BULLETIN of the INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL for TRADITIONAL MUSIC

No. 129, October 2015 ISSN (Online): 2304-4039

CONTENTS

From the Secretariat ICTM Study Group on Music and Gender; Featured Publications by ICTM 5th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group Message from the Secretary General. Members on Music of the Turkic‐speaking World; 4th Appointment of Guest Co-Editors for 2016 Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Proceedings of the 3rd Symposium of the Yearbook. Performing Arts of Southeast Asia; 1st ICTM Study Group on Performing Arts of Pages 2-4 Joint Symposium of the ICTM Study Southeast Asia; A Historical Perception of Traditional Musical Instruments for Young‐ In Memoriam Group on Mediterranean Music Studies and the International Musicological Society; 1st er Generation; Ajamlar: An Anthology of Anca Giurchescu (1930–2015). Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Pieces by Persian Composers and Their Page 5-6 Audiovisual Ethnomusicology; 9th Sympo‐ Contemporaries at the Ottoman Court sium of the ICTM Study Group on Music from the 16th and 17th Centuries; Korean 43rd ICTM World Conference (2015) and Dance of Oceania; 1st Symposium of Musical Instruments: A Practical Guide; Memorias del II Diálogo de Saberes “Refle‐ Local Arrangements Committee Report. the ICTM Study Group on Musics of the xiones a través del movimiento: acercamien‐ Programme Committee Report. Report Slavic World; 5th Symposium of the ICTM to teórico‐práctico a diversas propuestas from an ethnochoreologist and dancer. Min‐ Study Group on Musics of East Asia. dancísticas del Ecuador”; Musical Exodus: utes of the 42nd General Assembly. Min‐ Pages 24-27 Al‐Andalus and Its Jewish Diasporas; One utes of 13th Assembly of ICTM National With the Music: Cape Breton Step Danc‐ and Regional Representatives. Minutes of Reports ing Tradition and Transmission; Panorama Inaugural Meeting of Study Group Chairs Reports from ICTM National and Regional of Venezuelan Music Traditions: Religious Pages 7-22 Representatives: Austria; Chile; China; Practices; Revue des Traditions Musicales Croatia; Hungary; Iran; Japan; Korea; des Mondes Arabe et Méditerranéen 7; 44th ICTM World Conference (2017) Latvia; Lebanon; Madagascar; Mongolia; SamulNori: Korean Percussion for a Con‐ First notice Montenegro; Russia. temporary World; Te Kauhiva Tokelau: Pages 28-43 Pages 23 Composing and Choreographing Cultural Reports from ICTM Study Groups: Audio‐ Sustainability; The Oxford Handbook of Announcements visual Ethnomusicology; Ethnochoreology; Applied Ethnomusicology. 29th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group Music and Dance of Oceania; Music and Pages 53-55 on Ethnochoreology; 9th Symposium of the Minorities; Musical Instruments; Musics of ICTM Study Group on Music and Minori‐ the Slavic World. General Information ties; Annual Conference of the British Fo‐ Pages 44-51 ICTM World Network; Study Groups; rum for Ethnomusicology; 5th Symposium Executive Board, Secretariat, Membership Calendar of Events of the ICTM Study Group on Applied Information; Publications by ICTM. Ethnomusicology; 9th Symposium of the Page 52 Pages 56-63

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Message from the were Saida Yelemanova (LAC Co‐ the 2017 ICTM World Conference (pp. Chair) and Fatima Nurlybayeva (spe‐ 11-13). Additional relevant informa‐ Secretary General cial liaison for day‐to‐day ICTM af‐ tion can be found in the Minutes of the by Svanibor Pettan fairs). Razia Sultanova, in addition to 42nd General Assembly (pp. 13-16), co-chairing the Programme Committee the 13th Meeting of National and Since the previous issue with Timothy Rice, deserves gratitude Regional Representatives (pp. 16-20), of the Bulletin, two for her crucial contributions as cultural and the Inaugural Meeting of Study milestones in the history consultant thanks to both her origin Group Chairs (pp. 20-22). of ICTM were reached: and expertise in Central Asia. Düsen the 43rd World Conference in Astana, Kasseinov, Secretary General of The SEM/ICTM Joint Forum Kazakhstan, and the Forum “Trans‐ TÜRKSOY, also supported our shared forming Ethnomusicological Praxis The historic SEM/ICTM Forum efforts at all times. Finally, as Secreta‐ Through Activism and Community “Transforming Ethnomusicological ry General, I wish to thank the Execu‐ Engagement” in Limerick, Ireland. Praxis Through Activism and Com‐ tive Board and Executive Assistant munity Engagement” was hosted by The 43rd World Conference Carlos Yoder. Salwa El-Shawan Castelo-Branco and Beverley Diamond, Presidents of ICTM Fully aware of its international mission The Kazakh National University of and the Society for Ethnomusicology, and character, ICTM has continued to Arts provided a highly stimulating en‐ respectively, at the Irish World Music explore new venues and forms of vironment for all aspects of the confe‐ Academy of the University of Limerick scholarly encounters in a global space. rence. Our hosts kindly moved their in September 2015. In the words of For the first time in the history of the educational activities to another cam‐ Beverley Diamond: Council, our largest scholarly gathering pus, so that the extraordinary universi‐ took place in Central Asia, in the for‐ ty building and its staff could fully sa‐ “It was the first time that the two larg‐ mer Soviet Union, and in a (secular) tisfy the needs of the event. In this est academic societies for the study of country where Islam is the predomi‐ Bulletin, you can read more about the ethnomusicology have collaborated on a nant religion. Such an endeavour would conference from three different perspec‐ project and the first time that SEM not have been possible without exten‐ tives: Saida Yelemanova’s report ref‐ ventured beyond North America for a sive planning and coordinated coopera‐ lects the views of the Local Arrange‐ meeting. The stars aligned even further tion by dedicated individuals. ments Committee (pp. 6-7), the report when the European Seminar in Ethno‐ by Timothy Rice and Razia Sultanova musicology was able to arrange their On behalf of the Secretariat, I would reflects the views of the Programme annual meeting to overlap with the like to emphasize the essentially impor‐ Committee (pp. 9-11), and Catherine Forum for one day. Hence, not just tant cooperation with the Local Ar‐ Foley’s report reflects the views of the two, but for one day, the three rangements Committee at the Kazakh Chair of the Study Group on Ethno‐ organizations met together. National University of Arts (KazNUA), choreology and of the LAC Co‐Chair of where our key contacts for two years

Delegates of the 43rd ICTM World Conference. Astana, July 2015. Photo by Kazakh National University of Arts.

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Participants have been writing with en‐ Beverley Diamond, SEM President and (Switzerland). In 2016, Ljubljana will thusiasm, describing the significant new former ICTM Executive Board mem‐ host the first symposia of two new directions, stimulating discussions, and ber, wrote a complete report for the ICTM Study Groups: the Study Group great ideas they encountered at this latest issue of SEM Newsletter, which on Audiovisual Ethnomusicology will event. Some have ventured that it was you can read if you are a member of meet in August and the Study Group ‘perhaps a moment of consolidation for SEM. A counterpart report by Marcello on Musics of the Slavic World will do the discipline’. Others want action not Sorce Keller will be included in the so in October (see calendar of events words and acknowledge this by antici‐ January 2016 issue of the Bulletin. on page 52). pating future projects across regions. Many are already assuming that this IVE is 50 Years Old Forum will be the start of a new The Institut für Volksmusikforschung tradition!” und Ethnomusikologie [Institute of It may not be known to our member‐ Folk Music Research and Ethnomusico‐ ship, but this was not the first attempt logy] of the University of Music and to bring ICTM and SEM together for a Performing Arts Vienna celebrated its single conference event. Differences in fiftieth anniversary in October 2015. duration, accommodation standards, The institute’s exceptional connection Britta Sweers (President of ESEM), and even parts of the year in which with ICTM is best reflected in that as Salwa El-Shawan Castelo-Branco ICTM World Conferences and SEM many as four members of its staff serve Annual Meetings take place were (President of ICTM), Beverley Diamond (President of SEM), and as executives in four ICTM Study among the obstacles encountered in the Groups: Ursula Hemetek (Music and Anne Rasmussen (President Elect of past. The agreement about a new Minorities, Chair), Ardian Ahmedaja attempt got its crucial impetus during SEM). September 2015. Photo provided by Anne Rasmussen. (Multipart Music, Chair), Ulrich Mor‐ the 42nd ICTM World Conference in genstern (Musics of the Slavic World, Shanghai, where Beverly Diamond, Symposium on Music and Ecology Secretary), and Marko Kölbl (Music Salwa El‐Shawan Castelo‐Branco and I and Gender, Vice-Chair). Austria has discussed the possibility at several in‐ The international multidisciplinary the 7th largest number of ICTM mem‐ formal meetings. A smaller event with symposium “Music and Ecology” took bers, and is one the most active coun‐ a limited number of sharply-selected place in Ljubljana, the site of the tries in our World Network. It was an presentations proved to be the winning ICTM Secretariat, in August 2015, the honour to be a part of the well‐attend‐ recipe. Credit for the thematic shaping month between the World Conference ed celebratory event. Happy birthday, of the Forum is to be given to Samuel in Astana and the Forum in Limerick. IVE! Araújo and Gage Averill. The keynote speakers were Huib Schippers (Australia), Kjell Skyllstad (Thailand), and Marcello Sorce Keller

The IVE director, Ursula Hemetek, and her staff. October 2015. Photo provided by Martina Krammer.

Participants of the latest symposium of the Study Group on African Musics. Durban, South Africa, September 2015. Photo provided by Patricia Opondo.

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World Network I would also wish to congratulate the Appointment of Guest Co- Study Group on African Musics, and The ICTM World Network continues its Chair Patricia Opondo, for holding Editors for 2016 Yearbook to grow. I am glad to welcome seven its first symposium on African soil by Kati Szego, General new countries, represented by Liaison (Durban, September 2015). Editor, Yearbook for Officers approved by the Executive Traditional Music Board since the previous Bulletin was At their latest symposium in Luang circulated: Afghanistan (Ahmad Naser Prabang (June 2015), the Study Group It gives me great Sarmast), Iceland (Guðrún on Folk Musical Instruments changed pleasure to announce Ingimundardóttir), Iraq (Scheherazade its name to Study Group on Musical that Timothy Rice and Razia Hassan), Malta (Philip Ciantar), Instruments. Its Chair, Gisa Jähnichen, Sultanova will be the guest co-editors Morocco (Lhoussain Simour), Tunisia deserves gratitude for organizing that for the 2016 Yearbook for Traditional (Anas Ghrab), and United Arab symposium in Laos, a country which Music. Tim and Razia were Program‐ Emirates (Virginia Danielson). I also had not before hosted an ICTM scho‐ me Co-Chairs for the 2015 ICTM welcome the new Chair of the Austria larly gathering. World Conference in Astana. The 2016 National Committee Bernd Brabec de Yearbook will focus on the themes from Mori, the newly-formed National 23rd ICTM Colloquium that conference: Music and New Politi‐ cal Geographies in the Turkic Speaking Committee for Bulgaria (Chair: The 23rd ICTM Colloquium “Between World and Beyond; The Creators of Lozanka Peycheva), and the new Speech and Song: Liminal Utterances” Music and Dance; Music, Dance, the Liaison Officer for Chile Jacob Rekedal. (May 2015, Nanterre, France), hosted Body, and Society; Sound Environ‐ by Estelle Amy de la Bretèque and the Expressions of gratitude go as well to ments: From Natural and Urban Research Centre for Ethnomusicology those national representatives who con‐ Spaces to Personal Listening; Visual CREM-LESC/CNRS, was intellectually cluded their mandates, namely: Representation of Music Cultures; and provoking and very international in at‐ Thomas Nussbaumer (Austria), Elena New Research. tendance. Colloquia are the only type Gorokhovik (Belarus), Rosemary Statelova (Bulgaria), Juan Pablo of ICTM scholarly events where parti‐ Manuscripts to be considered for publi‐ González (Chile), and Howard Charles cipants are invited by the programme cation in the 2016 Yearbook should be committee. The next ICTM colloqui‐ (Palau). sent to Tim and Razia um, planned for 2016, is already under ([email protected]) by 1 January Starting on page 29, you will find re‐ consideration by the Executive Board. 2016. Submissions should be no more ports from countries which had never Proposals for new ICTM Colloquia than 7,000–8,000 words in length. before been featured in a Bulletin: should be sent to the Secretariat. Please submit your articles in Microsoft Chile, Lebanon, and Mongolia. Finally, Word format (.doc, .docx) or Rich the following representatives have sub‐ In Conclusion Text Format (.rtf), not as PDF files. mitted their reports for the first time: The Council is progressing towards its Also be sure to include an abstract and Bernd Brabec de Mori (Austria), Jacob 70th birthday, due in 2017, vibrant and a brief biographical statement, each up Rekedal (Chile), Nidaa Abou Mrad in good health. Some dear colleagues, to 100 words. (Lebanon), Otgonbayar Chuluunbaatar whose dedication and achievements (Mongolia), and Olga Pashina (Russia). Further information on the format of helped ICTM reach its current good submissions can be found on the shape, unfortunately won’t be there, Study Groups Information for Authors section in any because their lives have come to an end recent Yearbook (p. v) or on the ICTM Following the official recognition by the (read more about them on page 14). website. Executive Board at its meeting imme‐ One of those who left a particularly diately preceding the Astana confer‐ strong imprint in the history of the ence, the Council is now enriched by Council was Anca Giurchescu, and the two new Study Groups: on Audiovisual obituary on the following two pages is Ethnomusicology and on Musics of the meant to pay our respects to her, and Slavic World. To learn more, please to inspire us all to continue growing as visit their respective websites. both persons and scholars.

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Anca Giurchescu (1930–2015) Calm, distinguished without flambo‐ yance, thoughtful and tactful, always easy to make contact with. The im‐ mense energy that Anca invested in the practice of ethnology, but also in her dealings with colleagues and people in general, was in stark contrast to her physical fragility. She was a formidable lady, with old-fashioned manners, but a modern, creative mind.

It took Anca a lot of courage to get over the most terrible years of the com‐ munist regime (1945-1960), when she was able to avoid the chronic shortages that were the rule in Romania only by Anca Giurchescu (1930–2015). Unknown photo credit. becoming a national champion in tar‐ get shooting. A period of general but lifelong friends with Lisbet Torp, Arzu In 2009, when she founded the Ethno‐ relative recovery followed. Her daught‐ Öztürkmen, Adrienne L. Kaeppler, and choreological Study Centre “Etnocor” er, a future successful journalist for Irene Loutzaki—Anca’s “four sisters”, in Cluj (Romania), Anca was looking Free Europe, was growing up. Her hus‐ as they liked to call themselves. at the future of the ethnologic docu‐ band, Lucian Giurchescu, became one ments she had produced and accum‐ Anca took pleasure in travelling for of the most appreciated stage directors ulated during her decades of work, but purposes useful for both herself and her also at the future of ethnochoreology, in Romania. But the lack of freedom colleagues. During field research, she was difficult for their careers and per‐ which had no institutional support in was meticulous and efficient: she would Romania. sonal lives, and the solution was to em‐ interview, take notes, film, memorize. igrate to the West. At age 50 Anca She did field research in Romania, She refused to give in to her age. Her attended language courses in Copen‐ Denmark, Serbia, Turkey, Bulgaria, last field work, with “her” Sub-Study hagen, learning to say “my name is Greece, and the Czech Republic, being Group on Field Research Theory and Anca” in Danish. It didn’t come easy. a model for those young researchers Methods was carried out in May 2013, Anca’s story is closely knit to that of whom she accompanied and guided. when she was 83, in the village of ICTM, as a member since 1962 and as Svinitsa (Serbian: Svinjica), one of the She was constantly working out plans an active participant in most of its eastern villages in the Danube Gorge in on which she had been reflecting, and Romania, where the group investigated events. Anca was chair of the ICTM culling information and ideas. She still Study Group on Ethnochoreology from Hora de pomană (the practice of giving had a lot more to say about creation a dance as alms for the dead). Before 1998 to 2006, and was responsible for and improvisation processes and the the founding of the Ethnochoreology leaving Bucharest, she insisted that a manifold symbolic meanings of dance. Sub-Study Group on Field Research physician help her endure the effort by She had not yet had her last say on the Theory and Methods, which she led injecting her with hard, almost dange‐ Romanian healing ritual călușul, the from 1990 to 2014. Anca was also rous tranquillizers. And endure she did, popular culture of the Vlachs in the like so many times before in her life— Secretary of the ICTM Study Group on Balkans, the manele that she had been Music and Minorities from 1999 to “My name is Anca…”. researching for some years, Roma 2005. She was a friend to all, because dances, the peasant dances of northern she always had words of understanding, Transylvania and their relation to the sympathy, encouragement, and sup‐ music and social life of the commun‐ port. In addition, she became close ities in the region...

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A few days before she left us, she wrote and transformation (on the in an e-mail: process of improvisation studied both from the insiders’ and “I want to write about the dances of researchers’ perspectives); dance Oaș and Maramures [regions in Roma‐ and politics (about dance nia], more specifically about the struc‐ manipulation as a symbol of ture of the motifs and the improvisa‐ power in the political discourse); tion, which may have an equivalent in as marker of ethnic identity the structure of the dance music, in the (especially on Roma and Vlach tight space between the dancers, as minority groups); and about the well as in the spatial placement of the popular dance on manele music dance, not to mention many of the and its impact on the Romanian everyday postures and gestures. Read‐ society in collaboration with a ing with great pleasure À tue-tête…, I team of ethnomusicologists, forget about all and everything!” cultural and social In her final years, Anca worked with anthropologists. Margaret Beissinger and Speranța Carried out extensive fieldwork in Rădulescu on a book, the cover of Romania, Denmark, and which will now feature her name in a Southeast Europe with focus on black frame: Manele in Romania: research theory and methods. Cultural Expression and Social Contributed to the dissemination Meaning in Balkan Popular Music. In of dance knowledge through late March 2015, as the book which numerous publications, lectures, will be now dedicated to her memory and papers delivered at was about to go to print, Anca wrote universities and other scientific the last résumé of her life: the one forums in 13 European countries below. and in the USA, where she Romanian/Danish lectured at Harvard, Cornell, ethnochoreologist. Graduate of Berkeley, UCLA, and Stanford the Institute of Physical universities. Education, Bucharest, 1963. For Member of the International 25 years, dance researcher at the Council for Traditional Music Institute of Ethnography and since 1962; chair of the Study Folklore, Bucharest. Group on Ethnochoreology Settled in Denmark with political (1998-2006), later honorary chair. refugee status in 1979. Continued Doctor honoris causa of research with support from the Roehampton University, London, Danish National Council for since 2009. Humanities and the Danish Folklore Archives. Grants and rewards: IREX, New York, 1974; American Academy Main contributions: foundation of of Sciences, 1978; The Danish the dance structure analysis (in Research Council for the collaboration with the ICTM Humanities between 1982-2000. Study Group on Ethnochoreology between 1962-1976); dance text Some of her colleagues’ reactions to the and contextual research (with sad news of Anca’s passing can be read special focus on the healing ritual online at a special page on the ICTM căluș); processes of dance creation website.

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Local Arrangements That same evening, after delegates had musicians performing vocal and ins‐ tasted traditional Kazakh snacks and trumental genres of traditional music. Committee Report drinks, the concert “Music of the Great The following evening, the concert by Saida Yelemanova, Steppes: From Master to Apprentice” “Legends of the Great Steppe: From LAC Co-Chair took place in the main concert hall, Epic to Instrumental Kui” was topi‐ where songs, dances, and instrumental cally centred around the figure of the On 22 July 2015, the tunes were performed solo, in ensem‐ great Khakas Khaidji storyteller and 43rd ICTM World bles, and with orchestral arrangements epic performer Semen Kadyshev (1885‐ Conference formally by members of the faculty and students 1977), where Kazakh and other Turkic ended with a closing ceremony and a of KazNUA. The concert concluded traditional musicians played kobyz, gala concert. The conference was con‐ with a performance by the LAC Co‐ chatkhan, khomus, sybyzgi, dombra, and vened at the Kazakh National Univer‐ Chair, renowned violinist Aiman performed terme and epics. The final sity of Arts (KazNUA) and was Mussakhajayeva. On 17 July, perform‐ gala concert, which followed the closing attended by nearly 600 participants ers from Dankook University (Seoul, ceremony on 23 July, featured a select‐ from Africa, Asia, Europe, North Korea) offered a concert of Korean tra‐ ion of the favourite performers from the America, Oceania, and South America. ditional music and dance, while on 18 previous concerts. The Local Arrangements Committee July delegates were able to attend a The LAC, in cooperation with which I co-chaired with the Rector of concert of contemporary Kazakh sym‐ TÜRKSOY and KazNUA, also orga‐ KazNUA, Aiman Mussakhajayeva, was phonic music, conducted by KazNUA nized eight workshops on Kazakh, established two years earlier, and con‐ Vice Rector Serik Erkimbekov. Turkish, Uzbek, and Yakut music, sisted of KazNUA officials, members of The evening concert of 20 July, titled where delegates had the opportunity to relevant administrative departments, “Music of City, Village and Steppe”, learn more about the traditional songs and renowned scholars. featured Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and instrumental music performed Concerts Turkish, Turkmen, Uzbek, and Uyghur during the evening concerts. As many as seven concerts were pre‐ pared for conference participants. The first four concerts (on 16, 17, and 18 July) were organized by KazNUA, and the last three (on 20, 21, and 22 July) were co-organized by the LAC and TÜRKSOY, the multinational organi‐ zation for the promotion of the culture of the Turkic-speaking world.

On the first day of the conference, and following the opening ceremony, a short performance by the winners of the recent Festival of Creative Youth of Kazakhstan under the auspices of UNESCO, titled “Children in the Performance during the concert “Music of the Great Steppes: From Master to Rhythm of the World”, was offered. Apprentice”. 16 July 2015. Photo provided by KazNUA.

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English during sessions presented only in Russian.

The LAC also put much effort into recording and documenting both aca‐ demic and other activities during the conference. Arrangements were made for the photographic and video record‐ ing of highlights of the conference. These were very quickly compiled into short programmes that were then shown on large-screen TVs in the foyer of the university. These “diaries” can be watched on the specially created YouTube Channel ICTM Astana 2015.

Finally, we would like to thank the wonderful team of more than 70 stu‐ dent volunteers from several Kazakh universities, without whom the confer‐ ence would not have been a success. View of the foyer of the main building of the Kazakh National University of Arts, during the welcome reception. 16 July 2015. Photo provided by KazNUA. The volunteers were always ready to help, at Astana airport to pick up de‐ Organization and logistics enable the delegates to commute legates, in classrooms seeing to varying computer needs, during concerts, on During the years of preparation for the between their accommodations and the buses, at the registration desk, etc. conference, the LAC faced many orga‐ conference venue. nizational challenges, because such a Each delegate received a beautiful On behalf of the Local Arrangements large international gathering of music hand‐made conference bag designed by Committee and the Kazakh National and dance researchers had previously KazNUA teachers, which included, in University of Arts, I would like to never taken place in Astana. We are addition to the printed programme and thank all delegates who came to Asta‐ very thankful to the Secretariat and to book of abstracts, a conference T-shirt na and made the 43rd ICTM World the Executive Board of ICTM for their and baseball cap, a 2016 desktop Conference an unforgettable experience, commitment to bring the World Confe‐ calendar, a USB flash drive, a hard‐ which will certainly be remembered as rence to Kazakhstan, and for their un‐ bound multi-year daily planner, a pen an important milestone in the history wavering support over the years. and notebook, and a map of Astana. of our discipline.

Despite some uncertainties concerning We were able to accommodate different the visa regime during the months im‐ dietary needs (vegetarian, halal, kosher, mediately preceding the conference, and diabetic) during lunch, and the every conference delegate who arrived catering staff also offered dinner and in Kazakhstan was allowed to enter the tea and coffee for the duration of the country and attend the conference, conference. thanks to the arrangements the LAC coordinated with the Ministry of To facilitate the attendance and parti‐ Foreign Affairs. The LAC also did its cipation by Kazakh‐ and Russian‐ best to welcome the delegates at the speaking scholars in the conference, the Astana airport, and to take them to LAC arranged for simultaneous trans‐ Aiman Mussakhajayeva and Düsen lation from English to Russian during their accommodation, often very early Kasseinov share a moment during the plenary sessions, and from Russian to in the morning, at no cost. Regular first day of the conference. Photo buses and shuttles were provided to provided by KazNUA.

