogue by simply adding your locations in your private field. The field will normally be accessible and visible to you alone, but you can also choose to share scores from your library more widely. Contact us at office@musicanet.org.
- Are you responsible for a choral federation? We offer global privileged access to www.musicanet.org for all your members, from your website! An advantage which your choir directors will thank you for. Contact us at office@musicanet.org.
- We are also looking to establish a network of national correspondents in all countries. Why not you? Even if you are unavailable to do this yourself, perhaps you know someone who could – someone in your national choral federation, for example. As Musica International is an academic collaborative project, this could be a wonderful opportunity for a university professor, a music librarian, a conductor, a singer, or anyone interested in the choral art.
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