BULLETIN

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INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL for TRADITIONAL MUSIC

ICNo. T135, October 2017M ISSN (Online): 2304-4039

CONTENTS Secretariat and Executive Board Representatives; Study Group on Applied Reports from ICTM Study Groups: Ethnomusicology: Symposium; Study Multipart Music; Music and Dance of Message from the Secretary General. Mes‐ Group on Audiovisual Ethnomusicology: Oceania; Music and Minorities; Music sage from the President; ICTM Students Symposium; Study Group on Ethnochoreo‐ Archaeology; Musical Instruments; and Early Career Researchers Group logy: Symposium; Study Group on Historic‐ Performing Arts of Southeast Asia. Pages 2–6 al Sources of Traditional Music: Sympo‐ Pages 47–52 sium; Study Group on Iconography of the In Memoriam Performing Arts: Symposium; Study Group Other Reports: 2nd ICTM Forum; Music, Dimitris Themelis (1931-2017) on Mediterranean Music Studies: Sympo‐ Education, and Social Inclusion (Study‐ sium; Study Group on Music and Dance in Group‐in‐the‐making). Page 7 Southeastern Europe: Symposium; Study Pages 53–54 Group on Music and Minorities and Study 45th ICTM World Conference (2019) Group on Music and Gender: Joint Sympo‐ Calendar of Events First Notice sium; Study Group on Musics of East Asia: Symposium; Study Group on Musics of the Page 55 Pages 8–9 Slavic World: Symposium; Study Group on Featured Publications by ICTM 44th ICTM World Conference (2017) Performing Arts of Southeast Asia: Symposium Members Local Arrangements Committee Report. Pages 15–17 A Distinctive Voice in the Antipodes; Programme Committee Report. Report European Voices III; Historical Sources of from a Conference Volunteer. Minutes of Reports Ethnomusicology in Contemporary Debate; the 43rd General Assembly. Minutes of Performing Sexual Identities: Nationalities Reports from ICTM National and Regional 14th Assembly of ICTM National and on the Eurovision Stage Regional Representatives. Minutes of 2nd Representatives: Bhutan; Finland; France; Assembly of Study Group Chairs. Georgia; Ghana; Iran; Malaysia; Mexico; Page 56 Nigeria; Norway; Palau; Peru; Philippines; Pages 10–14 Puerto Rico; Serbia; Singapore; Slovakia; General Information Announcements South Africa; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; ICTM World Network; Study Groups; Uruguay; Venezuela. Executive Board, Secretariat, Membership 25th ICTM Colloquium; 3rd ICTM Forum; Information; Publications by ICTM. Minority Sounds in National Contexts as Pages 18–46 Seen by ICTM National and Regional Pages 57–64

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Message from the lated its protest in a quite impressive membership that had been perhaps way: part of the Executive Board under‐represented so far: students and Secretary General stepped down for the duration of the early stage researchers. Opening Ceremony, leaving the room by Ursula Hemetek My second point is democracy and as soon as Waldheim started his transparency. The Council has not In my first contribution speech. Part of the audience also left always been organized as democratical‐ to the Bulletin of the the room, myself included. Later during ly as it is now. The Council is an inter‐ ICTM as Secretary the conference, the Austrian members national non-governmental organization General I would like to dissolved the National Committee and governed by a body—the Executive introduce my ideas for installed a Liaison Officer, what seemed Board—that comprises members from the Council in this new capacity, and to be the only solution to achieve more all over the world who are in turn also to highlight some of the Bulletin’s transparency. The National Committee elected democratically by the member‐ contents. was revived in 2004 with Gerlinde Haid ship. This ICTM membership is indeed as its first Chair, but that is another In the past three months I have experi‐ an amazing body, not only due to its story. enced that being Secretary General of number but most of all because of its ICTM is both a great responsibility As incoming Secretary General I con‐ diversity. I do not only mean ethnic or and a heavy weight on my shoulders. vey this story as a kind of metaphor for regional diversity, but that which is However, I am still happy and greatly what I see as my personal focus for the most inspiring for me: the diversity of honoured to serve, by the way, as the next four years. On the one hand—and approaches in the study of music and first female Secretary General in 50 this has to do with my age of course— dance. In my long-standing engagement years. Besides handling all the day‐to‐ historical awareness seems to be so with ICTM I have learned so much day operations of ICTM, I envision important. I think the previous Secre‐ from many different voices heard at three main points that are important in tary General and Executive Board have meetings. The only way to make such my interpretation of the function of done a great job in providing us with diversity fruitful is with an attitude of Secretary General: historical aware‐ many available documents concerning mutual respect, something I have ness, democracy and transparency, the history of our organization. experienced in ICTM for many years; and political engagement. However, historical awareness means respect for new ideas (which very often During the Limerick World Conference more than that; it also includes the but not always come from early stage many different histories and narratives researchers), respect for different we learned a lot about the history of ICTM, and I have been a witness to it of our discipline in all regions and approaches to the study of music and nations, whether it is called dance (due to different research tradi‐ for almost 40 years. I remember very well the “scandalous” World Confer‐ ethnomusicology, folk music research, tions), and respect for different ence in Schladming, Austria, in 1989. comparative musicology, cultural personalities. I appreciate the great anthropology of music, or some other wealth of all these different voices in For me it was not only a kind of scholarly initiation but also a lecture in designation. And it means the critical the membership and I will do my best reflection of these histories. to make as many of them as possible international NGO politics: without heard, by means of political participa‐ involving the Austrian ICTM members The Limerick World Conference was an tion within ICTM, as far as this will be in any way, the local organizer decided impressive demonstration of the fact in my capacity. to invite the President of the Republic that looking critically at the history of of Austria, Kurt Waldheim, for the an organization is the basis for its fu‐ In fact, we have started this process Opening Ceremony. Waldheim was at ture development. So I consider myself already. On page 6 you will find a the time placed on many blacklists and lucky to step in just at this point in the notice from a new body within the internationally ostracized because of his history of the ICTM. There are exten‐ Council, the ICTM Students and activities during the Nazi regime. I had sive reports on that event in this issue Early Career Researchers. I see this privately taken part in national of the Bulletin, including for the first as an initial step towards increased vi‐ protests against Waldheim before, but time a report by a conference volun‐ sibility and representation of this most now I found myself within an interna‐ teer, which is important because it important group of ICTM members. tional body—the ICTM—that articu‐ gives a voice to a section of the

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In connection with Study Groups I want to thank Barbara Barnard Smith for her generosity in supporting ICTM again, with a new grant that will fund the Music and Dance of Oceania Tra‐ vel Award (see page 48). Also in direct connection with this Study Group is one of the publications featured on page 56: A Distinctive Voice in the Antipodes: Essays in Honour of Stephen A. Wild (edited by Kirsty Gillespie, Sally Treloyn, and Don Niles). Stephen has served ICTM in various capacities over a very long time. The 1995 ICTM World Confer‐ ence that he organized is unforgettable Svanibor Pettan, Salwa El Shawan Castelo-Branco, Christian Meyer (Vice Rector for all who attended it. He served as of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna), Ursula Hemetek, Ulrike both Vice President and Secretary Sych (Rector of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna), Anthony General of ICTM, but most of all Seeger. Vienna, Austria. September 2017. Photo by Cornelius Holzer. Stephen is a greatly appreciated scholar, and a wonderful person. Furthermore, we have made available (starting on page 18) is one means to Congratulations, Stephen! online the minutes of the two most re‐ do so. In this issue you will find re‐ cent General Assemblies, Assemblies of ports from National and Regional Com‐ Likewise I want to thank outgoing National and Regional Representatives, mittees that had long been silent. I Executive Board members Samuel and Assembly of Study Group Chairs. appreciate their reappearance in the Araújo and Kati Szego. Samuel served multifaceted choir of diverse voices as the Executive Board’s liaison to The first section of the Bulletin has that is the ICTM World Network. I Latin America. Miguel A. García, also been renamed, from “From the would also want to warmly welcome whom I welcome, was co-opted into the Secretariat” to “Secretariat and Execu‐ the following new representatives: the Executive Board earlier this year, and tive Board”, to include messages from new Liaison Officers for Malaysia will succeed Samuel in that capacity. members of the Council’s governing (Clare Suet Ching Chan) and Tonga In addition to being an Executive body. This is not merely a representa‐ (Adrienne L. Kaeppler), and the new Board member since 2009, Kati has tional issue, but also a move towards Chairs of National Committees for been General Editor of the Yearbook establishing a more direct communica‐ Brazil (Suzel Ana Reily) and Japan since 2014, and I thank her for her tion channel between the Executive (Endō Tōru). dedicated and very professional work Board and the membership, thus over the years. Kati has also managed achieving higher levels of transparency. Study Groups are one of the most to give our flagship publication a new On pages 5–6 you will find a message vibrant bodies of ICTM, and as such outward appearance, which you can see from our President, Salwa El-Shawan their activities are reflected in this on page 64. Castelo-Branco, where she explains issue’s numerous announcements and some of the structures of the Executive reports. Some Study Groups have held I also welcome the new General Editor Board, recent decisions, and visions for elections: a warm welcome to all newly‐ of the Yearbook, Lee Tong Soon. He the future. elected officials! There are currently 21 will assume his responsibility with the recognized ICTM Study Groups, plus 2018 volume, which will feature articles The Bulletin, as one of ICTM’s publi‐ three emerging ones. I think this is dedicated to the themes of the Limer‐ cations, should serve the membership proof of the success of having smaller ick World Conference (please send your not only in terms of information and units under the general ICTM submissions to [email protected] networking, but also in terms of umbrella. by 1 January 2018). Finally, Bussakorn representation. The Reports section Binson was also co-opted to the Exec‐

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 135 — October 2017 — Page 3 SECRETARIAT AND EXECUTIVE BOARD utive Board in her capacity as Co‐ direct effect on Austrian ethnomusico‐ Performing Arts Vienna hosted on 28– Chair of the Local Arrangements Com‐ logy, as we—the Austrian members of 30 September 2017 an international mittee of the next World Conference, ICTM—dismissed those responsible for symposium titled “Musics Matter! to be held in Bangkok in July 2019. the scandal. Without that democratic Ethnomusicology and Its Socio-political This Bulletin includes the First Notice act, the development of the discipline Relevance Today”, to celebrate the for that event, and I want to thank the in Austria would have probably been transfer of the Secretariat from Local Arrangements Committee for quite different, and neither a World Ljubljana to Vienna. We invited having started their work already. The Conference in 2007 nor the seat of the scholars who represent this agenda as Secretariat is in constant contact with Secretariat in 2017 would have been well as the diversity of ICTM as the LAC about any details that may located in Vienna. mentioned above. The programme was arise. The Programme Committee has constructed around relevant discourses On the other hand, the discipline itself prepared, in consultation with the on the topic. seems to be of socio-political relevance. Executive Board, five challenging My own history in the ICTM is very Anthony Seeger’s keynote address was themes for the conference, announced much connected to research on minori‐ intended to give an introduction and on pages 8–9. Therefore, everything ties, which inevitably has a socio‐politi‐ explore to what extent music itself and seems to be on a very good path, and cal component, as we define minorities the study of music matters. An impor‐ we are already looking forward to as groups of people who are faced with tant field connected to political rele‐ seeing each other in Bangkok. a “dominant” group. Together with vance is heritage, either in connection In the end I want to get back to my Svanibor Pettan I founded the Study with UNESCO or with archives. The visions and raise a third point: Group on Music and Minorities in ontologies of indigenous groups and political engagement. 1997—now 20 years ago—which has their relevance in knowledge produc‐ been growing and flourishing ever since. tion were discussed in ethnomusicology My anecdote at the beginning of this In my research on minorities as well as nowadays, as well as the possibilities of message had much to do with political from the discussions in our Study decolonizing the discipline. Two papers involvement. I know about the hard‐ Group with members from all over the from ethnochoreology explored dance ships of political engagement in inter‐ world, I learned about the socio‐politi‐ from the gender perspective and within national bodies due to necessary diplo‐ cal relevance that ethnomusicology and post‐socialist political structures. matic considerations. The resignation ethnochoreology can have. To stress of the Executive Board in Schladming Several papers discussed different this capacity, the Department of Folk was a courageous political act with a approaches from applied ethnomusico‐ Music Research and Ethnomusicology strong political message. And from my logy dealing with social justice, partici‐ at the University of Music and perspective as an eyewitness, it had a patory dialogical practice, and the

Participants of the symposium “Musics Matter! Ethnomusicology and its Socio-political Relevance Today”. Vienna, Austria. September 2017. Photo by Cornelius Holzer.

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 135 — October 2017 — Page 4 SECRETARIAT AND EXECUTIVE BOARD socio‐political relevance of performance. Message from the the proposed new Statutes to replace The study of forced migration and reli‐ the current Rules. In 2015, the Exec‐ gion, also discussed during the sympo‐ President utive Board appointed a special com‐ sium, should be seen as comprehensive by Salwa El-Shawan mittee for the Revision of the Statutes, topics for future research. Finally, we Castelo-Branco Memoranda, Guidelines, and Termino‐ discussed activism and politics in aca‐ logy, to draft new Statutes that would demia. The programme mirrored influ‐ I begin this new column replace the outdated Rules that govern ential discourses of ethnomusicology in the Bulletin by the Council. The proposed new today, which will definitely shape the extending a warm Statutes were thoroughly discussed and future development of the discipline. welcome to our new revised by the whole Executive Board, Secretary General, Ursula Hemetek, ensuring that they corresponded to the The University of Music and Perform‐ who was appointed by the Executive workings of the Council and its future ing Arts Vienna, the host institution of Board at the recommendation of a projection as a modern international the Secretariat, has shown great sup‐ special‐purpose committee consisting of scholarly society. A proposal to port for the Council. The Rector of the Anthony Seeger, Stephen Wild, and approve them was circulated to the University, Ulrike Sych, attended the myself. Both professor at and director membership twice, once on 15 May Limerick World Conference and deli‐ of the Department of Folk Music 2017 and again two days before the vered the opening address of this Research and Ethnomusicology at the General Assembly. The majority of the symposium as well. The diverse musical University of Music and Performing members present at the General voices of the world seem to have Arts Vienna, Ursula is a prominent Assembly approved the new Statutes. cemented their place at one of the scholar well‐known for her pioneering According to the current Rules by world’s leading centres for teaching work on music and minorities in which we are still bound, an electronic Western Art Music! Austria and elsewhere in Europe. An ballot was then sent out to all members Being Secretary General is a great active member of ICTM since 1989, she in good standing for the Statutes’ rati‐ responsibility. As defined by the was co-founder of the Study Group on fication. If you have not already done Statutes that are in the final stages of Music and Minorities, which she chair‐ so, please cast your vote to ratify the adoption by the Council, it is an office ed from 1997 to 2017, and a member of new Statutes before by 11 December of service, and I will serve the the Executive Board of ICTM from 2017. Your participation in this and Executive Board, which was elected by 2005 to 2013. Ursula organized other important decisions that affect the membership, and I am very happy numerous Study Group symposia and the Council’s future is crucial. I would for the fruitful cooperation with co‐organized the 39th World Confer‐ like to take this opportunity to warmly Executive Board members so far. I am ence in Vienna in 2007. The Executive thank the Committee that worked on also keenly aware that the Secretariat Board is delighted to entrust Ursula the revision of the Statutes, the Exec‐ has to serve the membership, because Hemetek with the management of the utive Group, and the Executive Board ICTM is its members! Therefore I Council and the shaping of its future in for many months of hard work that would like to encourage you to send us collaboration with the Executive Board resulted in the proposed new Statutes. whatever questions or concerns that and the membership. This Committee is only one of more might help to improve our work. Let me also take this opportunity to than a dozen committees appointed by Together with Carlos Yoder I will do thank Svanibor Pettan for his excellent the Executive Board to carry out my best, but without the support of work as Secretary General between specific tasks, namely: the membership we will not succeed. 2011 and 2017. I reiterate the gratitude ✴ I expressed last July, together with the 70th Anniversary of ICTM: Don Executive Board and membership, at Niles (Chair), Mohd Anis Md Nor, the General Assembly during the 44th Salwa El-Shawan Castelo-Branco, ICTM World Conference. Naila Ceribašić, Catherine Foley, Ursula Hemetek, Svanibor Pettan, The year 2017 was marked by many Anthony Seeger, Razia Sultanova, other developments that will positively Carlos Yoder affect the Council’s future, among them

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✴ Bulletin: Don Niles (Chair), Ursula ✴ Publication of Yearbook through a would like to safeguard the collegial Hemetek, Carlos Yoder commercial publisher: Jonathan and inclusive spirit that the Council

✴ Colloquia: Terada Yoshitaka (Chair), Stock (Chair), Ursula Hemetek, Lee has nurtured over the years. The Salwa El-Shawan Castelo-Branco, Tong Soon, Don Niles, Carlos Yoder Executive Board felt that the public Marcia Ostashewski, Jonathan Stock ✴ Publications: Svanibor Pettan announcement of election results might put our colleagues who were not ✴ Ethics: Jonathan Stock (Chair), (Chair), Don Niles, Kendra elected in an awkward or Anthony Seeger, Razia Sultanova, Stepputat, Jonathan Stock, J. uncomfortable situation. Muriel Swijghuisen-Reigersberg Lawrence Witzleben ✴ ✴ ICTM Archive: Salwa El-Shawan Revision of the ICTM Statutes, The Council’s Executive Board and Castelo-Branco (Chair), Naila Memoranda, Guidelines, and Secretariat strive to serve the Ceribašić, Ursula Hemetek, Jeanette Terminology: Salwa El-Shawan membership as best as they can. We Mollenhauer, Don Niles, Anthony Castelo-Branco (Chair), Naila aim to ensure the efficient, transparent, Seeger, Carlos Yoder Ceribašić, Ursula Hemetek, Don and democratic function‐ing of our Niles, Marie Agatha Ozah, Anthony international society. We are also ✴ Internet Presence: Don Niles (Chair), Seeger, Razia Sultanova committed to deepen our under‐ J. Lawrence Witzleben, Carlos Yoder ✴ Study Groups: Don Niles (Chair), standing of the Council’s history and to ✴ Liaison with National and Naila Ceribašić, Ursula Hemetek, continue bringing together scholars and International Organizations: Salwa Svanibor Pettan, J. Lawrence practitioners, activists and policy El-Shawan Castelo-Branco (Chair), Witzleben makers in pursuit of human rights, and Ursula Hemetek, Svanibor Pettan the sustainability of music and dance ✴ UNESCO: Naila Ceribašić (Chair), ✴ Maud Karpeles, Young Scholars, and throughout the world. Salwa El-Shawan Castelo-Branco, Other Funds: Marie Agatha Ozah Marie Agatha Ozah, Svanibor Pettan (Chair), Ursula Hemetek, Don Niles ICTM Students and Early The Executive Board made other ✴ Named Prizes: J. Lawrence important decisions during its meeting Career Researchers Witzleben (Chair), Ursula Hemetek, following the Limerick World Confer‐ Razia Sultanova, Kati Szego Group ence. I am particularly pleased with the ✴ Online Publication Series: Don Niles recognition of the new Students and A new mailing list (aka listserv) has (Chair), Beverley Diamond, Stephen Early Career Researchers Group, and been created for the purpose of Wild, J. Lawrence Witzleben, Carlos would like to take this opportunity to discussing issues relating to current Yoder extend a warm welcome to all its ICTM members who are students or ✴ Outreach with Africa: Marie Agatha members. who have recently been students. Ozah (Chair), Susanne Fürniss In order to assure utmost transparency, This listserv, SECR-L (“Students and ✴ Outreach with Central Asia: Razia the Executive Board decided to out‐ Early Career Researchers”), will be Sultanova (Chair), Saida source the handling of future Council’s used over the coming months to discuss Yelemanova. elections. After much debate, the the establishment of a formal student ✴ Outreach with Latin America: Executive Board also decided not to (and recent student) organization Miguel A. García (Chair), Samuel disclose the number of votes received within ICTM, among other related Araújo, María Gabriela López Yánez, by candidates running for office, to issues. If you are interested in these Suzel Reily. have the Convener of the Nomination issues you can subscribe to this listserv by sending a message to ✴ Outreach with Middle East: Salwa Committee communicate privately to each candidate how many votes they El-Shawan Castelo-Branco (Chair) [email protected] with the received and, if a candidate requests it, ✴ Outreach with Museums & Archives: word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line. to disclose the number of votes by Terada Yoshitaka (Chair), Gerda which the candidate was not elected. Lechleitner, Hsin-chun Tasaw Lu, The Executive Board aims to govern Dan Lundberg, Xiao Mei ICTM as democratically and transpar‐ ently as possible. At the same time, we

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Dimitris Themelis different ways, his most important achievement was the incorporation of (1931-2017) these different musical cultures into one by Athena Katsanevaki personality, in a special combination of aesthetics and emotions that enabled Dimitris Themelis was born in him to develop his own special style of Thessaloniki, Greece, in 1931, the son music—and way of life—that combined of poet George Themelis. He studied both cultures in different creative ways. violin and music theory at the State Conservatory of Thessaloniki, where he Themelis felt this “dual nature” to be his own special trait. He would would later teach, and eventually Dimitris Themelis. Photo provided by frequently relate his experiences on his become its director. Themelis studied Athena Katsanevaki in Munich, where he was deeply island during his youth and his influenced by Thrasibulos Georgiades. isolation there during World War II, Themelis contributed a great deal to He was also a professor and later an and he would always remind us that he the history of Greek traditional music. emeritus professor at the Department was a lyra player first and a violinist One might mention his research on the of Music Studies of the Aristotle second. As Kiki Alatzoglou Themeli obscure nature of the “Romeika” dance University of Thessaloniki. writes in her introduction to Themelis’s in the narratives of many travellers, autobiography My Fatal Journey to and his final conclusion relating it to Themelis was one of the first to Ikaria and My Return, one can see that the most important and characteristic support the introduction of music he could serve both lives: he was a man dance of Greece, the “Syrtos”. Another studies into academia in Greece, and that could both graze animals on contribution was his research on the his concerns about Greek traditional Ikaria’s rocky slopes and participate in instrument kanonaki; demonstrating its music ran deep due to his origins in the highly-specialized scientific seminars, relationship with the ancient island of Ikaria and his performing teaching about the history of music, Pythagorean kanon, its travel to the achievements on the Ikarian lyra. He composing symphonies, or playing the Arab countries, and its return to was a distinguished composer and Ikarian lyra and violin for his friends Greece as an “anti-borrowing” in the musicologist, an eminent researcher of during “Musizieren” gatherings at form of the contemporary kanonaki. ancient Greek music, and also served as home in Trilofo, a village outside His research on ancient Greek music ICTM Liaison Officer for Greece from Thessaloniki. was long lasting, in part due to his 1995 to 2002. In his life, Themelis never allowed to relationship with archaeology via his This short note does not aim to present be manipulated by anyone or by any brother Petros, a renowned a detailed biography of Themelis kind of circumstance. His will for archaeologist. (something already available in several freedom was depicted perfectly by his Themelis lost his beloved wife Lida in publications, including his personal explosive character, which many 2006. He continued to be a father for website), but to focus on his various misunderstood but those that knew his son George and his family. abilities and multidimensional him best really enjoyed and considered personality, and to encourage those it a most healthy reaction to life. He suffered from several heart attacks, who still believe in the human However, he would always succeed in but he never stopped creating. On possibility of bi-musicality, well known bringing academics and non-academics Saturday, 10 June, he was once again in ethnomusicology and supported by together, thus keeping balances and checked into the hospital, and our its most distinguished representatives. promoting collaboration in our beloved teacher passed away on the following morning, 11 June 2017. Dimitris Themelis was an excellent competitive academic world. combination of two musical worlds: the His personality could be a case study May he rest in peace and in freedom! western European tradition and Greek for ethnomusicological fieldwork! But An interview with Dimitris Themelis traditional music, especially as for us his students, and for many of his (in Greek with English subtitles) is experienced in his native island of friends his passing is a loss that can available online. Ikaria. While he never ceased to be never be filled. active in these two traditions in

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 135 — October 2017 — Page 7 IN MEMORIAM 45th ICTM World Conference 11–17 July 2019 Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

First Notice

You are cordially invited to attend the 45th ICTM World Conference which will be held between 11 and 17 July 2019 at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand.