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Programme Committee Music and New Political Geogra‐ 6. From February to March 2015 we phies in the Turkic‐speaking World corresponded with each delegate Report and Beyond; (2) The Creators of about their preferred days for pre‐ by Timothy Rice and Music and Dance; (3) Music, sentation and built the programme Razia Sultanova, Dance, the Body, and Society; (4) based on their preferences. Programme Co-Chairs Sound Environments: From Natur‐ 7. In April 2015 the Preliminary al and Urban Spaces to Personal From 16 to 22 July Programme was posted on the Listening; (5) Visual Representa‐ 2015, nearly 600 ICTM website. tion of Music Cultures; and (6) participants from 70 New Research. 8. Until 15 July we periodically up‐ countries gathered dated the Preliminary Programme together to make the 3. The date 30 September 2014 was and created the book of abstracts 43d ICTM World set as the deadline for submission and its index. Conference an academic of proposals, which was later ex‐ success. Kazakhstan was tended to 15 October due to the 9. On 2 July 2015 we sent the final represented in the programme by the late start of university terms in version of the Programme to largest group of participants (80), and Europe. KazNUA for printing. After the another large contingent of scholars programme went to press, we re‐ 4. From October to December 2014, from the former Soviet Union joined ceived nearly daily notifications of the multinational team of PC the meeting as well. With up to cancellations and requests for members evaluated proposals, thirteen parallel sessions, a plenary changes. shared their evaluations, and session each day, performance work‐ selected those to be included in the 10. On 15 July we published a sup‐ shops, and films in virtually every ses‐ programme. plementary document listing all the sion, and a rich programme of concerts changes we had received in the pre‐ each even‐ing, the conference was a 5. In December 2014, Razia Sultanova vious two weeks; each day during milestone in the study of world music and Svanibor Pettan travelled to the conference we announced and and culture. We were very glad to par‐ Astana to work on a variety of pro‐ posted additional changes that ticipate in the planning of such an en‐ gramme‐related issues in coopera‐ came to our attention. joyable and stimulating conference in tion with LAC representatives Astana. Saida Yelemanova and Fatima Nurlybayeva. Below is the dairy of the programme committee’s ICTM 2015 preparation:

1. At the 2013 meeting of the ICTM Executive Board in Shanghai, the Programme Committee members and Co-Chairs were selected: Timothy Rice (Co‐Chair, USA), Razia Sultanova (Co‐Chair, UK), Jean Kidula (USA), Maria Elizabeth Lucas (Brazil), Inna Naroditskaya (USA), Svanibor Pettan (Slovenia, ex officio), Mark Slobin (USA), Terada Yoshitaka (Japan), and Saida Yelemanova (Kazakhstan, LAC Co-Chair).

2. In the October 2013 issue of the Bulletin the six themes of the Volunteers receiving delegates at the Astana airport. 15 July 2015. Photo provided conference were announced: (1) by KazNUA.

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Many, but certainly not all, of the We would also like to thank all mem‐ For the first time I was involved in the changes that occurred in the pro‐ bers of the Programme Committee for event of global scale to feel the active gramme after 2 July 2015 were due to working so diligently on the evaluation pulse of the “ethnomusicology of our visa issues. Despite those problems, of submissions. planet”! I was honoured to share my there were some real advantages to scholarly observations with the world‐ We are very grateful to President having the 43rd ICTM World wide colleagues’ community. Perhaps Salwa El-Shawan Castelo-Branco, Conference in Astana. the time to unite with overseas collegial Secretary General Svanibor Pettan, communities has come. Thank you for 1. ICTM was able to support the eff‐ Vice Presidents Stephen Wild and Don inviting local and foreign scholars orts in Kazakhstan, and at the host Niles for providing us their support in together to such a respected event. We institution KazNUA, to develop the most difficult circumstances during had a rare chance not only to meet cultural and music educational the preparation for the conference. We scholars from abroad, but to share our programmes in the country. thank the Executive Board for provid‐ research interests and to discuss pro‐ ing us with constant encouragement at 2. ICTM was able to support the eff‐ perly during the week-long conference!” various stages in the organization of orts of music scholars from a region the 2015 World Conference. Finally, we Anthony Seeger (US): of the world that in the past was would like to thank Executive Assist‐ only thinly represented internation‐ “Thanks for your herculean work at the ant Carlos Yoder for his help in man‐ ally, and, as we indicated above, wonderful ICTM conference in Astana. aging the submissions and all the many many new members from Eurasia The conference was a great editions of the online programme. joined ICTM in order to partici‐ accomplishment!” pate in this conference. To conclude, we would like to share a Keith Howard (UK): few personal messages received from We would like to thank the members of participants in the conference, includ‐ “It was an excellent conference, and the LAC who devoted themselves to ing quite a few from participants from everyone had a great time.” solving many of the problems that in‐ Eurasia, for whom this was their first evitably attend these conferences Atesh Sonneborn (US): chance to participate in such a large (including in this case some necessary international conference. “What a wonderful thing you and your personal invitations and a host of visa conspirators did to have ICTM come to matters). In this regard we would like Marina Dubrovskaya (Russia): Astana! It was particularly gratifying to to single out Saida Yelemanova and “I am still under enormous impression see so many scholars from the region Fatima Nurlybayeva for special thanks. from the ICTM conference in Astana! present. And the students of the univer‐ sity seemed so inspired! Thank you for all the thankless tasks that went into making the biennial conference a suc‐ cess! It was a significant accomplish‐ ment!”

Tamaz Gabisonia (Georgia):

“Astana 2015 was a great inspiration for me! It was very impressive inter‐ national event in size and in the high‐ est level of organization! Every day was fulfilled with very interesting papers. Hosts were very generous. The infra‐ structure of the Conference worked perfectly for the global event.

Delegates socializing during registration. 15 July 2015. Photo provided by KazNUA.

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Rimantas Sliuzinskas (Lithuania) Elena Spirin (France): and start to think differently. Some un‐ predictable contacts are setting up: I was very happy to take a part of For the first time taking part of the right now the Moscow State Conser‐ ICTM 2015 in Astana! My goal was ICTM conference I was deeply inspired vatory is establishing an exchange pro‐ not only formally to give a paper and to meet so many colleagues form dif‐ gramme with the University of Ghana, to chair a panel, but also to meet new ferent countries. It will influence my and that contact was made during the colleagues and share our mutual exp‐ further research and creativity. Parti‐ Astana conference. Most impressive erience. Also, we were very happy to cularly I was impressed with the very was the brilliant organization, combin‐ start the new ICTM Study Group on high level of the conference organiza‐ ing a Western level of programme ad‐ Musics of the Slavic World in which tion relevant to the most imaginable in‐ ministration with generous Asian hos‐ future projects I am actively involved. ternational level. The conference had a pitality typical for the chosen area. huge impact on the development of stu‐ Violetta Yunusova (Russia): dy of traditional music and culture. We hope that everyone who attended The ICTM conference in Astana offer‐ Most important were the moments of the 43rd ICTM World Conference had ed a great opportunity to embrace the interaction between Western and post‐ similarly positive experiences to report subjects and research problems in our Soviet scholars that inspired represen‐ to their colleagues and students back field represented by scholars from all tatives from different schools and train‐ home. over the world. We had a chance to see ing systems to share their works. Com‐ some unique ethnomusicological mon features of various schools of Report from an ethnochore‐ methods in action, to understand our ethnomusicology were displayed as well ologist and dancer country’s place in this global field. as common directions of their works. From this point of view the Astana by Catherine Foley, Valentina Kholopova (Russia) conference had no analogies in the Chair of Study Group history of music study! We had a First of all, the ICTM is an incompa‐ on Ethnochoreology and chance to meet scholars, musicians, rable organization in the study of mu‐ LAC Co-Chair of 2017 and music administrators from all over sic. There is nothing like this in the World Conference the world. In the contemporary world world! The fact that it was running for The 43rd ICTM World Conference was such international forums are vitally the 43d time is astonishing. Participat‐ hosted by the Kazakh National Univer‐ important! ing in such global event is highly benefi‐ sity of Arts in a very futuristic‐looking cial as every day you learn new things building. I was told that the building is shaped like a horse’s hoof, which sym‐ bolizes creativity within the Kazakh world. At the opening ceremony we were warmly welcomed by Düsen Kasseinov, Secretary General of TÜRKSOY and former Minister of Culture of Kazakhstan, Aiman Mussakhajayeva and Saida Yelemanova, Co-Chairs of the Local Arrangements Committee, Salwa El-Shawan Castelo‐Branco, President of ICTM, Svanibor Pettan, Secretary General of ICTM, and Tim Rice and Razia Sultanova, Co-Chairs of the Programme Committee.

The conference consisted of plenary A selection of books and CDs by Ashgate Publishing, Oxford University Press, and sessions, thirteen parallel paper pres‐ Smithsonian Folkways were donated to KazNUA’s library. 21 July 2015. Photo entation sessions, panels, roundtables, provided by KazNUA. film presentations, and workshops.

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osia proceedings (particularly Tables of Contents), reports, and newsletters, for the ICTM website. These materials are intended to document the history of each Study Group and the will also help with the celebrations of the 70th Anniversary of the Council, which will take place during the 44th ICTM World Conference at the University of Limerick, Ireland, in July 2017. A Special Committee of the Executive Board has been established for the 70th Anniversary, with Don Niles as Chair. I have been invited to be a member of this committee.

The Local Arrangements Committee Catherine Foley and Colin Quigley performing during the Closing Ceremony of the treated us to evening concerts through‐ 43rd ICTM World Conference. 22 July 2015. Photo provided by KazNUA. out the conference. These concerts in‐ cluded Music of the Great Steppes; a Dance was well-represented in these. which was very informative. A film was Festival of Young Kazakh Musicians; Two of the plenary sessions were of presented by Aray Rakhimzhanova, Korean Traditional Dance and Music; particular interest to dancers. In the “Kara Zhorga Is a Meaningful Dance and Music of the Turkic‐speaking plenary session on Music, Dance, the Practice Within Kazakh Diaspora in World. We also had some social excur‐ Body and Society, Anthony Seeger, China”. Also, there were numerous sions which included an afternoon guid‐ Urmimala Sarkar, and Haekyung Um workshops on voice, musical instru‐ ed tour of Astana or a day trip to presented individual papers. Anthony ments, and dance, and one was on Burabay, a popular lakeside tourist looked at “The End of Mourning: Wa‐ Scottish Céilidh Dances. destination from Astana. ter, Body Paint, and the Reintegration Study Group business meetings were of Mourning Bodies among the Kïsêdjê The closing ceremony involved reports scheduled throughout the week and our of Mato Grosso, Brazil”; Urmimala from some members of the Executive Ethnochoreology business meeting oc‐ examined “A Corporeal Reading of the Board, acknowledgements and words of curred on 20 July. This was well at‐ Naachni: Social Absence Versus Perfor‐ appreciation to the Local Arrangements tended (about 25 people) and Don mative Presence”; and Haekyung ex‐ and Programme Committees. Adrienne Niles, ICTM Vice President, and lored “K-Pop Cover Dance in Cosmo‐ Kaeppler was honoured by being made Carlos Yoder, Executive Assistant to politan London and Global Youth Cul‐ Honorary Member of ICTM and Kati the Secretariat, were also present. ture in the Making”. In the plenary ses‐ Szego (General Editor of the Yearbook sion on The Creators of Music and For the first time ever, there was a for Traditional Music) announced that Dance, there was one paper addressing Meeting of ICTM Study Group Chairs. four of the nine articles to be published dance by Jakari Sherman, “Invisible I attended this and it was very inform‐ in the forthcoming edition of the Influence: A Study of the Creators of ative. There are currently twenty Yearbook have a dance focus. Choreography Within African‐Ameri‐ Study Groups and the Chairs of each The final announcement by Salwa El‐ can Fraternity and Sorority-Style were asked to briefly present on them. Shawan Castelo‐Branco was that the Competition Stepping”. It was interesting to hear about the next ICTM World Conference will be workings of other Study Groups—the There were over forty dance paper pre‐ at the University of Limerick, Ireland, similarities and differences, and issues sentations and ethnochoreology was in 2017. Colin Quigley and myself that have emerged from them. Funding well‐represented in these paper ses‐ made a presentation as Co-Chairs of was one of the concerns raised. We sions. There were dance panel presen‐ this forthcoming conference and wel‐ were also asked by Don Niles to collate tations including one on Kazakh dance, comed all delegates to Limerick in 2017 Study Group materials, such as symp‐

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 129 — October 2015 — Page 12 WORLD CONFERENCES to celebrate the 70th anniversary of 4. Business arising from the ence: 18 individuals thanks to the ICTM. We hope to see you all there. UNESCO Participation Programme, minutes and 16 thanks to the newly‐created In all, we experienced a rich conference No additional business was discussed. Maud Karpeles and Young Scholar in Astana with delegates coming from Funds. In total, 34 delegates from different parts of the world to share 5. Report of the Executive Board Australia, Azerbaijan, Cameroon, their research in music, song, and Canada, Ecuador, France, Ghana, dance. We also had the opportunity to World Network India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Korea, meet our colleagues and to learn about Secretary General Svanibor Pettan Lithuania, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Kazakh culture in Kazakhstan. started his report by highlighting the Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, Sudan, growth of the ICTM World Network Tanzania, Turkey, United Kingdom, since the last General Assembly. In Minutes of the 42nd and USA had their participation sub‐ those two years, the number of coun‐ General Assembly sidized, the highest number in the tries and regions with ICTM represen‐ history of the Council. Held at the Kazakh National Universi‐ tatives increased from 87 to 103. He ty of Arts, Astana, Kazakhstan, on then showed a slide with a list of coun‐ The importance of having representa‐ Tuesday 18 July 2015 from 14:30 to tries where the Council was not yet tives from sister societies (the Interna‐ 15:30. Chair: Salwa El‐Shawan represented, and asked the Assembly to tional Musicological Society, the Inter‐ Castelo-Branco. think about good candidates in those national Association of Music Libraries, The Chair opened the meeting at countries who could become Liaison the International Association for the 14:45, local time. Officers. Study of Popular Music, the World Dance Alliance, and the International 2015 World Conference 1. Apologies for absence Society for Music Education) at the Pettan reported on the three years of Conference was noted, signalling a Castelo-Branco announced the formal combined efforts by the Secretariat, the “new direction” in approaching the apologies for absence submitted by Executive Board, the Kazakh National study of music and dance. He drew Ursula Hemetek, Dorit Klebe, and University of Arts, and TÜRKSOY, attention to the Roundtable “ICTM Barbara B. Smith. which culminated in the 43rd ICTM and Its Sister Societies”, sponsored by World Conference in Astana. He recal‐ RILM, which had taken place on 17 2. In memoriam led that the Executive Board meetings July. Castelo-Branco asked all members to of July 2014 continued well into the Study Groups stand in memory of those members of night, due to the commitment of the the ICTM community who passed Board to making the Astana conference All the Study Groups which had held away since the previous General a success. symposia since the previous General Assembly. Assembly were mentioned: Music of the The importance of special-purpose Turkic‐speaking World, Music and Executive Board Committees (e.g., 3. Approval of the minutes of Dance of Oceania, Historical Sources of 70th Anniversary of ICTM, Bulletin, Traditional Music, Performing Arts of the previous General Assembly Colloquia, Sister Societies, Study Southeast Asia, Mediterranean Music Groups, among others), an innovation Approval of the minutes Studies, African Musics, Applied Eth‐ introduced by ICTM President Castelo-Branco called for a motion to nomusicology, Ethnochoreology, Music Castelo‐Branco in 2013, was explained. approve the Minutes of the 41st Gene‐ and Minorities, Music and Dance in ral Assembly, as published in the The recipients of the Barbara Barnard Southeastern Europe, Musics of East Bulletin of the ICTM 123 (October Smith Travel Award for 2015 were Asia, Musical Instruments, Maqām, 2013). Moved by Ricardo Trimillos, announced: Debanjali Biswas (India), and Music in the Arab World. Pettan seconded by Gisa Jähnichen, motion Seola Kim (USA), and Shin En Liao welcomed the two new Study Groups passed. (Taiwan). The Secretary General then on Audiovisual Ethnomusicology and highlighted the remarkable success the on Musics of the Slavic World, both of Council has had in subsidizing the par‐ which had had their inaugural sympo‐ ticipation of delegates to the confer‐ sia in 2014.

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After drawing attention to a publica‐ tion resulting from the 21st ICTM Col‐ loquium, the Secretary General asked all Study Group Chairs to consider their publications to be “ICTM publi‐ cations”, and urged Study Group Chairs to send a copy of all their materials to the Secretariat.

Finally, Pettan praised the three interviews with Honorary Members which had been featured in recent issues of the Bulletin: with Joseph Hanson Kwabena Nketia, Trần Văn Khê, and Dieter Christensen.

Farewells

Performers of Dankook University performing for delegates. 17 July 2015. Photo Pettan asked for a moment of silence to provided by KazNUA. honour the ICTM members who had passed away since the previous General Study Groups were encouraged to dis‐ World Academy of Music and Dance Assembly: Marianne Bröcker (1936‐ play their publications at the Exhibit (Limerick, Ireland). 2013), Barbara Sparti (1932‐2013), Jan Area, a first attempt to systematically Internet presence Ling (1932‐2013), Ruža Bonifačić present publications by ICTM Study (1960‐2014), Judith McCullogh (1935‐ In the previous two years, the ICTM Groups to the wider audience that 2014), Amnon Shiloah (1928‐2014), website was enriched with new content: ICTM World Conferences typically at‐ Wolf Dietrich (1938‐2014), Robert a new page listing all past ICTM Coll‐ tract. Finally, Pettan called attention Günther (1929‐2015), Ilse Reuter oquia, the complete run of the Bulletin to the inaugural meeting of Study (1941‐2014), Fayzulla M. Karomatli of the ICTM and its predecessors (since Group Chairs, which was held the pre‐ (1925‐2014), Anca Giurchescu (1930‐ 1948), and the tables of contents of all vious afternoon. 2015), Trần Văn Khê (1921‐2015), and issues of the Yearbook for Traditional Bazaraly Muptekeyev (1968‐2015). Other meetings Music and its predecessors (since 1949). The Secretary General congratulated Membership development The Online Membership Directory had the organizers of the 23rd ICTM Col‐ been completely redone (launched in The geographical breakdown of ICTM loquium “Between Speech and Song: March 2014), and the much-awaited members was detailed as follows: 20% Liminal Utterances” (20-22 May 2015, ICTM mailing list (aka “listserv”) had USA, 7% China, 7% Japan, 5% UK, Nanterre, France) and praised the started operations in August 2014. 5% Germany, 4% Australia, 4% Italy, Joint Symposia organized by neigh‐ Finally, the ICTM Online Photo 4% Austria, 3% Canada, 3% France. bouring National Committees (the Gallery, rich with visual documents of The rest of the membership (39%) was meeting of the National Committees for the past and present of the Council, spread out over many countries, each Austria, Italy, and Slovenia in Pulfero, was launched in January 2014. averaging 2% of the membership total. Italy, in May 2015, and the meeting of the National Committees for France Publications A steady increase of members and sub‐ scribers was noted during the previous and the UK in Paris, France in July Considering that the General Editor two years, making 2014 a record year 2015). would report on the Yearbook for in terms of membership, in spite of it Traditional Music at a later time, Finally, Pettan drew attention to the being a non-conference year. Joint SEM‐ICTM‐ESEM Forum, a Pettan mentioned that since 2014, the “milestone event” which would take frequency of the Bulletin of the ICTM Electronic subscriptions to the place in September 2015 at the Irish had been increased to three times a Yearbook for Traditional Music had year (adding a new January issue). been widely adopted by subscribers,

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 129 — October 2015 — Page 14 WORLD CONFERENCES and print‐only subscriptions were Szego then explained that the 2015 information was available at the ICTM becoming increasing less popular. volume was at the last stages of edit‐ website. ing. A total of 26 articles were received, 6. Financial reports for the of which nine would make it to print. 8. Announcement of the previous two years She was confident that the mix of Programme Chair of the next topics, approaches, and geographical Since 2012, the Council had steadily World Conference distribution would be appreciated by increased its revenues, reaching new readers, and noted that four out of nine The President announced that the heights in 2013 and 2014, for both articles had a focus on dance. Executive Board had appointed Mohd conference and non-conference years, Anis Md Nor and Stephen Wild as The General Editor thanked the respectively. The operations of the Programme Co-Chairs of the 44th reviews’ editors for their work, and Council generated a record surplus in ICTM World Conference. the previous two years, which was announced that Jessica Bissett-Perea reinvested in supported memberships, would succeed Michael Silvers as Book Anis expressed his being very honoured special‐purpose funds, etc. Notes editor with the 2015 volume, and to be appointed, and to have Wild as that Kirsty Gillespie would succeed Co-Chair. He informed that the The last slide of the report outlined the Byron Dueck as Audio Reviews editor, Programme Committee had already three special-purpose funds the Council starting with the 2016 volume. been formed, and communicated that operates: the Barbara Barnard Smith during the next World Conference the Szego then thanked the Programme Travel Award, the Maud Karpeles 70th anniversary of the Council would Co-Chairs of the 2015 conference, Fund, and the Young Scholars Fund. be celebrated. He asked the assembly Razia Sultanova and Timothy Rice, for to write suggestions for themes for the 7. Report of the General Editor kindly agreeing to be co‐guest editors next conference and to put them into a of the 2016 Yearbook. The themes of of the Yearbook for Traditional box which would be available at the that volume would, as is customary, Music registration desk. match those of the 2015 World Kati Szego congratulated J. Lawrence Conference. 9. Report of the Nomination Witzleben on his work as Guest Editor Finally, Szego announced that the Committee of the 2014 Yearbook, which had focus‐ deadline for submissions of articles for ed on the themes of the 2013 World Samuel Araújo, Convener of the Nomi‐ the 2016 volume would be 1 January Conference in Shanghai, China. nation Committee (consisting of him‐ 2016, and that detailed submission self, Krister Malm, and Waseda Minako), summarized the positions which would become vacant at the pre‐ sent General Assembly: two Ordinary Members and one Vice President.

The Nomination Committee had pre‐ pared a slate of candidates, consisting of five nominations for the two vacant Ordinary Members (Suraya Agayeva, Dan Bendrups, Miguel A. García, Tan Sooi Beng, and J. Lawrence Witzleben), and two nominations for the position of Vice President (Razia Sultanova and Stephen Wild).

The total number of votes in the ICTM 2015 Election was 295, consisting of 268 electronic votes and 27 paper Performance during the concert “Legends of the Great Steppe: From Epic to Instrumental Kui”. 21 July 2015. Photo provided by KazNUA.

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 129 — October 2015 — Page 15 WORLD CONFERENCES votes. Araújo then announced the 11. Other Business scription. As many as 45 members of names of the newly‐elected candidates: ICTM had contributed with recordings New Honorary Membership and liner notes to the series. Sonneborn ✴ For Ordinary Members of the Stephen Wild proposed Adrienne L. then offered coupon codes giving a 20% Executive Board: Tan Sooi Beng and Kaeppler to become an Honorary discount for purchases of volumes in J. Lawrence Witzleben Member of the Council. the series. ✴ For Vice President: Razia Sultanova Wild introduced the candidacy of Razia Sultanova invited all present to Araújo extended the committee’s deep Adrienne L. Kaeppler to become an attend an evening party at the stu‐ gratitude to all candidates for their wil‐ Honorary Member of ICTM, for her dent’s hostel, inviting all present to lingness to serve the Council, and to outstanding contribution to the work of join and bring their musical instru‐ Carlos Yoder for the technical assist‐ the Council, as President (2005–2013), ments. ance in running the electronic elections. Vice President (2001–2005), Executive Finally, Araújo asked for a round of Dan Bendrups introduced the Study‐ Board Member (1999–2001), Guest applause for all candidates. Group‐In‐The‐Making on Music and Editor of the Yearbook for Traditional Dance in Indigenous and Postcolonial Music (vol. 33, 2001), and member of 10. Meetings to be held during Contexts, and invited all present to the Study Groups on Ethnochoreology join it. the remainder of the conference and on Music and Dance of Oceania.

