‍Newsletter 20  February 2025

More than 4.300 participants in Munich

The FIPC and the German Federation are happy to annouce that 169 choirs with over 4.300 participants have registered for our international Pueri Cantores choir festival in July in Munich! In addition to the more than 100 choirs from Germany, we are very much looking forward to the many young singers from Italy, France, Belgium, Spain, Poland, Brazil, Burundi, USA, Mexico, Sweden, Austria, Switzerland, Panama, Latvia, Portugal and Congo. The choir book will soon be available in digital and printed form!

Introducing our new Hungarian Federation

In August 2024, the FIPC welcomed a new federation: Hungary! We would like to introduce you to their Executive Board: President Szilveszter Rostetter (2nd r.), Vice-President Cecília Zsilinszky (r.), Spiritual Director Fr. László Varga (3rd l.), Secretary Erika Hutvágner (2nd l.), Chief Financial Officer László Major (l.) and Executive Board Member Katica Zemlényi (3rd r.). Read more about this dedicated group and the choir world of Hungary in our interview.

To our friends in DR Congo

Jean Henric, President of the FIPC:
We are watching the conflict in the region Kivu (east of Congo) with great concern. In 2022, I visited Goma and Bukavu, two cities occupied by the rebels. There are several Pueri Cantores choirs in this region. Our thoughts are with these children, their families, the conductors, the local church and of course the president of DRC Pueri Cantores, Prince Ermes Bigabwa. I would like to ask the Pueri Cantores in the world to keep them in their prayers.

Vade Mecum for Pueri Cantores choir directors

As choir directors have a very broad range of responsibilities, a variety of skills is necessary to both lead the choir community as well as the musical activities in a beneficial and faith-inspired way. For this purpose, the FIPC Council of Administration led by President Jean Henric has developed a Vade Mecum to help and inspire all choir directors in their work and development. It was approved by the Presidents' meeting in January 2025 and is meant to serve as the basis of an educational process to be launched by the Pueri Cantores General Assembly in Paris in August 2025.

Choirs wanted for the Jubilee of the Vatican Associations of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life

This year, the General Assembly of the Vatican Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life, of which the FIPC is a member, would like to invite Pueri Cantores choirs to join in the celebration of the Jubilee of Hope (5/6 June 2025) in St. Peter's Basilica. The Italian Federation is promoting the collaboration with the Dicastery but the invitation is open to all choirs of the International Federation. If any choir intends to celebrate the Jubilee in Rome at the same time and would like to sing in St Peter's on that occasion, please contact FIPC Secretary Alberto Veggiotti directly by email.

Conductors beyond borders – Peer-to-peer exchange programme

Conductors Beyond Borders is a programme designed to facilitate the international peer-to-peer exchange and the internationalization of careers. It provides financial support in the form of a grant to cover international travel expenses. The exchange can be between conductors from Europe and another continent or between European conductors in- and outside of the EU. Apply here.

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