The ICTM World Conference is the leading international venue for the presentation of new research on music and dance. Many new initiatives emerge at World Conferences and, perhaps even more crucially, discussion at these meetings helps us shape our ongoing work. A successful World Chulalongkorn University, the venue of the 45th ICTM World Conference. Photo Conference is a truly stimulating place by Chulalongkorn University. to be, and a wonderful place to meet and share ideas with colleagues from all Local Arrangements Committee Conference Themes over the world. Bundhit Eua-Arporn, President of 1. Transborder Flows and The conference's Call for Papers will be Chulalongkorn University (Director) Movements published with the January 2018 issue Bussakorn Binson, Dean of Faculty of Migration is and has been a widespread of the Bulletin of the ICTM. Fine and Applied Arts (Co-Chair) experience in many regions of the Pirongrong Ramasoota, Vice President Programme Committee world. The borders that migrants cross of Chulalongkorn University include those within as well as between Tan Sooi Beng (Co-Chair) (Co-Chair) nations. The reasons for the mobility Keith Howard (Co-Chair) Pornprapit Phoasavadi (Vice Chair) include trade, warfare, service to Ricardo Trimillos Santi Chantavilasvong empires, religious quests, education, Susanne Fürniss Kjell Skyllstad environmental degradation, search for a Dan Bendrups Kumkom Pornprasit better life, and urbanization. Migration Naoko Terauchi Pataravawdee Puchadapirom allows cultures, religious practices, Irene Loutzaki Pattara Khomkum ideas and institutions to flow and travel within or across continents. How Deise Lucy Montardo Wichase Khonsue do mobile people make sense of their Made Mantle Hood Kunchit Jitratan encounters with others? How do John Morgan O’Connell Paphutsorn Wongrattanapitak non-migrants make sense of their new Ursula Hemetek (ex-officio) (Secretary) neighbours? What are the outcomes of Bussakorn Binson (ex-officio) these interactions? Through their music and dance, how do mobile people negotiate the power of nation states?

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2. Music, Dance, and studies of cognition and embodiment, Sustainable Development the use of linguistic, psychological, and Music, dance, and other performing psychotherapeutic methodologies, as arts are essential to the economic, well as fine-grained, detailed social, and environmental dimensions of ethnography. sustainable development. How can 5. Approaches to Practice- music and dance strengthen social Based Research and its cohesion, inclusion, and gender Applications equality? How can music and dance The distance between scholarship and help communities navigate the performance is narrowing as increasing challenges of global culture and numbers of ethnomusicologists and technology on one hand, and ethnochoreologists perform the music biodiversity and ecological change on and dance that they study, as they the other? How can researchers engage teach performance, and as performers communities to sustain their own take on academic research. endangered cultural traditions, and Performance also features in a wide what role should UNESCO and other range of applied music and dance international organizations take? research, while composers, dance 3. The Globalization and creators, DJs, curators, film-makers Localization of and those who record and document Ethnomusicology and can also be considered practitioners. Ethnochoreology What are the challenges, advantages, Working together means valuing and benefits of practice-based research different traditions of scholarship, and and/or in applied research involving balancing academic traditions from the performance? How are asymmetries of Global South as well as the Global power enacted and resolved in North. Do our own experiences confirm practice-based research that includes this claim? Within our globalized performance? In addressing this theme, world, what methodologies are being we particularly encourage submissions explored to develop cross-cultural that consider the many and varied collaborations? How does our academic ways in which performance can be research benefit the communities we included within academic study? What ethnomusicology and presentations. ethnochoreology paradigms have 6. New Research developed outside “the West”, and how can the insights these give help us We invite submissions that fall within build stronger global disciplines? the broad area of “new research”.

4. Music and Dance as Timeline Expressive Communication ✴ First call for proposals: January 2018

This theme seeks contributions that ✴ Second call for proposals: April 2018 explore music and dance as language, ✴ Deadline for submission of proposals: as speech surrogacy, as therapy, and as September 2018 the carriers of cultural knowledge, experience and/or history. There are ✴ Notification of acceptances: many approaches that may be taken in December 2018 these explorations, and we anticipate contributions will include one or more of the following: formal analysis,

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 135 — October 2017 — Page 9 WORLD CONFERENCES 44th ICTM World Conference 13-19 July 2017 Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, Limerick, Ireland

Local Arrangements share their music and dance practices Analysis in Ethnomusicology and with the conference delegates. Ethnochoreology; Music, Dance, Reli‐ Committee Report gious Politics, and Religious Policies; The keynote address of the conference and New Research on Other Topics. by Catherine Foley, on “The Redress of Music: Music, LAC Co-Chair Mediation, and Parity of Esteem” was Since the 44th World Conference cele‐ The 44th ICTM World provided by Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, brated the 70th anniversary of the Conference attracted Founding Director of the Irish World Council, five Celebratory Roundtables approximately 650 Academy of Music and Dance. were programmed: “The Relations of IFMC/ICTM with UNESCO” (Chair, delegates from 70 regions/countries to Throughout the conference, up to 12 Naila Ceribašić); “Maud Karpeles: Her the University of Limerick, on the parallel sessions of paper and panel Contribution to Dance Research and banks of the river Shannon on the mid‐ presentations were held, shedding light the International Folk Music Council western region of Ireland. This was the on current research relating to the (IFMC) Later the ICTM” (Chair, first time that an ICTM World Confer‐ themes of the conference: 70 Years of Catherine Foley); “The Contribution of ence was held in Ireland. ICTM: Past, Present and Future; the ICTM Study Group on Ethnochor‐ Legacy and Imagination in Music and The Opening Reception highlighted the eology on the Study of Dance” (Chair, Dance; Ethnomusicology, Ethnochoreo‐ vibrancy of the Irish traditional Mohd Anis Md Nor); “ICTM in the logy, and Digital Humanities; Explor‐ performing arts by providing a 21st Century as Seen by its Presidents platform for the youth of the region to ing Music Analysis and Movement

Delegates at the Opening Ceremony of the 44th ICTM World Conference. Limerick, Ireland. 13 July 2017. Photo by Maurice Gunning. Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 135 — October 2017 — Page 10 WORLD CONFERENCES and Secretaries General” (Chair, Salwa Band” from Lingbi, Anhui, China; and Programme Committee El-Shawan Castelo-Branco); and “Sionna: A World of Music and “Soviet Musicology Versus the ICTM” Dance”, presented by the Irish World Report (Chair, Razia Sultanova). Academy of Music and Dance featuring by Mohd Anis Md Nor faculty and students of the Irish World Together with academic presentations and Stephen Wild, Academy and special guests. and roundtable discussions, there were Programme Co-Chairs Study Group meetings, a memorial to Excursions were organized to the Cliffs Being part of the Dieter Christensen (ICTM Secretary of Moher and Bunratty Castle. For the Western European General 1981–2001), and numerous final evening of the conference dele‐ tradition, Ireland is workshops including ones on céilí gates had the opportunity to partici‐ used to hosting dancing, Irish step dancing, traditional pate in a céilí at Kilmurry Lodge Hotel international scholarly songs of the world connected with and dance to live music by the Irish conferences. But more recreational customs and games in World Academy Céilí Band. This than 600 delegates is educational settings, traditional allowed delegates to put the dance not a small conference Judeo-Spanish “Ladino” song, material they learned in the workshop by anyone’s standards Vietnamese spoon playing, and Irish tin into practice. and poses its own challenges. whistle playing (delegates were On behalf of the LAC I would like to Producing a smoothly running event on provided with tin whistles in their thank all the delegates who came to the beautiful campus of the University conference bags). An Irish harp lecture Ireland to make the 44th ICTM World of Limerick was a great achievement of demonstration and film screenings from Conference and the 70th anniversary of the organizers and the host body, the different parts of the world were also the ICTM such an important event. I Irish World Academy of Music and presented. would also like to thank the conference Dance. This report is about the To commemorate the 70th anniversary volunteers for their hard work, the contributions of the Programme of ICTM, the Local Arrangements Executive Board for their support, the Committee towards this achievement. Committee (LAC) invited submissions Programme Committee for putting Submission and selection of from students of the Limerick School of together a wonderful conference Art and Design to design an ICTM programme, and all the members of the proposals anniversary label. The winner was LAC and the Irish World Academy of Planning for an ICTM World Confer‐ Claire O’Brien. At the Welcome Music and Dance who supported and ence begins several years in advance. Reception and in some of the pubs on assisted throughout the two-year After the location of the conference is campus during the conference, the process leading up to and including the selected by the Executive Board some ICTM 70th anniversary logo was seen period of the conference. I also thank three years in advance and the Chair/s on bottles of a local craft beer—Treaty the many sponsors of the conference for of the Local Arrangements Committee City Brewery—and on bottles of water. supporting this important event. Míle (LAC) have been appointed, the The LAC together with the Irish World Buíochas! Board’s next task is to appoint the Academy of Music and Dance and Chair/s and members of the ICTM arranged for highlights of the Programme Committee (PC), generally conference to be recorded and two years in advance (see LAC Report documented, to mark and celebrate the for their names and for the themes of 70th anniversary as well. The the conference). The selection of the conference was well publicized on local conference’s themes is the first task of and national newspapers and radio. the PC, which for the 44th World Conference were finalized soon after the Three concerts were organized for dele‐ conclusion of the previous World gates and for members of the public: Conference in Astana. The themes and “The Three Forges: New Compositions the first Call for Proposals were pub‐ for Javanese Gamelan”, performed by lished in the January 2016 issue of the the Irish Gamelan Orchestra (Dir. Mel Bulletin of the ICTM. As has become Mercier) and guests; “The Zhou Family

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 135 — October 2017 — Page 11 WORLD CONFERENCES customary, a deadline of 30 September Keynote Address was delivered by the between the presenters and the orga‐ of the year before the conference was founding head of the Irish World nizers registered approximately 500 advertised for receiving proposals. All Academy of Music and Dance, Mícheál messages over the next three months, proposals were assessed anonymously Ó Súilleabháin. After these require‐ and changes were made to the and rated numerically by all members ments were met, each day was equally programme in response to these of the PC by 30 November 2016. divided between three- and four-paper messages several times a week. One of sessions. The second period of the day, the Co-chairs of the PC (Stephen After considering alternative arrange‐ between Morning Tea and Lunch, was Wild) took primary responsibility for ments, it was decided that all evalua‐ tri-plenary—only three parallel sessions programme changes while the other tions of proposals would be submitted were scheduled. Other periods consisted (Mohd Anis Md Nor) found chairs for to the ICTM Secretariat. The Execu‐ of up to 12 parallel sessions. Each all sessions. Presenters were required to tive Assistant, Carlos Yoder, transfer‐ tri-plenary period included a Celebra‐ register by 11 April 2017, and when the red the results to an Excel spreadsheet tory Roundtable marking the 70th axe finally fell (after a few extensions) (proposals were still listed anonymous‐ Anniversary of the IFMC/ICTM. some 70 names of those who had not ly) and averaged the ratings. When the Other tri-plenary sessions were chosen registered were deleted from the two Co-Chairs met in Malaysia for because of their contributions to programme. Subsequent withdrawals three days in early December these themes of the conference or because of and changes to the programme were results were already available, which their inherent interest to members. listed in an insert to the printed enabled them to establish the cut-off programme. point for acceptances. Of 819 individual The Preliminary Programme was proposals submitted, 619 proposals posted on the ICTM website on 9 Acknowledgements were accepted and 109 were placed on February 2017, and all subsequent Most deserving of thanks are the other a Reserve List (to replace withdrawals changes were posted there. A webmail members of the Programme Commit‐ and as a pool of candidates to chair address established for communication tee, who worked tirelessly and mostly sessions). Letters advising those who submitted proposals of our decisions were sent before the end of December 2016, as had been promised.

Development of the programme The Preliminary Programme was developed over three days in January 2017 at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance. Present were the two LAC Co-Chairs of the LAC (Catherine Foley and Colin Quigley), the Secretary General and the Executive Assistant (Svanibor Pettan and Carlos Yoder) and one of the Co-Chairs of the PC (Stephen Wild).

The structure of the conference was determined to a large extent by fixed requirements, such as Opening and Closing Ceremonies, the General Assembly, a day for excursions, the need to accommodate films and workshops, and the availability of Lunchtime Suona concert by the Zhou Family Band (周家班) during the 44th venues. After the Opening Ceremony in ICTM World Conference. Limerick, Ireland. 17 July 2017. Photo by Maurice the first session on the first day, the Gunning.

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 135 — October 2017 — Page 12 WORLD CONFERENCES anonymously to assess and rate the Report from a Conference work out. Moreover, I felt I wasn’t proposed presentations. Except for two really equipped with enough informa‐ non-native speakers of English who Volunteer tion about the conference’s events, divided the proposals between them, by Maja Bjelica especially since I was neither deeply the PC members read and evaluated all involved in ICTM activities nor 819 proposals, and all provided their As a volunteer I had knowledgeable enough about the venue. reports by the agreed time. This task is the honour to be part of Therefore, in addition to all the group the most important basis of a succes‐ an ICTM World preparations arranged for the sful conference. The PC members also Conference for the first time in my life. volunteers, I went around campus to edited the abstracts for the Book of Since the number four is my favourite, learn about its facilities and to Abstracts (published online). if not lucky, number, the 44th ICTM memorize where all the rooms of the World Conference was surely the right conference would be. In this way, by We had excellent relations with the choice for doing volunteer work, the time the conference started I was Co-Chairs of the LAC and with the especially since it was held in such a confident enough to point to (almost) ICTM Secretariat. Our decision to rely faerie environment, embraced by the any direction the delegates needed to on the administrative service of the river Shannon’s watery spirit. I came to go. Perhaps because our bright orange ICTM Secretariat proved well-justified, Limerick as a PhD anthropology t-shirts had “ASK ME” written on the and our special thanks go to Carlos student at the Faculty of Humanities back, besides giving directions and Yoder for his efficient assistance. at the University of Primoska, helping with general information, we Everyone associated with the Slovenia, taking part in a Erasmus+ volunteers became also a mobile “lost conference deserves thanks including traineeship at the Irish World and found” office, “almighty the presenters for their wonderful and Academy of Music and Dance. technicians”, and sometimes we also diverse offerings. Being part of a crew of 16 volunteers at played the roles of wise women and men, answering questions like “What is a conference of more than 600 partici‐ pants was at first a bit frightening, and the meaning of life?”. Surprisingly also hard to imagine how it would all enough, those were not too frequent. The conference brought together a huge number of researchers and academics from all over the globe, giving them the opportunity not only to share their ideas, but also to exchange them and co-experience a particularly energizing event, when and where music knowledge of different kinds merged and coexisted in one space-time that allowed for scientific and personal growth for everyone involved. The variety of the presented themes and approaches in ethnomusico‐ logical and ethnochoreological research was enormous. Unfortunately, we volunteers could not attend as many presentations, panels, and roundtables as we would have liked, since our job was to make sure that delegates found Catherine Foley welcomes the delegates during the Opening Ceremony of the 44th their way through the venues and were ICTM World Conference (left). Musicians and dancers performing during the taken care of. However, we were still Opening Ceremony (right). Limerick, Ireland. 13 July 2017. Photos by Maurice able to coordinate among ourselves how Gunning. to attend some presentations, and in

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 135 — October 2017 — Page 13 WORLD CONFERENCES this way we were able to experience the poetic and the practical or performa‐ Minutes of 14th Assembly richness, wideness, and deepness of re‐ tive, that allows for new and proper search that is currently going on in the voices to emerge, but also, new and of National and Regional fields of ethnomusicology, ethnochoreo‐ proper listenings to germinate. Representatives logy, and related disciplines. Working from dawn till night made us Held at the Irish World Academy of The conference was also a perfect volunteers both the most tired and the Music and Dance, University of occasion for several meetings of many most visible people at the conference— Limerick, Ireland, on 17 July 2017. ICTM Study Groups, but an especially our orange t-shirts were shining from important meeting for some of us was all venues and maze-like corridors of The minutes of the 14th Assembly of the kick-off event for establishing a the conference, but lighting up places ICTM National and Regional group of ICTM Students and Early were also our smiles, as the ICTM Representatives are available on the Career Researchers. Volunteers were President thankfully emphasized during ICTM website. welcomed also at all workshops offered the Closing Ceremony. By trying to at the conference. These were an help with all our strength we were Minutes of 2nd Assembly invaluable addition to the paper delighted to see and hear that our of Study Group Chairs presentations and panels, where efforts were appreciated and participants could actually learn new acknowledged. Thank you ICTM for Held at the Irish World Academy of dances (céilí, step dances) and giving us this opportunity, especially to Music and Dance, University of performance practices (traditional the Co-Chairs of the Local Arrange‐ Limerick, Ireland, on 14 July 2017. singing, Vietnamese spoons playing, ments Committee, who helped us to The minutes of the 2nd Assembly of Irish harp, healing sounds). Some of us help. Also, I thank all the volunteers ICTM Study Group Chairs are were even able to find out that we can who immersed themselves selflessly in available on the ICTM website. sing in overtones! this shared team effort to make everything work well and everybody The concerts that we could attend were happy, and I thank you, all the inspiring, not only because they participants who contributed to such presented several different traditions, an unforgettable experience. but especially because they successfully merged them in a contemporary performative practice that keeps those Minutes of the 43rd traditions alive. Such was the breath‐ General Assembly taking concert of new compositions for the Javanese Gamelan “The Three Held at the Irish World Academy of Forges”, where traditions from different Music and Dance, University of parts of the world were masterfully Limerick, Ireland, on 15 July 2017. performed at once, while the “Sionna” The minutes of the 43rd General concert of music and dance showcased Assembly are available on the ICTM a merging of the past with the present website, along with past minutes of (and future), the traditional and the General Assemblies, Assemblies of contemporary, the cultural and the National and Regional Representatives, personal, therefore showing that music and Assemblies of Study Group Chairs. and dance are spaces for sharing different kinds of music and dance experiences. These performances brilliantly reflected the inspiring words of the keynote speaker, Micheál Ó Súilleabháin, who called for a music that responds to a promise, consciously situating itself in both dimensions, the

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25th ICTM Colloquium Minority Sounds in Conservatory of Music (Beijing, China) on 7–10 July 2018. Both specific and 1–5 August 2018 National Contexts as Seen more general contributions are invited Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada by ICTM National and specifically—but not exclusively—on the following topics: (1) (Critical) The 25th ICTM Colloquium “Songs Regional Representatives Reflections on Approaches to Cultural and Stories of Migration and 23–25 August 2018 Sustainability; (2) Applied Encounter” will be held at the Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia Ethnomusicology and Power for Sound Communities, Cape Breton Submissions deadline: 15 Dec 2017 Structures; (3) Formal and Informal University (Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, learning; (4) The Methodologies of Canada) on 1–5 August 2018. The ICTM National Committee for Applied Ethnomusicology. Slovenia, the University of Ljubljana, Further information can be found at Imago Sloveniae, and the Scientific Further information about the the colloquium’s website. Research Centre SAZU invite ICTM symposium, including the full Call for National and Regional Representatives Proposals, can be found at the Study 3rd ICTM Forum to participate in the Symposium Group’s website.

11–14 July 2018 “Minority Sounds in National Contexts as Seen by ICTM National And Beijing, China Study Group on Audio‐ Regional Representatives”. This is a Submissions deadline: 30 Nov 2017 conceptual novelty that aims to bring visual Ethnomusicology: The 3rd ICTM Forum “Approaches to together the members of the ICTM Symposium Research on Music and Dance in the World Network for a scholarly 27–30 June 2018 Internet Era” will be held at the gathering. Depending on the number of Lisbon, Portugal Central Conservatory of Music participants, the organizers envision Submissions deadline: 13 Jan 2018 (Beijing, China) on 11–14 July 2018. short individual presentations and The meeting will be held jointly with extended time for discussion. The event The ICTM Study Group on the Society for Ethnomusicology will be linked to the celebrations of the Audiovisual Ethnomusicology will hold (SEM), the International Musicological 30th anniversary of the music festival its 2nd Symposium at the Society (IMS), the International Nights in the Old Ljubljana Town. Ethnomusicology Institute of the Association of Music Libraries, Center for Studies in Music and Dance Please confirm your participation by Archives and Documentation Centres (INET-md), Faculdade de Ciências sending an abstract of 120-150 words (IAML), and the International Sociais e Humanas, Universidade Nova by 15 December 2017 to Mojca Kovačič Association for the Study of Popular de Lisboa, Portugal, on 27-30 June and Svanibor Pettan. Music (IASPM). 2018. Further information about the forum, Study Group on Applied The general theme of the symposium is including the full Call for Proposals, “Theories and Methods in Audiovisual Ethnomusicology: can be found at the Forum’s website. Ethnomusicology”. Further information Symposium about the Symposium, including the full Call for Papers, can be found at 7–10 July 2018 the Study Group’s website. Beijing, China Submissions deadline: 22 Oct 2017

The ICTM Study Group on Applied Ethnomusicology will hold its 6th Symposium at the Central

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Study Group on Ethno‐ Study Group on Iconogra‐ Study Group on Music choreology: Symposium phy of the Performing and Dance in Southeast‐

28 July–4 August 2018 Arts: Symposium ern Europe: Symposium

Szeged, Hungary 17–19 October 2018 15–21 April 2018 Submissions deadline: 6 Nov 2017 Barcelona, Spain Sinj, Croatia Due to unforeseen circumstances (a Submissions deadline: 2 Apr 2018 Submissions deadline: 15 Nov 2017 clash in dates with the World The ICTM Study Group on The ICTM Study Group on Music and Championships in Dragon Boat Racing Iconography of the Performing Arts Dance in Southeastern Europe will hold in Szeged), the dates of the 30th will hold its 15th Symposium at the its 6th Symposium in Sinj, Croatia, on Symposium of the ICTM Study Group Societat Catalana de Musicologia, 15–21 April 2018. on Ethnochoreology have been changed Institut d’Estudis Catalans (Barcelona, The themes of the symposium are: (1) to 28 July–4 August 2018, to enable Spain) on 17–19 October 2018. accommodation in Szeged for the Dance, songs, music and migrations in, membership. The theme of the symposium is Iberian out, and within Southeastern Europe; Musical Crossroads through the Ages: (2) Carnivals and masquerades in Further information about the Images of Music-Making in Their Southeastern Europe; and (3) Music, Symposium, including the full Call for Transcultural Exchanges. dance, and sustainable development in Papers, can be found at the Southeastern Europe. symposium’s website. Further information about the symposium, including the full Call for Further information about the Study Group on Historic‐ Proposals, can be found at the Study symposium, including the full Call for Group’s website. Proposals, can be found at the Study al Sources of Traditional Group’s website. Music: Symposium Study Group on 12–16 April 2018 Mediterranean Music Study Group on Music Budapest, Hungary Studies: Symposium and Minorities and Study Submissions deadline: 15 Oct 2017 Group on Music and 19–24 June 2018 The ICTM Study Group on Historical Essaouira, Morocco Gender: Joint Symposium Sources for Traditional Music will hold Submissions deadline: 17 Nov 2017 its 22nd Symposium at the Institute for 22–31 July 2018 Musicology, Research Centre for the The ICTM Study Group on Vienna, Austria Humanities, Hungarian Academy of Mediterranean Music Studies will hold Submissions deadline: 30 Nov 2017 Sciences (Budapest, Hungary) on 12–16 its 12th Symposium at the Association The ICTM Study Groups on Music and Essaouira-Mogador at Dar Souiri April 2018. Minorities and on Music and Gender (Essaouira, Morocco) on 19–24 June The theme of the symposium is The invite proposals for participation in 2018. Inside and the Outside, or Who is the their joint symposium, to be held at Other? Different Perspectives on The theme of the symposium is Music the University of Music and Performing Historical Sources of Ethnomusicology. and Sound at the Mediterranean Arts Vienna. Each Study Group will Crossroads. focus on three main themes and one Further information about the topic of common interest, elaborated symposium, including the full Call for Further information about the by two distinct programme committees. Proposals, can be found at the Study symposium, including the full Call for Group’s website. Proposals, can be found at the Study Further information about the joint Group’s website. symposium, including both Calls for Proposals, can be found at each Study Group’s website: Music and Minorities, Music and Gender.

