newsletter winter 09 Including news from the International Federation for Choral Music (IFCM), the European and International Music Council (EMC / IMC), CultureAction Europe (EFAH) and Musica International

Contents New Europa Members decide - Office closed for Christmas holidays - New Europa Cantat Website Cantat Website about merger - New Board and President elected On December 21st 2009 Europa Cantat has with AGEC - Members decide about merger with AGEC launched its new website with a new design - Research on Singing and Health and a new structure. You can view it under - General Assembly 2010 in Belgium The General Assembly also approved of the - Meeting of Mediterranean Experts the usual URL www.EuropaCantat.org and you programme of activities for the coming years - World Youth Choir Anniversary in Örebro will find all important regular information, and decided on a merger of the two major - Order of Merit for Günter Graulich some new features and updates on different European choral organisations Europa Cantat - † Ruth Klausner activities 2010. Europa Cantat also created – European Federation of Young Choirs and - Activities 2010 a new Facebook page which you will find on AGEC (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Europäischer www.facebook.com if you search for Europa Chorverbände) into European Choral Associa- - News from IFMC Cantat – Please become a fan! tion – Europa Cantat starting in 2011. With - News from Musica International Europa Cantat a un nouveau site web avec une nouvelle the fusion the two organisations wish to bring - News from EMC/IMC structure. Vous le trouverez sous l‘adresse habituelle together the knowledge and experience of two - News from CultureAction Europe www.EuropaCantat.org et nous y présentons les infor- important European organisations, offer the mations régulières, quelques nouveautés et les dernières choral world the best possible service, form one nouvelles sur certains projets 2010. Nous avons aussi major European Choir Federation in Europe and Don’t forget to regularly check our une nouvelle page sur Facebook. strengthen the position of choral music within ECwebsite for news: www.EuropaCantat.org Wir haben eine neue Website, mit neuer Struktur und Europe. Furhter information in the press release neuem Design. Man findet sie unter der gleichen Adresse available on www.EuropaCantat.org. www.EuropaCantat.org und wir präsentieren dort unsere L’assemblée générale a en outre approuvé le programme üblichen Informationen aber auch Neues zu unserem d’activités, et a voté la fusion de deux organisations Office Closed for Jahresprogramm 2010. Außerdem gibt es eine neue chorales européennes majeures : Europa Cantat et l’AGEC Europa Cantat Seite auf Facebook. en une seule - fusion qui prendra effet début 2011. Voir le winter Holidays communiqué de presse sur www.EuropaCantat.org Die Generalversammlung billigte auch das Programm After an instensive year with the festival New Board and für die kommenden Jahre und stimmte dem Zusam- EUROPA CANTAT XVII in Utrecht and our Ge- menschluss der beiden bedeutendsten europäischen neral Assembly with electins in Sofia we will President elected Chorverbände Eurpa Cantat und AGEC zu, der Anfang close our office from 21/12/09 to 8/1/10. We 2011 vollzogen werden soll. Siehe auch Pressemeldung will be back in the office on 11/1/10. We wish On November 14th the Europa auf www.EuropaCantat.org all our members and friends a peaceful and Cantat General Assembly met joyful New Year and hope to see you at one of in Sofia, , and elected our actvities in 2010. a new Board. Sante Forna- Research on Notre bureau sera fermé du sier from Italy was elected President of the federation as 21 décembre 09 au 8 janvier 10. Singing and Health Bonnes Fêtes! successor of Jeroen Schrijner Unser Büro ist vom 21.12.09 whose mandate ended after a The General Assembly 2009 was combined bis 8.1.10 geschlossen. nine-year period on the Board. Sante Fornasier with workshops around the subject of Singing Wir wünschen schöne Feiertage! will be supported by 12 Board members and Health with Prof. Tores Theorell (), from 11 European countries: Gábor Móczár Laurier Fagnan (Canada) and Harjo Pasveer (HU) - 1st Vice-President, Fred Sjöberg (SE) (Netherlands) as well as the Europa Cantat - 2nd Vice-President and Chair of the Music Youth Committee which had invited the profes- Commission, Jean Smeets (BE) – treasurer, sional choir of blind singers “Petko Staynov” Séverine Delforge (BE), Montserrat Gual (ES), and their conductor Peter Matev. Material from Guido Helbling (CH), Mihela Jagodic (SI), Reijo these workshops are available on the Europa Kekkonen (FI), Jan Schumacher (DE), Kaie Cantat website www.EuropaCantat.org Tanner (EE), Thierry Thiébaut (FR) and Daphne Dans le cadre de l‘Assemblée Générale il y avait des Wassink (NL). Further information is available ateliers et présentatinos autour du thème chant choral et in a detailed press release (in English, French santé - vous trouverez du matériel sur notre site web. and German) which can be found on our web- site where you can also download pictures. Im Rahmen der Generalversammlung gab es Vorträge zum Thema Singen und Gesundheit - Material dazu findet sich Europa Cantat a un nouveau comité directeur et un nou- auf unserer Website. veau président, Sante Fornasier d‘Italie. Il succède ainsi à Jeroen Schrijner, arrivé au terme de son mandat. Dans le texte anglais vous trouverez les noms des 12 autres membres élus, et sur notre site vous pouvez télécharger un communiqué de presse détaillé en anglais, français et allemand ainsi que des photos. Europa Cantat hat ein neues Präsidium und einen neuen Präsidenten, Sante Fornasier aus Italien. Er tritt die Nachfolge von Jeroen Schrijner an, dessen Mandat 2009 endete. Im englischen Text sind die Namen der weiteren 12 Präsidiums-Mitglieder aufgelistet und auf unserer Website finden Sie eine ausführliche Pressemeldung auf The new Europa Cantat Board in Sofia after the election Englisch, Französisch und Deutsch sowie Bilder. with President Sante Fornasier in the middle

Europa Cantat receives the support of the Federal Ministry for Family, Seniors, Women and newsletter 12/09 Youth, , of the City of Bonn and of the European Union Culture PRogramme as network active at European level in the field of culture. The information contained in this publication does not necessarily reflect the position or opinion of the European Commission. in Stockholm with conductor Sidumo Jacobs General Assembly Order of Merit for New Information 2010 in Belgium Günter Graulich on 2010 events We have the pleasure to announce that the Günter Graulich from the German publishing General Assembly 2010 will take place from No- house Carus-Verlag received the Order of Merit 2010 will be a year full of exciting offers for vember 26th to 28th 2010 in Namur, Belgium, of the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundes- choirs, singers, conductors, composers and on invitation of the Fédération Chorale Wallonie verdienstkreuz) for his life-long work in the young managers. You will find all the important - Bruxelles - A Cœur Joie in the frame of their service of choral music. Congratulations! information on our new website under 20th anniversary. Further information will be Günter Graulich de la maison d‘édition Carus a reçu www.EuropaCantat.org -> Events 2010. Please printed in ECmagazine 2/2010. l‘Ordre pour la Mérite de la République Fédérale note that we have uploaded updated informa- L*assemblée générale 2010 aura lieu à Namur, en Belgique, d‘Allemagne pour son travail au service de la musique tion and application forms for the Festival du 26 au 28 novembre 2010 sur invitation de la Féderation chorale. Youth Choirs in Movement in Bonn, for the Chorale Wallonie-Bruxelles A Coeur Joie. Günter Graulich, Seniorchef des Carus-Verlages, ist mit Study Tour to the Polyfollia Festival and for the Euroscola in Strasbourg as well as for the 2010 Die Generalversammlung 2010 findet vom 26. bis 28. dem Bundesverdienstkreuz ausgezeichnet worden. Günter November 2010 auf Einladung des wallonischen Graulich wurde damit für seinen lebenslang unermüdlichen session of the World Youth Choir. Chorverbandes in Namur, Belgien statt. Einsatz für die Chormusik geehrt. 2010 sera une année pleine d‘activités intéressantes pour choeurs, choristes, chefs de choeur, compositeurs et jeunes managers. Vous trouverez des informations Meeting of Medi- † Ruth Klausner détaillées sur www.EuropaCantat.org -> Activités 2010 où nous avons aussi placé des nouvelles informations et Ruth, the widow of Henry Klausner, passed des formulaires d‘inscription pour le festival pour choeurs terranean experts d‘enfants et de jeunes à Bonn, pour le Study Tour pour away on 24 November 2009 at the age of 90. managers au festival Polyfollia, pour l‘Euroscola à Stras- On the first weekend in December the third All those who knew Henry know that she was a bourg et pour le Choeur Mondial des Jeunes. meeting of choral experts from the Mediterra- great help and support to him. Condolences can nean area took place in , organised by be sent to their daughter: Maya