Castelo-Branco invited the General The proposal was put to the General Adjournment Assembly to the conference’s Closing Assembly, and it was approved by Castelo-Branco called for a motion to Ceremony, which would be held the applause. following Wednesday (22 July 2015) at adjourn the 42nd General Assembly of the ICTM at 15:32. Moved by Krister 5 PM, where the location of the next Other Business World Conference would be revealed. Malm, seconded by Susanne Fürniss, The Closing Ceremony would be fol‐ Atesh Sonneborn informed that the motion passed. lowed by a gala concert. UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music of the World had been made Minutes of 13th Assembly available again, and that for the first of ICTM National and time, those recordings (including 12 previously unreleased albums) would be Regional Representatives available on CD, digital download, Held at the Kazakh National Universi‐ streaming services, and library sub‐ ty of Arts, Astana, Kazakhstan, on 16 July 2015. Chair: Salwa El-Shawan Castelo-Branco. In attendance: Anda Beitāne (Latvia), Dan Bendrups (Australia), Evert Bisschop Boele (the Netherlands), Bernd Brabec de Mori (Austria), Marc‐Antoine Camp (Switzerland), Salwa El‐Shawan Castelo‐Branco (Portugal), Naila Ceribašić (Croatia), Catherine Foley (Ireland), Susanne Fürniss (France), Anna Hoefnagels (Canada), Keith Howard (UK), Zuzana Jurková (Czech Republic), Mojca Kovačič (Slovenia), Danka Lajić‐Mihajlović (Serbia), Essica Marks (Israel), Klaus Näumann (Germany), Don Niles (Papua New Members of the Executive Board during the Opening Ceremony. 16 July 2015. Guinea), Ivona Opetcheska Photo provided by KazNUA. From left to right: Kati Szego, Terada Yoshitaka, Tatarchevska (Macedonia), Svanibor Xiao Mei.

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Pettan (Secretary General), Colin and asked for any suggestions to be Austria: Brabec de Mori reported that Quigley (Ireland), Sheen Dae‐Cheol cast into the themes suggestions’ box. the Austria National Committee (NC) (Korea), János Sipos (Hungary), regularly organizes joint conferences Rimantas Sliužinskas (Lithuania), Appointment of two members to with neighbouring NCs (e.g., Italy and Velika Stojkova Serafimovska (Mace‐ the Nomination Committee Slovenia) and with organizations from donia), Tan Sooi Beng (Malaysia), neighbouring disciplines (e.g., Music The responsibilities of the members of Carlos Yoder (Executive Assistant). Education), a fact that he considered the Nomination Committee were out‐ to be very beneficial in building bridges lined by Castelo-Branco, and then Opening of the meeting across both physical and topical asked for two volunteers to join the borders. The Chair opened the Assembly at Nomination Committee of the 2017 14:32, and thanked all for attending. ICTM Elections. Canada: Hoefnagels informed on the recent activities of the Canadian Socie‐ Yoder listed the officers who would Minutes of the previous meeting ty for Traditional Music (CSTM, which leave the Executive Board in 2017: Castelo-Branco called for a motion to operates the ICTM Canada NC), inc‐ Trần Quang Hải, Samuel Araújo, Kati approve the Minutes of the 12th luding the reception of a lifetime Szego, Naila Ceribašić, Castelo-Branco, Assembly of ICTM National and award. and Niles. All the aforementioned Regional Representatives, as published would be eligible to run again, except Croatia: Ceribašić thanked those pre‐ in the October 2013 Bulletin of the for Trần, who had served for two sent who had contributed to the quad‐ ICTM. Moved by Foley, seconded by consecutive terms already. rennial report on the involvement of Niles, motion passed. ICTM for the safeguarding of Intangi‐ Quigley and Jurková volunteered to ble Cultural Heritage. She reported Introductions serve, and as there were no further that less than 10 positions in ethnomu‐ nominations, it was agreed to appoint The attendees briefly introduced them‐ sicology were available in Croatia, and Colin Quigley and Zuzana Jurková to selves and their institutions. the NC’s major recent project had been the Nomination Committee of the 2017 the organization of the 28th Sympo‐ ICTM Elections. Business arising from Executive sium of the ICTM Study Group on Ethnomusicology (Korčula, July 2014) Board meetings of interest to Oral reports the assembly Czech Republic: Jurková reported [Editor’s note: the following reports that the situation in the Czech Pettan explained that the 2017 ICTM were abridged and sorted by country, Republic had greatly improved in the World Conference would be a “very for space and readability reasons, past few years. During the previous special event”, where the 70th anni‐ respectively. To learn more about the semester the Faculty of Humanities of versary of the Council would be cele‐ activities of the ICTM World Network, the Charles University Prague had brated. He invited the representatives see the Reports section of past, present, given 15 courses in ethnomusicology, to provide ideas for contributing to the and future issues of the Bulletin of the eight of which had been in English, conference, highlighting the importance ICTM] of obtaining historical documents, involving many students from abroad Albania: Ardian Ahmedaja could not including photographs, film materials, within the Erasmus framework. attend the meeting, so his report (pub‐ and programmes of past World France: Fürniss reported on the latest lished in Bulletin of the ICTM 126) Conferences, Colloquia, Study Group conference of the French Society for was read by Niles. Symposia, or any other event related to Ethnomusicology (SFE, which operates the history of the Council. Australia and New Zealand: the ICTM France NC), held jointly Sipos asked whether the structure of Bendrups informed that ethnomusico‐ with the British Forum for Ethnomusi‐ logy is not practised as such in Austra‐ the conference would be modified in cology (BFE, which operates the ICTM lia, and that the approach of the ANZ any way to better fit the 70th anniver‐ UK NC) in July 2015 in Paris, France. Regional Committee has been to bring sary. Castelo-Branco replied that the The conference, attended by 140 parti‐ researchers in music and dance togeth‐ programme had not yet been defined, cipants, was a success, despite some er in a more dynamic way.

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 129 — October 2015 — Page 17 WORLD CONFERENCES inevitable challenges caused by the size new group of young scholars were publications had been produced since of the event and language differences. organizing meetings more regularly. 2006. When suggested that holding a She hoped that a NC would soon Study Group symposium or colloquium Germany: Näumann, Vice Chair of emerge from those activities. might help quicken the situation in the Germany NC since November 2014, Lithuania, Sliužinskas opined that it briefly reported on the regular activiti‐ Korea: Sheen reported on the regular would be practically impossible to es of the NC, which counted more than activities of the Korean Musicological coordinate. one hundred active members. Society (KMS, which operates the ICTM Korea NC), especially their Macedonia: Stojkova Serafimovska Hungary: Sipos summarized the re‐ regular conference schedule [editor’s outlined how Macedonian music had cent activities of the ten members of note: learn more about the activities of been a focus of articles in the Council’s the Hungary NC, most of whom are this NC on pages 36-37]. publications since 1952, and how Mace‐ employed at the Institute of Musicolo‐ donian scholars had attended World gy of the Hungarian Academy of Scien‐ Latvia: Beitāne thanked for being Conferences since 1999. The NC hosted ces [editor’s note: learn more about the appointed as Liaison Officer for Latvia three Study Group symposia in 2007, activities of this NC on pages 34-35]. in 2014. She reported that even though 2008, and 2012, and even though it has ethnomusicology had been institution‐ Ireland: Quigley and Foley reported only ten members, they have been very alized in Latvia only ten years before, on the many activities which would active as implementers ofICH initiati‐ ethnomusicological activities were ex‐ take place at the Irish World Academy ves over the past few years. periencing a steady growth. [editor’s of Music and Dance during the follow‐ note: learn more about the activities in Malaysia: Tan discussed the meetings ing years, highlighting the very first Latvia on pages 37-38]. of the Study Group on Performing Arts joint meeting of ICTM, the Society for of Southeast Asia which had taken Ethnomusicology, and the European Lithuania: Sliužinskas reported that place in Malaysia, and invited every‐ Seminar in Ethnomusicology (Septem‐ only 13 people were doing work in eth‐ body to join them in Bangkok the ber 2015), the Annual Meeting of the nomusicology in Lithuania, and that following year. Ireland NC, and the 44th ICTM World the number of students enrolled in eth‐ Conference. nomusicology programmes had declined The Netherlands: Bisschop-Boele drastically over the years. He consider‐ summarized the events that led to the Israel: Marks reported that 12 to 15 ed that establishing journals or holding dissolution of the Netherlands NC and people were working in Israel on meetings in Lithuania would be “im‐ his appointment as Liaison Officer in ethnomusicology, and that in 2015 a possible”, adding that no meetings or 2013, and reported that he had been focusing on rebuilding the network of scholars working in ethnomusicology and related disciplines in the country, in hopes of reinstating a new Nether‐ lands NC in the near future.

Papua New Guinea: Niles reported that in 2014 Naomi Faik-Simet, Liaison Officer for Papua New Guinea, had hosted a successful workshop of dance in the highlands (with Mohd Anis Md Nor as one of the invited participants), and that later in that year she had co-hosted the 8th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Music and Dance of Oceania Oceania. Niles said he was thrilled that the term “tradi‐ tional music” was included in the name Delegates attending the Closing Ceremony. 22 July 2015. Photo provided by KazNUA. of the Council, because in Papua New

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Guinea many high-level politicians feel very strongly that “tradition is some‐ thing which impedes the progress of the nation”; adding that he and his coll‐ eagues in the country were doing every‐ thing they could to oppose such negati‐ ve views.

Portugal: Castelo-Branco described the situation in Portugal as “vibrant”, with six permanent positions in ethno‐ musicology (three in Lisbon and three in Aveiro), highlighting that coopera‐ tion with Spain had been very fruitful. One of the daily workshops of the Astana conference. Photo provided by KazNUA. Serbia: Lajić‐Mihajlović outlined the activities of the NC since its creation in during an ICTM World Conference. He during the previous Assembly of Na‐ 2013, including the organization of the noted that both BFE and IFMC (the tional and Regional Representatives 4th Symposium of the Study Group on predecessor of ICTM) shared members (Shanghai, 2013). He suggested that a Music and Dance of Southeastern Eu‐ of their respective founding executive clearer definition of what a Liaison Of‐ rope (Belgrade and Petnica, 2014). committees. ficer is might be beneficial for the ope‐ Slovenia: Pettan reported that rations of present and future National Other business Kovačič (who had joined the meeting and Regional Committees. at that moment) had been involved in Castelo-Branco opened the floor for Hoefnagels considered that the Assemb‐ the organization of the Joint Meeting questions. ly was an important and helpful meet‐ of the Austria, Italy, and Slovenia NCs, Fürniss expressed her concern that no ing for all representatives, and that and recommended the model to repre‐ representatives from South America or perhaps sending RSVPs ahead of time sentatives of countries where the Africa were present at the assembly, might help increasing the attendance. number of active scholars is small. even though many were attending the Pettan described the situation in Castelo‐Branco agreed with the propos‐ conference. After it was suggested that Slovenia as “vibrant”, mentioning the al, and then thanked the Secretary Ge‐ they might have been at other paper yearly organization of symposia and neral for his “huge efforts” in increasing sessions, Castelo‐Branco promised that concerts within the festival Nights in the World Network to 103 countries such conflicts would not happen again Old Ljubljana Town. and regions. at future World Conferences. Switzerland: Camp reported that Fürniss noted that only 21 countries Howard encouraged the Executive only a small number of colleagues are were represented at the Assembly, and Board to revisit the laws governing working in Switzerland, usually orient‐ asked whether future assemblies could ICTM National Committees, because ing themselves towards neighbouring be scheduled when there would be no his being Chair of the UK NC while countries (Germany, Italy, or France). other sessions. not being the Chair of BFE was be‐ The Swiss Society for Ethnomusicology coming increasingly difficult to manage. Niles added that the responsibility of (CH-EM, which operates the Switzer‐ Castelo‐Branco replied that the Execu‐ scheduling sessions and meetings is land NC) holds meetings twice a year tive Board was very much aware of the with the Programme Committee, and (one scholarly, one business), yet the situation, and that a special committee that not scheduling presentations by general opinion is that there is not was working on allowing wider options members of the World Network at the enough people to properly establish the for establishing and operating NCs. time of the Assembly could be imple‐ field of ethnomusicology in Switzerland. mented easily. Bendrups echoed Howard’s suggestion, UK: Howard informed that a BFE in regards to the Australia and New Hoefnagels suggested that in the fu‐ High Tea would be held the following Zealand RC and to what transpired ture, Assemblies of National and Re‐ Tuesday (21 July), for the first time

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 129 — October 2015 — Page 19 WORLD CONFERENCES gional Representatives might be sche‐ Minutes of Inaugural Meet‐ Minutes of previous meeting duled during a lunch break. ing of Study Group Chairs As it was the inaugural meeting of Näumann asked for opinions on how to Held at the Kazakh National Univer‐ Study Group Chairs, there were no increase attendance at their annual sity of the Arts, Astana, Kazakhstan, minutes to discuss, or business arising. conferences. Howard invited them to on 17 July 2015. Chair: Svanibor talk about it at the BFE High Tea, and Introductions Pettan. In attendance: Ardian Brabec de Mori encourage them use to Ahmedaja (Multipart Music), Mohd The Chair briefly introduced the parti‐ the ICTM mailing list. Yoder explained Anis Md Nor (Performing Arts of cipants. The only Study Groups which how to join and use the ICTM mailing Southeast Asia), Samuel Araújo were not represented at the meeting list, and suggested to also use the (Applied Ethnomusicology), Zdravko were those on Maqām, Music and World Network mailing list, a closed Blažeković (Iconography of the Perfor‐ Minorities, Musical Instruments, and mailing list accessible to all National ming Arts, Music Archaeology), Salwa Musics of the Slavic World. and Regional Representatives. El-Shawan Castelo‐Branco (ICTM Pettan thanked all who had helped in President) Leonardo D’Amico (Audio‐ Oral reports by representatives visual Ethnomusicology), Ruth Davis expanding the ICTM World Network [Editor’s note: the following reports (Mediterranean Music Studies), to 103 representatives, and while he were abridged and sorted by Study Catherine Foley (Ethnochoreology), acknowledged it was a great accom‐ Group name, for space and readability Michael Frishkopf (Music in the Arab plishment, many countries (especially reasons, respectively. To learn more World), Susanne Fürniss (Historical in Africa and Oceania) were still lack‐ about the activities of ICTM Study Sources of Traditional Music), Kirsty ing representation. He informed that a Groups, see their respective webpages Gillespie (Music and Dance of Ocea‐ slide depicting all countries without and the Reports section of past, pre‐ nia), Barbara L. Hampton (Music and representation would be included in his sent, and future issues of the Bulletin Gender), Patricia Opondo (African report at the upcoming General Assem‐ of the ICTM] bly, and he encouraged all to propose Musics), Svanibor Pettan (Secretary good candidates to continue expanding General), Velika Stojkova Serafimovska African Musics: Opondo reported on the Council’s representation. (Music and Dance in Southeastern the history of the Study Group since Europe), Razia Sultanova (Music of the its foundation in 2009. She outlined the Pettan communicated that the Secre‐ Turkic‐speaking World), J. Lawrence challenges they’ve experienced in terms tariat would move to a new location in Witzleben (Musics of East Asia), Don of funding, coordination, and publish‐ 2017, and asked for interested parties Niles (Chair of Executive Board Com‐ ing of proceedings. She thanked the to contact the Secretariat. mittee for Study Groups) Carlos Yoder Secretariat for the assistance in Finally, Pettan mentioned that a large (Executive Assistant). running their recent elections. number of publications shipped to Opening of the meeting Applied Ethnomusicology: Araújo Astana by Ashgate and Oxford Univer‐ summarized the history of the Study sity Press had unfortunately been de‐ The Chair opened the Assembly at Group, and announced that their next layed at customs, and that strong 17:07, welcomed the Study Group symposium would be in Cape Breton, efforts were being made to solve the Chairs (or their appointed representa‐ Canada, in 2016. He added that Secre‐ problem as quickly as possible. tives), and explained the significance of tary Britta Sweers had started a biblio‐ the meeting. graphical compilation which would be Adjournment displayed at the Study Group’s web‐ He outlined the genesis of Study page. A motion to adjourn the 13th Assem‐ Groups within the International Folk bly of ICTM National and Regional Music Council, observing that the first Audiovisual Ethnomusicology: Representatives was called by Study Groups had started from the dis‐ D’Amico summarized the origins of the Castelo-Branco. Moved by Hoefnagels, satisfaction felt by some members when Study Group, and his recent appoint‐ seconded by Quigley. Meeting IFMC conferences would dedicate too ment as Chair. The Study Group’s first adjourned at 16:18, local time. little time to discuss their particular symposium would take place in research interests. Ljubljana, Slovenia, in August 2016.

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Ethnochoreology: Foley discussed their symposium themes have been Performing Arts of Southeast the organization of the Study Group conducive to the organization of joint Asia: Anis explained the origins of the (e.g., members, symposia, Sub-Study symposia. Study Group, the organization of their Groups, committees, publications), biennial symposia, and how they aim Music and Dance of Oceania: highlighting that members constituted to release symposium proceedings in Gillespie discussed the origins of the a close-knit community. The next time to be presented at World Confer‐ Study Group, and how changes in its symposium would take place on 9-16 ences. He added that the Study Group object of study had been reflected in July 2016 in Graz, Austria. is willing to organize joint symposia the Study Group’s name. She announc‐ with other Study Groups, and to coor‐ Historical Sources of Traditional ed that their next symposium would be dinate joint publications. Music: Fürniss summarized the his‐ in Guam in 2016, and that options to tory of the Study Group, and described publish electronically, to minimize Business arising from Executive its present situation and challenges. expenses, were being explored. Board meetings of interest to She considered that the most import‐ Music and Gender: Hampton sum‐ ant task for the future would be to re‐ the attendees marized the establishment of the Study cruit members from outside Europe, to Group, which was initially to be on Niles communicated the work of the hold a symposium outside Europe, and “Women in Music”. She announced Executive Board Committee on Study to hold a joint symposium with another that their next symposium would held Groups, which he chairs. He mentioned Study Group. in Bern, Switzlernd, in July 2016. the revision of the Memorandum on Iconography of Performing Arts: Study Groups Memo, and encouraged Music Archaeology: Blažeković Blažeković explained the Study all present to study it well and ask commented that the Study Group Group’s policy of organizing alternating questions, if needed. Chair (Adje Both, who was not present large- and small-scale symposia. He in Astana and had named Blažeković In reference to the 70th anniversary of announced that they were already as his representative at the meeting) the Council, Niles communicated the planning the next four symposia. had started a new publishing house, Executive Board’s wish to have a com‐ Mediterranean Music Studies: Ekho Verlag, which had been releasing plete list of ICTM publications avail‐ Davis introduced the history of the the Study Group’s publications. able online, also including publications Study Group. She announced that their by Study Groups. Music in the Arab World: Frish‐ next symposium would probably be kopf announced that the possibility to The Chair informed that a new elec‐ jointly held with the Mediterranean hold joint symposia with related SEM tronic, open-access publication series Section of the International Musicolo‐ interest groups was being explored. had been recently approved by the gical Society. Executive Board. The peer-reviewed Music of the Turkic-speaking Multipart Music: Ahmedaja summa‐ series would have a strong focus on the World: Sultanova reported that their rized the history of the Study Group. work done by Study Groups. A special‐ next symposium would be held in Al‐ He announced that proceedings for two purpose committee was created, maty in 2016, where they will celebrate of its three past symposia had been chaired by Stephen Wild. the 10th anniversary of the Study published, and that their next sympo‐ Group’s foundation. sium would be in 2016 in Singapore, Discussion of issues of operations highlighting the importance of holding Musics of East Asia. Witzleben, one Pettan stated that different levels of a meeting outside Europe. of the founders of the Study Group, formality exist within ICTM Study explained its origins, development, and Groups, largely depending on the Music and Dance in Southeastern current situation. He expressed that managerial style of each Chair. Europe: Stojkova Serafimovska ex‐ requiring symposium presenters to be plained that the Study Group was of In regards to the coordination of symp‐ ICTM members in good standing had great importance to the region, because been a controversial issue, and asked osia, the Secretary General asked the it had managed to re-establish scholar‐ attendees to consult with both the Sec‐ whether ICTM could subsidize the ly bonds severed during the war in the activities of Study Groups. retariat and each other (using the pri‐ 1990s. Their next symposium would be vate Study Groups’ mailing list) to in 2016 in Bulgaria. She added that

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 129 — October 2015 — Page 21 WORLD CONFERENCES avoid as much as possible the organi‐ Pettan encouraged all present to send A question sent to the Secretariat by zation of multiple symposia at the updated lists of Study Group members Klisala Harrison (Chair of the Study same time. to the Secretariat, to better manage Group on Applied Ethnomusicology) their activities. He also mentioned that was read: she wondered whether the The availability of a document defining the Secretariat had the ability to create Council would be in a position to fi‐ terminology was discussed, and it was dedicated mailing lists for Study nancially support the activities of Stu‐ agreed that scholarly meetings of Groups, allowing members an efficient dy Groups, and if so, how. Pettan re‐ ICTM Study Groups are to be called way to communicate with each other. plied that new special-purpose funds “symposia”, and that non-topical sub‐ had been recently created, and that the divisions of Study Groups should be Finally, Pettan and Castelo-Branco needs of Study Groups would be ac‐ called “branches”. stated that every ICTM member in commodated as much as possible. good standing should be allowed to join Finally, the attendees agreed in princi‐ any number of Study Groups. Discussion continued regarding whether ple to standardize the look and con‐ Study Groups should collect their own tents of Study Group websites. The Other business membership fees, and it was agreed Secretariat would produce a template that it would not be advisable. How‐ which would be distributed later on to The attendees agreed that having ever, a consensus was reached that all Study Group chairs. special Study Group booths at the Exhibition Room had been a positive charging fees for attending symposia Discussion of issues of initiative, and that the practice should (and in that way supporting the be continued in future conferences. publication of proceedings) was a governance practice which should be encouraged. In the past year the Secretariat assisted The Secretary General mentioned that Finally, Anis asked every Study Group the Study Groups on African Musics, many countries (especially in Africa to make one to two theme suggestions Applied Ethnomusicology, and Music and Oceania) were lacking official for the next World Conference. of the Turkic‐speaking World with the ICTM representation, and he encoura‐ ged all to propose good candidates to running of their elections. The experi‐ Adjournment ence was considered positive in terms continue expanding the Council’s repre‐ of confidentiality, transparency, and sentation. The meeting was adjourned at 18:45. speed.

Volunteers posing after the end of the conference. 22 July 2015. Photo provided by KazNUA.

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First Notice You are cordially invited to attend the 44th ICTM World Conference, which will be held from 13 to 19 July 2017 at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance.

The venue is located right on the banks of the River Shannon in a scenic and environmentally friendly campus. The Academy recently celebrated its twenti‐ eth anniversary and is home to a vari‐ ety of undergraduate and postgraduate courses that relate to the study and practice of music, song, and dance in a variety of scholarly, applied, education‐ al, arts practice, festive arts, and clinic‐ al contexts. Main building of the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, the venue of the During the conference, the 70th anni‐ 44th ICTM World Conference. Photo by Irish World Academy of Music and versary of the Council will be Dance celebrated. Local Arrangements Committee About Limerick The first call for proposals will be included in the January 2016 issue of Catherine Foley (Co-Chair) The host city of Limerick is a compact the Bulletin of the ICTM. Colin Quigley (Co-Chair) and accessible city with lots on offer for Jenny Brown visitors. Built on the banks of the ma‐ Programme Committee Aileen Dillane jestic river Shannon, Limerick’s origins date from at least the 812 Viking set‐ Mohd Anis Md Nor (Co-Chair) Sandra Joyce tlement. In the 12th century, the city Níall Keegan Stephen Wild (Co-Chair) was redesigned by the Normans and Mats Melin Anne von Bibra Wharton this architecture is represented in St. Miguel A. García Orfhlaith Ni Bhríain John’s Castle which is a major tourist David Harnish attraction in the city today. In me‐ Timeline Níall Keegan dieval times, Limerick was the seat of Jean Kidula ✴ First call for proposals: January 2016 the Kingdom of Thomond, which gives Colin Quigley ✴ Second call for proposals: April 2016 its name to the city’s rugby stadium, home to the internationally successful Svanibor Pettan (ex officio) ✴ Deadline for submission of proposals: Munster team. Susana Sardo September 2016 J. Lawrence Witzleben ✴ Notification of acceptances: December 2016

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News: 29th Symposium of There are three themes for the sympo‐ Chair in Communities and Cultures at sium: (1) Local Languages and Music, Cape Breton University, on the pictur‐ the ICTM Study Group on (2) Minorities within Minorities, and esque island of Cape Breton in Sydney, Ethnochoreology (3) New Research. Nova Scotia, Canada.