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Study Group on Musics of Study Group on Perform‐ East Asia: Symposium ing Arts of Southeast

21–23 August 2018 Asia: Symposium

Seoul, Republic of Korea 16–22 July 2018 Submissions deadline: 20 Jan 2018 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia The ICTM Study Group on Musics of Submissions deadline: 1 Dec 2017

East Asia will hold its 6th Symposium The ICTM Study Group on Performing at the National Gugak Centre (Seoul, Arts of Southeast Asia will hold its 5th Republic of Korea) on 21–23 August Symposium at the Department of 2018. Sabah Museum (Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, The theme of the symposium is Malaysia) on 16–22 July 2018.

Performing Arts and Social Transitions The themes of the symposium are: (1) in East Asia. Crossing borders through popular per‐ The call for papers will be made public formance genres in Southeast Asia; (2) by 30 September 2017 via ICTM, Tourism and the performing arts in MEA, and other listservs. Enquiries Southeast Asia; and (3) New research. about the upcoming symposium may The symposium will include performan‐ be directed to Helen Rees, Study ces and guided excursions to experience Group Chair. the myriad cultures of Sabah.

For further information about the Study Group on Musics of symposium contact the programme the Slavic World: committee at [email protected] or visit the Study Group’s website. Symposium

21–25 September 2018 Skopje, Macedonia Submissions deadline: 30 Jan 2018

The ICTM Study Group on Musics of the Slavic World will hold its 2nd Symposium at the Faculty of Music, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University (Skopje, Macedonia) on 21–25 September 2018.

The themes of the symposium are: (1) Emic (Folk) terminology for musical practices; (2) Genre conceptualizations; and (3) Relationships: music, dance, and society.

Further information about the symposium, including the full Call for Proposals, can be found at the Study Group’s website.

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Bhutan innovative philosophy emphasizes the While Bhutanese music is unique, in importance of four elements: sustaina‐ some aspects it is related to other by Sonam Dorji, ble and equitable economic growth, Himalayan traditions, particularly with Liaison Officer cultural preservation, environmental Tibetan music, due to Tibet’s proximi‐ conservation, and good governance. ty and a history of trade and social For this first report relations. In southern Bhutan, the from Bhutan, a short In an age of globalization and social music traditions of the Nepali-speaking general introduction transition, Bhutan retains the charm of Lhotsam people bear influence from may provide a useful an ancient culture, with many tradi‐ India’s Darjeeling region. backdrop for the activities related to tions still in existence. The rich culture music research in the country. The of Bhutan is embodied by chham There are many attractive and fasci‐ Kingdom of Bhutan, or Druk yul (Vajrayana Buddhist masked dances), nating varieties of secular traditional (“Land of the Thunder Dragon”), is tsechus (Buddhist festivals), dzongs music and dance, but for this report located in the eastern Himalayas. (architecturally stunning temple only a handful of major genres will be Bordered by Tibet to the north and fortresses), zorig chusum (thirteen briefly discussed. The two major India to the south, it comprises an area distinctive painting and craft tradi‐ divisions of folk song found throughout of 46,500 square kilometres. Due to its tions), and zhabdro (folk songs and Bhutan are zhabdro dangrem and unique geography and conservation dances). zhabdro gorgom. Zhabdro dangrem is a policies, 70% of Bhutan remains under class of songs characterized by an Folk music has always been the cover of protected forests. It has a elongated melody lacking a fixed fundamental and central to Bhutanese population of roughly 700,000 people rhythm. They contain long, sustained life, deeply rooted in daily activities and has five major linguistic groups: notes and intricate melismas. They are such as farming, rituals, ceremonies, Sharchokpa kha, Khengpa kha, often sung solo but can be sung in celebrations, and sports. A good deal of Lhotshampa kha, Ngalong kha, and unison by a group, sometimes with music is considered to have evolved Bumthangpa kha. Bhutanese people alternations between a leader (tsaypem) during the reign of Zhabdrung are peace-loving, and in recent years and dancers. Many zhabdro dangrem Ngawang Namgyel (1594–1651), who they have abided by the visionary have accompanying slow, graceful first united the country. fourth King’s holistic philosophy of choreography. Dancers perform in a “Gross National Happiness”. This straight line facing the honourable

Bhutanese instruments. From left to right: tsileek, tsai-ding drangyen, yangkali. Photos provided by Sonam Dorji.

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 135 — October 2017 — Page 18 REPORTS guest, lama, or—less frequently—in a Drukdra (“melody of Bhutan”) are are passing away. A breakdown in the circle. There are at least twelve zhabdro gorgom composed directly by inter-generational transmission of varieties of zhabdro dangrem, including Bhutanese in Dzongkha, the national traditional music threatens its future. five found throughout the country language of Bhutan. Some of the main Scholarship on Bhutanese traditional (zhungdra, zhey, zheym, alo, langko), musical instruments used to accompany music is scant. There are very few and seven specific to particular regions zhabdro gorgom are traditional and transcriptions of music, which has (Mangdi Trongsa, Talo Punakha, contemporary forms of drangyen (lute), always been an entirely oral practice, Mongar, Drimetsi, Samdrup Jongkhar, chewang (fiddle), lingm (flute) dratong and a dearth of writings on its basic Bumthang, and Tashigang). (dulcimer) and kongtha (harp). nature, history, development, and Amongst all the zhabdro dangrem, Musical instruments in Bhutan tend to scope. zhungdra is the most well-known and be used to accompany voices; there are While the government has not directed highly esteemed type. Zhungdra are no well-developed separate instrument‐ much focus to this area, there are two distinguished by their history as the al repertoires. Several instruments are relevant government-supported mandatory songs of the annual unique to Bhutan. Primary among institutes. The Royal Academy of Punakha domche (festival) from the them is the Bhutanese version of the Performing Arts (RAPA), primarily a 1640s to the mid 1950s, when Punakha lute, the seven-stringed drangyen, with performing troupe for state functions, was the capital of Bhutan. Composed its iconic sea monster head that may has since the 1960s served as an oral by great lamas and monks, zhungdra date to the arrival of Buddhism in the repository and teaching centre for are perceived by many Bhutanese to be eighth century. Other distinctive many traditional songs and dances, ethereal vehicles for expressing deep Bhutanese instruments include those although RAPA has often altered religious sentiments and emotions. made from forest materials. The lyrics, tunes, and choreography for They reflect Buddhist values of spiritu‐ yangkali, for example, is a giant dried purposes of public entertainment. The al devotion, compassion, tolerance, and shaker, up to 3.6 feet in length, made Institute of Language and Culture harmonious living, which is why even from the seed pod of a creeper plant. Studies (ILCS), under the Royal today zhungdra are used in meditation Another example, among many that University of Bhutan, offers to induce visions of God. However, could be cited, is tsai-ding drangyen, a undergraduate culture studies and zhungdra are also now performed in “two-stringed drum” made from hollow music performance classes, as well as contexts of public entertainment. The green bamboo. The tsileek, an some training in field research. drangyen (lute), dong lim, zur lim, indigenous shaker, is another musical However, ILCS offers no graduate-level (flutes) and chewang (fiddle) are the instrument popularly made out of training, and offers no coursework in main musical instruments used to climbers found in the jungle cliffs. ethnomusicology or ethnochoreology. accompany zhungdra. Currently Bhutan is focused on The Institute has recently started The second prominent branch of economic and political development: constructing an online Bhutan Cultural traditional music is zhabdro gorgom, implementing democracy, integrating Atlas that will include some informa‐ which encompasses a large group of modern technology, improving and tion on traditional music and dance. songs characterized by more lively, expanding healthcare and education, Additionally, it should be noted that regular rhythms and shorter phrases. growing tourism, and participating in the National Library of Bhutan is The accompanying dances are circular the international community. While currently collaborating with the Yale in most cases. Within zhabdro gorgom Bhutan is attempting to preserve a Himalayas Initiative and University of there are two stylistically similar distinctive cultural and natural Virginia, under a five year grant from subcategories: boedra and drukdra. environment during this transitional the Arcadia Fund, to complete a Boedra (“melody of Tibet”) derive phase, the influence of imported culture national survey of Bhutan’s oral and from Tibetan folk songs and retain and media is already widespread and written traditions. Songs are among the Tibetan lyrics, but the Bhutanese have prevalent. New contemporary songs many genres to be included in the applied substantial changes in melody, heavily influenced by Indian film music project, which will also culminate in a dance steps, tempo, and instrumental have become very popular in Bhutan free online resource. accompaniment, among other variables, among the youth. At the same time, In 2008 the Music of Bhutan Research thereby transforming their character. elder practitioners of traditional music Centre (MBRC) was established in

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Thimphu to fill the urgent need for a Finland University of Jyväskylä, and the theme research institution solely dedicated to of the event was “Back to the Future the comprehensive, full time by Antti-Ville Kärjä, of Music Research”, with Martin documentation and study of Bhutanese Chair of National Clayton, Nicola Dibben, and Sabine traditional music and dance, and for Committee Feisst as guest speakers. In July, the the creation of a dedicated traditional Society collaborated with Music While the State of music archive. As a registered Civil Archive Finland in organizing a Finland celebrates its Society Organization rather than a summer school for doctoral students, centenary, the Finnish state-sponsored organization, MBRC is themed “Music, Multiculturalism, and Society for Ethnomusicology (ICTM an autonomous body. Over the last the Postcolonial Condition” with Tina National Committee) is getting ready nine years MBRC has conducted K. Ramnarine as guest supervisor. to wrap up its 43rd year of activity and in-depth research and documentation There were six students in the summer to release plans for the next one. Even on musicians and traditions of crucial school, representing Belgium, Denmark, when various forms of institutional importance, generating many hundreds Germany, Mexico, Sri Lanka, and the support for ethnomusicology as a whole of hours of digital audio recordings and USA, and there are plans to continue have been cut, either partially or in HDV digital video tapes, photographed with the activity in 2018. full, the Society has managed to turn images, and transcribed interviews with its membership curve upwards—but In January 2017, the Society assumed over three hundred key artists from there are still less than half of the an active role in arguing against a throughout the country. Additionally, numbers from a decade or two ago. negative decision given to an Iraqi MBRC is amassing a collection of musician seeking asylum, on the basis historic musical instruments, dance Despite this positive news, a crucial that it would be safe for the musician costumes and ritual artefacts. MBRC moment took place in February, when to return to Iraq if they changed their has also created several educational the Society received a negative decision occupation. In the public statement resources geared towards the on its application for general support issued by the Society and co-signed by Bhutanese and global audience, from the Ministry of Culture and numerous music-related institutions including CDs, films, and a book Education. This constituted a and organizations, it was stressed that profiling prominent musicians. 7,000-euro deficit in the Society’s the grounds for deportation conflict not economy which lead to immediate In 2016 MBRC signed a three-year only with the Aliens Act but crucially reconsideration concerning its plans. grant agreement with the Bhutan with the Constitution of Finland and Thanks to the surplus accumulated in Foundation that is enabling MBRC to the UN International Covenant on previous years, the core functions of conduct thirty major projects. During Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights the Society will be maintained in 2017, the first year of funding MBRC (the full statement is available online). but there is an apparent need to rely completed eleven field expeditions. A The statement was noted also by the more on voluntary work and external 2017 spring trip to Dagala, a remote daily press. project-based funding in the coming lake region, entailed an arduous six-day years. In 2018, the Society’s activities will hike for the MBRC crew through a continue quite as normal, even if the high altitude snowy mountain pass, Regardless of the financial change, the year will constitute a test period for and resulted in the documentation of Society has been an active participant working without state support. In several important songs known only by both in its primary field of furthering March 2018 the 22nd Annual a few elderly villagers there. Remaining ethnomusicological knowledge and in Symposium for Music Scholars in research projects under the grant will political debates aimed at the general Finland will be organized, hosted by be completed by mid 2019, beyond public. With respect to the former, the the Musicology unit of the University which MBRC will continue to Society was involved, as usual, in the of Helsinki. The theme of the event will coordinate and collaborate with other planning and realization of the Annual be “Applied (Ethno)Musicology and major culture institutions within Symposium for Music Scholars in the Applicability of Music Studies”. In Bhutan as well as internationally to Finland, which took place in Jyväskylä November, another conference will be pursue its vital mission. in April. The local organizer of the organized on “Music and the Sacred” in symposium was the Department of Helsinki. The calls for presentations Music, Art, and Culture Studies at the

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 135 — October 2017 — Page 20 REPORTS will be published on the Society’s France Each year SFE awards the Bartók website in the near future. Prize for the best film on music at the by Susanne Fürniss, International Festival Jean Rouch. The The Society will also continue its Chair of National last two award-winning films were: publishing activities, primarily in the Committee forms of the peer-reviewed journal ✴ For 2015: A Family Affair (2014) by Etnomusikologian vuosikirja [Yearbook The Société Française Angeliki Aristomenopoulou (Greece) d’Ethnomusicologie of ethnomusicology] and the online ✴ For 2016: I Am the Blues (2016) by journal Musiikin suunta [Direction of (SFE) forms the ICTM Daniel Cross (USA) music], aimed at the general public. National Committee for France. As of For current information, please see Next year, the Yearbook will celebrate July 2017 it had 226 members, and the SFE’s Facebook page and website. its thirtieth volume, and it should be current Board is composed of Luciana kept in mind that English-language Penna-Diaw (President), Anne Damon‐ submissions are also accepted, provided Guillot (Vice President), Ingrid Le Georgia that they deal with Finnish phenomena Gargasson (Treasurer), Anitha Savithri by Joseph Jordania, (including research) or are written by Herr (Secretary General), Talia Bachir‐ Liaison Officer scholars representing Finnish Loopuyt, Johanni Curtet, Stéphanie institutions. The latest volumes can be Khoury, and Sandrine Loncke. I have From 5 to 9 September accessed at etnomusikologia.journal.fi, left the Board but continue to be the 2017, the 33rd Euro‐ and the call for the celebratory volume Chair of the ICTM National pean Seminar in Ethno‐ will be released in November on the Committee for France. musicology (ESEM) Society’s website. It is also worth took place in Tbilisi, Georgia. The Since the ICTM World Conference in remembering that in Musiikin suunta, conference was hosted by the Astana in 2015, SFE has organized two shorter original non-Finnish pieces International Research Center for conferences: (such as conference papers) can be Traditional Polyphony at Tbilisi State published in Finnish translations, and ✴ Children Musicians and Musical Conservatoire, the organizers of the that the Society’s Publication Series Infancy (27–29 May 2016, Paris, International Symposia on Traditional includes five English-language volumes Philharmonie-Cité de la Musique), Polyphony since 2002. in stock: with 60–70 participants each day, 14 The conference was titled “Ethnomusi‐ papers, two roundtables, and two ✴ Moisala, Pirkko (1991). Cultural cology in the 21st Century”, and as a films. A selection of the papers will Cognition in Music: Continuity and result, the papers and discussions be published in Cahiers Change in the Gurung Music of reflected the existing status and d’Ethnomusicologie 30 (2017). Nepal. emerging trends in our discipline. ✴ The Musical and Danced Gesture in ✴ Järviluoma, Helmi and Gregg All Its Forms (2–4 June 2017, Paris, One of the topics most prominently Wagstaff, eds (2002). Soundscape Musée de l’Homme), with 80 represented was the still-existing gap Studies and Methods. participants each day, 16 papers, and between “Western” and “Eastern” ✴ Brusila, Johannes (2003). ‘Local one concert. ethnomusicologies (particularly with Music, not from Here’: The scholars from the former USSR). The The following two volumes of Cahiers Discourse of World Music Examined infamous Iron Curtain has been d’Ethnomusicologie have been through Three Zimbabwean Case gradually replaced by financial and published by the Ateliers Studies. linguistic curtains, financial assistance d’Ethnomusicologie in Geneva for conference participation is still ✴ Richardson, John and Stan Hawkins, (Switzerland), in collaboration with needed, and the lack of translated eds (2007). Essays on Sound and SFE: Vision. prominent works from both worlds is ✴ Issue 28 (2015), “The musical taste” still strongly felt. Another prominent ✴ Ahonen, Laura (2007). Mediated topic was the commercialization of Music Makers: Constructing Author ✴ Issue 29 (2016), “Applied traditional music, including problems of Images in Popular Music. ethnomusicology”, containing papers of SFE’s 2014 conference. authorship and copyright, with plenty of logistical procedures not yet in place.

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participants visited the medieval architectural complex Ananuri, heard Georgian liturgical chants performed by Georgian colleagues in the church, visited the eleventh-century cathedral Svetitskhoveli in Mtskheta, and then, on the territory of Armazi, the most prominent pre-Christian site of Georgia, the guests had a banquet accompanied by traditional and urban music, and dances involving the conference participants.

Singers from Premana & Ensemble Adilei performing during the 33rd European On the last day of the conference a few Seminar in Ethnomusicology. Tbilisi, Georgia. September 2017. Photo provided by more papers discussed the topic of Joseph Jordania. market economy, after which the The competition between traditional al Grand Hall of the Conservatoire, ESEM society was officially established, performers and professional juries was followed by a welcome reception. with all the formal details (such as another hot topic, with scholars indi‐ necessary financial attributes), making In the following day a special panel cating both the positive and negative this memorable meeting even more presentation titled “New Approaches in connotations of prestigious awards and memorable. Georgian Ethnomusicology” was dedi‐ monetary rewards. Probably most cated to the hosts of the conference The Tbilisi ESEM seminar was the active was the discussion on the and the younger generation of Georgian easternmost in the history of the attitudes towards contemporary, ethnomusicologists. The panel was society, and the first one to take place popular‐music‐fuelled electronic‐fusion‐ followed by poster presentations. The on the territory of the former USSR. hybrid styles of traditional-pop music. day concluded with two workshops, led The fact that next year the seminar This process was actively negotiated in by Georgian ethnomusicologists will take place in another former USSR both Western and Eastern countries Tornike Skhiereli and Levan republic, Latvia, indicates that the during the last decades. LGBT and Veshapidze, that familiarized confer‐ voices from new independent states are gender studies occupied a fair share of ence participants with the performance getting louder in the common chorus of the discussion time as well. of West Georgian round dance and the European ethnomusicology. The night before the conference’s Gurian yodelling tradition. opening, participants were treated to The third day of the conference was Ghana an inspiring performance by Georgian mostly dedicated to the topic ensembles of traditional music together by Daniel Avorgbedor, “Welcome to the Second World: with a choir from Premana, a town in Liaison Officer Ethnomusicology in Former Commu‐ the Italian Alps. nist Countries”. Papers discussing “The Almost all current After the official opening by the Sonic Dimension of Gender: Interdisci‐ ICTM members in Conservatory’s Rector Rezo Kiknadze plinary Perspectives on Voice in the Ghana have been and ESEM President Britta Sweers, Post-Yugoslav Area” and “Greco‐ engaged in various the first four sessions were dedicated to Roman Past: Polyphony in the intellectual and creative projects, most the topic “Ethnomusicologies in 21st Classical World” rounded off the day. of which are summarized below. The Century: New Research and Methods” local chapter is still in the process of The papers of the following day [editor’s note: the full programme of consolidating its membership. discussed the topic of “Market the ESEM meeting is available online]. Economy Politics: The Many Faces of The Local Arrangements Committee The first working day of sessions was Traditional Music and Dance”. The and the Programme Chair of the concluded by a concert of Georgian and afternoon and evening were dedicated forthcoming 2nd Symposium of the Italian traditional songs at the historic‐ to a cultural programme, where ICTM Study Group on African Musics