Rotem, 60972 2010 wird ein Jahr voll spannender Aktivitäten für Chöre, the Mediterranean Office for Choral Music. The Kibbutz Yakum, Israel Sänger/innen, Chorleiter/innen, Komponist/innen und junge Manager/innen. Genauere Informationen gibt es experts talked about the situation of equal voice Ruth Klausner, veuve de Henry Klausner, est décédée le 24 auf www.EuroapCantat.org -> Aktivitäten 2010, wo choirs, conductors training, contemporary com- novembre 2009 à l‘âge de 90 ans. positions and scores in different countries, in- auch neue Informationen und Anmeldeformulare für Ruth Klausner, Witwe von Henry Klausner, ist am 24. folgende Aktivitäten herunter geladen werden können: ternational cooperation projects and fundraising November 2009 im Alter von 90 Jahren verstorben. and they presented international projects in the Festival Jugendchöre in Bewegung in Bonn, Study Tour für Mediterranean area including the Mediterrane- Manager/innen zu Polyfollia, Euroscola in Straßburg und an Voices Conference (Girona end of July 2010) Weltjugendchor 2010. and the Conference on Mediterranean Religious Vocal Music (Greece, October 2011). For further ACTIVITIES 2010 details see www.xtec.cat/entitats/rmcc/ América Cantat En décembre le centre méditerranéen pour la musique The European Union has declared the year 2010 chorale a organisé la troisième rencontre d‘experts de la the Year for Combating Poverty and Social 7 - 15/5/2010 Méditerrannée qui ont traité plusieurs sujets autour du Exclusion. We suggest to our members and chant choral dans la région - voir site web indiqué en haut partners to check if there are funding opport- The América Cantat festival, a “sister-festival” unties related to this at ministries of social of Europa Canta, offers special rates for Europa Im Dezember fand das dritte Treffen von Chorexperten im affairs in their respective countries. (NB: 2011 Cantat members participating. Deadline for Mittelmeer in Barcelona statt, bei dem über verschiedene registrations has been postponed until February Themen rund um die Chormusik in der Region gesprochen will be the EU year of volunteer work) wurde - mehr Informationen auf oben genannter Website. Several Europa Cantat Activities 2010 fit under 28th 2010. For further information see this motto, especially the Hearts-in-Harmony http://www.ufjf.br/americacantat-en/event/ events in and Barcelona and the Le festival América Cantat offre des prix réduits pour les World Youth Choir Poverty Requiem in Bonn. membres d‘Europa Cantat qui désirent participer. La date L‘Union Européenne a déclaré 2010 l‘année du combat limite pour s‘inscrire est le 28 février 2010. Pour plus de Anniversary contre la pauvreté et l‘exclusion sociale. Plusieurs détails voir site du festival indiqué en haut. activités Europa Cantat 2010 entrent très bien dans ce Das Festival América Cantat bietet für Europa Cantat Europa Cantat is one of the patrons of the sujets, comme par exemple la série de concerts Coeurs- Mitglieder eine Ermäßigung auf die Teilnahmegebühr. World Youth Choir which celebrated its anni- en-choeurs et le Poverty Requiem. (2011 sera l‘année du Anmeldefrist ist der 28. Februar 2010. Weitere Informati- bénévolat.) versary in Örebro, Sweden, in October 2009. The onen auf der im englischen Teil angegebenen Website. anniversary weekend which included several Die Europäische Union hat das Jahr 2010 zum Jahr für concerts with former singers of the World Youth den Kampf gegen Armut und soziale Ausgrenzung dekla- Choir and with the World Chamber Choir also riert. Mehrere Europa Cantat Aktivitäten wie die Serie von Let the Peoples Sing marked the opening of the Swedish Internatio- Hearts-in-Harmnony Konzerten und das Poverty Requiem nal Centre for Choral Music – SWICCO. The final passen sehr gut zu diesem Motto. (2011 wird das EU Jahr The Girls‘ choir of the Classical Diocesan des Ehrenamts). concert took place in the frame of the Award Gymnasium Ljubljana (), conducted Ceremony for the Eric Ericson Award where by Helena Fojkar won the Let the Peoples Sing several prestigious Swedish choral prizes were award 2009. Winners of the different catego- awareded: The Eric Ericson Award went to Kjetil ries included the Hamilton Children Choir con- Almenning (NO), the Choir of the Year Award ducted by Zimfira Poloz, Philomella conducted went to the female ensemble Arctic Light, the by Marjukka Riihimaeki and the Nova Chamber Conductor of the Year Award went to Cecilia Choir conducted by Anne Karin Sundal. For the Rydinger-Alin and André de Quadros and his en- full results see http://www.ebu.ch/en/radio/ semble Global Voices received the Carpe Vitam competitions/ltps_index.php where you will Choir Travel Award. later also find the call for the 2011 edition of A DVD of the Anniversary is available from this prestigious competition. [email protected] or [email protected] Dans le texte anglais vous trouvez les noms des chorales Le Choeur Mondial des Jeunes a fêté son 20ème anniversaire qui ont gagné le concours de radios Let the Peoples Sing. à Örebro en Suède fin octobre. Le Centre Suédois International Sur le site web indiqué vous trouverez la liste entière et pour la Musique Chorale de Örebro a été ouvert à l‘occasion. bientôt les conditions pour le prochain concours en 2011. Der Weltjugendchor feierte Ende Oktober seinen 20. Im englischen Text sind die Preisträger des Rundfunk- Geburtstag in Örebro Schweden im Rahmen einer Fest- Wettbewerbs Let the Peoples Sing aufgeführt. Auf der woche in der auch das Schwedische Internationale Website finden Sie die komplette Liste und bald die Zentrum für Chormusik von Örebro eröffnet wurde. World Youth Choir Anniversary Concert Bedingungen für den nächsten Wettbewerb 2011..

newsletter 12/09 News from the International News from the IMC membership elects new Board Federation for Choral Music European Music Council (EMC) and President (IFCM) - www.ifcm.net www.emc-imc.org At its 33rd General Assembly the IMC member- and the ship elected a new President and some members International Music Council of the IMC Executive Boards (since members are (IMC)- www.imc-cim.org elected for 6-year-terms, some did not need to New Managing Editor for the ICB be re-elected). The new IMC Executive Board is The International Choral bulletin (ICB) has a The European Music Council is happy to composed of: new Managing Editor Andrea Angelini, Italy, inform us that the EMC Board has appointed Frans de Ruiter (The Netherlands), Presiden / [email protected] Simone Dudt ‘Secretary General Policy and Beata Schanda (), Executive Vice Presi- Communication’. This means that the EMC will dent / Liane Hentschke (Brazil), Vice President IFCM General Assembly have from now on two Secretaries General who / Fethi Zghonda (Tunisia), Vice President / Lars The IFCM General Assembly met in the frame of carry the responsibility for the EMC equally Grunth (), Treasurer / Fernando Condon the World Youth Choir Anniversary in Örebro. and who operate at the same level of hierarchy. (Uruguay) / Sonja Greiner (Germany, Secretary Members met in working groups and discussed Ruth Jakobi’s task fields are ‘Development and General of Europa Cantat) / Gary Ingle (USA) / the projects and the future development of the Finances’. Timo Klemettinen () / Lupwishi Mbuyam- federation. The members also attended the World ba (DR of Congo) / Henrik Melius (Sweden) / Youth Choir Anniversary programme - For this First European Forum on Music. Musical Blasko Smilevski (Macedonia/Belgium) special occasion, the newly inaugurated Swedish Diversity. Looking back, looking forward Congratulatinos to the newly elected President International Choral Centre Örebro (SWICCO) The next Annual Meeting of the EMC members Frans de Ruiter as well as the newly elected welcomed in Örebro more than 170 World Youth will take place in Vienna from 15 to 18 April Board members Fernando Condon, Henrik Melius, Choir singers coming from 44 different countries 2010, next to the European Forum on Music. Blasko Smilevski and Fethi Zghonda. For his out- for several performances with the World Chamber The conference will take place in the venues of standing engagement over the past few years for Choir Anniversary Ensemble. Thanks to Fred Sjö- the University of Vienna, and will be organised the IMC and the world of music, Richard Letts berg, Vice President of IFCM and Music Director jointly with the Austrian Music Council. Its was elected Honorary Member of the IMC with of SWICCO, the World Chamber Choir Anniversary main focus will be “Musical Diversity. Looking standing ovations from all delegates present. Ensemble were invited to a TV broadcast in Stock- back, looking forward”. It will include discus- Meeting of Youth Delegates holm. Watch it on http://tv4play.se/aktualitet/ sions about the possible actions to implement As a response to the call from the outgoing IMC nyhetsmorgon?videoId=1.1279790 the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and President, Richard Letts, the invited youth del- Enjoy also the Jeunesses Musicales Internationa- Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expres- egates formed the International Music Council les‘ presentation of the WYC 20th Anniversary: sions, as well as about overall discussions on the Youth Advisory Group. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmzT8Saf0Ng role of the UNESCO commissions in this imple- mentation process. As an effective promotion of News from World Symposium on Choral Music cultural diversity cannot elude actions taken on CultureAction Europe - Preparations for the World Symposium on Choral the citizen level, an interactive discussion will European Forum for Music in Puerto Madryn in August 2011 are well tackle these issues including inputs by personali- the Arts and Heritage under way. The registration for invited choirs is ties from European Capitals of Culture and from (former EFAH) closed and the Artistic Committee has made its the City of Vienna. www.culturactioneurope.org first draft programme. Individual registration for Registration will be open as of December 2010 – participation will open in February 2010. More keep an eye on the EMC Website for update! A new Commissioner for Culture and a new information on http://www.wscm9.com portfolio On 27 November José Manuel Barroso an- Working Group Youth nounced the composition and portfolios of the Contact IFCM The Working Group Youth is working on three next Commission. Education, Culture, Multilin- Michael J. Anderson, first Vice-President of main interesting issues: gualism and Youth has been attributed to An- IFCM is currently also the Secretary General ad • The creation of a European Agenda for Youth droulla Vassiliou, in charge of Health in the last interim. He is supported by Nadine Robin from and Music Commission, and former Member of the Cyprus Belgium. The official address of IFCM continues • The organisation of a very special youth event: House of Representatives. The new Commission to be at ICCM in Namur, Belgium. Access! In 2010 in the European Youth Capital will take office after being approved by the International Center for Choral Music (ICCM) Torino (in cooperation with FENIARCO, the Torino European Parliament (hearings in mid-January Véronique Bour, administrative and financial festival association and the Europa Cantat Youth 2010). manager Committee) Avenue Jean 1er, 2 • Making youth projects and initiative more DG Education and Culture under new direc- B-5000 Namur, Belgium visible for the EMC organisations in order to tion from May 2010 Tel.: +32-81-711600 increase the youth participation Next spring Jan Truszczynski will replace Odile Fax: +32-81-711609 Quintin as Director-General of the Education and Culture DG. E-mail: [email protected] News from the World Forum on Music and

General Assembly of the International Music The review of the EU financial regulation, a Council much awaited exercise… News from The International Music Council (IMC) intro- The EC will initiate a review of its financial Musica International duced a new award called IMC Musical Rights regulations by mid-2010. The review is prece- www.musicanet.org Award and presented the first winners in the ded by a public consultation that has already frame of the World Forum on Music in Tunis in raised a lot of interest in the NGO scene, as EU October 2009. financial regulations are generally ill fitted to The winners of this first edition of the award are: the specific structures and functioning of civil Freemuse (www.freemuse .org) - The world fo- society organisations. Culture Action Europe The Musica General Assembly 2010 will be rum on music & censorship Musical Programme prepared its own contribution and coordinated hosted by Carus-Verlag and will take place of the “Cnetro Andino para la Educación y la contributions to the Consultation of the Europe- in Stuttgart on Saturday, March 20th 2010. Cultura” (CAPEC)“ Argentina – further informa- an Commission on the Review of the Financial An international workshop (session) will be tion on http://www.capec-tilcara.org/ Regulation, collecting items from its membership and circulating a text to all members for them to organized in Strasbourg a week before or after Revival of Music Education in Afghanistan - add points and send out their own contribution these days. If you are interested in partici- more on http://www.roamproject.org/Vocation- to the consultation process. The European Music pating in such a workshop please contact alSchoolMusic.htm Council, member of Culture Action Europe, [email protected] In addition to the winners, the jury recommend- also participated and passed its own contri- ed further projects – for details see bution on to its respective membership. www.imc-cim.org.