9-16 July 2016 Further information about the symp‐ There are four themes for the sympo‐ Graz, Austria osium, including the full Call for Par‐ sium: (1) Music, Labour, and Submissions deadline: 24 October 2015 ticipation, can be found on the Study Exchange; (2) Research Methodologies The ICTM Study Group on Ethnocho‐ Group’s website. for the 21st Century: Collaboration and reology invites ICTM members to its Criticality; (3) Intangible Cultural 29th symposium, which will be held on Call for Proposals: Annual Heritage in Contemporary Societies; 9-16 July 2016. Hosted by the Institute Conference of the British and (4) Other Issues of Applied Ethno‐ of Ethnomusicology at the Music and musicology. Forum for Ethnomusicology Performing Arts Graz (Kunstuniversi‐ Further information about the sympo‐ 4-17 April 2016 tät), the symposium will take place at sium, including the full Call for Parti‐ Chatham, Kent, UK Retzhof Castle, an educational centre cipation, can be found on the Study Submissions deadline: 1 November 2015 located in the southern Styrian wine re‐ Group’s website. gion near Graz, Austria. Participants The British Forum for Ethnomusicolo‐ are also invited to take advantage of an gy—the UK National Committee of the Call for Proposals: 9th optional post-symposium excursion on ICTM—invites proposals for its 2016 16-18 July. There are two themes for Symposium of the ICTM conference, which will be held at the the symposium: (1) Dancing and the Historic Dockyard on the banks of the Study Group on Music and Senses, and (2) Dancing and Dance River Medway at Chatham, Kent. Pro‐ Gender Cultures in Urban Contexts. posals on any current research are wel‐ 13-16 July 2016 The deadline for submission of pro‐ come; papers having a nautical theme Bern, Switzerland posals has been extended to 24 Octo‐ would be particularly appropriate, gi‐ Submissions deadline: 15 November 2015 ber 2015. ven the surroundings. The 9th Symposium of the ICTM Study Further information about the sympo‐ Further information about the confer‐ Group on Music and Gender will be sium can be found on the Study ence, including the full Call for Parti‐ hosted by the Institute of Musicology Group’s website. cipation, can be found on the BFE’s and the Centre for Global Studies of the website. University of Bern (Switzerland). Call for Proposals: 9th Call for Proposals: 5th There are four themes for the sympo‐ Symposium of the ICTM sium: (1) Gender, Music and Sustaina‐ Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Music and bility; (2) Music Transmission and Minorities Study Group on Applied Transcultural Studies in Gendered Ethnomusicology Musical Contexts; (3) Studying Music 4-10 July 2016 and Gender Worldwide: Snapshots; and 5-9 October 2016 Britanny, France (4) New Research. Submissions deadline: 31 October 2015 Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Submissions deadline: 15 November 2015 Further information about the symp‐ The ICTM Study Group on Music and osium, including the full Call for Par‐ The ICTM Study Group on Applied Minorities will hold its 9th Symposium ticipation, can be found on the Study Ethnomusicology welcomes proposals on 4-10 July 2016, at the Université de Group’s website. Rennes 2, Brittany, France. for its first symposium in North Ameri‐ ca, hosted by the Canada Research

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Call for Proposals: 5th Genres of Performing Arts—Mainte‐ ranean: Narratives of Movement”. We nance and Sustainability Efforts. invite papers that address music as nar‐ Symposium of the ICTM rative and musicians as narrators of Further information about the sympo‐ Study Group on Music of movements of peoples, cultures and civi‐ sium, including the full Call for Partici‐ lizations through time and space, focus‐ the Turkic-speaking World pation, can be found on the Study ing on musical genres, styles, repertories 21-23 April 2016 Group’s website. and practices of the Mediterranean re‐ Almaty, Kazakhstan gion, broadly conceived, including dias‐ Submissions deadline: 1 December 2015 Call for Proposals: 1st Joint poric communities. The ICTM Study Group on Music of Symposium of the ICTM Further information about the sympo‐ the Turkic‐speaking World invites pro‐ Study Group on Mediterra‐ sium, including the full Call for Parti‐ posals for its 5th symposium, titled nean Music Studies and the cipation, can be found on the Study “From Voice to Instrument: Sound Group’s website. Phenomenon in Traditional Cultural International Musicological Heritage of the Turkic‐speaking Society World”, which will be held at the 21-26 June 2016 Kurmangazy Kazakh National Conser‐ Naples, Italy vatory, Almaty, Kazakhstan. Proposals Submissions deadline: 20 December 2015 on any current research are welcome. In this first joint conference of ICTM The keynote speaker will be Karl and the International Musicological Reichl (University of Bonn). Further Society, organized by the ICTM Study information about the symposium, Group on Mediterranean Music Studies, including the full Call for Partici‐ we provide a forum for renewing that pation, can be found on the Study intra-disciplinary collaboration, focusing Group’s website. on the theme “Musicians in the Mediter‐

Call for Proposals: 4th From the ICTM Online Photo Gallery Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Performing Arts of Southeast Asia 31 July–6 August 2016 Penang, Malaysia Submissions deadline: 1 December 2015

The 4th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Performing Arts of Southeast Asia (PASEA) will be hosted by the School of Arts of the Universiti Sains Malaysia and by the Nusantara Performing Arts Research Center in Penang, Malaysia. While papers and reports on new research concerning all aspects of Southeast Asian performing arts are welcome, the two focused themes for this symposium are (1) Per‐ Svanibor Pettan, Aileen Dillane, Micheal O Suilleabhain, Britta Sweers (ESEM President), Eoin Devereux (Ass. Dean of Research, University of Limerick), Don Barry forming Arts and the Religious Impulse (President, University of Limerick), Beverley Diamond, Colin Quigley. SEM/ICTM Joint in Southeast Asia, and (2) Endangered Forum. Limerick, Ireland. September 2015. Photo provided by Ellie Byrne. Visit gallery.

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Call for Proposals: 1st Future” aligns closely with that of the nized paper sessions, roundtables, and PHA: “Mo’na: Our Pasts Before Us”. audio‐visual documentaries. Symposium of the ICTM Further information about the sympo‐ Further information about the sympo‐ Study Group on Audiovi‐ sium, including the full Call for Parti‐ sium, including the full Call for Parti‐ sual Ethnomusicology cipation, can be found on the Study cipation, can be found on the Study 25-27 August 2016 Group’s website. Group’s website. Ljubljana, Slovenia Submissions deadline: 31 December 2015 Call for Proposals: 1st Call for Proposals: 5th After the recognition of the Study Symposium of the ICTM Symposium of the ICTM Group by the Executive Board in July Study Group on Musics of Study Group on Musics of 2015, this first symposium aims to pro‐ the Slavic World East Asia vide a scholarly venue to reflect widely on the use of audiovisual media as a 13-15 October 2016 25-27 August 2016 tool of research, communication, preser‐ Ljubljana, Slovenia Taipei, Taiwan vation, and sustainability in ethnomusi‐ Submissions deadline: 31 December 2015 Submissions deadline: 20 January 2016 cology. The themes—Theories and Me‐ Following the recognition of the Study The Study Group on Musics of East thods in Audiovisual Ethnomusicology; Group in July 2015, its first symposium Asia (MEA) will hold its next Symp‐ Uses of Audiovisual Archives in Ethno‐ aims to address fundamental questions osium in Taipei (Taiwan) at the musicological Research; and New Re‐ concerning traditional music and ethno‐ Academia Sinica and the Taipei search—were chosen to prompt a broad musicology of the Slavic-speaking count‐ National University of the Arts in discussion of theoretical and methodolo‐ ries and peoples. The themes are con‐ August 2016, where the tenth anni‐ gical issues, to focus on the more specific cerned with history of research, perspec‐ versary of the Study Group’s foun‐ topic of the role of audiovisual archives, tives of comparative study, trends in dation will be celebrated. and to allow for participants to present traditional music of post-socialist period, Further information about the symp‐ outcomes of their current research. and recent research. The language of the osium, including the full Call for Parti‐ Further information about the sympo‐ symposium will be English. Presentation cipation, will be soon announced on the sium, including the full Call for Parti‐ formats will be: individual papers, orga‐ Study Group’s website. cipation, can be found on the Study Group’s website. From the ICTM Online Photo Gallery Call for Proposals: 9th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Music and Dance of Oceania 19-21 May 2016 Guam,USA Submissions deadline: 31 December 2015

The ICTM Study Group on Music and Dance of Oceania will hold a symposium on the island of Guam in 2016. The meeting will coincide with the 22nd con‐ ference of the Pacific History Association (PHA) during 19-21 May, and it will di‐ ICTM Vice President Don Niles (far right) at the launch of the English translation of the rectly precede the 12th Festival of Pacific book Grammar of the Lihir Language of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, published by the Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies. Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea. 29 Arts. The symposium theme of September 2015. Photo provided by Don Niles. Visit gallery. “Performing the Past, Sustaining the

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Call for applications: 1st encourage submissions that engage in IASPM ANZ Branch some way with our selected title, “The Tullia Magrini Award Engine Room”, a local term for the Conference 2015: Popular Submissions deadline: 20 November 2015 non-pitched rhythm instruments used Music, Stars, and Stardom in a steel pan ensemble. The University of Bologna, to com‐ 4-6 December 2015 memorate the life of Tullia Magrini, Visit this website to learn more. Canberra, Australia with funds allocated by the School of “Stars” manifest in popular music Arts, Humanities, and Cultural Heri‐ Call for Proposals: ISIC 12: literally, conceptually, and metaphori‐ tage and with the contribution of fami‐ Conference on Island Music cally through song lyrics, artist stage ly members, has set up an award (val‐ names and in discourses of economic and Dance ue of EUR 5000 gross), to be assigned and/or mainstream success. to a young graduate who presents the 17-20 June 2016 best research project focused on the Naha, Okinawa, Japan This conference by the ANZ Branch of topic of Anthropology of Music and Submissions deadline: 30 November 2015 the International Association for the Mediterranean Cultures. The research Study of Popular Music will include project can be written in Italian or The 12th International Small Island dedicated papers that represent the English. Cultures conference will be held in work of members of the ICTM Naha (Okinawa) on 17-20 June 2016 at Australia and New Zealand Regional For more information, please visit the the Okinawa Prefectural University of Committee. award’s home page. the Arts. The main conference theme will be “Island Music and Dance” and Please visit this website to learn more. News: CLANG, a new paper proposals will be invited on any Music Streaming Service aspect of this topic (traditional or modern). CLANG is a music streaming service that will present the musical treasures Please visit this website to learn more. of the world. At this point of develop‐ ment we are inviting music collectors From the ICTM Online Photo Gallery and musicians to share their collections with CLANG.

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Call for Proposals: Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Southeast and Caribbean Chapter 4-6 March 2016 Trinidad and Tobago Submissions deadline: 1 November 2015

The program committee welcomes Socialising during the 38th ICTM World Conference. Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, UK. proposals on any and all music-related August 2005. Photo by Svanibor Pettan. From left to right: Dorit Klebe, Jane Sugarman, topics. However, we especially Adelaida Reyes. Visit gallery.

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Austria Hemetek, Martina Mühlbauer, August honoured with a farewell party at the Schmidhofer, and Britta Sweers; chair: Institute of Musicology featuring many by Bernd Brabec de music pedagogue Monika scholarly and musical contributions. At Mori, Chair of National Oebelsberger); (3) a joint lecture about this occasion, a Festschrift was handed Committee ethnomusicological teaching materials over as a surprise: The annual general and their applicability in high and ele‐ ✴ Brunner, Anja; Cornelia Gruber, and mentary school (music pedagogue assembly of the ICTM August Schmidhofer, eds.. National Committee for Isolde Malmberg and ethnomusicologist Transgressions of a Musical Kind. Gerd Grupe; chair: Regine Allgayer‐ Austria (NC) was held on 9 May 2015. Festschrift on the Occasion of The elections for a new executive com‐ Kaufmann); and (4) a panel discussion Regine Allgayer-Kaufmann's 65th mittee resulted in the following elected about “Intercultural Music Education Birthday. Aachen: Shaker Verlag, in Teacher Training and Its Implemen‐ members: Bernd Brabec de Mori 2015. (Chair), Hande Sağlam (Vice Chair), tation in School Practice” (with teach‐ Rinko Fujita (Treasurer), Gerda ers Karin Bindu, Cornelia Dorfmeister, In addition to this Festschrift, Jürgen Schöpf has published an online biblio‐ Lechleitner (Substitute Treasurer), Franziska Feuerstein, Markus Haider Thomas Nußbaumer (Secretary), and Else Schmidt; chair: Thomas graphy on the topic of “Relationships of Speech Tone and Music”. Other August Schmidhofer (Substitute Sec‐ Nussbaumer). publications by Austrian ICTM mem‐ retary), Gerd Grupe, and Marko Kölbl. Many lively discussions between music bers include: The assembly was preceded by an in‐ pedagogues, ethnomusicologists, and ✴ Brabec de Mori, Bernd. Die Lieder terdisciplinary symposium organized by music teachers who are interested in the Institute of Folk Music Research lecturing about traditional and folk der Richtigen Menschen. Musikalis‐ che Kulturanthropologie der indige‐ and Ethnomusicology at the University music from different cultures highlight‐ nen Bevölkerung im Ucayali-Tal, of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, ed a growing interest in ethnomusicolo‐ in cooperation with the NC. The symp‐ gical knowledge for music teaching in Westamazonien [Songs of the Real People: A Musical Anthropology of osium was titled “Teaching Music of high and elementary schools, but also a the World: Music Education and Eth‐ lack of appropriate teaching materials Indigenous People in the Ucayali Valley, Western Amazon]. Innsbruck: nomusicology” [Musik der Welt im that satisfy ethnomusicological as well Helbling Academic Books, 2015. Unterricht. Musikpädagogik und as pedagogical standards. The main re‐ Ethnomusikologie], Vienna, 8–9 May sult of the symposium was an intensi‐ ✴ Brabec de Mori, Bernd, Matthias 2015, held in German language, and it fied dialogue and intended collabora‐ Lewy, and Miguel A. García, eds. was led by Ursula Hemetek and tion between music pedagogues and Mundos Audibles de América. Cos‐ Thomas Nußbaumer. ethnomusicologists in Austria. mologías y prácticas sonoras de los pueblos indígenas [Audible Worlds in The symposium was divided into four Regine Allgayer-Kaufmann retired from America: Cosmologies and Sonic parts: (1) a keynote address by her duty as professor for comparative Practices Among Indigenous Dorothee Barth (University of musicology at the Institute of Musico‐ Peoples]. Berlin: Iberoamerikanisches Osnabrück) about acculturation logy at the University of Vienna. She Institut Preußischer Kulturbesitz and has been a member of the NC’s execu‐ (subtitled: “Music Education in the Gebr. Mann Verlag, 2015. Stress Field of Experience and Teach‐ tive committee without interruption, The Institute of Folk Music Research ing”); (2) a panel discussion on “Exot‐ and many of her ideas grew into fruit‐ and Ethnomusicology has recently ism and Other Traps: the Problem of ful and innovative activities. All of us Ethnomusicology with Music Educa‐ owe her a lot, and her dedication to her published two books in the klanglese series: tion” (with ethnomusicologists Ursula work is exemplary. On 27 June she was

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✴ Waltner, Lisl. Eine Wiener note about Margot Loyola, the world‐ digenous musics and organology, inc‐ Knopfharmonika entsteht [The Mak‐ renowned folklorist, performer, and luding a landmark volume on Mapuche ing of a Viennese Button Accordion]. teacher who passed away last August. instruments (2007), and observations Unter Mitarbeit von Walter Deutsch on the Hornbostel-Sachs system from und Karl Macourek (klanglese 9). Backdrop and examples of pro‐ “an American perspective” (2013). Vienna: Institut für Volksmusikfor‐ jects in Chile pertinent to ICTM Sociologists of urban artistic expres‐ schung und Ethnomusikologie, 2014. sion, such as María Emilia Tijoux, Folklore and comparative musicology ✴ Marisol Facuse, and Miguel Urrutia Hemetek, Ursula, Marko Kölbl, have long histories in Chile. Artists Daniela Mayrlechner, and Hande (2012), have also contributed perspec‐ such as Blanca Tejeda Ruiz in the tives that articulate with those of Sağlam, eds. Traditionelle Musik. 1920s, Derlinda Araya, Esther ethnomusicology. Several recent pro‐ Überliefern-Verhandeln-Vermitteln Martínez, and Petronila Orellana in the [Traditional Music: Transmitting‐ jects by a group called Etnomedia, led 1930s and 40s, and Violeta Parra, by Pedro Aceituno and Mauricio Negotiating‐Conveying] (klanglese Margot Loyola, Gabriela Pizarro, and 10). Vienna: Institut für Volksmusik‐ Pineda, have developed a sophisticated Víctor Jara from the mid-twentieth retrospective of works by María Ester forschung und Ethnomusikologie, century onward, carried out tremen‐ Grebe and other researchers of past ge‐ 2015. dous projects of investigation and per‐ nerations, by remastering old field re‐ Both publications will be presented at formance, which helped lay the founda‐ cordings and repatriating them in the an event celebrating the institute’s tions for major musical movements communities where research occurred fiftieth anniversary on 8 October 2015. such as Nueva Canción, and for the (see Etnomedia 2014). Sociologist This celebration will take place at the musical attributes of contemporary Bernardo Guerrero has just published University of Music and Performing Chilean multiculturalism. Ethnomusi‐ an extensive volume (2015) about the Arts Vienna and will include national cological inquiry, per se, was pioneered political and ecclesiastical processes and international scholarly inputs by by the late researchers María Ester that influenced the formation of the Walter Deutsch, Oskár Elschek, Philip Grebe and Caroline Roberston, begin‐ syncretic festival “La Tirana” in north‐ Bohlman, and Svanibor Pettan, an ning in the 1970s and 80s. ern Chile. These examples of work from exhibition, a short film portrait and Although universities have not consis‐ parallel disciplines are but a few among musical contributions. tently trained ethnomusicologists, many that could inform a uniquely Chilean anthropologists, musicologists, Chilean ethnomusicology in years to Chile and sociologists have carried out re‐ come. by Jacob Rekedal, markable ethnographic projects about The lack of opportunities for training Liaison Officer music in recent years. In 2003, Claudio remains a principal impediment to con‐ Mercado, Víctor Rondón, and Nicolás The nascent relationship solidating Chilean ethnomusicology. Piwonka published an important book between ICTM and Chile’s higher education system persists about Chile’s bailes chinos (literally, Chile marks an import‐ in a state of tension between a student Chinese dances, although they have no ant milestone, which will ideally lead to movement demanding lower costs and connection to Chinese culture). This new activities and networks related to higher quality, and a government book contributed to a widespread ap‐ ethnomusicology in this country. struggling to reconcile competing ideo‐ preciation for the centuries-old, syn‐ Traditional music and dance are cher‐ logies concerning the financing of uni‐ cretic ceremonial dances, culminating ished broadly in Chile, and enjoy a versities, and their role in society. Con‐ in their designation as Intangible noteworthy presence in everyday life, temporary ethnomusicology stands to Cultural Heritage of Humanity by while ancestral indigenous and syncret‐ play an interesting part in whatever UNESCO in 2014. Patricia Díaz‐ ic traditions persist in many regions. shape higher education takes here over Inostroza (2007) has chronicled Canto Yet, ethnomusicology remains a little‐ the next few years, provided it instils Nuevo, Chile’s politically‐conscious mu‐ known discipline in Chile, making work theories of culture and performativity sic during the Pinochet dictatorship, in conjunction with ICTM all the more befitting students’ changing surround‐ based on a unique form of ethnographic relevant. This report includes: (1) a ings, expectations, and interests. and biographical research. José Pérez brief discussion of projects in Chile per‐ de Arce has written extensively on in‐ tinent to ICTM; and (2) a personal

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In terms of professional organizations, mance with artistic stature. She was Union and Romania—countries where many music researchers in Chile cor‐ the initiator of the contemporary folk‐ she carried out prolonged artistic tours. respond to the Sociedad Chilena de loric music groups, in 1947. A brave woman, she made few conces‐ Musicología (SChM), or the recently From early on, she dedicated herself to sions. She risked her life visiting Com‐ founded Asociación Chilena de Estu‐ travelling around the country, and she munist political prisoners under the dios en Música Popular (ASEMPCH), integrated into her programmes scenic “Ley Maldita” [Cursed Law of Presi‐ among a few other groups. Ethnomusi‐ montages, and the cultural diversity dent Gonzales Videla (1947), after cology, for its part, lacks a formal orga‐ that the centralist national identity breaking into the concentration camp nization in the country. If Chilean eth‐ negated. She thus coincided with at Pisagua. Nicolás Guillén would dedi‐ nomusicology is to expand, it will have Moiseyev, and although she did not cate a column in the newspaper El País to cobble itself together with elements explicitly state this intention, she pre‐ to recognizing her valour and fortitude. from different categories, at least at the pared the way for the first folkloric Neither did she hesitate to declare pub‐ outset. ICTM could prove influential in dance troupes in the 1960s. licly her disappointment at the abuses bestowing a disciplinary identity to committed by socialist countries, upon Chilean ethnomusicologists in the near completing her long tours of the USSR future. (1957-58 and 1961-62), which provoked Remembering Margot Loyola the Chilean Left to ostracize her. by Augustín Ruiz, translated by JR Loyola worked as an instructor on vari‐ ous university campuses, principally at Dear Colleagues: the Instituto de Música of the Universi‐ I am fulfilling my sad duty to inform dad Católica de Valparaíso, with which you of the passing of Margot Loyola she maintained links during most of her (15 September 1918–3 August 2015), career (from 1972 until the end of her recipient of the “Premio Nacional de life). There, she directed the Cátedra Artes” [National Award for the Arts], de Folclore [Professorship of Folklore] category of Music, 1994. and trained innumerable other teachers and professors. Her work directing the She was an outstanding performer of Margot Loyola (1918-2015). Photo by Conjunto Folclórico [Folclore Ensem‐ traditional Chilean dance and music. In Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, ble] at that institution was noteworthy, Chile 1946 she embarked on a new pathway including a great number of concerts in for teaching and performing folklore, to the prestigious Teatro Municipal of Her discography undeniably demon‐ promote the on-stage integration of Viña del Mar. Her work was character‐ strates this diverse contribution: at elements from ethnographic inquiry, ized by the breadth of her vision for barely twenty-five years of age, under musical analysis, theatrical character‐ the integration of the diverse resources the auspices of the Instituto de Investi‐ izations, lyrical vocal techniques, cos‐ associated with teaching and research, gaciones del Folklore Musical of the tumes, dance, and bodily expression. which validated her publication of Universidad de Chile, she recorded on Her pioneering work inspired other bril‐ books about traditional Chilean dances the Victor label the first anthology of liant figures such as Violeta Parra, who such as cueca, tonada, and cachimbo, Chilean folkloric music, the legendary seven years later took the same route all of which represent musical and cho‐ album Aires Tradicionales y Folklóri‐ blending research and artistic creation. reographic traditions with deep roots in cos de Chile. Her tremendous vocal As one of the most progressive figures rural communities. She also did a great technique, developed under the tute‐ of her time, Margot cultivated a posi‐ deal of work in educational program‐ lage of the soprano Blanca Hauser, tivist aesthetic marked powerfully by a mes on the television channel of the permitted her to extend her own doctrinaire social commitment. With same university. She donated a portion recording work until 2003, at which her noteworthy intuition, she coincided of her work and legacy to the univer‐ point she was over eighty years old. a great deal with the interpretative sity, forming the Fondo Patrimonial Beyond Chile, she made recordings in ideas of Stanislavski, endowing Margot Loyola Palacios [Margot Loyola Spain, Argentina, France, the Soviet campesino music and dance perfor‐ Palacios Patrimonial Fund] in 1997.