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 135 — October 2017 — Page 22 REPORTS is busy working on details for this to celebrate, commemorate, and uphold Collections in Accra. The event includ‐ important event scheduled for 9–10 the legacies of Ghanaian pioneer ed a symposium where local and August 2018 at the University of composer and theologian Ephraim Amu foreign researchers working with audio‐ Ghana (UG) Legon. Preliminary details (1899–1995), who preached and visual materials participated. The are available at the main Study Group actively demonstrated African values, advanced workshop is tailored to page and in the preliminary both in his music and lifestyle. address copyright legislation, symposium’s page. community‐based archiving, the During the July 2016 triennial meeting challenges of collecting, preserving, and In January 2017 the Department of of the Ghana Studies Association, a (re)using sound, still, and moving Music at UG held its annual workshop panel was organized in honour of John picture content within the broader on music composition under the Collins, a noted authority on Ghanaian context of rapidly changing technology. tutelage of guest composers from the popular music, titled “Praxis, Perspec‐ Royal Conservatory The Hague (the tives, and Methods on Ghanaian Popu‐ New Publications Netherlands). As in previous lar Music: A Panel of John Collins”. New significant publications include the workshops, the creative sessions Papers included Florian Carl’s “Chris‐ 315-page Six Strings and a Note: emphasized reuse and adaptations of tian Popular Music, Faith, and Identity Legendary Agya Koo Nimo in His Own local musical materials in the creation in Ghana”; Eric Kwasi Fiagbedzi’s Words by E. Obeng-Amoako Edmonds of new compositions. The annual “Women in Ga Folk Music Ensembles: (2016). The book celebrates and workshop is a continuation of an Naa Amanua in Perspective”; Eric documents the life history and musical exchange agreement between the Debrah Otchere’s “Popular Music in innovations of Daniel Kwabena Boa Department and the Conservatory. Ghanaian Popular Education: A Amponsah, popularly known as Koo Professor Emeritus J. H. Nketia was a Critical Reflection”; and Nate Nimo, who received several national special guest at the event. Plageman’s “Solidarity in a Showcase awards, performed, and lectured in of Empire? The Gold Coast Police In April 2017 the School of Performing several international settings. The book Band, West African Students, and a Arts at UG held an international launch was chaired by J. H. Nketia. 1947 Tour of Great Britain”. conference on the theme of “Interdisci‐ Other new titles include Reinstating plinarity in the Arts and Industry”. In August 2016, during the 5th meeting Traditional Music in Contemporary Some the sub-themes focused on of the International Conference on Contexts: Reminiscences of a practical applications, live Afro-Hispanic, Luso-Brazilian & Latin Nonagenarian’s Lifelong Encounters performances, and workshops. The two American Studies at UG Legon I with the Musical Traditions of Africa keynote addresses were given by Esi chaired the panel “Borders of Home: (Regnum Africa, 2016), the latest Sutherland-Addy (“Performing Artistic New Directions in Interpreting the monograph by J. H. Nketia. Some Heritage and Vision: The Arts, the Afro-Brazilian Heritage in Ghana”. The chapters derive from the series of Academy and Industry”) and Jonathan individual papers in the panel were “Conversations” described in the last Neelands (“The Importance of Creative titled “Beyond Agbe: The Tabom and report for this Bulletin; and Church Education for the Future Society and Contemporary Brazilian Music” (Juan Music in Ghana: A Personal Economy”). Local ICTM members Diego Diaz Meneses, Visiting Scholar, Testimony (Advent Press, 2017) by participated in various capacities. University of Ghana, Legon); “Perform‐ Newlove Annan. ance Conventions of Agbe” (Ben The 13th Annual Amu Memorial Amakye); and “Borders of Home: New Recently published papers from the Lectures of the Ghana Academy of Directions in Approaching Notions of inaugural meeting of the African Arts and Sciences was delivered in May Home and Return in African Diaspora Studies Association of Africa include 2017 by J. Kwabena Asamoh-Gyadu, Discourses” (Daniel Avorgbedor). contributions by two local ICTM Baeta-Grau Professor of Contemporary members: “Music and the Ghanaian African Christianity and Pentecostal In July 2017 the International Centre Diaspora: Transnational Trajectories Theology. He spoke about “‘O’er for the Study of the Preservation and and Cultural Identity” by Florian Carl Heathen Lands Afar’: Missionary Restoration of Cultural Property, (University of Cape Coast, Ghana), Hymnody, Amu’s Musings and together with the Institute of African and “Spirit Possession in Kplejoo Christian as a Non‐Western Studies at UG, held SOIMA 2017: Ritual Dramas: The Informed Audience Endeavour”. The series was established Sustaining Sound and Image

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Factor” by Moses Nii Dortey. These Azadehfar, published by Markaz Conferences are published in the volume Revisiting Publication. 2016 African Studies in a Globalized World The album Sing Me Home by the Silk (Smartline, 2017). ✴ 4th Symposium of the ICTM Study Road Ensemble, which features Group on Performing Arts of acclaimed Iranian musician and Southeast Asia “Performing Arts: Iran kamancheh virtuoso Kayhan Kalhor, Religious Impulse, Endangered won a 2016 Grammy Award for Best Genres and New Research”, held at by Mohammad R. World Music Album. The group Universiti Sains Malaysia on 31 Azadehfar consists of performers and composers July–6 August 2016 from more than 20 countries, and it I am happy to report ✴ 2nd International Music and was founded in 2000 by Chinese‐ that the participation of Performing Arts Conference American cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Iranian delegates in the “Empowering Society: 2017 ICTM World Conference was Kamancheh virtuoso and composer Interdisciplinary Research in the almost twice as large as in the previous Kayhan Kalhor was born in Tehran Performing Arts”, held at Universiti conference in Astana. For the first and began his musical studies at the Pendidikan Sultan Idris on 22–24 time, a good number of graduates and age of seven. Kalhor performed as a November 2016 young scholars from the newly‐ teenager with the prestigious National 2017 established Master’s degree in Orchestra of Radio and Television of ✴ The Asia-Pacific Symposium for Ethnomusicology at the Tehran Iran and the Shayda Ensemble of the Music Education Research “Music University of Art attended the Chavosh Cultural Center. Education Transcending Borders”, conference. Deeply devoted to the Iranian classical held at Universiti Teknologi MARA A group of traditional performers and repertoire (radif), Kalhor was further on 19–21st July 2017 scholars from Iran attended the inspired to study regional folkloric ✴ 1st International Lombok Edu‐ inaugural conference of the Music traditions, which added dimensions to tourism Conference “Empowering Education Alliance Across the Silk his improvisations and acted as spring‐ Edu‐tourism and Local Culture”, Road, held at the Central Conservatory boards for cross-cultural explorations. held at Universiti Pendidikan Sultan of Music on 5-7 May 2017 in Beijing, Kalhor has performed and recorded Idris on 15–18 September 2017 China. with Iran’s greatest instrumentalists 2018 and singers, including Mohammad The 11th National Festival of Youth Reza Shajarian and Shahram Nazeri, ✴ International Conference on Music opened at Tehran’s Rudaki Hall. and toured the world as a soloist. Performing and Visual Arts “Region‐ A total of 514 young musicians alism, Culture, and the Arts”, to be performed during the festival, from 30 held at Universiti Malaya on 9–11 August to 18 September 2017. The Malaysia January 2018 event was organized by Iran’s Music ✴ House, in collaboration with the Music by Clare Suet Ching 1st Borneo Quality of Life Conference “Changing and Striving Office of the Ministry of Culture and Chan, Liaison Officer Towards a Better Future”, to be Islamic Guidance, and the Rudaki Malaysia has a rich Foundation. held at Universiti Sabah Malaysia on multicultural, diverse 24–26 January 2018 The following are some notable publi‐ performing arts scene. ✴ 5th Symposium of the ICTM Study cations on Iranian music and Islamic Universities, state-sponsored and Group on Performing Arts of studies published in 2016 and 2017 in independent organizations, and the Southeast Asia “Crossing Borders the country: Jashn va musiqi-e shahri music industry organize various events Through Popular Performance [Celebration and music in cities] by such as conferences, concerts, and Genres; Tourism and the Performing Sasan Fatemi, published by Mahoor festivals to promote performing arts in Arts”, to be held at the Sabah Publication; and Musiqi dar falsafeh va the country. The following are high‐ Museum on 16–22 July 2018 erfan [Music in Silami philosophy and lights of some activities held in 2016 theosophy] by Mohammad R. and 2017, and some planned for 2018.

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Music, drama, and dance Festival 2017 is organizing a competi‐ programmes tion among music ensembles from national and private Malaysian schools Ongoing programmes in the performing on 27–30 November 2017. Among the arts include the Diplomas of Music competed categories are choir, record‐ offered by Universiti Pendidikan Sultan er/string orchestra, wind, recorder, Idris and Universiti Teknologi Mara, gamelan, hua yue (Chinese orchestra), and the Diploma of Dance and Theatre and percussion ensemble. In conjunc‐ by Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris. tion with this event, the London Also among the public universities that College of Music–University of West offer music, dance, or drama degrees in London will conduct instrumental and Malaysia are University of Malaya, vocal examinations during this event. Universiti Sains Malaysia, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Universiti Malaysia Malaysian Music Journal published by Malaysian composers are also actively Sabah, and Universiti Malaysia the Faculty of Music and Performing engaged in creating and sharing new Sarawak. Private universities offering Arts, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan compositions from—but not limited to music, dance, or drama degrees include Idris —the Southeast Asia region. The Soundbridge 2017 Contemporary Music UCSI College, International College of Festivals Music, Sunway College, SEGi College, Festival, held on 6-7 October 2017, will In Penang, George Town World and Lim Kok Wing University. feature compositions from Germany, Heritage Incorporated organizes annual China, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris will Heritage Celebrations, where all the Philippines and Malaysia. offer a new performing arts degree local communities in the state get programme, the “Master of involved in the organization of The Penang Island Jazz Festival took Performance Studies”, in coursework traditional arts activities. This festival place on 1-4 December 2016, and the and dissertation mode in 2018. Please is held annually on 7 July, to celebrate KL International Jazz Festival was check the faculty’s website for more Penang’s inscription as a UNESCO held on 14–17 September in Kuala details early next year. World Heritage Site. The annual Lumpur. The annual Sarawak themes have included storytelling, Rainforest World Music Festival will Journals children’s games, performing arts, and be held on 13–15 July 2018. There are several peer-reviewed festival food. The annual George Town Independent organizations journals that publish scholarly articles Festival (held in August) has also on music, dance, or drama in Malaysia. highlighted the performing arts of Asia. Hands Percussion, a renowned drum‐ Wacana Seni [Journal of arts discourse] Puppet theatres such as the Nangyai ming ensemble, collaborated with Dafra is published by Universiti Sains from Cambodia, Potehi from Taiwan, Drums (Burkina Faso/USA) for the Malaysia and is indexed by Scopus and Indonesia and Penang, Joe Louis HANDS 20th Anniversary Concert (4– Emerging Citation Sources Index. puppets from Bangkok, Wayang Kulit 13 August 2017). Malaysian Music is published by Star Wars from Kelantan, and Wayang PUSAKA, a non-government organiza‐ Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris and Gedek from Kedah have all been tion in collaboration with Think City, is indexed by Scopus and International invited. During the Ipoh Music Festival DBKLNA, and Red Archer worked de Répertoire International de (15-17 September 2017), the Joyous together with grass roots troupes to Littérature Musicale. Other Music Centre organized competitions in train youths, organize, and document peer-reviewed journals include Tirai piano, choir, and chamber music. The performances. Kumpulan Wayang Panggung, the Malaysian Journal of festival also featured workshops and Kulit Sri Warisan Pusaka performed a Visual and Performing Arts and the chamber music performances by the wayang kulit show in conjunction with International Journal of Arts, Culture adjudicators, as well as performances the World Youth Day on 12 August and Heritage. by the winners. 2017. PUSAKA also conducted some Regarding music education, the 4th fieldwork and documented information Malaysia International Music Arts on Kuda Kepang and Kompang in the community of Parit Raja.

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Mexico held under the auspices of INAH, In 2014, CENIDIM and University of focused on studying the social impact California, Los Angeles sponsored a by Carlos Ruiz of recent inscriptions of Mexican Festival of Music and Dance of the Rodriguez, Liaison musical traditions onto UNESCO’s World. The programme featured Officer Intangible Cultural Heritage lists. workshops, lectures, and concerts on the musical cultures of China, Turkey, Giving continuity to The Jesús C. Romero professorship has Indonesia, and the USA. Another the spread of ethnomu‐ continued to be sponsored by the activity organized by CENIDIM last sicological matters, the National Center for Information, year was a Diploma on Musical Fonoteca [Sound Documentation and Music Research Research, addressed to students and archive] of the National Institute of Carlos Chávez (CENIDIM) over the teachers of music interested in Anthropology and History (INAH) has past three years. In 2014, the chair was research. The main topics of the continued to sponsor, for the past three entrusted to Juan Pablo González, a agenda were the rudiments and proper years, an international forum on well-known Chilean professor from grounding of historical musicology, traditional music. The main topic of Pontificia Universidad Católica of ethnomusicology, musical cognition, the 2014 forum was “Carnivals and Chile. His lectures dealt with musicolo‐ performance practice, composition, and Indigenous Dances”; in 2015 it was gical studies on popular music, perfor‐ education. “Chants, Dances and Fertility Rituals”; mance and recorded music, as well as and in 2016 “Sones, Fandangos, and new challenges to research on Latin Another institution that still carries Dancing Platforms”. Since 2005, the American music in the twenty-first out abundant ethnomusicological forum has proven to be an important century. In 2015, Colombian professor activity is the Faculty of Music of the event for the dissemination of all types Ana María Ochoa held the chair, National Autonomous University of of research on traditional music, holding a series of lectures on the topic Mexico (UNAM). Last year, the degree bringing together enthusiasts and of “Imagining About Sound in Latin course on ethnomusicology held a professionals to a single conference. America and the Caribbean”. The successful 1st Conference on Ethnomu‐ The Fonoteca celebrated its 50th following year the professorship was sicology. Around 90 students and anniversary with a special presentation entrusted to Leonora Saavedra, from researchers presented papers on in the 2014 forum and a short CENIDIM itself, who discussed ongoing research and dissertations, documentary about its current “Mexican Music Between 1910 and mainly about popular music. The activities and historical achievements. 1930 as Social Knowledge and Master Lecture was chaired by Brazil‐ Community Identity”. ian scholar Samuel Araújo. The same Also in 2014, the Fonoteca started the institution carried out a diploma on seminar “Anthropology, History, legal management of musical projects. Preservation, and Documentation of Music in Mexico”, holding monthly sessions with invited lecturers doing research on popular and traditional music. Along with Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo and Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social, the First International Confer‐ ence on Northern Mexican Music was organized, highlighting the music and musicians of this huge region. Through 2014 and 2015, the Permanent Seminar for Safeguarding Mexico’s Musical Heritage, consisting of specialists from several cultural institutions, held monthly sessions. Seminar activities, Flyer for the 12th International Forum on Traditional Music. Mexico City, Mexico. Photo provided by Carlos Ruiz Rodriguez.

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One of the professors at this diploma ethnomusicological knowledge and We are indeed most grateful to ICTM was Edwin Pitré Vásquez, who also research, giving new life to the disci‐ and UNESCO for this kind gesture. gave a lecture about ethnomusicology pline by means of diversifying themes At the conference in Limerick, Nigerian in Brazil. Furthermore, the Institute of and methodologies of approach. Hope‐ delegates met to strategize on how to Anthropological Research of UNAM fully, a new generation of researchers create more awareness of ICTM started a very important Seminar on with diverse backgrounds will enhance activities back home. It was agreed Ethnomusicology and Anthropology of the possibility of consolidating the that we should reach out to the various Music in 2016. Several well‐known discipline in Mexico. academic bodies devoted to the study researchers gave lectures on a variety of music and dance, particularly the of topics: trova yucateca, popular music Nigeria Association of Nigerian Musicologists and social movements, huichol music, (ANIM) and the Association of Dance reggaeton and young generations, by Austin Emielu, Scholars and Practitioners of Nigeria anthropology of the senses, musical Liaison Officer (ADSPON). These two associations, heritage and UNESCO, etc. the highest bodies in their respective For many years, not Established as a forum of constant areas of study in Nigeria, have mostly much was known in academic dialogue, the Permanent operated along parallel lines, and we Nigeria’s academic Seminar of History and Music in feel it is necessary to bridge the gap circles about the activities of ICTM. As Mexico, sponsored by the Autonomous between the two, to create a broader a result, membership and conference University of Mexico City, has carried and stronger community of music and attendance, apart from Nigerians in the out an annual conference focused on dance scholarship. Diaspora, remained insignificant if not historical musicology and ethnomusi‐ non-existent. With my appointment as Usually ANIM organizes their annual cology research. Scholars from many Liaison Officer in late 2016, I consider‐ conferences in August and ADSPON in universities read papers on colonial ed that my major task would be to October. On 22–25 August 2017, ANIM music, musical industry, organology, create further awareness for ICTM held its annual conference at the popular music, musical ethnography, activities, improve membership drive, Department of Music, Delta State music and education, and sociology of and encourage participation in ICTM University Abraka, on the topic of music, among other topics. conferences and Study Group meetings. “Music, Entertainment, and Gender In addition, two institutions have Issues”. ICTM was fully represented at I am glad to report that three delegates master’s degree programmes in the event. During the conference, time from Nigeria attended the 2017 ICTM ethnomusicology: the University of was allotted for ICTM, and Ozah gave World Conference in Limerick: Marie Guadalajara and the Faculty of Music a presentation on ICTM activities. She Agatha Ozah (University of Port at UNAM, while only the latter offers a also delivered the keynote paper “Egwu Harcourt), Ubochi Stella Igbokwe (PhD doctoral programme in Amala: Gender Discourse in Nigerian student from University of Uyo), and ethnomusicology. Traditional Women’s Music and myself, Austin Emielu (Kwara State Dance”, while Igbokwe presented “Itu In recent years, ethnomusicological University, Malete). Nigeria’s participa‐ Otiti: Music and Gender in Second activities beyond Mexico City have tion in the Limerick conference also got Funeral Rites in Ndoki”. Copies of the increased significantly. Institutions a boost by the election of Ozah as a ICTM brochure as well as the Call for such as University of Guanajuato, member of the Executive Board of Participation for the 2nd Symposium of Autonomous University of Querétaro, ICTM. We believe that her election the ICTM Study Group on African National School of Higher Studies of will create more visibility for Nigeria as Musics in Ghana were also distributed Morelia, School of Arts of Yucatán, well as be a morale booster for prospec‐ at the conference. Generally, there was Autonomous University of Zacatecas, tive members in Nigeria. It is impor‐ interest in ICTM during the College of the Northern Border, and tant to put on record also that our par‐ conference. Universidad Veracruzana have sponsor‐ ticipation in the conference was facili‐ ed a diversity of conferences on popular tated by a generous travel award given Finally, I would like to give a brief re‐ music, migrants, music and border by the UNESCO Participation Pro‐ port on the general state of traditional music. Gradually, these institutions gramme to two of the three delegates. music in Nigeria. Nigerian traditional have collaborated to decentralize music has suffered a great deal with the

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 135 — October 2017 — Page 27 REPORTS introductions of Islam and Christianity, exponent, King Jaiyegbade Alao. This Since the early 1980s, the National in the fourteenth and nineteenth cen‐ annual traditional music performance Committee for Norway has combined turies, respectively. The spread of series is the brainchild of the director an annual General Meeting with a Pentecostalism since the 1980s also of the centre, Hakeem Olawale, who seminar devoted to one or two specific added to the assault. With increased wrote his doctoral thesis on traditional subjects of traditional music and dance. religious fervour, traditional music and music of the Ilorin people of Nigeria. I In 2017, the General Meeting and the dance practices came to be associated was asked to give an opening remark at seminar were held on 9–10 March at with paganism. However, in recent the event and to share the aims and Lågdalsmuseet in Kongsberg. years there have been spirited efforts objectives of ICTM. The 2017 seminar was devoted to towards a paradigm shift. One of such music and dance in the eighteenth efforts is the annual African Drum Norway century, with a special focus on the Festival organized by the Governor of two mining towns of Kongsberg and Ogun State, to draw attention to the by Bjørn Aksdal, Chair Røros. We specifically wanted to importance of traditional music as of National Committee address two key questions: (1) Can we cultural heritage. The second festival find any connection between the took place on 20–22 April 2017, featur‐ The organization Norsk traditional fiddlers in the area and the ing traditional musicians from ten folkemusikklag serves as urbanized musical life of the two African countries as well as from the the ICTM National mining towns? (2) What kind of music African Diaspora. In a similar vein, the Committee for Norway. The society at was organized or supported by the Centre for Oral Traditions in Africa at present includes 112 members, who are mining companies? the Kwara State University, Malete, mainly scholars, but also musicians, has initiated an annual traditional dancers, composers, and others with a Bjørn Ivar Berg presented a paper on music performance, where local musi‐ theoretical interest in the various fields the geographic and social structure in cians are invited to perform and of traditional music and dance. The the two mining towns, Anne Svånaug interact with students, lecturers, and organization aims to act as an Blengsdalen talked about musicians in the university management staff. The important bond between scholars, Kongsberg in the eighteenth century, second occurrence of the event took musicians, and dancers. Bjørn Aksdal focused on the function place on 13 September 2017, featuring of the voluntary military musicians in the over-90-year-old Dadakuada Røros in the 1790s, and Hans Olav Gorset and John Ole Morken discussed the source value of two eighteenth century handwritten notebooks from Kongsberg and Røros, which included musical demonstrations. In the evening, local Hardanger fiddlers and dancers presented music and dance traditions from the Kongsberg area.

On the second day, the seminar focused on dance. Anne Fiskvik presented dance masters in Norway in the eighteenth century, and Elizabeth Svarstad talked about dance in Norway in the period 1750–1820, focusing on dance books in Norwegian archives. The seminar, which gathered around 40 participants, finished with a guided tour of the large rococo church of Marie Agatha Ozah giving a keynote paper at the 2017 ANIM conference. Abraka, Kongsberg. Nigeria. August 2017. Photo provided by Austin Emielu.

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The National Committee publishes the problems. It seems likely that the NC’s ✴ Bjørn Aksdal, President yearly peer-reviewed journal Music and finances will be dramatically affected in ✴ Maj-Vester Larsen, Vice President tradition (Oslo: Novus). The contents the next few years, as we have not yet ✴ Sveinung Søyland Moen, Editor of of the 2016 issue of the journal, been able to find other funds for Music and Tradition published in February 2017, are: supporting the administration of the National Committee. If we can’t find a ✴ Per Åsmund Omholt ✴ Karin L. Eriksson: “Utbildning som solution by the end of 2018, the ICTM ✴ Anne Svånaug Blengsdalen hot och som möjlighet: organiserad National Committee for Norway will undervisning för folkdansspelmän och ✴ Leif Ingvar Ranøien, Substitute have to terminate its business. almogespelmän under 1920-og ✴ Anne Gjendem, Substitute However, we still hope to be able to 30-talen”; find a way to solve our financial ✴ Ånon Egeland: “Europeiske spor i problems. Palau hardingfelespringaren”; We have been discussing where to keep ✴ Anne Svånaug Blengsdalen by Simeon Adelbai, our archival material in the future, and “Stadsmusikanter og Liaison Officer have made an agreement with the musikkforpaktere i Bratsberg amt på National Library in Oslo. These This report from the 1700-talet”; materials will be handed over to them ICTM Liaison Officer ✴ Bjørn Aksdal: “‘I saw it on the telly’: during the spring of 2018. for the Republic of The history and revival of the Palau is the first overview of music and Norsk folkemusikklag was founded in Meråker clarinet”. dance‐related activities about this 1948 by Ole M. Sandvik, then an The journal also contains two book island group in Western Micronesia ICTM Executive Board member and reviews: Stephen J. Walton’s review of submitted to the Bulletin of the ICTM. from 1954 on ICTM Vice President. Lekamslyst II. Erotisk folkedikting i As it is the first of its kind, it includes Therefore, Norsk folkemusikklag will Noreg by Sigrid Bø and Jarnfrid Kjøk, (1) an overview of (historical) record‐ celebrate its 70 years in 2018. In 1983 and Ingrid Gjertsen’s review of ings of and research on Palauan music; it was recognized as the ICTM Balladesang og kædedans. To aspekter (2) information on key institutions in National Committee for Norway, after av dansk folkevisekultur by Lene Palau; and (3) an appendix listing Reidar Sevåg had served as Liaison Halskov Hansen. Reidar Sevåg, hono‐ publications on the islands’ traditional Officer for Norway since 1978. rary member and former president of performing arts. Norsk folkemusikklag passed away on 6 The board of the Committee has November 2016, and four of his former started discussing how this can be Recordings of Palauan music colleagues contributed to an obituary highlighted and is consider‐ing both and research published in the journal. As usual, the organizing a special anniver‐sary Recordings journal also contains conference reports seminar and publishing an extra The first recordings of Palauan music and summaries of master’s theses journal that will presents its history. were made during the Hamburg South related to traditional music and dance. The Committee has also contacted the Seas Expedition in 1909. Among the six From 2016, Music and Tradition is also ICTM Study Group on Musical Instru‐ wax cylinders in the collection that available from the publisher’s website ments to discuss the possibility of orga‐ were recorded in Palau by Augustin for electronic journals. nizing a symposium in Norway during Krämer and colleagues, four contain the next few years. However, the Up to 2015, the NC had an agreement Palauan music, while the remaining present difficult financial situation of with the Foundation for Traditional two contain pieces from other the NC makes both this initiative and Music and Dance, formerly the Micronesian islands. The collection is the anniversary plans uncertain. Norwegian Council for Traditional today stored at the Phonogrammarchiv Music and Dance, for the provision of Following the General Meeting at Berlin, Germany, under the name of secretarial services. In 2014 the Kongsberg on 12 March 2017, the “Hamburger Südsee-Expedition”. Some Foundation announced that it would board of the National Committee is of the recordings have been published terminate this agreement by the end of now as follows: by the Phonogrammarchiv Berlin in 2015. This has caused the NC many 2011 as an audio CD (see appendix).

