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VIRTUAL CONCERT 2 "African Choral Night"

Date : 19th October 2024 - Hour : 08:00 PM GMT-22:00 CEST

Location : Online - Live on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZLfRU5pA_A

Organizers : ACCM & AFRICA CANTAT FESTIVAL

Purposes :

To encourage exchanges between African choirs in all their diversity

To raise the profile of African choirs

To make the African choral repertoire more accessible on digital platforms.

Guest Choirs : Orfeão da Praia (Cape Verde), Ensemble vocal Bel Canto de Kinshasa (RDC), Blend Ensemble of Kenya (Kenya), Chœur de la Gloire (Togo), Adikanfo Chorale (Ghana), University of Pretoria Youth Choir (South Africa), Chœur des Séraphins (Congo), Chœurs d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Groupe Vocal Yima (Gabon)

For this second edition dedicated to African classical and traditionnal repertoire, a selection of videos by around 10 choirs from the 4 corners of Africa showcases the richness and diversity of African choral music on the digital stage.

Join us on this virtual stage for a unique experience to share treasures of talent and authenticity around varied traditionnal African choral repertoires.

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Webinar on African famous composers

Date : 21st September 2024 - Hour : 02:00 pm CET/12:00 pm GMT+00:00

Location : Online

Organizers : ACCM

Purposes : This webinar opens a wide chapter on SJ KHOSA's legacy in the African choral music repertoire, with insights from a passionate researcher from South Africa.

Guest Speaker :

Nyiko Condry Ngobeni, PhD Student at Rhodes University | RU · Department of Music & Musicology, Master of Music from Longy School of music from USA, Music Education Lecturer at Walter Sisulu University(WSU) in South Africa.

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9th ANNUAL CAMP "African Youth Choir"

Date : 22th -28th july 2024

Location : Dakar - Gorée Island

Organizers : ACCM & AFRIKIYO / A Coeur Joie Senegal

Participants : Bénin (4), Cameroon (5), Côte d'Ivoire (4), DRC (2), Gabon (2), Gambia (2), Ghana (4), Senegal (10)

This ninth edition is a meeting place and artistic residency for young African singers, dedicated to the creation and promotion of pan-African singing heritage.

The Gorée island, which hosts this annual camp, will open its doors and spaces to the activities of the African Youth Choir. It's a meeting between a symbol of African memory, of the slave trade, and young people who embody the awakening of an African conscience in search of a common destiny in a fraternal humanity.

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VIRTUAL CONCERT "African Choral Night"

Date : 13th April 2024 - Hour : 08:00 PM GMT+00:00

Location : Online - Live on YouTube

https://youtu.be/0j-f1NwniHU

Organizers : ACCM & AFRICA CANTAT FESTIVAL

Purposes :

To encourage exchanges between African choirs in all their diversity

To raise the profile of African choirs

To make the African choral repertoire more accessible on digital platforms.

Guest Choirs : Coming soon

For this first edition dedicated to the traditional African repertoire, a selection of videos by around 10 choirs from the 4 corners of Africa showcases the richness and diversity of African choral music on the digital stage.

Join us on this virtual stage for a unique experience to share treasures of talent and authenticity around varied traditionnal African choral repertoires.

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Webinar on african choral music

Date : 16th March 2024 - Hour : 12:00 AM- 1:30 PM GMT+00:00

Location : Online

Organizers : ACCM

Purposes : This webinar offers a wonderful opportunity to cross the views of African specialists, based on practical cases, on the pentatonic mode so characteristic of authentic African music, to a large extent, and its use in African choral music.

Guest Speakers :

Ambroise Kua Nzambi Toko, composer, conductor, researcher and Director of the African Academy of Choral Music in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
Sylvester Otieno Ogama, Music Coordinator, composer, choral Conductor at the Department of Music and Dance in Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya
Kwami Sylvain Gameti, Professor of Choral Practice at the University of Lome, Togo, conductor, composer and arranger

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Networking Event

Date : 24th February 2024 - HOUR : 12:00 - 1:00 PM GMT+00:00

Location : Online

Organizers : ACCM & Africa Cantat Festival

Purposes : This event aims to network ACCM & members with the actors and stakeholders in the African and international choral sector, but also to exchange on partnership opportunities for the sustainable growth of african choral music.

Guest Speakers : IFCM, A Coeur Joie International, European Choral Association- Europa Cantat, Interkultur, Alliance Chorale du Québec

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