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The Universidad Católica de Valpara‐ Discography contest. Two workshops will be held in íso awarded her the degree of Doctor Beijing, one in Xiangyang, Hubei, and ✴ Etnomedia. Canto campesino de Honoris Causa in 2006. Chile Central (1962-1971), registros another in Xiamen, Fujian. de María Ester Grebe Vicuña. Margot Loyola's life was an example of Annual conference of the indefatigable commitment with convic‐ Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Association of Traditional Music tion. For her, life was music, and of all Artes, 2014. forms of music she most highly valued in China those from Chile. She worked until China The 19th annual conference of the several months before passing away. by Xiao Mei (萧梅), Association of Traditional Music in The following links lead to work I have Chair of National China, will be held on 10-13 July 2016, published about her, and to her book Committee organized by the Inner Mongolia University of Arts and the Inner entitled La Tonada, which I had the The China National Mongolia Musicians Association. The honour of editing: catedradeartes.uc.cl, Committee of ICTM is main theme will be “Traditional Music revistas.uchile.cl, margotloyola.ucv.cl. pleased to announce in advance the Research and Multi‐ethnic Cultures”, activities that will be held in China, References including the sub-themes “Chinese and to introduce some exciting pub‐ Traditional Music Research From a ✴ Díaz-Inostroza, Patricia. El Canto lications of sound recordings by mem‐ Perspective of Diversity Cultures”, Nuevo chileno: un legado musical. bers of the Committee “Transmission of Traditional Music in Santiago, Chile: Universidad Modern Society”, “Traditional Music Bolivariana, 2007. Beijing Traditional Music From a Cross-disciplinary Perspective”, ✴ Festival Guerrero, Bernardo. La Tirana: “Research on the Grassland Music chilenización y religiosidad popular The China Conservatory of Music will Culture in Northern China”, and “New en el Norte Grande. Iquique, Chile: hold the 7th Beijing Traditional Music Research”. Instituto de Estudios Andinos Isluga, Festival from 20 October to 20 Decem‐ For more information about the con‐ 2015. ber 2015. This festival is famous for ference, please visit the official ✴ Mercado, Claudio, Víctor Rondón, giving out the Taichi Traditional Music websites, or write to and Nicolás Piwonka. Con mi Awards in two of its previous editions. [email protected]. humilde devoción: bailes chinos de Since its foundation in 2009, the festi‐ Chile central. Santiago, Chile: Museo val has featured 141 concerts with 5931 Publications of sound recordings de Arte Precolombino, 2003. musicians from China and abroad, 107 Two collections of sound recordings ✴ Pérez de Arce, José. Música master classes with 5950 attendees, and were recently published by ICTM Mapuche. Santiago: Consejo Nacional 143 high-level forums with musicians member Xiao Shi Wei. de la Cultura y las Artes, 2007. from over 70 countries. It was voted as “The Most Internationally‐Influential ✴ Pérez de Arce, José. “Clasificación The first is Classics on Strings: Ashula Ethnic Festival in China” in 2012. Sachs-Hornbostel de instrumentos and Other Folk Songs From the Uzbek musicales: una revisión y aplicación Jiaxing Xie, director of the festival and Communities of Xinjiang (ISBN desde la perspectiva americana.” member of ICTM, reports that the 978069234352), co-produced by the Revista musical chilena 67 theme for this year’s festival will be Xinjiang Arts Institute. Ashula is one (219/2013): 42-80. “Sounds From Beijing: Traditional Cul‐ of the Uzbek singing traditions which brings together the classical Chagatai ✴ Tijoux, María Emilia, Marisol ture in Contemporary Society”, includ‐ literature and Central Asian folk me‐ Facuse, and Miguel Urrutia. “El hip ing the sub-themes “Sounds From lodies. This publication includes 120 hop: ¿arte popular de lo cotidiano o Schools”, “Sounds From Communities”, minutes of music (either recently re‐ resistencia táctica a la marginación?” “Sounds From Theatres”, “Sounds corded or from archival sources) by Polis 11 (33/2012): 429-449. From the Countryside”, and “Sounds From Temples”. In 2015 the festival Uzbek musicians from the Ili and will present 34 concerts, four master Yeken regions of Xinjiang. The ac‐ classes, four workshops and one companying booklet features editorial

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 129 — October 2015 — Page 31 REPORTS information in Chinese and English, the University of Zagreb, where she scholarly support of Ivancich Dunin, with Uzbek lyrics for all CD tracks. A teaches ethnomusicology. organized the 28th Symposium of the trilingual brochure (123 pages) review‐ ICTM Study Group on Ethnochoreolo‐ ing the migrating history of Uzbek Activities of the National gy, Korčula, 7-17 July 2014, with over groups in China completes the volume. Committee during 2011–2015 100 participants, the largest number to date. Local Committee: Ivancich The other volume is Musajan Rozi: the Executive Board and UNESCO Dunin, Niemčić. Programme Korla Diaries (ISBN 9700996194020), Ceribašić, as a member of the ICTM Committee: Irene Loutzaki (Chair), co-produced by the Research Institute Executive Board, has represented the Katarinčić, Kendra Stepputat, Barbara of Ritual Music in China, Shanghai Council at the Consultative (now Alge. Symposium liaison of the Study Conservatory of Music. The ninety‐ Evaluation) Body of the UNESCO Group Executive Committee: Zebec. year‐old Uyghur dutar master and Convention for Safeguarding of the The symposium proceedings were legendary instrument luthier Musajan Intangible Cultural Heritage, as well as published in July 2015 (425 pages, A4 Rozi is among the most influential at the UNESCO Forum of NGOs. format), edited by Ivancich Dunin with artists in the Xinjiang region. In the copy-editing assistance by Katarinčić, 1990s, Rozi spent more than a decade Engagement with ICTM Study Sonja Zdravkova Djeparoska, and in the Korla region, recording practice Groups Kendra Stepputat. sessions and other events for his own Miholić was the main local organizer of use. This volume presents this musical the 18th Symposium of the ICTM Stu‐ Ceribašić was Chair of the Programme archive along with oral narratives by dy Group on Folk Musical Instruments, Committee of the 4th Symposium of Rozi’s colleagues, disciples, friends, and 13‐17 April 2011, in Stubičke Toplice, the ICTM Study Group on Music and family members. The volume spans five and the author of the exhibition “The Dance in Southeastern Europe, 24 Sep‐ CDs, a 672‐page book of lyrics, a Skill of Making Traditional Instrum‐ tember‐1 October 2014, Beograd and 121-page guide, and a set of 27 picto‐ ents Today”, which opened during the Petnica (Serbia). Ćaleta, Niemčić, and rial cards. All texts are presented in symposium at the Museum Old Village Ivancich Dunin participated in the Uyghur and Chinese. Kumrovec (with several lectures and symposium as well. workshops for school children during Niemčić was a member of the Prog‐ the exhibition). Croatia ramme Committee of the 2nd Sympo‐ by Tvrtko Zebec, Chair The ethnochoreologists at the Institute sium of the ICTM Study Group on of National Committee of Ethnology and Folklore Research Music and Dance in Southeastern (Katarinčić, Niemčić, and Zebec) were Europe, 7-10 April 2010, Izmir, Turkey, From 2011 to 2015, the where Ćaleta and Ivancich Dunin also ICTM National Comm‐ the hosts for the Symposium of the Sub-Study Group on Round Dances— participated. The symposium proceed‐ ittee (NC) for Croatia ings (published in 2011) were edited by had 14 members in good standing: 19th‐Century‐Derived Couple Dances Ivancich Dunin. Joško Ćaleta, Naila Ceribašić, Ana of the Ethnochoreology Study Group, 28-31 October 2010, with the objective Debeljuh, Elsie Ivancich Dunin Finally, Ceribašić was a member of the of publishing articles about nineteenth (Croatia/USA), Diana Grgurić, Ivana Programme Committee of the 7th century couple dances. Katarinčić, Grozdana Marošević, Irena Symposium of the ICTM Study Group Miholić, Josipa Koraljka Neferović, Iva Ivancich Dunin organized the first on Music and Minorities, 2010, Zefat, Niemčić, Mojca Piškor, Andreja meeting of the Sub-Study Group on Israel. Vrekalić, Jelka Vukobratović, and Military Connections of the Study Relations with other myself. Half of these members work at Group on Music and Dance in South‐ National Committees the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore eastern Europe, Korčula, 26-30 April The members of the NC attended the Research, which continues to be the 2011. A report of the meeting will be Joint Meeting of the ICTM NCs for main institution in Croatia where published this year in the Korčula Austria, Croatia, Slovakia, and Slove‐ ethnomusicological and ethnochoreo‐ Town Museum Yearbook. logical work is systematically carried nia in Vienna (27–29 May 2011), and out. In 2013, Mojca Piškor moved from The ethnochoreologists at the Institute, in the Annual Symposium of the Ger‐ the Institute to the Music Academy of with the strong organizational and many NC “Dance / Performance /

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Musical Instrument”, held at the Liszt ✴ Ivancich Dunin, Elsie. Prošlost u on Music and Dance of Southeastern School of Music Weimar, 28-29 Novem‐ sadašnjosti. Svadbe u Dubrovačkom Europe. Her editorial service since 2011 ber 2014, a symposium dedicated to the primorju [The Past in the Present: includes the following publications: memory of Marianne Bröcker. Weddings in the Dubrovačko editor of the DVD ICTM Study Group Littoral]. Dubrovnik: Matica on Ethnochoreology proceedings 1988‐ University lectures Hrvatska, 2013. 2008 (2011); co-editor of the proceed‐ We have given guest lectures at the ✴ Dance, Narratives, Heritage, 28th ings of the 2nd Symposium of the Stu‐ Music Academy of the University of Symposium of the ICTM Study dy Group on Music and Dance of Zagreb (Ceribašić, Ćaleta, Katarinčić, Group on Ethnochoreology. Ivancich Southeastern Europe (Izmir, Turkey; Marošević, Miholić, Niemčić, Piškor, Dunin, Elsie, ed. Zagreb: Institute of 2011), assisting editor of Imaging Zebec), the Faculty for Humanities and Ethnology and Folklore Research, Dance: Visual Representations of Social Sciences of the University of 2015 Dancers and Dancing, resulting publi‐ Rijeka (Diana Grgurić), and the Music cation from the Ethnochoreology Sub‐ ✴ Ćaleta, Joško. “Dalmatian Academy of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Study Group on Iconography (2011); Hinterland Music-making: An Herzegovina (Zebec). co-editor of the proceedings of the 24th Interdisciplinary Ethnomusicological Symposium of the Study Group on Publications and Anthropological Approach to Ethnochoreology (2012); co-editor of ✴ Niemčić, Iva. Lastovski poklad. Music Practice in Cultural Context.” the proceedings of the 26th Symposium PhD diss., 2012 Plesno-etnološka studija [Lastovo of the Study Group on Ethnochoreo‐ Carnival: Dance Ethnology Study]. ✴ Katarinčić, Ivana. “Urban Dance logy (2012); co-editor of proceedings of Zagreb: Institut za etnologiju i Tradition (Historical, Ethnological the 3rd Symposium of the Study Group folkloristiku, 2011 (monograph) and Culturo-anthropological on Music and Dance of Southeastern ✴ Lovrenčević, Zvonimir. 2012. Aspects).” PhD diss., 2012 Europe (2014); co-editor of the pro‐ Folklorna glazba Bilogore [Folk Ivancich Dunin has served as the Chair ceedings of the 27th Symposium of the Music of the Bilogora Region], of the Publication Committee of the Study Group on Ethnochoreology Bjelovar, 2012 (prepared by Jerko Study Group on Ethnochoreology and (2014); and head editor of the proceed‐ Bezić and Irena Miholić) editorial adviser for the Study Group ings of the 28th Symposium of the Stu‐ dy Group on Ethnochoreology (2015).

From the ICTM Online Photo Gallery Editors board: Ethnomusicology forum 2013 volume 22/1 (Ceribašić); Trans‐ lingual discourse in ethnomusicology 2014 (Ceribašić); Narodna umjetnost: Croatian Journal of Ethnology and Folklore Research 2011-2015 (Zebec, Editor-in-Chief); 2015 (Niemčić).

Finally, members of the NC have also participated in many ICTM conferen‐ ces and Study Group symposia with papers, panels, or invited lectures. Some of them were active in imple‐ menting UNESCO programmes, joining expert meetings, forums, seminars, panel discussions, etc. More about the activities of the National Committee Members of the Executive Board at the 2002 Executive Board meeting. Wuyishan, Fujian, China. June 2002. Unknown photographer. From left to right, standing: Krister can be read on the NC’s website. Malm, Egil Bakka, Kelly Salloum, Stephen Wild, Allan Marett, Svanibor Pettan, Anthony Seeger; sitting: Tilman Seebass, Tsukada Kenichi, Patricia Opondo, Marianne Bröcker. Visit gallery.

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Hungary sense, is the combination of folk music chive and Research Group. Buda‐ and historical music research, a fact pest, 14 July 2014 by János Sipos, Chair of which has proved extraordinarily ✴ National Committee Riskó, Kata: “Individuality and fruitful in several areas. Collectivity in the Published Com‐ The jubilee exhibition The jubilee exhibition staged at the plete Collection of Hungarian Folk “The 40-Year-Old Museum of Music History showed the Songs (1873–1896) of István Institute for Musicology, achievements of the Institute in the Bartalus”. Symposium of the ICTM Celebrating its 30 Years past decades and the symbiosis of the Study Group on Historical Sources of at the Erdődy-Hatvany Palace” was an institution with the historical milieu it Traditional Music, University of outstanding event for those members of is nested in. The Museum also staged, Aveiro, Portugal, 12-16 May 2014 the ICTM National Committee for in parallel, an exhibition titled “At ✴ Sipos, János: “Are There Common Hungary affiliated with the Institute Home At Last”, displaying the most Traditional Vocal Folk Music Styles for Musicology of the Research Centre valuable items of the Dohnányi estate, in the Music of the Turkic-speaking of the Humanities, Hungarian Academy brought from Florida in 1914 through Peoples?”. Symposium of the ICTM of Sciences (HAS). It was organized by the intervention of the “Impetus” 20‐ Study Group on Music of the Turkic- its director, Pál Richter. 21st Century Hungarian Music Archive speaking World, Istanbul, Turkey, From 1934 to 1940, Béla Bartók carried and Research Group. The attendees 18-20 April 2014 the systematization of Hungarian folk were greeted by the President of the ✴ Sipos, János: “An Overview on the music at HAS, transcribing a collection Hungarian Republic in written form Music of Some Turkic Peoples”. of some 13,000 folk songs. On Zoltán and by the president of HAS in person. International Conference on the Kodály’s initiative, the Folk Music We took part in organizing the inter‐ Music Culture of the Turkic World, Research Group of HAS was founded in national conference “Musicology, Hoca Ahmet Yesevi Turkish-Kazakh 1953, which plunged into this extensive Ethnography, and Culture: The Roma University, Turkistan/Kazakhstan, collection and began publishing as European People (In Memory of 21-25 April 2014. volumes of the Collection of Hungarian Katalin Kovalcsik)”, 12-13 December Online books Folk Music. 2014, and the 3rd Symposium of the ✴ Tari, Lujza. A szabadságharc In 1961, Béla Bartók Jr. entrusted part László Vikár Forum of the Internation‐ népzenei emlékei [Folk music relics of of his father’s Hungarian estate (music‐ al Kodály Society, 23–27 March 2014. the war of independence] al manuscripts, folk song transcripti‐ Scientific presentations ✴ Szalay, Olga, ed. Eljött az idő: ons, letters, manuscripts, etc.) to HAS, visznek katonának...” 101 magyar and the “Bartók Archive” which was Our members presented papers in katonadal a Nagy Háború idejéből organized around those deposited Hungary and various countries in the [“The Time Has Come: I Am Cons‐ materials, in 1969 became the Institute world. Following are those which were cripted...” 101 Hungarian Soldier’s for Musicology (ZTI), which subse‐ presented in English. Songs from the Great War] quently absorbed HAS’s Folk Music ✴ Fügedi, János: “Local Dance as ✴ Online database of Hungarian folk Research Group. In 1984, the institute Knowledge, Practice and Heritage.” dance (ed. János Fügedi): Néptánc received a new home in the Erdődy- Symposium co-organized by ZTI, Tudástár [Knowledge Base]; Táncok Hatvany palace, allowing it to become Szeged University Department of [Dances]; Táncírások [Dance nota‐ a complex centre of Hungarian music Ethnography and Cultural tions]; Motívumok [Motives]. research that earned great international Anthropology, and the Hungarian renown due to its various collections Ethnochoreological Society. DVD-ROM and research capacity. Budapest, 21-23 November 2014 ✴ Pávai, István. A cimbalom a Felső- At ZTI is also deposited the largest ✴ Fügedi, János, and Pál Richter: Maros vidéki népzenében [The collection of folk music and folk dance “Folk Music and Folk Dance Ar‐ Cimbalom in the Folk Music of the of the Hungarian nation. A particular chives”. Symposium “Peter Eötvös Upper Maros Region]. Budapest: feature of ZTI, in addition to ethno‐ and his World”, organized by the 20‐ Liszt Ferenc University of Music, musicological research in the strict 21st century Hungarian Musical Ar‐ 2014

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Miscellaneous news Other Iranian scholars and I establish‐ Japan ed the first MA programme in ethno‐ During 2014, Pál Richter organized and by Tsukahara Yasuko, musicology in Iran some three years directed several concerts of chamber Chair of National ago, and in July 2015 the first group of and church music, while János Sipos Committee, and Waseda students defended their dissertations was co-opted into the editorial boards Minako, Secretary of and were honoured to be the first of the journals Bulletin of the Kurman‐ National Committee gazy Kazakh National Conservatory group of graduates in ethnomusicology (Astana, Kazakhstan) and Bulletin of in Iran. They were mostly interested in The Society for the Turkish World (Mahaçkala, Dage‐ carrying out research in the regional Research in Asiatic stan). He was also elected Secretary of music of Iran, which enjoys a colourful Music (Tōyō Ongaku the ICTM Study Group on Music of musical culture. I will gradually report Gakkai, TOG) has the Turkic-speaking World. Pál Richter on the outcome of their research in taken the role of the collected music in Ecuador, István future reports. ICTM National Committee for Japan since 2001. TOG Pávai, Pál Richter, and Sándor Varga The 9th Youth Iranian Music Festival will celebrate its 80th anniversary in in Transylvania, and János Sipos in took place from 31 August to 11 2016. We are proud of its long history, Turkey. September 2015 in Iran, hosting several traditional, folk, and classical music and of it being the first Japanese academic society for music research, performers. The festival included three founded in 1936. To commemorate the generations of musicians. About 1200 eightieth anniversary, we are planning candidates applied for participation, the compilation of a booklet to and only 339 were selected. The var‐ ious sections of the festival feature vo‐ document past annual conferences, a photo exhibition to trace the TOG’s cal and instrumental classical Persian history, etc. music as well as folk and regional mu‐ sic of Iran. The judges of this festival Articles in TOG’s annual publication include established Iranian instrument‐ Journal of the Society for Research in alists and vocalists such as Hossein Asiatic Music (Tōyō Ongaku Kenkyū) Alizadeh and Shahram Nazeri. are now available in full text on J-STAGE (abstracts in English, texts in Japanese, since its first volume of 2008). We hope you take advantage of this resource.

Finally, we are pleased to announce Harpist Ali Lema. Peguche, Ecuador, that the congress of the International 26 January 2014. Photo by P. Richter Musicological Society (IMS) will be held in Tokyo on 19-23 March 2017 at Iran 9th Youth Iranian Music Festival. Photo the Tokyo University of the Arts provided by Mohammed R. Azadehfar by Mohammad R. (Tokyo Geijutsu Daigaku). This inter‐ Azadehfar, Liaison national congress will be co-hosted by Officer IMS, the Musicological Society of Japan (Nippon Ongaku Gakkai), and Iranian students and the Tokyo University of the Arts. Since scholars enthusiastically this is the first IMS world congress to participated in the 43rd ICTM World Conference in Astana, Kazakhstan, in be held in Asia, TOG will also take care of its publicity. The Call for July 2015. Most paper proposals sub‐ Proposals is available online. mitted by Iranian ICTM members were by young members who had just joined the Council in 2014.

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Korea traditional music, as well as composed departments, and several others have new music styles using Western staff reduced the number of yearly accep‐ by Sheen Dae-Cheol, notation. tance of new students, due to the de‐ Chair of National crease in population starting in 2005. Committee) In 1972, Hayangyang University (now University education in Korean tradi‐ among the top six universities in tional music is now entering a very Korean Traditional Korea) and Ewha Womans University difficult phase. However, and fortuna‐ (now the most prestigious women’s Music in University Education tely, a local university will open a de‐ university in Korea) founded Korean partment of Korean traditional music In 1954, the first university department traditional music departments, and by and recruit new students starting with focusing on traditional Korean music the 1990s more than 15 universities had the 2016 Spring Semester 2016. was established at an all‐female uni‐ opened similar departments. Most of versity in Seoul, right after the Korean the faculty at those universities were Conference on Korean War had ended. However, the depart‐ graduates from SNU. Both the Central ment was closed a few years later, be‐ and Local Governments have also es‐ traditional music in 2015 cause parents of prospective students tablished Korean traditional orchestras Currently there are ten academic socie‐ did not think that traditional culture and chamber ensembles. ties active in Korea dedicated to Ko‐ and music was a good thing for their rean traditional music. Among them, daughters to learn. five are mainly concerned with Korean Seoul National University (SNU), one traditional music within the broader of the best universities in Korea, estab‐ Asian context, one focuses on tradition‐ lished a Korean music department in al theatre and music, two are concern‐ 1959, with great success. The depart‐ ed with all musics (including Korean ment was founded by Lee Hyeku traditional), and the other two are de‐ (1909–2010), a real pioneer in studying dicated to Korean traditional music Korean traditional music at the acade‐ education. All these societies regularly mic level, and the Chair of Local publish one or two volumes of their Arrangements of the 26th IFMC/ICTM journals every year. World Conference (Seoul, 25 August–1 Lee Hyeku (1909~2010) The Korean Musicological Society September 1981). Graduates from the (KMS), founded by Lee Hyeku in 1948, department of Korean traditional music Until 2006, there has been one junior is the leading and oldest society with a college and 25 universities in Korea at SNU were classified into three cate‐ focus on music—including those socie‐ gories: performers, theorists or musico‐ offering studies in Korean traditional ties concerned with Western music. logists, and composers. Since 1963 they music. However, five universities have The Society for Korean Historic Musi‐ have performed and studied Korean recently closed their Korean music cology (SKHM), founded by Song Bang‐Song in 1988, is the second most prominent. The Society for Studies for Korean Music Education (SSKME), founded in 2007, is the more active among the two societies for Korean traditional music education discussed above. It would be beyond the limita‐ tions of this report to discuss all the academic activities of the ten societies mentioned above, so I will focus on the events conducted by KMS, SKHM, and SSKME during 2015. Participants of the conference “A Dialogue with the World and a Future Prospect Through Shaman Rituals”. Jindo island, Korea, June 2015. Photo provided by Sheen Dae-Cheol

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KMS usually holds four regular acade‐ view of his music critiques, and the in‐ and ethnicity implied in the music of mic conferences a year. The first KMS ternationality of his work. The keynote Latvian Roma. conference of 2015 was held in Seoul on speech by Song Bangsong focused on The seminar “Ethnomusicologists’ 2 February, where six papers were pre‐ the retrospection and future prospects Discussions” began on 12 February sented: one master’s dissertation focus‐ of Lee’s work. The presentations were 2015 at the Latvian Academy of Music, ing on Korean folk song, and five doc‐ followed by a roundtable talk cherish‐ with the purpose of establishing a toral dissertations focusing on ing Lee’s memory. forum where ethnomusicologists from Beompae, P’ansori, shaman music, The Jindo National Gugak Centre, lo‐ different institutions can share ideas literati music, and Japga folk music. cated on Jindo island, one of the most and present the results of their The most important event of the con‐ famous places for shaman music in research, hoping that the meeting point ference was the award ceremony of the Korea, has continually held conferences will not be useful for professionals only. biennial Lee Hyeku Academic Prize for since 2004. Their latest conference took We were very glad that from the very young scholars under 45 years of age. place on 25-26 June, titled “A Dialogue beginning discussions were already very The award went to Lee Ji-sun—profes‐ with the World and a Future Prospect active and reached a wide audience. sor at Sookmyung Women’s University Through Shaman Rituals”. Six papers Another very important reason to orga‐ and member of ICTM—who focuses on and a keynote speech were presented, nize this forum was a wish to involve the comparative study of Japanese and and a famous shaman group performed students more in the world of ethnomu‐ Korean music. their rituals and music in the evening sicology. SSKME usually holds two conferences of the first day. All six papers focused The first discussions started with a a year. The spring conference was held on Korean and Jindo Shaman music. keynote lecture by Martin Boiko about on 16 May in Seoul, with the theme of Two American scholars took participat‐ the idea of the lost lament in Latvian “Education for Korean Traditional ed as discussants, and a Chinese schol‐ traditional music in connection with Music From the Perspective of Cultural ar presented a paper on Jindo folklore the Livonian medieval chronicles. Education”. The conference was opened and shaman tradition. There was a Valdis Muktupāvels presented the se‐ with a keynote address by myself, workshop on the jangdan (rhythmic cond lecture on 31 March, in which he titled “A Succession of Creative pattern on the hourglass drum janggo) analysed “wishful thinking” in organo‐ Transfiguration: The World of Korean in shaman music and a discussion bet‐ logy, based on historical information Traditional Music”. Two papers were ween participants and a famous female about specific Latvian musical instru‐ presented focusing on issues of Korean shaman. ments, called “archaisms” by him. The traditional music education in primary third discussion on 21 April focused on and secondary school levels, followed Latvia fieldwork from both historical and con‐ by a film about Korean traditional by Anda Beitāne, temporary perspectives. The speakers percussion music as an education tool. Liaison Officer were Boriss Avramecs and myself. The The conference finished with a final topic of fieldwork was continued in the general discussion shared by all the Ieva Tihovska’s defence next meeting on 27 May, in which we participants. of her PhD thesis in had a guest from Switzerland, Marc‐ ethnomusicology SKHM organizes their conferences irre‐ Antoine Camp, who spoke about the “Authenticity and Ethnicity in the gularly, and this year they held their Swiss experience concerning intangible Music of Latvian Roma”, which took 15th conference on 30 May, where six cultural heritage and the role of ethno‐ place at the Organ Hall of the Latvian papers and a keynote address were pre‐ musicologists in this framework. Academy of Music on 12 December sented. The conference theme was “A 2014, has been one of the most import‐ The interdisciplinary conference “Music Retrospect of Dr. Lee Hyeku’s Musico‐ ant events since my previous report. Research in Latvia” took place at the logy” to commemorate the fifth anni‐ According to the author’s abstract, her Latvian Academy of Music on 26–27 versary of Lee’s passing. The six papers research is based on fieldwork sessions March 2015. Between the historical, so‐ focused on his musicology, his discours‐ in the western part of Latvia that took ciological, anthropological, and various es on p’ansori, the fruits of his study of place between 2002 and 2013, and it musicological views of the different folk and shaman music, his perspective focuses on the concepts of authenticity worlds of music, it included two ethno‐ on the structure of musicology, a re‐ musicological points of view as well.