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In 1936, Iwakichi Muranushi directed a Osamu Yamaguti (Yamaguchi), then a Research Japanese anthropological excursion to master’s student at the University of The first academic study devoted in its the Micronesian islands. In Palau, he Hawai’i at Manoa, went to Palau in entirety to Palauan music and dance is recorded 36 songs and stories on 1965 as part of the preparations for his Osamu Yamaguti’s (Yamaguchi) dictaphone cylinders. There are major 1967 master’s thesis on Palauan music master’s thesis from 1967 (see differences in speed among the record‐ (see publications), which was supervis‐ appendix). This work is based on the ings, so many of the songs appear ed by Barbara B. Smith. The resultant author’s fieldwork in Palau in 1965–66. distorted. The collection was published tape recordings are owned by the It documents Palauan music-making in 1985 (Tatar 1985). collector himself; a number of them and proposes a taxonomy of Palauan have been published as a sound Also in 1936, German missionary music. In 2008, Birgit Abels published recording in 2014 (see appendix). Wilhelm Siemer (in Palau with the her PhD dissertation on Palauan music Liebenzell mission from 1930 to 1938) In cooperation with Yamaguti, the and dance. In 2015, Akari Konya was followed a request by Marius Belau National Museum established in awarded a PhD degree by Kyoto Schneider, then head of Berlin’s Phono‐ 2009 the Digital Museum of Belau University for her dissertation on grammarchiv, to document local music (Palau), directed by Shan-Hua Chien. chanting in contemporary Palau (in on its behalf. The collection, stored as Japanese). “Oltobed a malt”: Nature, Regenerate, “Siemer Palau” at the Phonogramm‐ Celebrate is the official DVD of the 9th Key institutions in Palau archiv, includes 52 recordings originally Festival of Pacific Arts (held in Palau, taken by means of a phonograph. Some Music and dance-related research in 22–31 July 2004). The film documents of the recordings have been published Palau is supported by Belau National events and highlights of the festival. by the Phonogrammarchiv Berlin in Museum (BNM) and the Palau Bureau 2011 as an audio CD (see appendix). Nanyo eno manazashi: Dance and of Arts and Culture and Historic Pre‐ songs of Palau and Ogasawara is the servation Office, Ministry of Communi‐ In 1963, Barbara B. Smith, then DVD documenting the 23rd music ty and Regional Affairs (BAC). BNM professor at the University of Hawai’i, festival “Tokyo no natsu” [summer of holds digitized copies of Barbara B. undertook a field trip to, among other Tokyo], 2007. Smith’s Palauan recordings from 1963 islands, Palau. Her intent was to and has held chant workshops as well document Micronesian music for The production of Shima e, umi o as hosted academic presentations on preservation purposes. Smith went at wataru oto [to Islands, sounds across Palauan music in the past. the request of student members of the the ocean]: Traditional songs and Micronesian Club of Honolulu at the matematong dance by Belau dancers Palau Community College (PCC) offers University of Hawai’i, who, in the face was supervised by Yoshihiko a music class. ICTM members Howard of rapid cultural change, had expressed Tokumaru; explanation and translation Charles and Junko Konishi are in aca‐ their urgent wish that music-making in by Junko Konishi and Osamu demic exchange. In 2012, supported by the West Micronesian islands be Yamaguti. DWV-282. the Ministry of Community and Cul‐ documented as soon as possible. The tural Affairs and PCC, they organized In 2015, Junko Konishi published Barbara B. Smith collection includes a symposium on language and music in Utahong: 50 Selected Derrebechesiil six CDs with digitalized reel-to-reel Palau. In 2015, Howard Charles was (see appendix). Derrebechesiil is a recordings that were prepared by Smith invited to attend a regular meeting of Palauan song genre characterized by herself, and three CDs with dubbings the Okinawa branch of Tôyô Ongaku significant influence of Japanese songs given to her by the radio station Gakkai (i.e., the organization that since the 1920s. This is the first WSZB Palau. This collection is stored forms the ICTM National Committee utahong [song book] which contains in the Pacific Collection of the Univer‐ for Japan) to give a lecture on and a Palauan lyrics, Japanese and English sity of Hawai’i at Manoa, USA; a copy concert of Palauan music. translations, and transcriptions of 50 is held by the Belau National Museum, songs that Konishi selected from more Appendix: Publications on Palau Koror, Palau. Some of the recordings than 200 pieces. Music and Dance have been published by the Phonogrammarchiv Berlin in 2015 as Abels, Birgit. Sounds of Articulating an audio CD (see appendix). Identity: Tradition and Transition in

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 135 — October 2017 — Page 30 REPORTS the Music of Palau, Micronesia. Berlin: In Mousa 15, pp. 1-17, 2014 (in brief and informative nature of this Logos Publishers, 2008. Recognized Japanese). report. Fortunately, this has been with the ICAS Book Prize (PhD) 2009. addressed by the work of multiple Konya, Akari. “Chanting in authors (Roel 2008; Romero 2012; Abels, Birgit. “Living the ‘Grand Contemporary Palau” [in Japanese], Rohner 2013) who have elaborated Context’: Chants in Palauan History”. unpublished PhD diss., Kyoto detailed accounts of past and recent In Musicology Australia XXIX, 2007– University, 2015. developments in ethnomusicological 2008, pp. 109–133. Tatar, Elizabeth. Call of the Morning research in Peru, especially those Abels, Birgit. “Performing Palauan Bird: Chants and Songs of Palau, Yap taking place in the last 50 years. Identity: Popular Music in the Western and Ponape, Collected by Iwashiki Nonetheless, reference will be made Carolines”. In Research in New Muranushi, 1936, Honolulu 1985 [incl. here to the main issues identified by Zealand Performing Arts: Nga Mahi a 2 cassettes] the reports of the 1980s, indicating how Rehia no Aotearoa, vol. 2, n.p. (August much they remain valid or how they Yamaguchi [=Yamaguti], Osamu. “The 2008). have changed over time. Taxonomy of Music in Palau”. In Abels, Birgit. “The Aesthetics of Sound Ethnomusicology 12 (3) pp. 345–51, The first of these was the almost com‐ and Musical Change on an Island in 1968. plete absence, during the 1980s, of any the Western Pacific”. In Proceedings of institutional sponsorship for research in Yamaguchi [=Yamaguti], Osamu. “The the 2008 Meeting of the ICTM Study the field of ethnomusicology. This was Music of Palau”, MA thesis, University Group on Historical Sources of exemplified by the fact that the of Hawai’i 1967. Traditional Music, edited by Susanne National Institute of Culture was not Ziegler, pp. 133–143. able to continue the important projects Peru developed during the 1970s through its Abels, Birgit. “The song and sound of Music and Dance Department. The omengeredakl: Musical aesthetics and by Pablo Molina, only relevant action highlighted was vocal music in Palau”. In Pacific Liaison Officer the release, in 1982, of a long play Studies vol. 32, Nos. 3/4—Jan./Mar. album with field recordings of 2009, pp. 1–23. Twenty eight years traditional music from the Central have passed since a Abels, Birgit. “Music, In-Between Andes called Sierra Central I. Another report from Peru was Spaces and the Sonosphere (Or, a example was that by 1986, four years last published in the Bulletin of the Musicologist’s Very Short Introduction after its creation at the National ICTM (issue 75, October 1989). This to Relational Skills)”. In Music Moves: Library, the Peruvian Music was the last in a series of occasional Musical Dynamics of Relation, Documentation Centre had not been reports written by Raúl R. Romero, Knowledge and Transformation, edited able to consolidate itself as an archive appointed first ICTM Liaison Officer by Charissa Granger, Friedlind Riedel, of field recordings, collecting only for Peru in 1982, PhD in Musicology Eva-Maria van Straaten and Gerlinde commercial discs of traditional music. from Harvard University, and current Feller, pp. 137–156. Hildesheim: Olms director of the Institute of Ethnomusi‐ If institutional support for ethnomusi‐ 2016. cology at the Pontifical Catholic cological research began to decline Konishi, Junko. “Ogasawaran dancers’ University of Peru. In 2013, the posi‐ rapidly during the 1980s, the 1990s encounters with Pacific dances: a tion of Liaison Officer was transferred would prove to be an equally or even report from the 9th Pacific Festival of to Efraín Rozas, anthropologist and more adverse context for this kind of Arts in Palau”. In Refereed papers researcher at the same institution with activity. The country would go from a from the 1st international small island a PhD in composition and ethnomusi‐ context of economic crisis and political cultures conference 1, pp. 99-107, 2005. cology from New York University. violence—driven by the confrontation However, no reports from Peru were between the State and two radical Konishi, Junko. “An analysis of lyrics sent to ICTM during his tenure. political groups that ended up costing and melody of the Japanese-influenced the lives of tens of thousands of Palauan songs: focusing on the Trying to cover such an extended people—to a scenario of generalized expression of jeremiad of a lost love”. period of silence would be an exceed‐ corruption and political dictatorship. ingly long and complex task for the

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The Archive of Andean Traditional become evident with its transformation are about popular festivities and the Music at the Pontifical Catholic into the Direction of Contemporary traditional music and dance represent‐ University of Peru (1985), later known Intangible Heritage (DPIC) in 2011— ed by them. Publications of all of these as the Centre of Andean Ethnomusico‐ after the transformation of the materials are currently unavailable, logy (1998) and finally as Institute of National Institute of Culture into the and only one of the traditional music Ethnomusicology (2006), was perhaps Ministry of Culture in 2010—to finally collections was reprinted in 2014. To the only space that allowed the produc‐ become the Direction of Intangible solve this problem, DPI developed in tion and publication of field recordings Heritage (DPI) in 2015. This new 2015 an interactive virtual platform to in the middle of this complex situation. institutional frame allowed for the give free access to its full collection of Thus, thanks to the financial support extensive registration of oral traditions documentaries, field recordings, and of the Ford Foundation and under the as well as traditional music and dances. ethnographic researches. The platform, copyright of the Smithsonian Folkways called Audiovisual Map of Peruvian Recordings, they were able to release Cultural Intangible Heritage and between 1995 and 2002 the series launched in 2016, combined local Traditional Music of Peru, composed servers with pre-existing platforms such of eight CDs. The collection presented as SoundCloud and YouTube. musical practices from throughout the Since its creation, the Audiovisual Map Andean region of the country and of Peruvian Cultural Intangible remained, for many years, as the only Heritage has been presented to national national reference of its kind. research centres in Cuba and Mexico, However, the turn of century brought and is being used as a reference for the with it economic and political stability, creation of similar geo-referenced allowing for the re-emergence of the interactive tools in Guatemala and National Institute of Culture as an Screenshot of Audiovisual Map of Chile. The platform uses Google Maps institutional supporter of research Peruvian Cultural Intangible Heritage, to locate audiovisual resources, match‐ activities on traditional music in Peru. retrieved on 25 September 2017. ing them with the places where they Central to this were the creation of the were originally recorded. This allows Thus, between 2009 and 2016, seven Qhapaq Ñan Project in 2001, for the for an intuitive process of discovery collections of traditional music and two identification and registry of cultural among users, making it ideal for collections of oral traditions have been practices found across the network of pedagogical and exhibition purposes. published, with at least another two Inca roads, and the subscription by the Moreover, it also works as a research collections to be released next year. Peruvian State to the Convention for tool by giving free access not only to These collections were registered in the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural visual and sound material, but also to different contexts, going from the high‐ Heritage of UNESCO in 2003. The publications of ethnographical lands of the southern region of Puno creation of the Direction of Registry character which can be downloaded. near the border with Bolivia, to the and Study of Culture in Contemporary Amazonian lowlands of the triple In this sense, the absence of institution‐ Peru (DRECPC) in 2003 was a reflec‐ border with Colombia and Brazil. By al sponsorship has gone through a long tion of this, becoming a more complex doing so, DPI and its precursors have and deep process of reconfiguration, to and better-funded extension of the worked with many indigenous popula‐ the extent that the Ministry of Music and Dance Department of the tions, including the Aymara from Culture, through its Direction of 1970s. Puno, the Chopcca from Huancavelica, Intangible Heritage, has become one of Despite its similarities with the the Cañaris from the Andes region of the main actors in giving support for aforementioned Department of Music La Libertad, and the Tikuna from the the development of what could be and Dance, DRECPC not only Amazonian region of Iquitos. understood as applied ethnomusicology. addressed traditional musical practices, But these are not the only changes that In addition, this constant work of regis‐ but also the full range of cultural Peruvian ethnomusicology has gone tration and publication includes a expressions included within the concept through in the last decades, especially collection of more than 30 feature‐ of intangible heritage. This would in respect to the building of regional length documentaries, most of which

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 135 — October 2017 — Page 32 REPORTS ethnographical archives, the develop‐ stood, of course, as this lexicographic lished by Ateneo de Manila University ment of archaeomusicology, and the book is meant as a music research tool Press in 2016, titled Sibod: Ideology establishment of formation centres for rather than one dealing with the and Expressivity in Binanog Dance, new researchers. Those processes will dynamics of traditions in modernities. Music, and Folkways of the Panay be the subject of future reports. Nonetheless, Santos himself dealt with Bukidnon. Muyco’s penchant for cultural processes when he explored the analyses of Panay traditional music Bibliographical references topic of transmission of music tradition and sibod dance provides interesting Roel, Pedro. “De folklore a culturas in his 2012 book Laon-Laon: insights into the area of ethnotheory, híbridas: rescatando raíces, redefiniendo Perspectives in Transmission and combining insider and outsider fronteras entre nos/otros”. In No hay Pedagogy of Musical Traditions in perspectives. país más diverso: Compendio de Post-Colonial Southeast Asia. Aside from these researches, basic antropología peruana, edited by Caros Some recent works that are less cultur‐ documentation of traditional Philippine Ivan Degregori, 74-122. Lima: Instituto ally context-sensitive are Hans music continues to be strong. Terada de Estudios Peruanos, 2000. Brandeis’s “Boat Lutes in the Visayas Yoshitaka, working for the Osaka Rohner, Fred. “La otra historia de la and Luzon: Traces of a Lost Tradition” Museum of Ethnology, produced two música en el Perú. Cuatro estudios (Musika Jornal 8, 2012) and Nicole DVDs in 2008, completed only recent‐ recientes sobre música popular de la Revel’s “Gong Ensembles and Rituals ly, titled Music in the Life of costa central peruana”. In Histórica 37 Around South China Sea” (Musika Balbalasang: A Village in the Northern (1), 137-146, 2013. Jornal 9, 2013). Both articles are also Philippines and Sounds of Bliss, useful reference works on culture areas Echoes of Victory: A Kalinga Wedding Romero, Raúl R. “Hacia una antropolo‐ and diffusion. They investigate two of in the Northern Philippines. These gía de la música: la etnomusicología en the more important types of documents are a follow-up to an earlier el Perú”. In No hay país más diverso instruments of the islands, such as the DVD production by Terada on the II: Compendio de antropología perua‐ plucked lute and gongs, both entering Maranaon Kulintang with Usopay na, edited by Carlos Ivan Degregori the Philippine archipelago in Cadar. That DVD was played back to and Pablo Sendon, 289-329. Lima: prehistory. The articles were based on audiences in local communities in 2012 Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, 2012. archival sources and are synoptic in and their responses were incorporated [academia.edu] nature. A related work is by archaeo‐ in the article “Audiovisual Ethnogra‐ musicologist Fredeliza Campos, who phy of Philippine Music: A Process‐ Philippines wrote “Traditional Chordophones of oriented Approach” (Humanities the Ifugao: A Look into the Potentials Diliman 10/1, 2013). Such a move by José S. Buenconsejo, of Archaeomusicological Studies in the brought video documentation towards Liaison Officer Philippines” (Musika Jornal 8, 2012), explicit cultural dialogues. In a parallel effort recognizing the voices of cultural Recent scholarly Ramon Santos, Professor Emeritus at bearers, the UP Centre for Ethnomusi‐ publications on the University of the Philippine’s (UP) cology has embarked on a repatriation traditional music of the College of Music, continues to inspire project in which past field‐recorded Philippines indicate that scholars have students, two important of whom are traditions are returned to indigenous exerted a noticeable effort in Verne de la Pena, now heading both culture-bearers. foregrounding cultural processes in UP’s Department of Musicology and their studies, rather than presenting Centre for Ethnomusicology, and Jonas The latest documentation project on those as if existing outside of particular Baes, whose writings are frequently Philippine autochthonous musics is a histories. A few works, however, such reflexive and on the politics of music. set of three video documentaries sub‐ as Dictionary of Filipino Music Terms Baes’s concern for advocacy also reso‐ sumed under the project “Resilient (edited by Ramon P. Santos in 2013 nates with his colleague Christine Music at the Margins”. All three video and published by the Centre for Muyco, who did research on the dance productions were produced, directed, Ethnomusicology of the University of and music of inland groups on the and edited by José S. Buenconsejo. the Philippines) have held on to the island of Panay. Her 2008 PhD disser‐ Volume 1 of the set, titled Nature’s older approach. This can be under‐ tation in Philippine Studies was pub‐ Presences, interprets various social

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 135 — October 2017 — Page 33 REPORTS meanings of pre-contact musics from Historical documents now play an Matthew C. M. Santamaria’s essay on the hinterlands of the non-Islamic important part in research on music the Sama Dilaut traditional dance igal, groups Manobo Dulangan, T’boli, Obo, ethnography. After all, current ethno‐ appearing in Alain Martenot, Birgit and Tagaka-olo. The theme of nature musicology is hardly about isolated Abels, and Hanafi Hussin’s anthology comes from the fact that these indige‐ music traditions, as if they had never Oceans of Sound: Sama Dilaut nous people continue to reflect upon been subjected to the tyranny of Performing Arts: Dedicated to Alain their cosmological and social relations‐ alphabetic writing. José Maceda, the Martenot (1946–2010), 2012; Bernard hips, given the environment they live “Father of Philippine Musicology”, had Ellorin’s “Trans‐cultural Commodities: in that, in truth, is now becoming a already scoured historical documents of The Sama-Bajau Pan Musical Indus‐ frontier for encroaching capitalist set‐ the past when he wrote about the tries and Identities on the Peripheries tlers. The second DVD, titled Sound music of the nineteenth-century of Maritime Southeast Asia”, PhD Tenderness: Music of the Non-Violent Filipino middle class, following the dissertation, University of Hawaii, Palawanun Society contemplates the paths carved by capitalism and 2015; and Marilyne Antonette Adiova’s subtle relationships between music and urbanization. Recent interest on “Music, Dance, and Negotiations of the value of social conformity that “transcultural” hybrid Philippine music Identity in the Religious Festivals of induces the accomplishment of econo‐ arises from this awareness, plus it is Bicol, Philippines”, PhD dissertation, mic tasks that are almost always done influenced by post‐colonial theory and University of Michigan, 2014. Grace collectively. The documentary suggests cultural studies, especially on the Nono, formerly of the Asian Studies that the frequent suicides committed history of alternative modernities in the programme of the University of the by the Pala’wan people in recent years Philippines. The diffusion of traditional Philippines, wrote “Babaylan Sing are caused by conflicts arising from rondalla (Spanish‐Filipino plucked lute Back: Philippine Shamans on Voice, modern social mobility. The third in ensemble), for example, is constitutive Gender, and Transnationalism”, PhD this series is titled Seven Dances of of the diaspora of Filipino labour to dissertation, New York University, Life: Pledges to Others (Janji) in Two affluent countries, an issue that is 2014. Sama Communities in Tawi-Tawi documented in the essay by Kim Meanwhile, the period covered by this Islands, Southern Philippines. This Rockell’s “Rondalla Down Under: A report saw two European scholars documentary talks about intercultural Contemporary Resurgence in writing about the Philippines, though folk religious practices and teaches us Australasia” (Musika Jornal 2012). in the realm of popular culture, techno‐ the value for co-existence, which is A corollary to the attention given to logy, and media. Monika Schoop wrote what drives the people from this area transcultural Philippine music is the Independent Music and Digital Techno‐ into cross‐cultural tolerance and self-consciousness among writers to the logy in the Philippines (Routledge understanding. transnational nature of their research. Studies in Popular Music, 2017) and Recent contributions to Philippine mu‐ Aine Mangaong Dangerous Mediations: sic and dance research literature are YouTube, Pop Music, and Power in a

Anthology of transcultural Filipino music Saysay Himig, produced by Arwin Tan. 2016. Photos provided by José Buenconsejo

