FEBRUARY 2016

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Musica Database today

On Feb. 5, 2016, the public online Musica database contains or describes:

- 170,117 titles of choral works
- 29,771 biographies of composers
 - 13,597 biographies of authors of texts
- 2,266 publishers of choral music

… and more than 300.000 links to multimedia files

Next Musica Sessions
At a Musica session, participants can improve Musica’s size and quality by adding their chosen works -- all in a welcoming and enriching setting! It's the ideal place to promote your country’s choral heritage.
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- at the Music Conservatory in ANTWERP (Belgium), in April 2016 ( days to be precised according to the preregistrations )

- at the University of STRASBOURG (France), in June or in November 2016 ( according to the preregistrations )
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- at the Transylvania University in BRASOV (Romania), July 11-15, 2016 or October 24-28, 2016 - project -

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The «Favorite Piece of the Month» of Musica
Visit the Favorite Piece of Musica – a new one is selected each month. This is THE piece that all choral conductors should take with them to a deserted island.

The favorite piece of the month for February 2016 : Serenity (O Magnum Mysterium) by Ola Gjeilo (Norway/USA)
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The archives going back to 1998 are also available from this page !

Meet Musica around the world
USA : BOSTON, Feb.10-13, 2016 : ACDA EAST CONVENTION

- Visit the booth of Musica, #112 in the exhibit hall at the Sheraton Boston Hotel. Discover our services and how to optimize your knowledge of choral repertoire .
- Attend one of the two « Interest Sessions », Thursday Feb. 11, at 9:55 am or at 5:25 pm. Tim Sharp, Executive Director of ACDA, and Jean Sturm, Executive Director of Musica International, will provide a detailed presentation of the whole Musica project.
- The board of Musica International will also be present to meet and speak with you.

CANADA : EDMONTON (Alberta) May 18-22, 2016 : Festival PODIUM 2016

- Musica will be present at the Exhibits, and is scheduled for a presentation at Podium 2016. Come meet us and discover our services and how to optimize your knowledge of choral repertoire.

FRANCE : VAISON-LA-ROMAINE (Provence), August 3-11, 2016 : 22nd Choralies.

- MUSICA will be present at the Conductors’ Club throughout the event. The entire collection of choral scores from the library of the International Coordination Office of Musica in Strasbourg will be moved to the Choralies and available for consultation there.

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New member
It is a great pleasure to announce that Oxford University Press is now an active member of our association.

The descriptions of more than 3,500 titles published by OUP are already present in Musica

FULL PRIVILEGED ACCESS for all Sulasol and Koor & Stem Members
The choral federations Sulasol (Finland) and Koor & Stem (Belgium) have just subscribed to full privileged access to MusicaNet.org for all its members!

To benefit from this privileged access, just go to the member section of their websites, and use the link to Musica provided there.
Village Harmony's 11th Annual Winter Workshop, Feb.19-21, 2016
Led by Larry Gordon, Patty Cuyler and Brendan Taaffe
Join Village Harmony for its annual world music winter workshop, a memorable weekend of song and dance, a not-to-be-missed New England event!


European Choral Association – Europa Cantat

The European Union chooses VOICE as "Success story"

The European Cooperation project "VOICE - Vision on Innovation for Choral Music in Europe" has been selected by the European Commission as a "Success Story":

"Success stories" are finalised projects that have distinguished themselves by their impact, contribution to policy-making, innovative results and/or creative approach and can be a source of inspiration for others. The choice of [the] project as a success story was made on the basis of a selection process according to rigorous criteria regarding the quality, relevance and results of [the] project.

But it is first and foremost a recognition of the importance of the choral field in Europe (37 million singers, according to our Singing Europe study) and of its ability to cooperate and develop innovative approaches..

It will likely contribute to a renewed awareness of the role of collective singing in building a European space based on fundamental human values such as inter cultural exchange, sharing artistic excellence, direct participation to artistic activities and musical education. These are of course great news for the European Choral Association ! Europa Cantat and the 14 partners involved in the project.

http://www.thevoiceproject.eu

Download the free "Singing Europe" report (French and German summaries) available on http://www.singingeurope.org
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