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(France), the Institute of Musical Research (France), the Centre de Recherches Moyen‐Orient Méditerrané (France), and the Foundation for Arab Music Archiving and Research (Lebanon).

The meeting aimed at sharing, in a multidisciplinary spirit, research focus‐ ing on the practice of the Arabic tradi‐ tional instrumental improvisation in the Age of Nahda. The event discussed recordings of taqsīm, taḥmīla, and raqṣ by Chawa and his colleagues, especially qānūn player Muḥammad al-‘Aqqād, oud player Muḥammad al-Qaṣabjī, nay player Amīn al-Būzarī, the buzuqi play‐ Young ethnomusicologists Ēriks Zeps (right) and Aiga Sprindža, organizers and er Muḥyī d-Dīn Ba‘yūn. The sympo‐ moderators at the BALTICA festival’s Grand Concert. Photo by Reinis Oliņš. sium also focused on the relations The first one was represented by Valdis Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania, as well (actual and/or comparative) between Muktupāvels, who spoke about the as from other countries. This year the this instrumental tradition of the spēles (an old Latvian musical instru‐ festival attracted 3500 participants, Mašriq and its counterparts in the ment) and whether such an instrument and activities took place both in cities Maghreb, Iran, Turkey, and even had really existed. To answer this ques‐ (in concert halls and on the streets, medieval Europe. Five major topics tion he built this instrument, which he e.g., parades) and in the countryside on were discussed in this symposium: tried to play in his presentation as best open-air stages. 1. The dialectical and modelled as he could. I did the second presenta‐ relationships between traditional tion, about the role of the ethnomusico‐ Lebanon instrumental improvisation, logist between the past and the pres‐ by Nidaa Abou Mrad, cantillated lyrics, the vocal ent, followed by an interesting discus‐ Liaison Officer responsorial, and the choreographic sion on the differences of the roles of gesture; cultural policy and ethnomusicology in In commemoration of safeguarding intangible cultural the fiftieth anniversary 2. The possibility of describing the heritage. of the death of violinist improvisation process in regards to Sami Chawa (Sāmī al-Shawwā, musical generative grammar; The International Folklore Festival 1885-1965), pioneer of the Arabic trad‐ BALTICA, which is a co-project of the 3. The morpho-phonological itional instrumental art, on 17 and 18 three Baltic States, took place in specificity of the Arab improvised June 2015, the Higher Institute of Mu‐ Latvia this summer, on 15–19 July. instrumental music tradition, sic of the Université Antonine present‐ Festival activities were organized in considered as a detailed musical ed the 8th Musicological Meeting of the Riga as well as in other cities and re‐ dialect within the common modal Université Antonine, titled “The Art of gions of Latvia, and a number of ethno‐ language of the Orient; Taqsïm and Sami Chawa’s School musicologists took part in the organi‐ (1885–1965).” The meeting was under 4. A modelling which depends on the zation of the concerts and other festival the patronage of Raymond Araiji, the analysis of instrumental events. The BALTICA festival intro‐ Lebanese Minister of Culture, and in improvisation as published in duces traditional music and dance, cus‐ cooperation with the Arab Academy of sound recordings; toms, handicrafts, and other fields of Music (The Arab League), the Holy traditional art in their historical forms. 5. The feasibility of the transmission Spirit University of Kaslik (Lebanon), Every year the festival gathers over of an instrumental tradition in a the Université Paris‐Sorbonne 2000 participants of all ages from modern academic context.

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The members of the Programme musicological seminar on Arab modes for ethnomusicology, linguistics, and Committee of the symposium were (on June 19), and organizing the “Sami sociology. Frederic Billiet (France), Jerome Cler Chawa’s International Competition of As part of an inter-university exchange (France), Jean During (France), Kifah Taqasïm” (finals held on 20 June). in the Indian Ocean, a seminar was Fakhouri (Lebanon), Abdelhamid held on the theme “Malagasy Musical Hamam (Jordan), Frederic Lagrange Madagascar Heritage: Music and Society”. The (France), Youssef Tannous (Lebanon), by Mireille Mialy seminar was organized in collaboration along with the executive staff which Rakotomalala, Liaison with the Faculty of Humanities of the consisted of Nidaa Abou Mrad Officer Catholic University of Lille (France), (Lebanon), Hayaf Yassine (Lebanon) the Civilization Institute of the and Hicham Sharaf (Iraq). Madagascar is a country University of Antananarivo, the whose cultural diversity Despite its hagiographic connotation, Regional Center of Current Arts of is well-known. Its music is rich in both the nickname of amīr al-kamān (the Madagascar, the Research Institute for rhythmic and melodic characteristics prince of violin) falls short of the true Development (France), the Research resulting from various currents of influ‐ musical stature of Chawa. This musi‐ Centre of the University of Toliara ence. Musicians and artists have not cian of Syrian origins and born in Cairo (Madagascar), and the University of only assimilated these different contri‐ came from a dynasty of Aleppin Ortho‐ Reunion Island (France). The main butions but also created new genres in dox Christian violinists who mixed the theme of “Music and Traffic” was vocal and instrumental music. In this European violin with the takht (tradi‐ considered to be the most important sense, research on Malagasy music has tional ensemble of Arabic chamber issue for social sciences and for the always interested scientists from differ‐ music) in Aleppo and Cairo in the understanding of contemporary ent countries under different considera‐ eighteen and nineteen centuries. Chawa changes. It is part of a larger project on tions: music and dance, music and represents the highest peak of the Arab Malagasy musical heritage, in songs, music and ritual, rural vs. urban violin, which can be enjoyed on his particular in developing research, music, etc. numerous solo recordings on 78-rpm training, and lessons about music and records. In addition to his musical In addition to a scientific aspect, we social sciences. qualities, Chawa is above all the pio‐ could consider the “development” of In the context of the Madagascar neer of a true Arabic traditional instru‐ Malagasy musical culture, i.e., how Genetics Ethno-Linguistic Project, in mental art, and his legacy (and of his music can participate in economic and cooperation with the National Research colleagues) is almost hermeneutic in social development in Madagascar, Centre CNRS of the University of the way of approaching instrumental according to UNESCO’s new vision of Bordeaux (France), DNA samples from improvisation and in treating the canti‐ cultural heritage which we will discuss about 1650 families across the 22 llatory taqsīm, the responsorial taḥmīla, further in our next report. In this regions of Madagascar have been the raqs, or concertante dance. report, I would like to present the collected. The objective of this work is major musicological activities at local In this context, the Higher Institute of to trace the origins of the population of and international levels. Music of the Université Antonine, the Madagascar. Surveys were conducted Faculty of Music of the Holy Spirit Locally, a reorganization of the within families about their roots, University of Kaslik, and the Founda‐ collection of traditional musical traditions, and language, and tion for Arab Music Archiving and Re‐ instruments of the Civilization Institute comparative work is being done with search, in partnership with the Arab of the University of Antananarivo, similar projects in South East Asia, the Academy of Music, dedicated the year which includes about 365 objects, was East Indies, East Africa, etc. 2015 to commemorate Sami Chawa’s carried out. This unique collection life, by publishing a compilation CD consists of objects collected by and a biographical book, organizing an researchers from different disciplines anniversary concert (held on 17 June at during their fieldwork since the Université Antonine), organizing the creation of the university in the 1960s, aforementioned 8th Musicological and is an important source of materials Meeting (on 18 June), organizing a

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terference, ancient cultural heritage has Mongolian Epic Singer]. often not been preserved or has only Ulaanbaatar: Mönkhiin üseg, 2013

been transmitted orally. Since the ✴ Katuu, B. and Ts. Enkhbat, eds. Töv opening of the borders 25 years ago, aziin tuuli II [Central Asian Epic not only access to media increased, but Symposium Festival vol. 2]. also the interest of young people in Ulaanbaatar: Soyombo printing, 2013 modern music. ✴ Alimaa, A., ed. Urtyn duuny töröl There are 27 different ethnic groups in züil, tarkhalt, khuvilbaryn ontslog Mongolia, including several small mino‐ [Genres, Characteristics, and Distri‐ rities. Some of them not only have a bution of Urtyn Duu Songs]. distinct history, but also use different Ulaanbaatar: tengerleg üseg KhKhK lyrics, dialects, or languages in their iin Ekspryess khevlekh üildver, 2012

songs. Given these circumstances, the ✴ Enebish, Jambalyn: Mongolyn Valiha from Antananarivo study of ethnomusicology also requires khögjim sudlalyn deej bichig [Book of expertise in many other scientific areas. Finally, a week of conferences, Mongolian Music Research]. Ulaanbaatar: Soyombo printing, 2012 exhibitions, and concerts were held at Researchers focusing on ethnomusicolo‐ universities and cultural centres around gy started travelling around Mongolia CDs and DVDs the country on the Malagasy in the late nineteenth century. For po‐ ✴ Mongol tuuli 1 [Mongolian Epics I]. traditional instrument valiha (a tubular litical reasons, research trips were only DVD. Ulaanbaatar: Soyombo print‐ zither). The main objective of the possible in a limited degree over a long ing, 2013 project was to explain to the general period during the twentieth century. public, and in particular young people, ✴ Katuu, B. and Ts. Enkhbat, eds. Töv A wide variety of musical genres which the history and especially the evolution aziin tuuli II [Central Asian Epic developed in the rural cultures of Mon‐ of the country’s musical heritage. Symposium Festival vol. 2]. Audio golia are practised. The oral transmis‐ CD. Ulaanbaatar: Soyombo printing, sion of music and song lyrics is of great 2013 Mongolia importance. As is the case among many ✴ Mongol tuulichdyn khoich üye / by Otgonbayar other nomadic peoples, the pentatonic Tuulichdyn ulsyn uraldaan [The Next Chuluunbaatar, Liaison scale is largely used. The interest of Generation of Mongolian Epic Sing‐ Officer tourists encouraged the promotion of ers / Competition of Public Epic certain types of music as well as musi‐ This is my first report Bards]. DVD. Ulaanbaatar, 2012 cal instruments (e.g., throat singing as ICTM Liaison Officer and horse-head fiddle), whereas some ✴ Castell, Jean-Francois. Maitres de for Mongolia. genres and instruments are extremely chant diponique / Masters of over‐ For the Mongolian people, some of rarely used (e.g. the tsuur, a wind tone singing. DVD. La Curieuse– whom are nomadic, music is an integral instrument). Routes Nomades, 2012. part of their lives. Nevertheless, or per‐ Publications and conferences Performances haps because of that, the subject of On 10 July 2013, a dance event featur‐ ethnomusicology as a scientific disci‐ ✴ Soronzonbold, S. Mongol khögjim ing 5000 Biyelgee dancers took place in pline is relatively unknown in Mongolia [Musical Instruments From Mongo‐ the capital, Ulaanbaatar. This led to an and is not taught as a main subject in lia]. Ulaanbaatar: Kapital Press, entry into the Guinness Book of World local universities. 2013 Records. It should be noted, however, ✴ Bayasgalan, T. Zayaiin Geseriin tuuj The use of music, however, is of great that the recorded dance is performed [The Zaya Geser Narrative]. importance in the daily life of herding only by a few ethnic groups, and there‐ Ulaanbaatar: Soyombo printing, 2013 peoples. The songs sung and played by fore not many dancers are able to per‐ ✴ members of ethnic minorities in Mon‐ Katuu, Chorosyn Balchigiin, ed. form it. golia are in danger of being lost. Due to Mongol tuurgatny tuulichid [The both their lifestyle and to political in‐

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Montenegro On 23 January 2015, the international Miroslav Luketić and Marko Kentera. symposium “Sevdalinka: Bol koja Conceived as a multi-volume work, the by Zlata Marjanović, pjeva” [Sevdalinka: the pain that sings] book attempts to guide both the Liaison Officer was held in Podgorica. The meting was uninitiated and the connoisseur attended by experts, scholars, and through various areas of Paštrovići life Scholarly meetings authors from Montenegro, Albania, and culture, tourism, natural resources, The 7th Seminar of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia, ecology, science, the arts (visual and Montenegrin Folklore who spoke about sevdah, its origins, music), sports, literature, and history. was held in Kolašin on 20–23 March development, and permanence through The authors who have contributed to 2014, co-organized by the Association time. Paštrovići almanac I with articles on of Folk Ensembles of Montenegro, the the Paštrovići music tradition are Mila The scientific multidisciplinary meeting Cultural Centre of Kolašin, and the Medigović Stefanović, Ana M. Zečević, “Paštrovske muzičke teme” [Musical Cultural Society “Mijat Mašković”. Zlata Marjanović, and Marko Lazov themes of Paštrovići] was held at the The topics of the seminar were the Kuljača. Memorial Home “Crvena komuna” in dances and songs from the Kolašin Petrovac na Moru, from 17 to 19 area. August 2014. The meeting was attend‐ The international symposium “Saving ed by eight scholars and by many art‐ Cultural Heritage: Klapa Singing in ists from Montenegro and Serbia: Mila Perast” was held on 28 June 2014, dur‐ Medigović-Stefanović, Slobodan Jerkov, ing the 13th International Klapa Festi‐ Kaća Zenović, Igor Zenović, Đorđe V. val in Perast, with the support of the Gregović, Ivan Vukčević, Darinka Ministry of Culture of Montenegro. Ljubiša, Bojan Suđić, Ana M. Zečević, Participants were Slobodan Jerkov and Zlata Marjanović. The programme (Montenegro), Zlata Marjanović was moderated by Daniela Medigović (Serbia), and Jakša Primorac Kuč and Dušan Medin. The organizers Miroslav Luketić, 2014 (Croatia). The theme of the 2014 and participants showed a desire to The proceedings of the International meeting was related to the cultivation contribute to various aspects of pre‐ Symposium “Nematerijalna baština, and preservation of the rich musical serving the Paštrovići musical heritage muzičko nasljeđe Crne Gore” heritage of the Bay of Kotor, not just to enable its presentation to the public [Intangible Heritage: Musical Heritage of klapa singing. and to encourage further artistic and of Montenegro] were published in 2014, scientific research on the topic. On 10 October 2014, during the including articles from Ivana Drobni, European Heritage Days, the Ministry Publications and Promotions Slobodan Jerkov, Aleksandra Miletić, of Culture of Montenegro organized the Zlata Marjanović, Jelena Vidović, roundtable “The Popularization and In 2013, the book Muzička tradicija i Dobrila Popović, Vedrana Marković, Presentation of Intangible Cultural muzikalnost Crnogoraca [The Musical and Jelena Martinović-Bogojević. Heritage of Montenegro”. Among the Tradition and Musicality of Montene‐ participants were Lidija Ljesar, grins] by Slobodan Jerkov was publish‐ Anastazija Miranović, Nada Radović, ed in Podgorica. An event to promote Ilija Radović, Milenko Pasinović, the publication was held in Podgorica Goran Andrović, Snežana Vukotić, and on 15 April 2014. Karolina Radulović. The roundtable On 28 June 2014, during the 13th was followed by the presentation of a International Klapa Festival in Perast, recording project of ICH elements in the second volume of Lirica (collected Montenegro, and by a concert by klapa songs edited by Milan Kovačević) Shtjefan Ujkić where he played tradi‐ was presented. tional wind instruments (flutes, diple, kaval) and sang traditional songs. In 2014 the first Paštrovići almanac was published, edited and published by

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Russia Russians, ritual and lyric songs of the Pskov Regions) (2009, with video sup‐ Udeges, Dolgans, Nanays, Nenets, plement). by Olga Pashina, Yukagirs, Evenks, and others. For Liaison Officer Similar work is carried out by the more information, visit this website. Problem Research Laboratory for the The traditional music of The Udmurt Institute of History of Investigation of Traditional Musical the peoples of Russia is Language and Literature of the Ural Cultures at the Gnesin Russian Music studied, in particular, at Branch of RAS is working on the Academy (Moscow). The Laboratory research centres operat‐ multi‐volume series “Udmurt Folklore”. has an audio archive of folk songs and ing within the system of the Russian So far five volumes have been publish‐ sacred chant, a video collection, a ma‐ Academy of Sciences (RAS). ed, with audio supplements. nuscript fund, an iconographic fund, The Institute of Russian Literature of and all necessary technical equipment The research centres attached to insti‐ for folk music lessons, field research, St. Petersburg keeps the oldest Russian tutes of higher education constitute a audio archive, where recordings of folk and theoretical investigations. The staff link between science and education. music by the peoples of Russia made of the Laboratory has prepared three One such establishment is the A. M. between the late nineteenth and the volumes in the “Smolensk Music‐Eth‐ Mekhnetsov Folklore and Ethnographic early twenty‐first centuries are kept. nographic Collection” series: Calendar Centre, at the St. Petersburg Conser‐ Rites and Songs (2003), Funeral Rite. Since 2001, the Institute’s researchers vatoire. Its teachers and students carry have been dedicated to the project Laments and Commemoration Verses out field research in different regions of “Codex of Russian Folklore: Bïlinas”, a (2003), and Lyric Songs Timed to Russia every year. The centre has an series spanning 25 volumes. So far, ten Particular Seasons (2005). Forthcom‐ important scientific collection of audio, volumes have been published: Bïlinas ing in 2015 is the fourth volume, dedi‐ video, and photo materials related to cated to the traditional wedding in the of Pechora (two volumes), Bïlinas of folklore and ethnography, as well as a Mezen’ (three volumes), Bïlinas of Smolensk region, including its musical collection of musical instruments and Pinega, Bïlinas of Kuloy, Bïlinas of the aspect. objects of material culture (e.g., spin‐ Winter Shore of the White Sea (two ning wheels, pottery, embroideries, tex‐ Several years ago, the Electronic Cata‐ volumes), and Bïlinas of Western tiles, folk outerwear, towels, tools). The logue of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Pomor’ye. A complementary website items of the collections are stored, the Peoples of Russia was launched. (in Russian) was created to support the studied, and used in multiple ways The website presents the intangible publication. with due regard to the contemporary cultural heritage of the peoples living The Institute of Archaeology and cultural situation. in Russia, including their verbal, mu‐ Ethnography of the Siberian Branch of In addition to field research, the Cen‐ RAS is working on the sixty-volume tre’s scientific programme includes the‐ series “Monuments of the Folklore of oretical investigations, organization of the Peoples of Siberia and the Far pan-Russian and international confe‐ East” including examples of poetry of rences and field research report ses‐ the region’s ethnic groups (including sions, and publication of ethnographic Russians, Ukrainians, and Belarusians) materials. So far, the following collec‐ in more than thirty languages. The edi‐ tive works have been published: Tradit‐ tion combines philological, musicologi‐ ional Folk Culture of the Pskov Region: Festival “Taimyr Folklore Classics”. cal, and ethnographic approaches, Evenk singers. Photo provided by Olga A Survey of Field Materials from the while the musical‐poetic texts are pre‐ Pashina. Funds of the Folklore and Ethnographic sented both in the original languages Centre (2002, two volumes), The Folk sical, and choreographic lore, rites and and in Russian translations. Each vo‐ and Traditional Culture of the Vologda ritual practices, fabrication techniques lume contains an audio supplement. So Region (in two parts, 2005 and 2009 of decorative arts, etc. far, thirty‐three volumes have been respectively), Russian Gusli (Psaltery) published, with epic legends of the The project’s fundamental principle is and Gusli Playing: Research and Mate‐ Evenks, Altays, Shors, Tuvans, the scientific accuracy of the presented rials (2006); Russian Traditional Gusli Buryats, Khakas, Yakuts, and information, and the maximum com‐ Tunes (Recorded in Novgorod and

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Every year, numerous international and pan‐Russian scientific conferences on traditional music are organized by different research centres, conserva‐ toires, and other institutions of higher education. For instance, in 2014 the 7th International Symposium on Khoomei [Throat Singing] was held in Tuva. Every four years, the Pan‐ Russian Congress of Folklorists is Festival “Taimyr Folklore Classics”. Nganasan singers. Photo provided by Olga Pashina. convened; its participants include ethnomusicologists, ethnochoreologists, Bashkortostan, Azerbaijan, and other Conservatory hosted guests from Arme‐ organologists, social anthropologists, foreign countries and regions of Russia. nia, Colombia, India, Iran, Italy, Kaz‐ historians, and philologists studying akhstan, Russia’s Republic of Tuva, In Dudinka, the festival “Taimyr Folk‐ the traditional cultures of numerous South Korea, and Turkey. ethnic groups living in Russia. The last lore Classics” takes place biennially congress took place in February 2014. since 1994. Organized by the Taimyr Publications of 2014: Folklore House and the Ministry of ✴ Vlasova, A. N., Ye. A. Dorokhova, Numerous festivals of traditional music Culture of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, T. S. Kaneva, Z. N. Mekhren’gina, and culture are organized every year in it presents the folklore of indigenous eds. Folk Songs of the Lower different regions of Russia. Such events people—the Dolgans, Nenets, include the festival “Highlanders” in Vychegda River Region (Materials Nganasans, Ets, Evenks—in their for the Codex of Russian Folklore). Daghestan, the International Festival traditional forms (epic legend, song, St. Petersburg: Pushkin House of Throat Singing in Tuva, the Interna‐ rite). tional Festival of Folk Music Kantele Edition, 2014 (932 pages, illustra‐ in Petrozavodsk, etc. During the 13th International Musical tions and music examples) Festival “The Universe of Sound”, held ✴ Ivanov, A. N., ed. Cossack Epics: On 17–18 June, the 1st International at the Moscow Conservatoire between Folklore Materials and a Study, Vol. Festival “At the Call of the Land of 16 May and 30 June 2015, classical and 2. Moscow, 2014 (688 pages + CD) Olonkho”, organized by the Ministry of traditional music of different countries ✴ T. I. Kaluzhnikova, ed. Lamentations Culture and Spiritual Development of was heard. Unlike today’s general ten‐ and Songs of a Traditional Ural the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, was dency to mix and unify all musical held in Yakutsk. In 2005, the Yakut Wedding: Study, Texts, Audio styles and genres and, therefore, to cor‐ Supplement. Yekaterinburg: Ural folk epic Olonkho was added to rupt their philosophical, symbolic, ma‐ UNESCO’s list of Masterpieces of the Publishers, 2013 (762 pages, music gical, and ideological content, “The examples, CD-ROM) Oral and Intangible Heritage of Huma‐ Universe of Sound” has showcased nity. Well-known narrators of Olonkho some genuine examples of both classical ✴ Problems of Ethnomusicology from different parts of Yakutia took and traditional music from various re‐ (quarterly) part in the festival. The Evenk folk gions. Hundreds of outstanding musi‐ legends Namngakan and Nimkan were cians, as well as some unique art also heard. The festival’s guests includ‐ groups and worldly recognized scholars, ed narrators from Mongolia, Tuva, have participated in the festival’s pre‐ Khakassia, Kyrgyzstan, Kalmykia, vious editions. In 2015, the Moscow

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Audiovisual Communication (mailing list and at the symposium. Under agenda item website); and (4) Publications. 3, the creation of a Study Group Ethnomusicology website and electronic discussion forum Under agenda item 1, it was proposed by Barley Norton was discussed. ICTM members who that the first symposium of the Study would like to join the Study Group, The 1st Business Group be held at the City Museum of but who were unable to attend the Meeting of the ICTM Ljubljana, Slovenia, from 26 to 28 meeting in Astana, are warmly invited Study Group on August 2016. Those present at the to contact Leonardo D’Amico and to Audiovisual meeting made numerous suggestions for visit the official website of the Study Ethnomusicology was symposium themes relating to the use Group. Finally, under agenda item 4, held at 9:30 on Friday 17 July 2015, of audiovisual media in research, the publication of symposium during the 43rd ICTM World teaching and dissemination. The value proceedings was addressed. It was Conference in Astana, Kazakhstan. It of including technical training and noted that new digital publication was chaired by Leonardo D’Amico, and practical audiovisual workshops as part platforms which support the sharing of three other members of the Study of the Study Group’s activities was also audiovisual media have considerable Group’s founding working group (Yves discussed. Under agenda item 2, the potential for publications by the Study Defrance, Terada Yoshitaka and first Executive Committee of the Study Group. Sandrine Loncke) were also present. Group was elected as follows: Leonardo The meeting was well attended by D’Amico, Chair, Yves Defrance, Vice ICTM members active in the field of Chair, and Matías Isolabella, Secretary. audiovisual ethnomusicology, all of It was agreed that this Executive whom made important contributions. It Committee would serve until the first was clear from the lively discussions at symposium in 2016, and that the the meeting that there is considerable membership of the Executive enthusiasm amongst ICTM members Committee would be considered again for developing audiovisual work in ethnomusicology, as well for the new Study Group. From the ICTM Online Photo Gallery

D’Amico opened the meeting with a short presentation outlining the background and aims of the Study Group. In the presentation it was noted that, following the inaugural conference on Visual Ethnomusicology at the University of Valladolid from 5 to 7 November 2014 [editor’s note: see Bulletin of the ICTM 128: 27-28], the ICTM Executive Board gave official approval for the Study Group on Audiovisual Ethnomusicology on 30 April 2015.