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Philippine Video (New York: out at the end of September 2017. This the twentieth not only revealed Bloomsbury, 2018). Thus, the subject publication, edited by José S. changes and transformations in this of popular music in the Philippines is Buenconsejo, is a widely‐read reference musical genre, but also unveiled certainly gaining ground. book on Philippine music. The new diametrical variations in the ways it edition includes (as a corrective to the had been valued or rejected as an Last year (2016), Arwin Tan produced earlier one) many entries on popular identity symbol. For example, he the three-CD anthology of transcultu‐ music as seen from the perspective of analysed how Ramón Rivera Rosa, a ral Filipino music Saysay Himig form and critical theory. There is also a working-class intellectual, in his essays (Stories about Philippine music). This new section on scholarly books. from the first decade of the twentieth material speaks to local Filipino century embraced danza as a social cultural engagements with their Lastly, the PhD music programme of practice that can strengthen fraternity colonial Others—the Spaniards and the the UP College of Music has produced and union of purpose among the work‐ Americans. Transcultural Philippine its first two graduates, one of them ing classes. Contrastingly, in the expressions are hybrid musics, musical‐ being Maria Alexandra Iñigo-Chua, prevailing intellectual discourses of the ly embodied social actions, both whose dissertation “Composing the 1930s, danza was depicted as the most assimilating and resisting, of the Filipino: Music Hybridity and refined musical expression of the local colonial historical experience in the Transculturation in Nineteenth Urban elites, and a symbol of Spanish heri‐ islands. The first CD is piano music of Colonial Manila, 1858 to 1898” tage, a topic also discussed by Hugo the late nineteenth century Filipino discussed music print culture in the Viera from Metropolitan University. ilustrado (educated) class. The second context of urbanization. These contrasting depictions of danza covers ensemble music, many of which might have to do with a very complex are commemorations of important Puerto Rico history of social interactions in its events in Philippine history. The third development as a music practice; comprises vocal and instrumental music by Mareia Quintero, dynamics that Quintero has profoundly from the mid-nineteenth century when Liaison Officer examined in his own research (Quintero traditional folk-popular musics of 1998 and 2009). “lowland Christian” Filipinos such as In the nineteenth cen‐ cundiman, cumintang, and balitao tury, a diverse array of The recent publication of Elías López begun to be written about in print and social couple dance musical traditions Sobá’s book La contradanza española: later inscribed on audio recordings. A flourished throughout the Caribbean. Debates sobre su origen, mudanza por longer, multidisciplinary treatment of Derived initially from the European las cortes de Europa y derivas en el the subject of music in Philippine contradance, these dances evolved in Caribe [Spanish contradanse: debates alternative modernity is in José S. continuous cultural interactions, mainly on its origin, its travels through Euro‐ Buenconsejo’s anthology of essays with local Afro-Caribbean and creole pean courts, and its derivatives in the Philippine Modernities: Music, musical practices. The Puerto Rican Caribbean], originally a doctoral dis‐ Performing Arts, Language, 1880-1941 danza is part of this cultural complex. sertation defended in 1984, represents a (UP Press, 2017). great contribution to the understanding The 3rd Symposium on Musical of the very dense network of regional Indeed there has been an upsurge of Research, held at the Conservatory of interactions and exchanges that research activity and related ancillary Music of Puerto Rico on 5-7 April nourished danza and other Caribbean endeavours this year. The UP Centre 2017, was dedicated to new variants of the contradance. Quintero for Ethnomusicology organized perspectives on danza research and dedicated the last section of his key‐ “Maceda100”, an international confer‐ performance in the region. note address to comment on Lopez ence, concerts, and exhibits to celebrate On the opening keynote address, Ángel Sobá’s broad documentation and find‐ the birth centenary of José Maceda, G. Quintero Rivera (University of ings, which contest some rigid ideas from 25 to 27 September 2017. More Puerto Rico) presented a historical that still prevail about the Puerto importantly, the new and updated overview on critical writings and acade‐ Rican danza. Some of the topics add‐ edition of 1994’s Cultural Centre of the mic research on danza. He examined ressed in this book are the relevance of Philippines Encyclopedia of Art, that how writings on danza from the nine‐ cultural interactions with Haiti in the includes a volume on music, is coming teenth century and the first decades of evolution of nineteenth century music

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Most of the scholarship on Puerto Ri‐ can danza focuses on its manifestations as a dance genre or in its repertoire for piano. López Sobá (2013) also suggests that in its origins it had a very relevant dimension as dance popular songs. Noel Allende Goitía (Interamerican Universi‐ ty) explored this aspect in his lecture on the canción criolla (creole song) as a link between Puerto Rican danza and bolero. Presentation during 3rd Symposium on Musical Research. San Juan, Puerto Rico. Jaime O. Bonfill Calero, professor at April 2017. Photo provided by Mareia Quintero. the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico, also addressed the interconnec‐ national connections suggested in his The danza repertoire as a resource for tions between different Caribbean arguments. In addition to the space for teaching piano, and the development of creolised contradances, such as the debating new academic research on pianism and musicianship, was a topic Puerto Rican danza, the Cuban contra‐ pan‐Caribbean musical traditions, the addressed by Inesa Gegprofti (Univer‐ danza, the Colombian danza, and neo‐ Symposium included a wide array of sity of Miami). Her lecture suggested African expressions such as quadrilles musical performances of danza, not new avenues for incorporating tradi‐ in the French and English Caribbean, only acknowledging the diversity of tional genres in “classical” music Cuban tumba francesa, and Puerto musical formats and instrumentation of training, a movement that slowly is Rican bomba from the southern region traditional danza, but the contempora‐ starting to contest the barriers in music of the island. Marién Torres, bomba ry approximations to the genre, like education between the academic, the dancer, choreographer, percussionist, Ángel David Matos’s fusion of danza traditional, and the popular. In this and director of Tambuyé, illustrated and jazz. direction, the 2016 Annual Concert of Bonfill’s lecture, focusing on the links the Suzuki Violin Association of Puerto Since its foundation in 1955, the Insti‐ between the musical and dance Rico, lead by Marta Hernández, incor‐ tute of Puerto Rican Culture (ICP) has languages of traditions, separated by porated the Puerto Rican danza as a played close attention to danza, identity discourses that have projected main section of the concert’s repertoire, developing various initiatives for its closing the evening with the traditional a fragmented vision of the region. promotion, such as series of recordings, “Twinkle” played in the cinquillo publications, and a yearly composition Colombian musicologist Luis Gabriel rhythm, so characteristic of danza as Mesa (Javeriana University in Bogotá) contest. Josilda Acosta and Darío well as other Puerto Rican and Morales presented some of ICP’s recent explored in a keynote address the role Caribbean genres. played by music in debates around initiatives regarding danza, including national identity in Nariño, a Colom‐ the digitalization of thirty recordings of References bian region bordering Ecuador, based the series Antología de la Danza ✴ López Sobá, Elías. La contradanza Puertorriqueña [Anthology of Puerto on his research and musicological española: debates sobre su origen, Rican danza], and the release of a CD recuperation of the music of Maruja mudanzas por las cortes de Europa y with music by danza composer José Hinestrosa and Luis Enrique Nieto derives en el Caribe. San Juan, Ignacio Quintón interpreted by pianist (Mesa 2014 and 2015). Mesa himself Puerto Rico: Capicúa, 2013. illustrated on the piano some of their Samuel Pérez (2015). compositions, giving the audience the possibility of listening to the trans‐

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✴ Mesa, Luis Gabriel. Luis Enrique dedicated her life to collecting and Ljubica Janković, two pioneer research‐ Nieto: La música nariñense en los researching traditional dances in ers of dance in Serbia, and not surpris‐ años del Clavel Rojo. San Juan de Serbia, as well as their transfer to ingly the largest contingent of partici‐ Pasto, Colombia: Fondo Mixto de younger generations. pants were from Serbia: Vesna Bajić Cultura de Nariño, 2015. Stojiljković, Gordana Blagojević, Members of the NC participated in the Marija Dumnić, Jelena Jovanović, ✴ Mesa, Luis Gabriel. Maruja last two ICTM World Conferences, Maja Krasin, Iva Nenić, Dunja, Hinestrosa: La identidad nariñense a both as panel members (Marija Njaradi, Selena Rakočević, Miroslav través de su piano. San Juan de Dumnić and Ivana Medić in “Urban Stojisavljević, and Mirjana Zakić. The Pasto, Colombia: Fondo Mixto de Sonic Ecologies”, Astana 2015, and research presented at the symposium Cultura de Nariño, 2014. “Reimagining the Balkans: Sound‐ was published in the volume Music and ✴ Quintero Rivera, Ángel G. Cuerpo y scapes of Migrants, Diasporas and Dance in Southeastern Europe: New cultura. Las música “mulatas” y la Stereotypes”, Limerick 2017) and Scopes of Research and Action, subversión del baile. Madrid: individually (Danka Lajić Mihajlović, consisting of 39 individual articles plus Iberoamericana / Vervuert, 2009. Astana 2015). eight from three panels, together with ✴ Quintero Rivera, Ángel G. Salsa, Serbian ethnomusicologists are extraor‐ abstracts from those who did not sabor y control: Sociología de la dinarily active in the Study Group on prepare their works for publication, música tropical. México: Siglo XXI, Musical Instruments, particularly since and an homage to Olivera Vasić. The 1998. 2013. Likewise, they have supported importance of this Study Group for Discography the establishment of the Study Group Serbian researchers was confirmed by * Samuel Pérez. Danza y música para on Musics of the Slavic World, and their participation in its next sympo‐ sium (Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, 2016). piano de José Ignacio Quintón. San participated in its 1st Symposium in Juan: Instituto de Cultura Ljubljana, Slovenia, in October 2016. The majority of presentations from this Study Group’s symposia have been Puertorriqueña, 2015. Perhaps expectedly, Serbian ethnocho‐ published as proceedings and thematic reologists are most active in the ICTM collections, however, given that they Study Group on Ethnochoreology. A Serbia are numerous, it is impossible to cite special contribution to the Sub‐Study them all. by Danka Lajić Group on Field Research Theory and Mihajlović, Chair of Methods was given by Selena The NC members also participated in National Committee Rakočević, who co-organized joint field various conferences co-organized by research projects in Romania and ICTM, such as “Music and Ecology” This is the first report Serbia in 2013 and 2017, respectively. (Ljubljana, Slovenia, August 2015), in following the establish‐ The first expedition resulted in the conferences of sister organizations like ment of the ICTM National Committee book Dance, Field Research, and the International Musicological Society, for Serbia (NC) in 2012. The regular Intercultural Perspectives: The Easter International Association for the Study presence of Serbian delegates at ICTM Customs in the Village of Svinița. of Popular Music, and the European World Conferences and Study Group Seminar in Ethnomusicology. symposia since then shows a growing For Serbian researchers of music and interest for cooperation at the interna‐ dance the most appealing ICTM Study Ongoing activities by Serbian ethno‐ tional level. This report begins with an Group is the one on Music and Dance musicologists and ethnochoreologists overview of such ICTM‐related activi‐ in Southeastern Europe, where they include the preservation of Serbian ties, followed by a general presentation have been continually active since its music and dance heritage in coopera‐ of works by Serbian ethnomusicologists establishment. Selena Rakočević is the tion with local communities and the and ethnochoreologists. Study Group’s Dance Liaison. Ministry of Culture and Information. Thanks to their commitment, the The Study Group’s 4th Symposium First, we would like to honour Olivera implementation of the UNESCO was organized in 2014 at the Faculty of Vasić, a long-time professor at the Convention for the Safeguarding of Music in Belgrade and at the Science Faculty of Music in Belgrade who Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Centre in Petnica. The Symposium was passed away at the end of 2015. She resulted in the inscription of numerous dedicated to the work of Danica and

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 135 — October 2017 — Page 37 REPORTS elements on the National List of ICH, ✴ Fracile, Nice. Tragom antičkih ✴ Zakić, Mirjana. Dušom i frulom: two of which are nominated for the metričkih stopa. Komparativna Dobrivoje Todorović [With frula and UNESCO Representative List of etnomuzikološka proučavanja [In the soul: Dobrivoje Todorović]. Beograd: Intangible Cultural Heritage of wake of classical-antiquity metric Fakultet muzičke umetnosti, 2015 (in Humanity. Selena Rakočević and feet: a comparative ethnomusicolo‐ Serbian).

Zdravko Ranisavljević worked on gical study]. Novi Sad: Akademija ✴ Golemović, Dimitrije O. Pevanje ‘iz preparing the nomination file for “Kolo, umetnosti, Univerzitet u Novom vika’ [Singing iz vika]. Nova Varoš: traditional folk dance”, and they were Sadu, 2014 (in Serbian). Društvo za negovanje tradicionalnog joined by Danka Lajić Mihajlović for ✴ Jovanović, Jelena. Vokalna tradicija pevanja izvika, 2016 (in Serbian). the nomination for the file for “Singing Jasenice u svetlosti etnogenetskih ✴ Ivkov, Vesna. Narodne to the accompaniment of the gusle”. procesa [The vocal tradition of the instrumentalne melodije Srba u Regarding the organization of tradi‐ Jasenica region in view of Bačkoj [Folk instrumental tunes of tional dance and music seminars, the ethnogenetic processes]. Beograd: Serbs in Bačka]. Novi Sad: Serbian Ethnomusicological Society Muzikološki institut SANU, 2014 (in Univerzitet u Novom Sadu, (Srpsko etnomuzikološko društvo) is Serbian). Akademija umetnosti, 2016 (in the most active, together with the ✴ Lajić Mihajlović, Danka. Srpsko Serbian).

Centre for Research and Revitalization tradicionalno pevanje uz gusle. ✴ Mellish, Liz, Nick Green, and of Traditional Dances of Serbia (Centar Guslarska praksa kao komunikacioni Mirjana Zakić, eds. Music and dance za istraživanje i očuvanje tradicionalnih proces [Serbian traditional singing in Southeastern Europe: New scopes igara Srbije). accompanied by the gusle: the of research and action. Belgrade: Guslars’ practice as communication Most members of the NC are affiliated ICTM Study Group on Music and process]. Beograd: Muzikološki with educational and/or research insti‐ Dance in Southeastern Europe, institut SANU, 2014 (in Serbian). tutions, the majority of them with the Faculty of Music, University of Arts, Faculty of Music in Belgrade (FMU), ✴ Rakočević, Selena. Festival kao 2016. the Institute of Musicology of the strategija dijaloga [Festival as a ✴ Radinović, Sanja, and Dimitrije O. Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts strategy of dialogue]. Pančevo: Golemović, eds. Muzička i igračka (SASA) in Belgrade, and the Academy Selena Rakočević i Kulturni centar tradicija multietničke i of Arts in Novi Sad. They have taken Pančeva, 2014 (in Serbian). multikulturalne Srbije [Music and part in several national research pro‐ ✴ Jovanović, Jelena. Pevačko nasleđe dance tradition of multiethnic and jects co-organized with the Ministry of Srba u Gornjem Banatu u Rumuniji: multicultural Serbia]. Beograd: Education, Science, and Technological svedočanstva na isteku XX veka [The Katedra za etnomuzikologiju Development, and Matica srpska. The vocal tradition of Serbs in Upper Fakulteta muzičke umetnosti u main ongoing projects are “Musical and Banat in Romania: testimonies at Beogradu, 2016 (in Serbian).

Dance Traditions of Multiethnic and the end of the twentieth century]. ✴ Lajić Mihajlović, Danka, and Jelena Multicultural Serbia” and “Serbian Beograd–Timişoara: Muzikološki Andjelković Grašar. Pola veka Musical Identities Within Local and institut SANU, Savez Srba u “Homoljskih motiva” (1968-2017) Global Frameworks”. The process of Rumuniji, 2015 (in Serbian). [Half a century of “Homolje researching, publishing the results, and ✴ Medić, Ivana, ed. Radio i srpska Motives”] . Kučevo: Opština Kučevo, participating in international exchanges muzika [Radio and Serbian music]. Centar za kulturu “Veljko are greatly limited by the scarce funds Beograd: Muzikološki institut SANU, Dugošević” Kučevo, 2017 (in earmarked from the national science 2015 (in Serbian). Serbian). budget. ✴ Rakočević, Selena and Liz Mellish, ✴ Radinović, Sanja. Morfologija srpskih The following chronological list of eds. Dance, Field Research, and narodnih pesama [Morphology of recent results aims to illustrate the Intercultural Perspectives: The Serbian folk songs]. Beograd: Hema variety of interests and approaches by Easter Customs in the village of Kheya Neya, 2017 (in Serbian). Serbian ethnomusicologists and Svinița. Pančevo: Kulturni centar ethnochoreologists. Pančeva and Selena Rakočević, 2015.

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Singapore na, through the Northern Road, to this the Cultural Revolution—although place and melded with this operatic there is no documentary proof of this. by Joe Peters, Liaison form. The ambulatory nature of Some years ago, Mr. Yeo and a small Officer waijiang continued through the team of young enthusiasts coordinated Southern Road and into Nanyang [Note: Shortly after the by myself studied some old record (overseas) territories like Singapore. completion of this collections and at least one cipher score From the limited literature on this report, Yeo How Jiang thought to be one of the Northern subject it is also evident that from the passed away. May he rest in peace]. Road Operas. Work commenced with a early 1800s waijiang yue (instrumental test to “recreate” and annotate the In the last report (published in the music in opera also performed on its timeline with direct comments from October 2016 issue of this Bulletin) I own) spread to China’s eastern Mr. Yeo and simultaneous translation highlighted the Ivan Polunin Guangdong region before gaining popu‐ by Jenson Tay, a young bilingual Multimedia Lab, built around the larity with the Teochew population Teochew music practitioner. The result collections of an “unknown musico‐ there. Other communities, such as the was a twelve-minute excerpt of a logist”. In this report I would like to Hakkas, adopted the waijiang art form. Northern Road Opera. The by‐product introduce Yeo How Jiang, whom many The Teochews and Hakkas were some of this study was a small collection of believe is the last living expert of a of the groups which migrated to Asian old 78-rpm shellac recordings that nearly extinct Chinese music form countries like Singapore, Malaysia, forms the waijiang audiorama. called waijiang opera. Thailand, and Indonesia. Timeline Music Annotation (TMAL), Mr. Yeo is a stalwart of the Thau an integrated music education pedago‐ Yong Amateur Musical Association gy being developed by Sonic Asia (TYAMA), a major custodian of Singapore, documents sound with text teochew music and opera in Singapore. and graphic music analysis within a It was a few years ago, through casual server-based configuration. In this case discussions with TYAMA, that I was there was also a direct Mandarin/ told that a music form thought to be English commentary mixed into the extinct called waijiang opera still music track. existed in Singapore. Mr. Yeo, who turned 86 years old in 2017, has an A screencast of this TMAL product uncanny ability to remember waijiang with commentaries in Mandarin (Yeo music (both instrumental and vocal How Jiang) and English translation parts) by listening to old shellac (Jenson Tay) is available on YouTube. recordings—even damaged ones. This Mr. Yeo How Jiang. Photo provided by Joe Peters. story has been reported in print and Slovakia broadcast media, both locally and According to TYAMA, the Teochews internationally. Research has been by Bernard Garaj, presented on preliminary “repertoire and the Hakkas began to establish waijiang in Singapore from the nine‐ Chair of National recreation” at the 2013 World teenth century up to the 1950s. Committee Conference of the International Society Waijiang opera was a popular musical for Music Education in Beijing, and I would like to begin pastime for the upper and middle again in 2016 in a “new pre‐history” the report on activities panel at the Symposium of the ICTM classes in Singapore. Unfortunately, by the ICTM National Committee for since the 1960s this art form declined, Study Group on Performing Arts of Slovakia over the past two years by as Teochew Opera (crafted to modern‐ Southeast Asia in Penang. remembering Ivan Mačák, who passed ize Chinese opera) became more away in 2016. As I wrote for issue 133 The hub for waijiang opera has been popular through films and radio of this Bulletin, Mačák was a promi‐ Chaozhou, China, the homeland of the programmes. Waijiang’s extinction in nent Slovak ethnoorganologist, a Teochew people. Over time, many China occurred about the same time of long-time member of the ICTM Study people brought their cultural phenome‐ Group on (Folk) Musical Instruments,

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 135 — October 2017 — Page 39 REPORTS and a member of the Comité choreology, who presented his rich pro‐ ICTM Study Group on African Musics, International des Musées et Collections fessional career and research activities. hosted by Patricia Opondo at the d’Instruments de Musique (CIMC). University of Kwazulu-Natal between Finally, I would like to draw attention One of his greatest achievements was 29 September and 4 October 2015; the to a remarkable project of digitizing founding a collection of more than a combined research seminars of the older print collections of folk songs and thousand folk musical instruments School of Music at NWU and the their interactive presentation on the established at the Music Museum in School of Music at the University of Internet. The uniqueness of the project, Bratislava. the Witwatersrand, which takes place whose guarantor is ICTM member twice a year; and my classes in African In the last two years, the National Jana Ambrózová, lies in the quality music at both undergraduate and post‐ Committee (NC) has co-organized and sophistication of the web design, graduate levels. several important events with a rich and above all, in the fact that it is a international participation. One of purely volunteer activity. Its them was the conference “Folk Dance participants are mainly passionate Sweden and Folk Music in Research, Theory, members of the general public with an by Ingrid Åkesson, and Stage Practice”, organized as part education in music, who have managed Chair of National of the 40th International Academic to digitize more than 3,000 folk songs Committee Folklore Festival in Nitra, 4–5 July over the last 8 months. 2016. The event reflected a wide In 2016, a new, online discussion about the staged South Africa annual journal was presentation of musical and dance launched: Puls: Journal folklore in Slovakia. The ICTM by Alvin Petersen, of Ethnomusicology and Ethnochoreo‐ representatives not only guaranteed the logy. The main focus of the journal are Liaison Officer quality of the conference, but above all ethnomusicology and ethnochoreology, managed to bring this important topic Since my appointment but it also embraces adjacent from social network debates into acade‐ as ICTM Liaison Officer disciplines such as other aspects of mic and professional environments. for South Africa, I have: musicology and choreology, folklore, literature, and related studies of A special activity of the NC is partici‐ ✴ raised awareness of both the Council traditional and popular culture. pating in the approval of masterpieces and its Study Groups, especially to be inscribed on the Representative those on Applied Ethnomusicology With its focus placed on Nordic/North List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage and African Musics; European musical culture, each issue of of Slovakia. In addition to the existing ✴ raised awareness of the ICTM World Puls presents articles, book reviews, masterpieces of Fujara and its music Conferences, the Yearbook for and conference reports in the field of (2008), Music of Terchová (2013), and Traditional Music, and the Council’s music and dance research, including an Bagpipe Culture (2015), in 2016 website; annual report on the activities of the Multipart Singing in the Horehronie ICTM National Committee for Sweden ✴ raised awareness about the process Region was added on the Slovak (NC). Articles are published in either involved in becoming an ICTM national list. Currently, Fujara the Scandinavian languages or in member. Trombita (a shepherd signal English, and are subject to a double‐ instrument) is in the approval process. This I have done at several fora inter blind peer review process prior to alia: the annual conferences of the publication. The Editorial Board and The NC is a co-organizer of the annual South African Society for Research in the Advisory Board both contain event “Folklórne pozdravy” [Folklore Music, the latest of which hosted by experts from Nordic and other Euro‐ greetings], presenting personalities of the School of Music, North-West pean countries. Puls is published by the ethnomusicological and ethnocho‐ University Potchefstroom (NWU) Svenskt visarkiv (The Centre for reological research world in Slovakia. In between 31 August and 2 September Swedish Folk Music and Jazz 2016 the event was dedicated to 2017; the annual conferences of the Pan Research), which since 2011 is a unit Stanislav Dúžek, a prominent Slovak African Society for Musical Arts within the Swedish Performing Arts ethnochoreologist and a former member Education; the 1st Symposium of the Agency, a national governmental body. of the ICTM Study Group on Ethno‐

