FICA
FICA aims to promote excellent choral music in addition to fostering relations between choirs. Open to all amateur choirs, FICA includes categories for choirs of difference voicings, including on a variety of styles (sacred music, gospel/pop/jazz, early music and music by living composers).
FICA'19 took place from October 31st until November 3rd in conjunction with the inaugural Hands-On Choral/Research Conference at the University of Aveiro.
The Hands-On Choral/Research Conference aimed to stimulate the discussion of ideas, practices, insights, outputs and developments in the field of artistic research and of choral music, as a specific area.
Hands-On Choral/Research combined artists’ and researchers’ knowledge, and featuring thematic conferences, presentations of projects, round table discussions, papers, lecture recitals and recitals.
FICA is an initiative of the Aveiro-based Coro Voz Nua - Associação Cultural. We invite you to join us, to discover the beautiful city of Aveiro, to hear an eclectic range of performances by a variety of choral ensembles, and to share in high quality music making.