Four main agenda items were then discussed: (1) Future activities (Symposium); (2) Organization; (3) Session at the 39th ICTM World Conference. Vienna, Austria. July 2007. Photo provided by Ursula Hemetek. Visit gallery.

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Ethnochoreology Sub-Study Group on Round Report from the Sub-Study The Study Group on Ethnochoreology Dances, 19th Century-derived Group on Movement Analysis invites interested ICTM members to Couple Dances by Maria Koutsouba and Marit join them at their 29th symposium, by Egil Bakka, Sub- Stranden, in cooperation with Siri which will take place near Graz, Study Group Chair Mæland, Sub-Study Group secretary Austria, on 9-16 July 2016, hosted by the Institute of Ethnomusicology of the The Sub-Study Group The inaugural meeting of this University of Music and Performing started its work in 2003 Sub-Study Group took place on 8-9 Arts Graz. The deadline for presenta‐ and has met regularly November 2012 at the Institute for tion proposals is 24 October 2015. Det‐ since then (mostly twice Musicology of the Research Group on ails can be found in the full Call for a year). The last meeting took place Humanities of the Hungarian Academy Papers published online. during last year’s Ethnochoreology of Sciences. It was part of the Memo‐ rial Session in honour of György The ICTM Study Group on Ethnocho‐ symposium in Korčula. It was then decided to take a break until we had Martin on the anniversary of his 80th reology has a number of active Sub‐ been able to publish a book (which is birthday. Study Groups. Here we present reports almost ready), after which the group’s from three of them. During last year’s Ethnochoreology work could resume. Symposium in Korčula, it was decided Sub-Study Group on Field We have been working on four parallel that the Study Group would meet in Research Theory and Methods tracks: (1) Analysis and classification of Athens, Greece, on 8 June 2015, as a round‐dance movement patterns, in‐ satellite meeting following the joint by Daniela Stavělová, cluding musical parameters; (2) Danc‐ annual conference of the Society of Sub-Study Group Chair ing masters / dance teachers and their Dance History Scholars and the Con‐ Due to the health pro‐ material on round dances; (3) Political, gress of Research in Dance “Cut & blems of the founder ideological, and socio-cultural discourse Paste: Dance Advocacy in the Age of and leader of the group, on round dances; and (4) Organised Austerity”. The host of the meeting Anca Giurchescu, the question of the contexts of round dances. The publi‐ was Maria Koutsouba from the School next leadership was discussed during cation is related to the third track, and of Physical Education and Sport last year’s Ethnochoreology symposium the group hopes to have it published Science, Section of Gymnastics and in Korčula. The members proposed late this year or early next year. Dance, Greek Traditional Dance. Daniela Stavělová as the next Chair, The symposium of the Sub-Study and she accepted the proposal. After Group focused on two themes: (1) the sad news of Anca’s passing at the Music/Dance Relationships; and (2) beginning of 2015, the Sub-Study Group lost its main personality, and is in need of time to think about the fu‐ ture direction for the group. Anca’s last suggestions were to focus on (1) Intan‐ gible Cultural Heritage; (2) Festival and Festivities; and (3) Dance in the Urban Scape.

Participants of the Symposium of the Ethnochoreology Sub-Study Group on Movement Analysis. Athens, June 2015. Unknown photo credit

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Dynamics and Theoretical and Prac‐ tical Thoughts Connected to Move‐ ment Analysis. Each participant pre‐ sented a short video clip of a dance, and briefly presented the main focus and the analysis and concepts based on the chosen theme. This was followed by questions and discussions based on the clip, analysis, concepts, etc. The aim for the clip-and-presentation format was to bring up reflections, questions, and problems connected to movement analysis, music/dance relationships, and/or dynamics. On the basis of the Some of the members of the ICTM Study Group on Music and Dance of Oceania at the discussions, the Sub-Study Group World Conference in Astana. From left to right: Ricardo Trimillos, Dan Bendrups, Stephen members will start working on esta‐ Wild, Masaya Shishikura, J. Lawrence Witzleben, Oli Wilson, Monika Stern, Jane Moulin, blishing a shared language (despite Tony Lewis, Michael Clement, and Pat Savage. Photo provided by Jane Moulin. their different movement systems), Charitonidis, Roula Lymantri, Niki sharing their competence, and hopeful‐ Music and Dance of Niora, Giorgios Fountzoulas, Vasilis ly solving some of their difficulties. Alevras, and Aristoula Toli. Oceania Presentations by Kirsty Gillespie, The future of the group The meeting was attended by 18 outgoing Study Group The meeting ended with a discussion people, and the following presentations Chair about the future, prepared by Maria were given: It has been another Koutsouba and Siri Mæland. It was ✴ Laban analysis; by Aspasia Dania, agreed that interested people which busy year for the Study Group on Music and Dance of Oceania. Konstantinos Dinopoulos, and Maria could not attend the meeting should be Seventeen of our members were present Koutsouba (Greece) asked to sign up for the next meeting at the recent ICTM World Conference ✴ Benesh analysis; by Mehmet Öcal The group plans to work further with in Kazakhstan, giving papers, showing Özbilgin, Erkan Sema, and Oldac the questions of dynamics and a film, attending Executive Board Merih (Turkey) music/dance relationship. Janos Fügedi meetings, and other activities. A dedi‐ has invited the group to Budapest, so ✴ Reconstruction of Zeybek from cated panel, titled “Pacific Mobilities” the possibility of planning the next Labanotation lacking music notation, and convened by Jane Freeman meeting for late January 2016 was also with Turkish comments; by Moulin, was held on Tuesday 21 July discussed. A book and/or e-book based Sinibaldo De Rosa on the discussions of the group and and featured papers by six of our mem‐ (Italy/UK/France) bers. A social dinner was held after this their presentations in conferences is ✴ The “svikt” system and movement planned for the future. The Sub-Study focused day at the Hotel Kazzhol. capture; by Egil Bakka, Sjur Viken Group's ultimate goal is to develop a Several active members of our Study and Marit Stranden (Norway) common analysing system for better Group were involved with other signifi‐ ✴ Experiences within the Bulgarian international collaboration. cant events at the time of the con‐ context; by Daniela Ivanova-Nyberg ference. Adrienne L. Kaeppler was in (Bulgaria/USA) Tonga for the Royal Investiture cere‐ ✴ Analysis on Swedish dance material; monies in July, where she was invested by Maria Värendh (Sweden) as Commander of the Tongan Royal Other attendees contributed with Household Order. Meanwhile, in her comments and discussion: Christos absence she received an ICTM Hono‐ Papakostas, Lilly Antzaka, Chariton rary Membership during the General

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Assembly in Astana. It was a truly re‐ Music and Minorities b) Reyes announced that her article markable month for Adrienne. “Identity construction in the con‐ by Terada Yoshitaka text of migration” had been pub‐ Brian Diettrich, our incoming Study (寺⽥ 吉孝), Study lished in 2014 in Il Saggiatore Group Chair, was involved over June‐ Group Secretary Musicale 20(1), and that her 2005 July in repatriating recordings made by volume Music in America (Oxford Barbara B. Smith in 1963 to the Fede‐ Following are the minutes of the 17th University Press) had been trans‐ rated States of Micronesia and the lated into Chinese. Republic of the Marshall Islands. Business Meeting of the ICTM Study Barbara, our oldest member and one of Group on Music and Minorities, which 5. The 9th Study Group Symposium took place in Astana on 21 July 2015. the group’s founders, celebrated her in 2016 95th birthday in Honolulu earlier this The meeting was called to order by a) Yves Defrance proposed the ten‐ year, with some of her former students Adelaida Reyes, Study Group Vice tative dates: 4-10 July 2016. organizing a luncheon in her honour. Chair, at 15:30 local time. Pettan encouraged coordination of Our next symposium will be held in 1. Introductory remarks and meetings’ dates with other Study Guam in conjunction with the annual greetings. A warm welcome was Groups to avoid conflicts for those conference of the Pacific History As‐ extended to all members present, who were members of more than sociation (19–21 May 2016) and di‐ and an apology for absence from one Study Group. Defrance ex‐ rectly before the Festival of Pacific Ursula Hemetek, Study Group plained the constraints that res‐ Arts. Please see the Announcements Chair, was noted. Reyes announced tricted his choice of dates: it section of this Bulletin for more. that, in Hemetek's absence, she would not be advisable to hold the symposium at the same time To keep a closer eye on our activities, and Terada Yoshitaka would be as a festival that usually books all please visit our page on the ICTM site, co-chairing the meeting. available accommodations. The which includes copies of our newsletters 2. Approval of the minutes of the hosts for the Study Group meet‐ and business meeting minutes. You can previous meeting. The minutes ing would incur considerable ex‐ also join our Facebook group. of the 16th meeting were pense if they were to compete for Finally, after serving my two years as considered, and its approval was available resources. Defrance then Chair, it is time to hand over to Brian moved and seconded. introduced his colleague Guy‐ Diettrich, who will take over from 3. Svanibor Pettan paid tribute to Christopher Coppel, a conference October 2015. I would like to thank the Anca Giurchescu, who passed away planner, who described the pro‐ members for entrusting me with this in April 2015 by praising her posed venue and his responsibi‐ role and the ICTM Secretariat for their notable contribution to the Study lities. unwavering support. I am looking Group. b) Themes were solicited from the forward to continuing to be an active floor and the following three were member of the Study Group in the 4. Report on Study Group and other selected: (1) Local Languages and years to come, and to continuing to activities Music; (2) Minorities Within serve the ICTM in my role as Audio a) Terada reported on the 8th Symp‐ Minorities; and (3) New Research. Reviews Editor for the Yearbook for osium (National Museum of Eth‐ Traditional Music. nology in Osaka, Japan, July 6. The Co-Chairs thanked all present 2014), stating that editing of the and adjourned the meeting at collection of essays based on the 16:30, local time. presented papers was underway. The volume, coedited by Ursula Hemetek, Inna Naroditskaya, and Terada Yoshitaka, was scheduled to be published in 2016 by the National Museum of Ethnology.

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Musical Instruments “Multi-perspective Categories in Col‐ bilitation Centre” by Rewadee Ungpho; lections of Instrumental Music” by “Listening to Nose Flute Playing” by by Gisa Jähnichen, Gisa Jähnichen. Loke Xaioyun; “The Life of a Drum: Study Group Chair The T’boli T’nonggong as Biographical The following papers were presented Object” by Earl C. L. Jimenez; “Doing The 20th Symposium of within the framework of the second It by Not Doing It: Notes on the Afri‐ the ICTM Study Group theme: “Phleng Thai Doem and the canness of Ginger Baker, Allegedly on (Folk) Musical Instruments took Myth of 7-tet: The Questionable Ori‐ ‘The World’s Greatest Drummer’” by place in the world heritage city of gins of the Theory of Thai Tuning” by Manfred Bartmann; “Brass and Bam‐ Luang Prabang, Laos, on 10-13 June John Garzoli; “The Gamolan of Lam‐ boo: A Survey on Musical Cultures of 2015. It was attended by 48 partici‐ pung, Sumatra: Survival of a Wide‐ Chinese Minorities” by Schu‐chi Lee; pants of whom 31 actively contributed spread Bamboo Keyed Instrument of and “Folk Instruments: Their Multi‐ with presentations in 12 sessions, dedi‐ Indonesia's Hindu-Buddhist Past and disciplinary Roles as Windows and cated to two themes: (1) Dance Ins‐ Emotional Symbol of the Province’s Mirrors” by James Makubuya. truments/ Song Instruments; and (2) Identity” by Margaret Kartomi’ “Ins‐ Emotional Implications of Instrumental trumental Sounds in Theravāda Bud‐ The following papers were accepted Sound. dhism and Their Meaning in the Bud‐ under the theme of New Research: dhist Philosophy” by Chow Ow Wei “Rare Archaeological Musical Artefacts The following papers were presented and Thongbang Homsombat; “Instrum‐ From Ancient Tombs in Mongolia” by within the framework of the the first ental Sound in Music Therapy” by Otgonbayar Chuluunbaatar; and theme: “Instrumental Training for Ruwin Rangeeth Dias and Kongdeuane “Virtuoso Biola (Violin) Playing in the Dance Accompaniment in Laos” by Nettavong; “Multi-Distance Listening Riau Islands, Sumatra” by Brigitta Suksavan Sengaphay and to Tube Zithers of the Bidayuh” by Scarfe. Chanphakason Suramasing; Ahmad Faudzi Musib; “Video Docu‐ “Instrumental Ghazal” by Chinthaka Additional contributions were made by ments on Funeral Music in Luang Prageeth Meddegoda; “Social Interact‐ Manfred Bartmann on “The Scientific Prabang” (short presentation by Gisa ion Between Dancers, Musicians, and Legacy of Marianne Bröcker”; by Jähnichen dedicated to the family Peripheral Actors at Social Dance Phonsay Inthichan on “The Collection owning the venue of the symposium); Events” by Ingrid Hamberg; “Musical of Musical Instruments in Luang “The Sounds of Nostalgia: The Instruments Used in Singaporean Kuda Prabang’s Royal Palace”; and by Chindon‐ensembles in Modern Kepang During Malay Weddings” by Duangchampy Vouthisouk on “Lao Japanese Society” by Rinko Fujita; Low Kok Wai and Low Kok Leon; Traditional Music and the Protection “Thai Instrumental Music for the “Ballroom Dance Music: History of and Promotion of Folk Performing Patients in Thai Red Cross Reha‐ Establishment in Thai Society and Arts: Strategies and Implementations”. Songs of Own Thai Compositions” by Kamontam Kuabutr; “Multi‐function‐ ality of Masinqo Playing in Song and Dance” by Timkehet Teffera; “‘We Have no Instrument!’ and the Concept Behind: The Music in the Society of the Tao” by Wei-Ya Lin; “Discourse Patterns on Lusheng in China: Cases From Guangxi” by Chu Zhuo and Chen Kun Peng; “Fond of Gaiety: The Soul of the Music and Dance in Luang Prabang's Past and Present” by Nithakhong Tiaoksomsanith; “Violin in Ensembles for Dance: Improvisatory Styles in the ‘Adopted’ Malay Dances Participants of the 20th Symposium of the Study Group on Musical Instruments. Luang of Zapin and Joget” by Gerald Ng; and Prabang, Laos. June 2015. Unknown photo credit

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These additional contributions framed main task was the preparation of the were able to study online the latest the entire symposium. 20th Symposium in Luang Prabang version of the memorandum on in cooperation with the National ICTM Study Groups, especially On the first evening, the welcome Library of Laos and the Ministry of regarding the options for running dinner was preceded by a special Basi Information, Culture, and Tourism elections. ritual and a dance performance with a of Laos, and the resulting edited live dance ensemble that was introduc‐ 6. Change of Study Group’s name. volume. ed by Tiaoksomsanith. The third day The results of a survey revealed that of the symposium offered an early 2. Report by the Symposium’s more than 90% of the participants morning city walk observing the very Programme Committee. The considered necessary to change the quiet time of alms-giving and the sub‐ programme committee confirmed a name of the Study Group. Following sequent climbing of Phu Si, the city’s strong impact received by local mu‐ a discussion, it was agreed to rename small steep mountain in the city centre, sicians, cultural workers, and young the Study Group into ICTM Study from where the rising daylight and the researchers who could experience for Group on Musical Instruments. awakening of life can be witnessed. The the first time an international confer‐ 7. Setting up an election commit‐ afternoon was spent in the National ence on music and other performing tee. More than 80% of the partici‐ Museum situated in the Royal Palace, arts, and the way of leading academ‐ pants of the survey did not see the which hosts a rich collection of Dong ic discussions on urgent issues with‐ need to arrange elections at that Son bronze drums and the royal out compromising a solid scientific moment. The following discussion, Phipat. After the museum, the partici‐ foundation of statements. A friendly however, led to an agreement that pants were invited to visit and open atmosphere contributed to an election committee should take Tiaoksomsanith’s house which hosts an a discussion culture that equally care of the next elections for Study extraordinary collection of his artworks valued all participants. Group Chair and Vice Chair. The and designs, a place for music practice 3. Report by the Symposium’s election committee was selected by and a library. In the evening, the Royal Organizing Committee. The orga‐ show of hands: Manfred Bartmann Ballet performed in the Dance Theatre nizing committee was convinced that and Ahmad Faudzi Musib, who were parts of the traditional Lao Ramayana the good experience with this meet‐ nominated by the participants. The Phalak Phalam. Some participants ing would lead to further efforts in election committee would decide in‐ used the day off for extensive day trips attracting conferences within a low‐ dependently about how the electron‐ into the beautiful nature and to visit budget environment besides those ic election will be handled, and the culturally diverse people living in the usually held at the highest govern‐ outcome would be further communi‐ surroundings of Luang Prabang. ment level with full sponsorship. The cated during the next Study Group One important feature of the sympo‐ support of the ministry was dedicat‐ Symposium. It was also decided that sium was the cooperation between ed to the participation of Lao col‐ all members in the current member Study Group members and local schol‐ leagues. Other sponsors were of pri‐ list who were active (contributing ars. Planned long in advance, this co‐ vate nature for single elements of the through papers, presentations or or‐ operation led to joint presentations and programme. ganizing positions) in the last six a topical focus on the region where the years (i.e., the last three symposia) 4. Proposals of place, time, and symposium was held, resulting in some should be considered “active mem‐ themes for the next Symposium. pioneering papers on study subjects bers” of the Study Group, and there‐ It was decided that the next sympo‐ which were not yet documented. fore be invited to take part in the sium will be held in Sarajevo, Bosnia elections, since the fluctuation in the On the morning of the last day, 13 and Herzegovina, in the spring of Study Group membership is quite June, the business meeting of the study 2017 (possibly the week before East‐ high due to specific research areas. group took place, co-presided by Chair er), following an invitation by Jasmi‐ Gisa Jähnichen and Vice Chair Rinko na Talam. All participants promised 8. Others: Submission of papers. It Fujita. to help with any type of preparation. was decided that the deadline for submissions of papers for the volume 1. Report by the Chair and Vice 5. The Memorandum on ICTM to be published from the symposium Chair on recent activities. The Study Groups. The participants would be 15 August 2015. Other pa‐

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pers fitting the main symposium to‐ Musics of the Slavic World the Slavic World will be in line with pics mentioned would also be wel‐ the general ICTM aims, and serve for by Rimantas come. Papers submitted for earlier the study, practice, documentation, Sliužinskas, Study issues of SIMP but could not be ac‐ preservation, and dissemination of Group Vice Chair cepted because they missed the traditional music (songs, instrumental deadline could be resubmitted. The The Study Group on music, and dance) of all Slavic coun‐ publication should be published by Musics of the Slavic tries and peoples. The Study Group January/February 2016. World held its 1st will be open to all ICTM members, and Business Meeting during the 43rd will show interest not only in issues of 9. Adjournment. The business meet‐ ICTM World Conference in Astana, Slavic music, but also in the interaction ing finished after 72 minutes and the Kazakhstan. The following agenda was between Slavic and neighbouring non‐ sessions resumed. arranged for the meeting: (1) Mission Slavic traditions. It will advocate the The 20th Symposium encouraged a Statement and Organizational Plan; (2) use of ethnomusicological knowledge in number of participants to become Future activities (the 1st Symposium); influencing social interaction and the ICTM members and/or to renew their (3) Organization and communication course of cultural change. It will serve memberships. (introductions and mailing list); (4) as a forum for continuous cooperation Publications; (5) Elections; and (6) through scholarly meetings, projects, The Study Group thanks all partici‐ Other business. publications, and correspondence. The pants and organizers of the 20th Symp‐ Study Group will encourage both archi‐ osium, namely the Ministry of Informa‐ Mission Statement and val research and fieldwork, seeking tion, Culture and Tourism of Laos, the advantages from different methodo‐ National Library of Laos, the Cultural Organizational Plan logical approaches, and from using di‐ Office of the City Luang Prabang, the The following statements, approved by verse source materials (excavations, Royal Dance Theatre, the artist ICTM Executive Board on 30 April written chronicles, daily reports, let‐ Nithakhong Tiaoksomsanith and his 2015, were announced to the attendees: ters, treatises on music, transcriptions, performance group, the team of Villa sound recordings, iconographic Ban Lao, the many voluntary helpers Mission Statement. The main aims materials, films, etc.) that will contri‐ and all participants who travelled from of the ICTM Study Group on Musics of far away and who experienced the warmly welcoming hospitality of the people of Laos.

Some of the members of the ICTM Study Group on Musics of the Slavic World at the World Conference in Astana. From left to right: Rimantas Sliužinskas, Ulrich Morgenstern, Ivona Tatarchevska-Opetcheska, Olga Pashina, Teja Klobčar, Marziet Anzarokova, Alla Sokolova, Larry Francis Hilarian, Klaus Näumann, Elena Shishkina, Svanibor Pettan, Danka Lajić- Mihajlović, Velika Stojkova Serafimovska, Thede Kahl. Photo provided by Rimantas Sliužinskas.