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The website of Puls is available in both Musical Value and Ritual Orientation” a conference held at the Inter Art Swedish and English languages. Two (see also Publications below). Center of Lund University. issues have been published already, and In 2015, four members of the NC par‐ the third will be published in spring Recent publications in English ticipated in the 43rd ICTM World 2018. The fourth issue will concentrate ✴ Åkesson, Ingrid. “Local and Reli‐ Conference in Astana, Kazakhstan. on the topic “To Practise the gious Identity in Swedish Popular Furthermore, four members took part Traditional in the Present Time”. Hymn‐singing During the Seven‐ in the ESEM Conference “Making a teenth and Eighteenth Centuries”. In In October 2016, a two-day seminar Difference: Music, Dance and the Identities, Intertextuality and was held in Uppsala, on the topic Individual”, on 16–20 September 2015 Performance in Song Culture “Scandinavian Ethnomusicology: in Limerick, Ireland, which was held (c.1500- c. 1800), edited by W. van Retrospective, Present‐day orientation, jointly with the 1st ICTM Forum Anrooij, L.P. Grijp, and D.E. van Future”. The seminar commemorated during the same week. der Poel. Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2016. 30 years of the existence of the concept Three seminars were arranged by the ✴ of ethnomusicology in Sweden. It was Arvidsson, Alf, and Jörgen Adolfson. NC during 2015 at the Centre for arranged by The Royal Gustavus “MINNET: Transcending Genre Swedish Folk Music and Jazz Research: Adolphus Academy for Swedish Folk Boundaries, Organizing Diversity.” Cajsa S. Lund spoke on the topic Culture in cooperation with the NC In The Cultural Politics of Jazz “Music Archaeology: An Instrument for and the Centre for Swedish Folk Music Collectives:This Is Our Music, edited Art and Knowledge”, Karin Strand and Jazz Research. The programme by Nicholas Gebhardt and Tony discussed her book manuscript on included speakers and listeners from Whyton. New York: Routledge, crime, begging, and the ruin of liquor Sweden, Denmark, and Swedish‐ 2014. as topics for songs printed in chap‐ speaking areas of Finland. The publi‐ ✴ Eriksson, Karin L: “Water Sprites books and broadsides, and Toivo cation of an anthology based on the and Herding Calls: References to Burlin held a talk on phonogram seminar is underway. Other initiatives Folk Music in Swedish Pop and production of the folk music group regarding extended contacts and co‐ Schlager Music 1990-2015”. In Made Norrlåtar from the 1970s to the 1990s. operation between ICTM members in in Sweden: Studies in Popular the Nordic and Nordic-Baltic area are In 2016, a number of members partici‐ Music, edited by Alf Björnberg and being taken—reports will hopefully pated in ICTM Study Group Symposia: Thomas Bossius. New York/London: follow in a future Bulletin. Mathias Boström and Ingrid Åkesson Routledge, 2016.

in the 21st Symposium of the Study ✴ After years of decreasing numbers, new Eriksson, Karin L. “Guest Editor’s Group on Historical Sources of Tradi‐ people from younger generations are Column: Some Aspects of What tional Music (Paris, 9–13 March); becoming engaged in ethnomusicology Ethnomusicology ‘Is’ from a Swedish Linnea Helmersson, Mats Nilsson, and and ethnochoreology in Sweden. New Educational Perspective”. In Puls— Anna Nyander in the 29th Symposium doctoral candidates have been accepted Journal for Ethnomusicology and of the Study Group on Ethnochoreolo‐ at some universities (in disciplines such Ethnochoreology 1 (2016): 7–12. gy (Graz, 9–16 July), and Mats Nilsson as musicology and ethnology), and by ✴ Eriksson, Karin L. “Guest Editor’s in the Symposium of the Ethnochoreo‐ autumn 2017 there will be five active Column: Some Reflections on the logy Sub-Study Group on Nineteenth‐ candidates. In June 2016, a one-day Study of Educational Arenas for Century‐Derived Couple Dances (Lju‐ seminar for doctoral candidates in eth‐ Folk and World Music in Sweden”. bljana, 18–20 November). In addition, nomusicology was held at the Centre Puls—Journal for Ethnomusicology several members participated in other for Swedish Folk Music and Jazz Re‐ and Ethnochoreology 2 (2017): 6-10. international conferences and symposia. search. The students had the possibili‐ ✴ Reports from all these meetings can be Eriksson, Karin. “Sensing ty to present and discuss their projects found in Puls 2, pp. 118-127. Traditional Music Through Sweden’s with a panel of senior researchers. In Zorn Badge: Precarious Musical June 2017, Karin Eriksson defended at Some Swedish universities have also Value and Ritual Orientation”. PhD Uppsala University her dissertation arranged conferences and seminars with diss., Uppsala University, 2017. “Sensing Traditional Music Through a bearing on ethnomusicology, ethno‐ ✴ Hylten-Cavallius, Sverker. “Progg: Sweden’s Zorn Badge: Precarious choreology, and adjacent fields, such as Utopia and Chronotope”. In Made in

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Sweden. Studies in popular music, studies. The autumn meeting in turn tive within its political struggles; even edited by Alf Björnberg and Thomas was held in collaboration with the the domains of dance and music Bossius. New York & London: ICTM National Committees for Austria research and performances require this Routledge, 2017. and Germany in Lucerne, on the recontextualization. After the 2011

✴ Hyltén-Cavallius, Sverker and Lars extensive topic of “Formations of elections, Turkey went through a struc‐ Kaijser. “Swedish Prog Rock and the Authorities in Music”. Thirty contri‐ tural change that took a new turn after Search for a Timeless Utopia”. In butors explored the emergence and the 2016 coup attempt, followed by an Oxford Handbook of Popular Music demonstration, the recognition and emergency code. The effect of the poli‐ in the Nordic Countries. New York: deprivation of musical authority and tical tensions has been felt in the Oxford University Press, 2017. antia‐authoritarianism. As it does every domain of dance and music in different year, CH-EM published a bulletin in ways. First, the aspirations to adopt ✴ Lundberg, Dan. “Archives and collaboration with the Society for so‐called “Western” cultural forms Applied Ethnomusicology”. In The Traditional Music in Switzerland, this (e.g., ballet, opera, symphonic music), Oxford Handbook of Applied year again with many articles on supported by the state in the early Ethnomusicology, edited by Svanibor traditional music in Switzerland. The years of the Republic, has given in to a Pettan and Jeff Todd Titon. New contributions (in German) are desire to revive what many researchers York: Oxford University Press, 2015. accessible online. today call “neo-Ottomanism”, where ✴ Malm, Krister. What Pan Did for the meanings of music and dance CH-EM has had a relatively stable Me: The Music and Life of Rudy genres are reassigned. The largest number of members in recent years, Smith. CD + booklet. Caprice impact of this political change has been with around eighty individuals being Compact Disc/Digital/CAP 21839, a shift towards conservative choices in part of our network. Only a few work 2016. the repertoires and costumes of the professionally as ethnomusicologists, ✴ Tullberg, Markus [forthcoming]. State Ballet and Opera. It has now but recent developments indicate an “Meanings of Tradition in Swedish been officially announced that Atatürk increasing interest in ethnomusicologi‐ Folk Music Education”. In Cultural Centre, a lieu de mémoir for cal knowledge by public cultural pro‐ Traditional Musics in the Modern many Istanbulites and the host of motion agencies and research funding World: Identity, Evolution and many performances since 1969, will institutions. With students from Challenges, edited by Bo-Wah soon be demolished and the budget for University of Bern and from the joint Leung. Springer. next year’s performances will be cut. Master’s programme of University of Nevertheless, while these institutional Neuchâtel, University of Geneva, and traditions are facing these difficulties at Switzerland the University of Applied Sciences and a macro level, this report will focus on Arts of Western Switzerland, young different developments which continue by Marc-Antoine Camp, researchers are entering the profession‐ to take place at academic venues. Chair of National al field and will hopefully bring in new Committee dynamics for the further development Developments in academic of ethnomusicology in Switzerland. The year 2016 was research and conferences rather “international” Academic Institutions and for CH-EM, the Swiss Society for Turkey Research Ethnomusicology that forms the ICTM One of the most important areas that by Arzu Öztürkmen, National Committee for Switzerland. continues in full force despite the hard‐ The annual assembly was held, at the Chair of National ships has been undoubtedly the domain Committee invitation of Britta Sweers, during the of academic research. Although intru‐ symposium of the ICTM Study Group sions to universities continue at on Music and Gender at the University Traditional music different levels, a number of remarkable and dance in Tur‐ of Bern. It was a unique opportunity to theses in the field of dance and music witness the contributions of our key: A Reappraisal, 2014–2017 have been produced since 2013, in colleagues from abroad on the many These days, writing a national report particular from the the state conserva‐ facets of gender and LGBT music for Turkey needs situating the narra‐ tories. In fact, 2017 is celebrated as the

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 135 — October 2017 — Page 42 REPORTS centennial of Darülelhan, the first and their choreographies need to be the Study Group on Music of the music school in the Ottoman world. credited for problematizing the Turkic‐speaking World, and the other surrounding complexities. Hareket in Ankara in December, jointly by the Among many others one should single Atölyesi focuses on everyday Study Groups on Maqām and on Music out the programmes at Istanbul Tech‐ movements, constituting a repertoire of in the Arab World. Unfortunately, nical University (ITU), which opened a “Turkey’s memorable movement some organizational attempts failed to liberal platform for young researchers patterns”. materialize in the last two years due to in ethnographic and historical research. security concerns, including applica‐ Under the leadership of late Şehvar Academic theses and tions to host Study Group Symposia by Beşiroğlu, a long‐time friend of ICTM, dissertations Boğaziçi University (Ethnochoreology) these programmes welcomed challeng‐ The themes of academic theses and Istanbul Technical University ing topics, ranging from Armenian or produced in the last years vary. Some (Music and Dance in Southeastern Kurdish musical practices to decons‐ are focused on music and identity, par‐ Europe). A commemorative meeting in tructing musical forms that have long ticularly in Eastern Turkey: Gönenç honour of the late Anca Giurchescu been supported or despised. ITU Hongur on Kurdish protest music, was also cancelled last summer for the continues its graduate programme Mahir Mak on multiculturalism in same reasons. MIAM with a focus on ethnomusicolo‐ Mardin, and Resul Bağı on Arab-Alevi gy, composition, sound engineering, music and rituals in Hatay. Some However, there have been important and music business. A number of other theses have a historical focus, like the domestic conferences which are worth state conservatories like Ege, recent history of the fasıl circles by mentioning here. ITU organized an Hacettepe, Antalya, Karadeniz, and Ahmed Tohumcu, or the life stories of International Kaval Conference and Sakarya focus on the teaching of prominent musical figures such as re‐ festival in 2014. In 2015 and 2017, the traditional musical instruments. These nowned minstrel Aşık Veysel (by Eray Eastern Mediterranean Academic programmes began to attract foreign Cömert), the famous oud virtuoso and Research Centre DAKAM organized students, mainly coming from the composer Şerif Muhittin Targan (by two conferences on International Music region (Uzbekistan, Egypt, Greece), Bilen Işıktaş) or the fretless guitar and Cultural Studies. The International but also from countries where there is a player Erkan Oğur (by Eren Arın). Music and Dance Studies Symposium, rising interest in maqām music. Other theses cover topics like the focusing on the theme of “Memory and Cultural Heritage” was held at An important institutional develop‐ transformation in Turkish pop music Karadeniz Technical University in ment has been the opening of OMAR markets and instruments, the percep‐ 2016. Many municipalities continued to (Ottoman Music Research Centre) in tion of Ottoman music via television organize their own local festivals, 2012, focusing on historical Ottoman series, string groups in Turkish music accompanied by conferences to bring musical documents. For the last four circles, Anatolian rock, and election together academics and local research‐ years, OMAR has organized an propaganda music. Two ethnographies ers. In Kütahya, the International International Summer School on on Black Sea dance were presented, one Hisarlı Ahmet Symposium has been Ottoman music. In the field of dance, on Giresun folk dances (by İdris Ersan held since 2009, and the International we should mention the rising role of Küçük), and another on Samsun’s Marsyas Culture, Art, and Music “dance federations” like we see in migrant communities’ dances (by Symposium has been organized in sports. Folk dance, for instance, is Gökhan Barutcu). Hale Yamaner Dinar since 2010. being managed mostly by the Turkish Okdan wrote a structural analysis of traditional women’s Zeybek dances in Folk Dance Federation, which orga‐ Recent publications on music İzmir, while Gizem Aksu’s thesis nizes regular competitions between and dance in Turkish schools. There are however a few analysed how the human body and its The publication rate of books and enterprises like Mihran Tomasyan’s particularities relate to certain journals focusing on music and dance Çıplak Ayaklar Kumpanyası and movements. has been rising steadily in Turkey. An Zeynep Günsür’s Hareket Atölyesi, Conferences important number of publications has which produce important choreogra‐ Two ICTM Study Group symposia been dedicated to historical research, phies with political critique. Çıplak were held in Turkey in 2014: the first usually depicting life stories of import‐ Ayaklar regularly organizes workshops, was organized in Istanbul in April by

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 135 — October 2017 — Page 43 REPORTS ant performers and their repertoires, Giray). Finally, there has also been vision series, which have a remarkable along with the history of Republican interest in non‐Muslim religious prac‐ impact in global markets. This is a music and dance practices. There is tices, such as the the works by O. Şenel venue for both new compositions and also an important emphasis on how to and Y. Ata on Turkish protestant research about them. Burcu Yıldız, also play Turkish musical instruments like church music, D.N. Şener’s Easter an ICTM member, works on the music‐ the oud and ney along with violin and ritual analysis in a Greek Church, or E. al narratives in Turkish dizi product‐ piano. Popular music history books H. Öğüt’s analysis of Iraqi Keldani ion, showing how this practice is multi‐ usually focus on the genres of pop and migrants in Turkey. layered, where composing, performing, rock and their icons. arranging, recording, editing, mixing, One important related development and scoring create a new performance One important area of research is musi‐ happened in the domain of television space and language for musicianship. cal education, not only as textbooks broadcasting. The Public Radio and but also on pedagogy and methodology. Television network TRT produced a Despite all challenges, domestic and Here it is important to underline that radio programme called “Aşk-ı global, the domains of dance and music Turkish scholars have produced in the Muhabbet”, broadcasting publicly a try to continue to be productive in last two decades a research agenda repertoire of religious musical genres Turkey, both in performance and in which has been well-researched and such as Ezan, Tekbir, İlahi, Kaside, academic research. In the last two published in their own language, many Gülbang, Durak, Na’t Taksim, and decades, the role of ICTM has always of which are presented at ICTM meet‐ Ayin-i Şerif. These performances, been increasingly significant in raising a ings. In the field of dance two books rooted in both oral culture and some new generation of scholars and in were recently published by ICTM newly‐discovered notations, form an ensuring the flow of knowledge in both members Arzu Öztürkmen (Raksdan archive which will need further directions. It is important that Turkey Oyuna, 2016) and Berna Kurt (Ulusun academic research in the upcoming continues to host ICTM meetings in Dansı, 2017). Belma Kurtişoğlu’s years. Although there is a rising num‐ the future, as this international support theoretical article “Finding Weber in ber of Sufi music ensembles, experts feeds its scholarship. Bourdieu: Musicological Studies” was call attention to the distinction published in the International Journal between popular performances and Uruguay of Multidisciplinary Thought (2014). religious practices. One should also mention here the pioneering concert by Marita Fornaro, Rising interest in religious music “Eternal Love” at the Covered Grand Liaison Officer as research and as performance Bazaar, where for the first time the In the past two decades there has been audience of the International Istanbul Since this is the first a rising interest in religious musical Music Festival had the opportunity to ever report of activities genres as well. While independent attend a concert of Sufi music. in Uruguay, I would like music groups were formed to perform to include a short overview of the insti‐ hymns or Sufi music, new research on Conclusion tutions dedicated to research, educa‐ the history and contemporary practices To conclude, one can perhaps highlight tion, and promotion of traditional of these genres has also come forward, the global impact on Turkey’s music music in the country. and dance practices. There is a visible usually from Departments of Turkish From the second half of the twentieth rise in the practices of Latin dance Religious Music at several universities. century on, research on traditional forms in big cities in the last decade. Some of this research is devoted to the music has been developed at the The effects of Syrian migration have historical framework of religious Musicology Department of the School musical practices (e.g., H. Özkılıç, H.E. begun to be visible in street of Music of the University of the performances in urban spaces as well as Özkıvanç, C. Güraya, Güner and H. Republic, in Montevideo. In this in refugee camps and other settlements Karadeniz, T. Uymaz), while others Department research is done on in the provinces. There is definitely a focus on sociological aspects of more manifestations associated with the need for more research in this domain. contemporary religious music (e.g., İ. carnival: Afro-Uruguayan candombe Yenen, C. Özel), or on Alevi-Bektashi Another important event has been the (Gustavo Goldman), murga of Spanish musical and movement analyses (C. discovery of new hybrid sounds for tele‐ roots (Marita Fornaro), and the escolas

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with the support of CIAMEN and the city of Salto.

Venezuela

by Katrin Lengwinat, Liaison Officer

In the last reports from Venezuela, published in issues 122 (April 2013) and 126 (October 2014) of this Bulletin, you can read that we have several ongoing projects in ethnomusi‐ cological research. The present update is about the past three years (2014– 2017), which unfortunately has been a Murga performance. Salto, Uruguay. 2016. Photo by Marita Fornaro. period of major economic difficulties for de samba in cities bordering with Brazil together on studies of the body in the country that are reflected in a (Ana Lecueder); while the Studio of performing arts. The National Centre depressed intellectual production. But Electroacoustic Music of the same of Musical Documentation “Lauro nevertheless we have made very institution is also researching candombe Ayestarán”, which operates under the valuable achievements.

(Luis Jure, Martin Rocamora). The Ministry of Education and Culture, is First to mention is the reactivation of Bachelor course in Musicology is also worthy of mention. the Revista Musical de Venezuela comprised of four half-year courses on In 2016, CIAMEN organized the 2nd [Music journal of Venezuela], a refereed traditional and popular music. Seminar on Artistic Patrimony, Music‐ publication dating back to 1980 that is A remarkable event was the foundation al Heritage, and Education (Monte‐ now online, containing sections of of the Research Centre on Music and video/Salto), where several papers on scientific studies, a thematic dossier, Performing Arts (CIAMEN). This traditional music were presented. In reviews, and music news. Since the centre is located in Salto, where addition to local participants, there journal hosts all kinds of musicological research is currently being conducted were researchers from the Higher works, one can also find ethnomusicolo‐ on the carnivals of the cities along the Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) gical articles. The new edition is well‐ coast of the River Uruguay, particular‐ of Spain, and from the Universities of designed and open to students and ly on the history of murgas from this Seville and Jaén. experienced researchers. area, and on the culture and popular During the 44th ICTM World Confer‐ One of the very few books published music in the area. The latter project ence, about 20 ethnomusicologists and over the past three years is Panorama focuses on traditional music for guitar ethnochoreologists gathered to form a de tradiciones musicales venezolanas and the fusion of European traditions, Study Group on Music and Dance in (2014) [Panorama of Venezuelan music especially in communities of Russian Latin America and the Caribbean. We traditions], a large study about rituals origin, existing in the area. have been working to organize the based on indigenous, Catholic, Evange‐ At this time, there are two active study Study Group and to hold its first lical Christian, and Yoruba religions. groups from the University of the symposium. It is with great pride that The analyses on more than 30 different Republic: the Group of Research and we announce our first conference customs are accompanied by field Development on Music and Society “Music, Sound, Movement and Dance recordings and images. Ruth Suniaga, (GIDMUS), and the Interdisciplinary of Latin America and the Caribbean: Maria Teresa Hernandez, and myself Group “Bodies, Art, Society” (CAS), Theories and Methods from the South”, used a remarkable systematization where a team of musicologists, anthro‐ which will be hosted by the University technique to organize the materials pologists, and theatre specialists work of Uruguay, Regional Norte in 2018, depending on different functional types

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 135 — October 2017 — Page 45 REPORTS such as agrarian cycle, life cycle, and festival of Saint John, and polyphonic ing in this area, a congress was held in veneration of divinities. singing structures of the Pumé May 2017 on the history and challenges indigenous ethnic group. of ethnomusicology in Venezuela. Two other interesting books were Scholars, traditional musicians, published in 2014 by Oscar Battaglini: In 2016, two master’s degrees in Latin researchers, and students from eight El Joropo, about the widespread Vene‐ American Musicology at the Central countries met to discuss the develop‐ zuelan genre and its evolution since the University of Venezuela were complet‐ ment of ethnomusicology, the impact of Hispanic Baroque era, and El Cuatro, ed. Manuel Roa characterized the research in professional engagement or an historical analysis of the small four revuelta form of joropo of Venezuela’s in the studied communities, and about stringed‐guitar as deriving from the central region with an exhaustive new work from musicological, anthro‐ Renaissance guitar. The author analysis based on the generative theory pological, educational, ethnochoreologi‐ reviewed a great deal of historical of tonal music. Chemary Lárez focused cal, methodological, linguistic, practic‐ material, which he also connected with her research on the work of Francisco al, compositional and museological current practices. Carreño, a little known but productive perspectives. researcher and promoter of Venezuelan Yván Pineda’s book Habla cantada de traditional music. José Guillermo UNEARTE’s Digital Archive of la lengua Judeoespañola (2017) [Sung Prieto completed his doctoral thesis, Traditional Manifestations, which holds speech in Jewish-Spanish language] examining the elements of the devotion about 7000 field documents, was also studies the chanted lyrics of a to St John by Negros Kimbánganos in presented at the event, as the result of Sephardic songbook in Venezuela. the State of Guárico and their contri‐ more than four years of work at the Matthias Lewy produced “Ti qui to co: butions to the construction of regional Department for Research of Traditional The Combinations of Syllables in the cultural memory. This study, focused Arts. This group of professors, Cantares Mexicanos” (2015) a study on sociological methods, brings students, and traditional performers about the role of the combinations of together historical documents and has a lively website that regularly syllables found at the beginning of fieldwork testimonies. publishes work on different research songs compiled in a manuscript from issues and other topics. sixteenth-century Mexico, in recons‐ To celebrate the 28 years of institution‐ tructing Aztec music. Lewy continues alized investigation of traditional his studies based on his extended musics at UNEARTE and the 20th experience with Pemon communities in anniversary of Katrin Lengwinat work‐ Venezuela and in auditory anthropo‐ logy; he has recently published various articles and book chapters on these topics. Katrin Lengwinat published “Joropo llanero tradicional en Venezuela” (2015), a study about the history and presence of joropo in the plains region of Venezuela, and “‘Ahorita estamos en lo nuestro’ (‘Now We Are Ourselves’): Afro-Venezuelan Music Rituals for Health and Community Wellbeing” (2016).

Regarding dissertations at the Univer‐ sity of Fine Arts (UNEARTE), stu‐ dents have examined topics such as the joropo (from the state of Guárico accompanied by bandola, joropo from the eastern region, and joropo from the central region accompanied with guitar), drumming schemes at the Website of UNEARTE’s Department for Research of Traditional Arts.