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 129 — October 2015 — Page 50 REPORTS bute to the understanding of tradition‐ Elections about Slavic traditional music world‐ al music of the Slavic-speaking peoples. wide. Elections were held for a period of Organizational Plan. The Study three years. Elena Shishkina (Astra‐ At the suggestion of the Chair, after Group on Musics of the Slavic World khan, Russia) was elected Study Group the meeting the following themes for will organize an international sympo‐ Chair, Rimantas Sliužinskas (Klaipėda, the 1st Symposium were proposed by sium every two years in one country Lithuania) was elected Vice Chair, and Ulrich Morgenstern: (a) Anthropology with a majority Slavic population Ulrich Morgenstern (Vienna, Austria) of Music and Musical Folkloristics in (Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, was elected Secretary. Furthermore, the Slavic-speaking World: History of Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Teja Klobčar, Danka Lajić-Mihajlović, Ideas and Ideologies; (b) Dialogue Be‐ Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, and Klaus Näumann were elected liai‐ tween Slavic-speaking Scholarship and Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, sons with different parts of the world International Ethnomusicology: Con‐ Ukraine) or in other neighbouring where Slavic population is present. The ceptual and Terminological Issues; and countries. The proceedings from these six aforementioned individuals became (c) Perspectives and Methods of Com‐ Symposia will be published soon after‐ members of the Study Group’s Scienti‐ parative and Historical Research on wards according to the Guidelines on fic Committee, and it was agreed that Vocal and Instrumental Genres of Tra‐ ICTM Publications. Marija Filatova (Astrakhan, Russia) ditional Music of the Slavic‐speaking would become Assist‐ant to the Chair, World. Future activities and that Galina Kachor (Cherkasy, Three different offers were received to We share the hope to become an active Ukraine) would be Assistant to the and representative new ICTM Study host the 1st Study Group Symposium: Vice Chair in helping them with all Group in the future. All ICTM mem‐ in May or October 2016 in Ljubljana, Study Group activities. Slovenia (Svanibor Pettan), in Septem‐ bers are welcome to join us. ber 2016 in Astrakhan, Russia (Elena Other business Shishkina), and in May 2016 in Blagojevo, Bulgaria (Velika Stojkova The following ideas were discussed: (a) Serafimovska and Ivona Opetcheska the possibility of using Russian as a working international language toge‐ Tatarchevska). The final decision would be made in the near future, and ther with English in particular cases; (b) the importance of Slavic traditional the call for papers with possible themes would be subsequently announced. music research within the educational process; (c) the need to create a data‐ Organization and communication base of published scientific materials

Fifteen ICTM members from Austria, Croatia, Germany, Lithuania, Mace‐ From the ICTM Online Photo Gallery donia, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, and Slovenia introduced themselves and put their names for the mailing list. They all declared their interest to become members of the new ICTM Study Group.

Publications

It was agreed unanimously on the ne‐ cessity of publishing the proceedings of all Study Group Symposia in the fu‐ ture. Hopes to establish a new special periodical scientific journal were shared Workshop on Arabic Rhythms and Modes during the 41st ICTM World Conference. St. by all. John’s, Canada. 17 July 2011. Photo by Tsung-Te Tsai. Visit gallery.

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★ 9-13 Mar 2016: 21st Symposium of the ICTM ★ 13-16 Jul 2016: 9th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Historical Sources of Traditional Study Group on Music and Gender Music. Read more. Location: Bern, Switzerland Location: Paris, France Read more about the Symposium here Read more about the Symposium here ★ 31 Jul-6 Aug 2016: 4th Symposium of the ICTM ★ 4-7 Apr 2016: Annual Conference of the British Study Group on Performing Arts of Southeast Asia Forum for Ethnomusicology (UK ICTM National Location: Penang, Malaysia Committee) Read more about the Symposium here Location: Chatham, Kent, UK ★ 25-27 Aug 2016: 5th Symposium of the ICTM Read more about the Symposium here Study Group on Musics of East Asia ★ 21-23 Apr 2016: 5th Symposium of the ICTM Location: Taipei, Taiwan Study Group on Music of the Turkic-speaking World Read more about the Symposium here Location: Paris, France ★ Read more about the Symposium here 25-27 Aug 2016: 1st Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Audiovisual Ethnomusicology ★ 2-8 May 2016: 5th Symposium of the ICTM Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia Study Group on Music and Dance in Southeastern Read more about the Symposium here Europe ★ Location: Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria 5-9 Oct 2016: 5th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Applied Ethnomusicology Read more about the Symposium here Location: Cape Breton, Canada ★ 19-21 Mar 2016: 9th Symposium of the ICTM Read more about the Symposium here Study Group on Music and Dance of Oceania ★ 13-15 Oct 2016: 1st Symposium of the ICTM Location: Guam, USA Read more about the Symposium here Study Group on Musics of the Slavic World Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia ★ 21-26 Jun 2016: 1st Joint Symposium of the Read more about the Symposium here ICTM Study Group on Mediterranean Music Studies and the International Musicological Related organizations Society ★ 4-6 Dec 2015: IASPM ANZ Branch Conference Location: Naples, Italy 2015: Popular Music, Stars, and Stardom. Read more about the Symposium here Location: Canberra, Australia ★ 4-7 Jul 2016: 4th Symposium of the ICTM Study Read more about the conference here Group on Multipart Music ★ 17-20 Jun 2016: ISIC 12: Conference on Island Location: Singapore Music and Dance Read more about the Symposium here Location: Naha, Okinawa, Japan ★ 4-10 Jul 2016: 9th Symposium of the ICTM Read more about the conference here Study Group on Music and Minorities ★ 4-6 Mar 2016: Annual Meeting of the Society for Location: Britanny, France Ethnomusicology, Southeast and Caribbean Read more about the Symposium here Chapter ★ 9-16 Jul 2016: 29th Symposium of the ICTM Location: Trinidad and Tobago Study Group on Ethnochoreology Read more about the conference here Location: Retzhof Castle near Graz, Austria Read more about the Symposium here

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Proceedings of the 3rd Bengal. The author Korean Musical Instru‐ sheds light on margin‐ Symposium of the ICTM alized communities ments: A Practical Guide Study Group on Performing whose lives revolved Keith Howard. Seoul: Minsokwon, 2015. Arts of Southeast Asia around the artistic Hardback, 432 pp., colour plates, ill.. representation of English (with Korean terms and/or Mohd Anis Md Nor, ed. Denpasar: sounds of nature and references). ISBN: 9788928507818. To Institut Seni Indonesia, 2015. Paper‐ emphasizes on the purchase, contact the editor. back, 256 pp., ill., colour photos. ISBN need for posterity to know and 9786029164145. To purchase, contact The aim of this book reconnect with these. the editor. is to provide a hand‐ book useful to people This is a peer‐re‐ Ajamlar: An Anthology of who have a Korean viewed volume of the Pieces by Persian instrument, want to proceedings of the learn to play a hand‐ 3rd Symposium of Composers and Their ful of pieces on it, and the ICTM Study Contemporaries at the want to know how to tune and repair Group on Performing Ottoman Court from the it. The book focuses on the seven ins‐ Arts of Southeast truments basic to Korean ensembles: Asia, which took place in Denpasar, 16th and 17th Centuries the kŏmun’go, kayagŭm, haegŭm, Bali, Indonesia, in June 2015. The Arash Mohafez, compiler. Tehran: changgo, p’iri, tanso, and taegŭm. It is topics of the articles include “Intercul‐ Mahoor Institute of Culture and Art, primarily based on lessons, workshops, turalism and the Mobility of the Per‐ 2013. Double audio CD, liner notes in and interviews that the author took forming Arts”, “Sound, Movement, Farsi and English. To purchase, with leading Korean musicians, prima‐ Place: Choreomusicology of Humanly contact the author. rily in the years leading up to the first Organized Expression”, and “New Re‐ This album is an an‐ edition of this book in 1988, but also in search: Revitalizing and Conserving thology of outstanding the intervening years between then and Traditions”. musical pieces attri‐ now; this is a new, completely rewrit‐ buted to Persian mu‐ ten edition, expanded and updated A Historical Perception of sicians and composers with new chapters as well as new infor‐ Traditional Musical at the Ottoman court in Istanbul. The mation about each of the instruments Instruments for Younger recorded pieces on the CD are compos‐ it discusses. ed in various maqāms, often set to Generation complicated rhythm cycles of 14, 48, or Sayeem Rana. Chittagong: BITA, even 88 beats, and are ornamented in a 2013. Hardback, 221 pp., colour photos. a very systematic but rich style. The In English and Bengali. ISBN performances were reinterpreted into 9789893367303. USD 10. To purchase, current Persian classical music contact the author. aesthetics by means of musicological and historical documentation. This book aims to preserve and promote the cultural heritage of traditional musical instruments of

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Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 129 — October 2015 — Page 54 PUBLICATIONS analytical musicological perspective fed ing to maintaining, developing, and Themes and locations of the research by interdisciplinarity. It is a part of a sustaining samulnori into the future. discussed encompass all continents. project on elaborating a general musi‐ The authors present case studies en‐ cology of traditions. This volume in‐ Te Kauhiva Tokelau: compassing multiple places; other that cludes articles by Jean During, Nidaa Composing and discuss circumstances within a geopoli‐ Abou Mrad, Amer Didi, Nicolas Royer‐ tical unit, either near or far. Many of Artuso, Ahmad Hamadani, and Sasan Choreographing Cultural the authors consider marginalized peo‐ Fatemi. Sustainability ples and communities; others argue for participatory action research. All are This magazine, co-published by Les Candice Elanna Steiner. Honolulu: united in their interest in overarching Éditions de l’Université Antonine and University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 2015. themes such as conflict, education, Éditions Geuthner, is the result of close Paperback/Download. 152 pp., photos, archives, and the status of indigenous cooperation between the Université map, transcriptions. ISBN: 978‐069‐ peoples and immigrants. Antonine, the Université Paris Sor‐ 2442‐319. USD 20.55 (paperback), free bonne IV, and the Institute of Research (download). Purchase / Download. in Musicology. A snapshot in time with an eye to the SamulNori: Korean past of a school Percussion for a named “the future”, Contemporary World this book moves from Tokelau to the dias‐ Keith Howard. Farnham: Ashgate, pora, the classroom, 2015. Hardback, e-book (PDF and and the stage to understand the role of ePub). 230 pp., ill., music examples. Tokelauan pehe ma fātele (songs and ISBN: 9781472462893. GBP 54. dances) in the culture and language ef‐ Purchase. forts of Te Lumanaki o Tokelau i Ame‐ SamulNori is a per‐ lika, a Tokelau culture and language cussion quartet that school based in Central O‘ahu in has given rise to a Hawai‘i. genre, of the same name, that is ar‐ The Oxford Handbook of guably Korea’s most Applied Ethnomusicology successful “tradition‐ Svanibor Pettan and Jeff Todd Titon, al” music of recent times. Today, there eds. Oxford University Press USA, are dozens of amateur and professional 2015. Hardback. 864 pp. ISBN: samulnori groups. There is an abun‐ 9780199351701. GBP 97. Purchase. dance of workshops, festivals, and con‐ tests. Samulnori is taught in primary Applied ethnomusico‐ and middle schools, it is part of Korea’s logists has moved to‐ national education curriculum, it has wards participatory dedicated institutes, and there are a action research, in‐ number of workbooks designed to help volving themselves in wannabe “samulnorians”. This volume musical communities explores this vibrant percussion genre, and working directly charting its origins and development, on their behalf. The the formation of the canon of pieces, essays in the book, all newly commis‐ teaching and learning strategies, new sioned for the volume, reflect scholar‐ evolutions and current questions relat‐ ship and data gleaned from eleven countries by over twenty contributors.

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 129 — October 2015 — Page 55 GENERAL INFORMATION ICTM World Network

The ICTM World Network is composed of individuals (Liaison Officers) and representatives of organizations (National and Regional Committees). All act as links between the Council and the community of individuals and organizations involved with traditional music and dance in their country or region.

Afghanistan Brazil Cyprus Ahmad Naser Sarmast Deise Lucy Montardo Nefen Michaelides Liaison Officer Chair of National Committee Liaison Officer

Albania Bulgaria Czech Republic Ardian Ahmedaja Lozanka Peycheva Zuzana Jurková Liaison Officer Chair of National Committee Liaison Officer

Algeria Cameroon Denmark Maya Saidani Kisito Essele Eva Fock Liaison Officer Liaison Officer Chair of National Committee

Argentina Canada Ecuador Silvia Citro Judith Klassen María Gabriela López Yánez Liaison Officer Chair of National Committee Liaison Officer

Australia and New Cape Verde Egypt Zealand Mário Lúcio de Sousa Kristina Nelson Henry Johnson Liaison Officer Liaison Officer Chair of Regional Committee Chile Estonia Austria Jacob Rekedal Žanna Pärtlas Bernd Brabec de Mori Liaison Officer Liaison Officer Chair of National Committee China Ethiopia Azerbaijan Xiao Mei Timkehet Teffera Sanubar Bagirova Chair of National Committee Liaison Officer Liaison Officer Costa Rica Finland Bangladesh Susan Campos Fonseca Mikko Vanhasalo Sayeem Rana Liaison Officer Chair of National Committee Liaison Officer Côte d’Ivoire France Belgium Sié Hien Susanne Fürniss Anne Caufriez Liaison Officer Chair of National Committee Liaison Officer Croatia Georgia Bosnia and Tvrtko Zebec Joseph Jordania Herzegovina Chair of National Committee Liaison Officer Jasmina Talam Chair of National Committee Cuba Germany Laura Delia Vilar Álvarez Dorit Klebe Liaison Officer Chair of National Committee

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Ghana Kazakhstan Malta Daniel Avorgbedor Saule Utegalieva Philip Ciantar Liaison Officer Liaison Officer Liaison Officer

Greece Kenya Mexico Irene Loutzaki Charles Nyakiti Orawo Carlos Ruiz Rodriguez Liaison Officer Liaison Officer Liaison Officer

Guatemala Republic of Korea Mongolia Matthias Stöckli Sheen Dae-Cheol Otgonbayar Chuluunbaatar Liaison Officer Chair of National Committee Liaison Officer

Hungary Kuwait Montenegro János Sipos Lisa Urkevich Zlata Marjanović Chair of National Committee Liaison Officer Liaison Officer

Iceland Kyrgyzstan Morocco Guðrún Ingimundardóttir Munira Chudoba Lhoussain Simour Liaison Officer Liaison Officer Liaison Officer

India Laos Mozambique Shubha Chaudhuri Bountheng Souksavatd Luka Mukhavele Chair of National Committee Liaison Officer Liaison Officer

Indonesia Latvia The Netherlands Made Mantle Hood Anda Beitāne Evert Bisschop Boele Liaison Officer Liaison Officer Liaison Officer

Iran Lebanon Nigeria Mohammad Reza Azadehfar Nidaa Abou Mrad Richard C. Okafor Liaison Officer Liaison Officer Liaison Officer

Iraq Lithuania Norway Scheherazade Q. Hassan Rimantas Sliužinskas Bjørn Aksdal Liaison Officer Chair of National Committee Chair of National Committee

Ireland Macedonia Oman Daithí Kearney (FYROM) Nasser Al-Taee Chair of National Committee Velika Stojkova Serafimovska Liaison Officer Chair of National Committee Israel Papua New Guinea Essica Marks Madagascar Naomi Faik-Simet Liaison Officer Mireille Rakotomalala Liaison Officer Liaison Officer Italy Peru Ignazio Macchiarella Malawi Efraín Rozas Chair of National Committee Robert Chanunkha Liaison Officer Liaison Officer Japan Philippines Tsukahara Yasuko Malaysia José Buenconsejo Chair of National Committee Tan Sooi-Beng Liaison Officer Liaison Officer

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Poland Sudan United Arab Ewa Dahlig Mohammed Adam Sulaiman Emirates Chair of National Committee Abo-Albashar Virginia L. Danielson Liaison Officer Liaison Officer Portugal Salwa El-Shawan Castelo- Sweden United Kingdom Branco Ingrid Åkesson Keith Howard Chair of National Committee Chair of National Committee Chair of National Committee

Puerto Rico Switzerland United States of Mareia Quintero Rivera Marc-Antoine Camp America Liaison Officer Chair of National Committee Beverley Diamond Chair of National Committee Romania Taiwan Constantin Secară Tsai Tsung-Te Uruguay Liaison Officer Chair of Regional Committee Marita Fornaro Liaison Officer Russia Tajikistan Olga A. Pashina Faroghat Azizi Uzbekistan Liaison Officer Liaison Officer Alexander Djumaev Liaison Officer Serbia Tanzania Danka Lajić-Mihajlović Imani Sanga Vanuatu Chair of National Committee Liaison Officer Monika Stern Liaison Officer Singapore Thailand Joseph Peters Bussakorn Binson Venezuela Liaison Officer Liaison Officer Katrin Lengwinat Liaison Officer Slovakia Tunisia Bernard Garaj Anas Ghrab Vietnam Chair of National Committee Liaison Officer Phạm Minh Hương Chair of National Committee Slovenia Turkey Mojca Kovačič Arzu Öztürkmen Yemen Chair of National Committee Chair of National Committee Jean Lambert Liaison Officer South Africa Turkmenistan Alvin Petersen Shakhym Gullyev Zambia Liaison Officer Liaison Officer Mwesa I. Mapoma Liaison Officer Spain Uganda Enrique Cámara de Landa James Isabirye Zimbabwe Chair of National Committee Chair of National Committee Jerry Rutsate Liaison Officer Sri Lanka Ukraine Lasanthi Manaranjanie Olha Kolomyyets Kalinga Dona Liaison Officer Liaison Officer

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 129 — October 2015 — Page 58 GENERAL INFORMATION Study Groups

ICTM Study Groups are formed by ICTM members sharing a common area of scholarly study. Their general provisions are defined by the Memorandum on Study Groups, and may be further governed by their own bylaws.

Study Groups organize symposia and meetings, and publish their own works.

African Musics Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe Chair: Patricia A. Opondo Chair: Velika Stojkova Serafimovska

Applied Ethnomusicology Music and Dance of Oceania Chair: Klisala Harrison Chair: Brian Diettrich

Audiovisual Ethnomusicology Music and Gender Chair: Leonardo D’Amico Chair: Barbara L. Hampton

Ethnochoreology Music and Minorities Chair: Catherine E. Foley Chair: Ursula Hemetek

Historical Sources of Traditional Music Music in the Arab World Co-Chairs: Susanne Ziegler & Ingrid Åkesson Chair: Scheherazade Hassan

Iconography of the Performing Arts Music of the Turkic-speaking World Chair: Zdravko Blažeković Chair: Razia Sultanova

Maqām Musical Instruments Chair: Alexander Djumaev Chair: Gisa Jähnichen

Mediterranean Music Studies Musics of East Asia Chair: Ruth Davis Chair: Terauchi Naoko

Multipart Music Musics of the Slavic World Chair: Ardian Ahmedaja Chair: Elena Shishkina

Music Archaeology Performing Arts of Southeast Asia Chair: Arnd Adje Both Chair: Patricia Matusky

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 129 — October 2015 — Page 59 GENERAL INFORMATION Executive Board

The Executive Board consists of a President, two Vice Presidents, and nine Ordinary Members elected by the Council’s membership. The Executive Board may additionally co-opt up to three Ordinary Members.

Salwa El-Shawan Castelo-Branco Don Niles Razia Sultanova Portugal Papua New Guinea UK President (2013-2017) Vice President (2013-2017) Vice President (2015-2019)

Samuel Araújo, Jr. Naila Ceribašić Catherine E. Foley Marie Agatha Ozah Brazil Croatia Ireland Nigeria/USA EB Member (2011-2017) EB Member (2011-2017) EB Member (2015-2017) EB Member (2015-2017)

Jonathan P.J. Stock Kati Szego Tan Sooi Beng Terada Yoshitaka UK/Ireland Canada Malaysia (寺⽥ 吉孝) EB Member (2013-2019) EB Member (2011-2017) EB Member (2015-2021) Japan EB Member (2013-2019)

Trần Quang Hải J. Lawrence Witzleben Xiao Mei (萧梅) France USA China EB Member (2011-2017) EB Member (2015-2021) EB Member (2013-2019)

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The Secretariat is the body responsible for the day-to-day operations of ICTM, and is the main channel of communication between the Council’s Contact information governing body—the Executive Board—and its members, subscribers, International Council for partners, and affiliates. Traditional Music The Secretariat comprises the Secretary General and the Executive Assistant, who are both appointed by the Executive Board for an initial Department of Musicology period of four years. The current Secretariat has been based at the Faculty of Arts University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, since July 2011, with Svanibor Pettan as University of Ljubljana Secretary General and Carlos Yoder as Executive Assistant. Aškerčeva 2 1000 Ljubljana Slovenia

Phone: +1 410 501 5559 E-mail: [email protected] Skype: ictmslovenia Website: www.ictmusic.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/ictmusic Flickr group: Svanibor Pettan Carlos Yoder www.flickr.com/groups/ictmusic Secretary General Executive Assistant Slovenia Argentina/Slovenia

The University of Ljubljana, host institution of the current ICTM Secretariat.

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 129 — October 2015 — Page 61 GENERAL INFORMATION Membership Information

The International Council for Traditional Music is a (***) Available only to applicants retired from full time scholarly organization which aims to further the study, work who have been members of the ICTM for at least five practice, documentation, preservation, and dissemination of years. traditional music and dance of all countries. To these ends the Council organizes World Conferences, Symposia, and Memberships for organizations Colloquia, and publishes the Yearbook for Traditional Corporate Memberships are available to institutions, Music and the online Bulletin of the ICTM. libraries, regional scholarly societies, radio-television As a non-governmental organization in formal consultative organizations, and other corporate bodies. Corporate relations with UNESCO and by means of its wide Members are able to choose the number of individuals they international representation and the activities of its Study would like to attach to their Corporate Membership (a Groups, the International Council for Traditional Music minimum of four). These “Corporate Related Members” acts as a bond among peoples of different cultures and thus enjoy the same benefits as full Ordinary Members, i.e., contributes to the peace of humankind. participation in the Council’s activities, voting in elections, receipt of publications, and access premium website Membership content. All ICTM memberships run from 1 January to 31 Institutional Subscriptions to the Yearbook for December, except for Life and Joint Life Memberships (see Traditional Music are available in electronic-only, below). print-only, and print+electronic formats. Please visit this page for more information. Members in good standing are entitled to:

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Memberships for individuals Payment methods ✴ Ordinary Membership: EUR 60.00 Remittance payable to the ICTM Secretariat is preferred in ✴ Joint Ordinary Membership (*): EUR 90.00 euros via Electronic Funds Transfer (aka bank transfer, ✴ Student Membership (**): EUR 40.00 giro, wire transfer, or SEPA/UPO order). Other currencies and payment methods are accepted (major credit and debit ✴ Emeritus Membership (***): EUR 40.00 cards, PayPal, cheques), but additional charges may apply. ✴ Life Membership: EUR 1,200.00 For any questions regarding memberships, please write to ✴ Joint Life Membership (*): EUR 1,500.00 [email protected]. (*) Joint Memberships are available for spouses who both wish to join. They receive only one set of ICTM publications, but otherwise enjoy all the other privileges and responsibilities of Ordinary Members.

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Yearbook for Traditional Music Bulletin of the ICTM The Yearbook for Traditional Music is a refereed scholarly The Bulletin of the International Council for Traditional journal which carries essays, reviews, and reports in the area Music carries news from the world of traditional music and of traditional music and dance research. dance, a calendar of upcoming events, and reports from ICTM Study Groups and ICTM National and Regional ISSN (Print): 0740-1558 Representatives. ISSN (Online): 2304-3857 ISSN (Online): 2304-4039 General Editor: Kati Szego. Editor: Carlos Yoder. The Yearbook was established in 1949 as the Journal of the International Folk Music Council. It is published in English The Bulletin of the ICTM was established in 1948 as the every November. All ICTM members and institutional Bulletin of the International Folk Music Council. Until its subscribers in good standing receive a copy of the Yearbook April 2011 issue (Vol. 118), the Bulletin was printed and via priority air mail. posted to all members and subscribers. Starting with its October 2011 issue (Vol. 119), the Bulletin became an The 2015 issue the Yearbook (Vol. 47), will be published next electronic-only publication. month, in November 2015. The Bulletin of the ICTM is made available through the ICTM’s website in January, April, and October each year. It can be downloaded free of charge, and all are encouraged to redistribute it according to the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 Unported License, which protects it.

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Online Membership Directory The Online Membership Directory is a rich, comprehensive, and secure repository of information about the Council’s constituency, and a powerful research tool for members. It is available to ICTM members in good standing at the following address: www.ictmusic.org/online-membership-directory.

For more information about submissions to the Yearbook, and how to get back issues (both in print and electronic form), please visit the Yearbook’s home page.

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