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Multipart Music A peer-reviewed publication is planned Library@Esplanade, Singapore) were to be issued in English and Chinese. approved unanimously. by Ardian Ahmedaja, The minutes of our business meeting 3. Report on Study Group Study Group Chair follow, prepared by Žanna Pärtlas, activities The 5th Symposium of whom I would like to thank sincerely. Ahmedaja presented the latest publi‐ the ICTM Study cation of the Study Group, devoted to Minutes of the 8th Business Group on Multipart the topics discussed during the 1st Music took place at Meeting of the ICTM Study Study Group Seminar (Tallinn, 2014), the Guanxi Arts University in Group on Multipart Music namely “Multipart Music: Theoretical Nanning, China, on 7–12 May 2017. Held on 12 May 2017 at Guangxi Arts Approaches on Terminology”. The The topics of the meeting were (1) The University, Nanning, China. articles were published in the yearbook understandings of multipart music in of the Estonian Musicological Society The meeting was called to order by diverse research traditions; (2) A Res Musica in 2016. specific use of sound in space and time: Ardian Ahmedaja (Chair), Ignazio polymusic andsSoundscape; and (3) Macchiarella (Vice Chair), and Žanna Ahmedaja reported that the volume of New research. The different viewpoints Pärtlas (Secretary/Treasurer) at 10:30. proceedings from the Singapore sympo‐ sium was in process, and that it would about the understandings of multipart 1. Introductory remarks, be a peer-reviewed collection of articles music in diverse traditions were greetings, and apologies for published in Riga by Musica Baltica. intensively debated. absence This was made possible by Anda It was remarkable that a considerable The agenda of the meeting, distributed Beitāne and the Latvian Academy of number of students attended the earlier to all participants along with Music, for which he was very grateful. symposium and took active part in symposium information, was presented. discussions, despite the exams period. A publication resulting from the Ahmedaja thanked the local organizing Nanning Symposium will be issued in Through the presentations we also team, the many volunteers, and China, in both English and Chinese. learned about the history, religious especially the head of the LAC Chu The guidelines for authors would be practices, musical life, and local musi‐ Zhuo for the excellent organization of sent in June. cians of the Guanxi region. The visits the symposium. Special thanks went to to the University’s museum of musical the interpreters for their brilliant Macchiarella presented the website instruments and to the drum museum translation between English and www.multipartmusic.eu, which were extraordinary, and the day in Ma Chinese. contains information about symposia Shan, in which we had the chance to and publications of the Study Group, Ahmedaja forwarded greetings from listen to and discuss with musicians audio examples, works by Study Group Secretary General Svanibor Pettan. He and singers, was unforgettable. members, photographs, and links. The also forwarded the apologies from homepage is open for all kinds of I want to express my gratitude to our Study Group’s members who could not materials connected to Multipart hosts, the Guangxi Arts University and participate in the Symposium due to Music. Macchiarella asked the Study the local organizing team, lead by our pedagogical duties and responsibilities, Group members to submit materials for colleague Chu Zhuo, for all these or for financial reasons. the website. enriching experiences. Some impres‐ 2. Minutes of the previous sions of these activities are available 4. Next symposium Business Meeting the Study Group’s websites. Special Ahmedaja informed that the next The minutes of the 7th Study Group’s thanks goes to Ignazio Macchiarella, for symposium will be held in 2020. Before business meeting (7 July 2016, taking care of both websites! that, a second seminar might be organized. One possible theme of the

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 135 — October 2017 — Page 47 REPORTS seminar would be connected with the continue during the work on the to the podium for brief remarks and impact of the UNESCO Intangible Cul‐ publication. thanks. Celebrations for the book tural Heritage programmes to everyday launch continued at the Study Group The meeting was adjourned at 12:00. practice, as discussed during the final business meeting that followed the discussion in Nanning. Ahmedaja General Assembly later that evening. invited the members to send him ideas Music and Dance of For more information on the new book, for organizing the next symposium Oceania see the featured publications section of and/or seminar, as well as topics. this Bulletin. by Brian Diettrich, 5. Other matters Study Group Chair Announcement of the Music and Ahmedaja thanked all the participants Dance of Oceania Travel Award Book Launch of the symposium. He thanked once Also at the General Assembly of the At the General more the local organizers for their ex‐ 44th ICTM World Conference, Brian Assembly of the 44th cellent work and for the very interest‐ Diettrich announced the Music and ing cultural and social programme, ICTM World Conference, held in Dance of Oceania Travel Award. This Limerick on 15 July 2017, Don Niles which enabled participants to get in new fund and award, to be managed by touch with local musicians of the area. and members of the Study Group on the Study Group, will provide opportu‐ Music and Dance of Oceania made a He also noted that there was an nities for Pacific Islanders and Indige‐ surprise announcement and launch of a unusually high number of local nous Australians to participate in students at the sessions, who also new book, A Distinctive Voice in the future Study Group symposia, and on Antipodes: Essays in Honour of actively participated in the discussions. special occasions, a World Conference. This has been another very positive Stephen A. Wild (edited by Kirsty experience for the participants. Gillespie, Sally Treloyn, and Don The Music and Dance of Oceania Niles). In his remarks Don emphasized Travel Award coincides with the Chu Zhuo thanked the board of the Stephen’s outstanding contributions to appointment of a growing number of Study Group for entrusting the ICTM and ethnomusicology more Liaison Officers from Oceania within Guangxi Arts University in Nanning broadly, and he presented him with the ICTM World Network, and a need with the hosting of the symposium, and two copies of the book. The book was to encourage more participation from for a fruitful cooperation that will warmly received by Stephen, who came as yet unrepresented areas of Oceania in ICTM activities.

This Award was very generously funded by Barbara Smith, Professor Emeritus of ethnomusicology at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, and an active member of ICTM and the Study Group, as well as former Chair of the Study Group from 1983 to 2001. The Study Group acknowledges Barbara’s generosity and vision in setting out this award. The Study Group thanks Svanibor Pettan and the ICTM Executive Board for approving this new initiative. The Study Group discussed the award at its business meeting during the Conference in Limerick. Information about the award will be posted to the Study Group website by the end of 2017. Don Niles introduces the festschrift in honour of Stephen Wild. Limerick, 19 July 2017. Photo provided by Brian Diettrich.

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Music and Minorities and that it was expected to be publish‐ 24 votes, followed by Dragusin-Buijs ed before the next symposium in 2018. with 17 votes. by Terada Yoshitaka, Dan Lundberg reported that he had Hemetek then praised Pettan’s contri‐ outgoing Study Group discovered the original Swedish bution in the establishment and devel‐ Secretary manuscript on Sámi folk music by Karl opment of the Study Group over the Minutes of the 19th Tiren, which he plans to publish in years. She also mentioned that the Business Meeting of 2018. The German translation—not Study Group had produced leading easily accessible to Sámi people—was officers of ICTM. Hemetek then the ICTM Study first published as Die lappische thanked sitting Vice Chair Adelaida Group on Music and Minorities Volksmusik in 1942. Reyes for her continuing contributions, Held on 18 July 2017 at the Irish and outgoing secretary Terada Zuzana Jurkova reported that she and World Academy of Music and Dance, Yoshitaka for his work. She conveyed Miranda Crowdus had offered the University of Limerick, Ireland. her best wishes to the new leadership. course “Music of Underprivileged The meeting was called to order by Groups: Roma and Jews” in May-June 5. The next Study Group Ursula Hemetek, Chair, at 20:00. 2017 as part of the summer school Symposium programme at Charles University in 1. Introductory remarks, Hemetek announced that the next greetings and apologies for Prague. symposium would be held in Vienna, absence Svanibor Pettan reported that a grant and proposed that it would be jointly The Chair extended a warm welcome had been approved for a three-year held with the Study Group on Music to all, and briefly summarized the project in Slovenia, titled “Music and and Gender, which was approved in history of the Study Group. Ethnic Minorities: Transcultural principle. Hemetek then explained the Dynamics in Slovenia After 1991”. format for a joint meeting, citing an Following a brief discussion regarding example from the 2010 joint meeting the Study Group’s mission statement, Terada reported that a new three-year with the Study Group on Applied the agenda of the meeting was project on the minority in modern Ethnomusicology in Hanoi. Gisa approved. civilization would be launched at the Jähnichen expressed her concern over National Museum of Ethnology in April An apology for absence from Anne the length of joint meetings, but the 2018. Rasmussen was noted. proposal to hold it with the Study Group on Music and Gender was 4. Elections of Chair and 2. Minutes of the previous Secretary approved by the majority vote (1 business meeting against, 2 abstentions). The tentative Hemetek explained that she would step The minutes of the previous Business dates (22 July–8 August 2018) were down as Study Group Chair because of Meeting in Rennes were approved approved by the majority (1 against). her appointment as ICTM Secretary without amendments. General. Only one nomination had The themes for the 2018 symposium 3. Reports on Study Group been submitted for new Chair (Pettan), were solicited and the following were and other activities which was approved unanimously. proposed:

Terada Yoshitaka apologized for the The two candidates for the position of ✴ Terminology concerning minority delay in the publication of the book Secretary, Hande Sağlam and Cornelia studies based on the 2014 symposium in Dragusin‐Buijs, introduced themselves, ✴ Migration, relocation, and dislocation Osaka. He reported that the proposal after which the votes were cast anony‐ ✴ Privilege and equality had been accepted by the publication mously. A committee consisting of committee at the National Museum of Yves Defrance, Gerda Lechleitner, ✴ Queer studies Ethnology, following revisions. Weiya Lin, and Dan Lundberg counted ✴ Decolonizing and recolonizing

Yves Defrance reported that the prepa‐ the votes. They announced that 41 out ✴ Development of minority ration of the book based on the 2016 of 42 votes had been valid, and that ✴ Policy making symposium in Rennes was going well, Sağlam was elected new Secretary with ✴ Empowerment

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✴ Slow cultural violence and state Music Archaeology Arts, the University of Ljubljana, and policy the National Museum of Slovenia. by Arnd Adje Both, Hemetek explained the constitution of The first day of the symposium was Study Group Chair the Programme Committee for previous dedicated to the supposed origins of Study Group symposia (i.e., the Study The following is a “music” (or perhaps “sound‐making in Group’s Chair, Vice Chair, and Secre‐ report on the 15th a cultural setting”), with many contri‐ tary, the Chair of the Local Arrange‐ Symposium of the butions focused on the potential ments Committee and one additional ICTM Study Group on Neanderthal “flute” made from a cave member), and the method was adopted Music Archaeology and Workshop of bear’s femur discovered at the Divje for the 2018 symposium as well. The the European Music Archaeology babe cave in Slovenia. The intense day, following Programme Committee was Project (EMAP) “Music in the Stone featuring many arguments and counter‐ approved unanimously: Svanibor Age”, held at the Slovenian Academy arguments, culminated with a round‐ Pettan (Chair), Adelaida Reyes (Vice of Sciences and Arts in Ljubljana, table on this particular find, in which a Chair), Hande Sağlam (Secretary), Slovenia, on 24–26 August 2017. series of questions was openly discuss‐ Ursula Hemetek (Chair of LAC), and ed. Arguably the most important result More than 40 participants presented Zuzana Jurkova. The dates for the call of this day was the raising of awareness and discussed what we know, or what for papers and the deadline for submit‐ of the complexity of the Divje babe we think we know, about sound‐ ting abstracts were agreed to be 31 “flute” among those scholars who are producing devices and music‐making in August and 30 November 2017, sceptical of a musical interpretation of the remotest period of human history, respectively. the find, and the achievement of a the Stone Age, in particular the period greater understanding and acceptance 6. New members between 58,000 and 2,500 BCE. of divergent scientific results and Many new members attended the The symposium was co-funded by the resulting opinions. All parties agreed business meeting and briefly introduced workshop programme of EMAP that even in the light of the latest themselves to the study group. (organized by the German laboratory research, especially micro‐ During his introduction, Yu Hui Archaeological Institute, Berlin), the CT analysis revealing complex traces of proposed to host a symposium in 2020 concert programme of EMAP human workmanship on the bone, final at Yunnan University, where he serves (organized by Comune di Tarquinia, conclusions still cannot be drawn with as Dean of Arts and Design. Italy, and Musik i Syd, Sweden), the absolute certainty. The day was con‐ Festival Nights in Old Ljubljana Town cluded with a boat tour on the River 7. Adjournment (organized by Imago Sloveniae), the Ljubljanica, presenting the participants The Chair thanked all present and Slovenian Academy of the Sciences and with a marvellous evening, and later adjourned the meeting at 21:28. with open‐air concerts of the festival Nights in Old Ljubljana Town.

The morning sessions of the second day discussed musical instruments of the Neolithic period and depictions of music and dance in rock art, as well as “music on rocks” (e.g., prehistoric lithophones). The afternoon was dedi‐ cated to a visit of the exhibition “ARCHAEOMUSICA”, a travelling multimedia show about ancient musical instruments created by the European Music Archaeology Project, rounded up by further lectures and a workshop at the National Museum of Slovenia. An Participants of the 15th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Music evening concert within the programme Archaeology. Ljubljana, Slovenia. August 2017. Photo provided by Adje Both.

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 135 — October 2017 — Page 50 REPORTS of the festival Nights in Old Ljubljana Musical Instruments Jakovljević (who could not attend the Town was given by symposium symposium due to travel issues participants, together with musicians by Gisa Jähnichen, following political incidents in the from the EMAP concert programme Study Group Chair USA, where he resides), and the new who accompanied the exhibition. Secretary is Chinthaka Meddegoda. The 21st Symposium of Further serving the Board are Rinko The final day of the symposium the ICTM Study Group Fujita, who will take care of member‐ included an inspiring organized session on Musical Instruments ship issues, and Margita Matiskova, as on artistic/scientific approaches in took place at the webmaster of the Study Group’s playing reconstructions and replicas of Academy of Music, University of website. Stone Age instruments, reflecting the Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on challenges of experimental playing and 5–8 April 2017. It consisted of 29 There was also discussion of the musical composition as an important papers, one workshop, one excursion, method for publishing the Study and vital part of music-archaeological and one long jam session. Group’s journal Studia Instrumentorum research. Other contributions of that Musicae Popularis (New Series). It was The members of the Study Group day belonged to off-topic research, agreed to primarily offer an electronic enjoyed a wonderful concert organized including a wide array of organological publication, while keeping print on by the Academy of Music, another con‐ studies on the musical instruments demand as an option (in the same cert dedicated to Bosnian composers, from the pre-Columbian Americas to layout as the previous four issues of the and the friendly atmosphere of ancient China, back to the European journal). Along with this change, Sarajevo. Many thanks go to Jasmina Antiquity and the Baroque, with a questions of copyright management and Talam and her entire team that cared special focus on wind instruments. The formats were also discussed. It was about all issues in detail. The attendees official symposium programme was proposed to rename the publication to felt well-informed at all times, before, concluded with the business meeting of SIMP, by using the first letters of each during, and after the symposium. the Study Group, and a second evening Latin word in the title. A decision was concert in the festival Nights in Old According to feedback received after not reached, as there were also Ljubljana Town, given by musicians of the symposium, this Study Group cul‐ objections. The reasoning noted for the the EMAP concert programme. tivates a very productive approach to name change was the unfamiliarity integrating new colleagues, researchers, with Latin academic traditions among I would like to express my gratitude to and interested people into the academic most ICTM members. However, as all those who helped bring this symposium ways of knowledge building. All partici‐ words in the current name appear in to Ljubljana: Barbara Ravnik, Peter pants have the same conditions, and all many other languages, it was argued Turk, and Petra Grom from the speakers are given the same attention. that the name of the publication could National Museum of Slovenia, Matija Moreover, newcomers enjoyed the pre‐ not be easily misunderstood. Turk from the Slovenian Academy of sence of experienced members who the Science and Arts and the National In the second part of the business shared their knowledge about network‐ Museum of Slovenia, Svanibor Pettan meeting, topics such as guidelines for ing and managing conference issues. from the University of Ljubljana and paper submissions, technical matters ICTM Vice President, Janoš and Jan Almost all of the symposium’s partici‐ regarding video and audio supplements Kern from Imago Sloveniae, and pants (i.e., 95%) submitted their were evaluated. A criticized point was Emiliano Li Castro, artistic director of papers for inclusion in the next volume the difficulty in obtaining visas to enter the European Music Archaeology of the peer‐reviewed book series of the Bosnia and Herzegovina, and it was Project. Last but not least, I would like Study Group, which will be published agreed that such difficulties should not to thank all participants who came to in 2017 by MV-Wissenschaft Münster happen again. That is one reason for the symposium, presented valuable in co-operation with Readbox-UniPress. not accepting the invitation to organize contributions, and took part in the the next symposium in Novi Sad, In a two-part business meeting, the lively discussions. Serbia. The Executive Committee was recently-elected Executive Committee glad to announce that the 22nd The next symposium is intended to be of the Study Group was officially Symposium will be held in Lisbon, in Biskupin, Poland, in August 2019. announced. Gisa Jähnichen continues as Chair, Vice Chair is Rastko

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Portugal, locally organized by João front/back cover and preliminary pages passes the historical roles performing Filipe Soutelo Soeiro de Carvalho. departs from previous publications, and arts have played in linking Southeast was prepared by the staff at the School Asian polities, exchanges between court The 22nd Symposium of the ICTM of Arts, Universiti Sains Malaysia. and village, and the legacies of court Study Group on Musical Instruments traditions in contemporary society. will be held on 10–13 April 2019 in Soon after the publication of the 4th Information on this group and its Lisbon, Portugal. The call for papers Proceedings, a project was undertaken activities is available on the Sub-Study will be circulated on February 2018 to by the Publications Committee, in Group’s Facebook page. ensure enough preparation time. tandem with the ICTM Secretariat, to produce an edited form of the final Finally, the Sub-Study Group on Performing Arts of Proceedings manuscript based on a Performing Arts Industries in survey taken by the Co-Chairs of the Southeast Asia, chaired by Isabella Southeast Asia Publications Committee. The concern Pek, was formed in 2017, with the by Patricia Matusky, was about the authors’ preference to nickname PASEAPOP. The group Study Group Vice have their articles appearing online and covers themes such as localized popular Chair, and Made about copyright issues with regard to music, Southeast Asian club culture, Mantle Hood, Study illustrations used in the various performing arts and media, and Group Secretary articles, particularly music scores of mainstream and industry. Themed original transcriptions, and photos. As research panels are planned for the 5th This report concerns the a result, all Proceedings of the PASEA PASEA Symposium in 2018. The recent activities of the Study Group are now online at the contact for this Sub-Study Group is ICTM Study Group on ICTM website. [email protected]. Performing Arts of Southeast Asia Brief reports from Sub-Study In other news, Linda Burman-Hall (PASEA). Groups (Music Dept., University of California at Santa Cruz, USA) noted her ongoing Mohd Anis Md Nor, Chair of the Proceedings available online research on animism in Southeast Asia Sub-Study Group on Performing Arts and in particular her current research The 4th Proceedings of the Study of the Muslim Communities in Group on Performing Arts of Southeast on this topic among communities on Southeast Asia, notes that the group Asia was published in March 2017 in Seberut Daya Barat, Mentawai Islands encourages collaborative research to off the west coast of Sumatra. Any hard copy format, and was made present papers and panels at both available for purchase at the 2017 members studying animist communities ICTM World Conferences and at in Southeast Asia may contact her to ICTM World conference in Limerick, PASEA symposia. A Sub-Study Group Ireland. It is now available online at form a panel of papers for the PASEA newsletter keeps members informed of the PASEA Study Group page within Symposium in 2018. events, and the mailing address for this the ICTM website. All ICTM members sub-study group is: Patricia Matusky also encouraged the in good standing are now able to view use of demonstrations in paper c/o Nusantara Performing Arts all PASEA Proceedings from 2010, presentations given at both ICTM Research Center, 30A, 1st fl, Jalan 2012, 2014, and 2016. World Conferences and at PASEA Datuk Sulaiman, Taman Tun Dr The 4th Proceedings were sponsored by symposia. At the request of Don Niles, Ismail, Kuala Lumpur, 60000, a grant from the Malaysian Ministry of Clare Chan expressed her willingness to Malaysia. Tourism, Culture and the Arts help establish a PASEA listserv (Culture Department) and produced Lawrence Ross, Chair of the Sub-Study through the facilities at her university and printed under the guidance of Group on Performance in Royal (UPSI in Malaysia), and Pat Matusky Universiti Sains Malaysia in Penang, Contexts in Southeast Asia, reports will also look into the possibility of Malaysia. All articles were edited, that this Sub-Study Group brings setting one up through the ICTM formatted, and prepared by the Publi‐ together scholarship about connections Secretariat. cations Committee Co-Chairs and their between the region’s performing arts editorial team. The new design of the and its royal courts. The scope encom‐

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2nd ICTM Forum representatives of the hosting institu‐ Association (Jane Gottlieb). The next tion and of the three societies. session featured the dynamics in the by Svanibor Pettan course of IMS’s ninety years as docu‐ The theme “Music As Cultural Heri‐ mented in a monumental celebratory The ICTM Forum is a tage: Problems of Historiography, volume (Dinko Fabris), and a reflection new kind of scholarly Ethnography, Ethics, and Preserva‐ on the role of NGOs in the evaluation gathering in the tion” (programme) was discussed in ten of ICH for UNESCO Lists (Anthony Council’s framework, a sessions, complemented by demonstra‐ Seeger). The final session of the second valuable addition to the tions, concerts, and other events. The day addressed the historical and cul‐ three other types, namely World forum succeeded in bringing together tural connections between the Arabian Conferences, Study Group Symposia, selected scholars, performers, librarians, Peninsula and East Africa. The and Colloquia. The ICTM Forum’s and heritage practitioners, who report‐ speakers focused their attention on main characteristic is that the Council ed on and demonstrated various disci‐ African musical heritage in the joins organizational forces and scholarly plinary perspectives from different Emirates (Aisha Bilkhair Khalifa), resources with one or more sister parts of the globe on the safeguarding Tanzanian Kiswahili novel (Imani societies. The first ICTM Forum of music as cultural heritage in the Sanga), and the cultural heritage of the brought together the Council, the twenty-first century. Specialists active island Socotra (Nathalie Peutz). Society for Ethnomusicology, and to a in the Gulf region and in the Middle lesser extent the European Seminar in East enriched the Forum with valuable The last day of the Forum started with Ethnomusicology. The memorable local perspectives. a roundtable that brought our atten‐ event was hosted by the Irish World tion to the programming attitudes of After an introduction in which the Academy of Music and Dance, institutions such as the Royal Opera three Presidents (Salwa El-Shawan University of Limerick, in Limerick, House Muscat (Nasser Al Taee), Abu Castelo-Branco, Barbara Dobbs Ireland, in September 2015. Dhabi Music and Arts Foundation Mackenzie, and Dinko Fabris) present‐ (Lisa Ball-Lechgar), Dhow Countries This report presents the 2nd ICTM ed their respective societies, the first Music Academy in Zanzibar (Mitchel Forum, which brought together the session focused on notions about Strumpf), and NYUAD Arts Center Council, the International Musicolo‐ heritage in the contexts of IAML (Bill Bragin). The three presenters in gical Society (IMS), and the Interna‐ (Stanisław Hrabia), RILM (Dobbs the next session addressed the tional Association of Music Libraries, MacKenzie), and ICTM (Svanibor distinction between participatory and Archives and Documentation Centres Pettan). The next session featured presentational and the inevitable (IAML). The event was hosted by New global views on heritage, exemplified by transformations that come from it, York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) UNESCO (Naila Ceribašić) and despite their specific topics and in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, projects on the music history of the geographic locations—NGOs in Egypt on 13–16 March 2017. The main host world (Jin-Ah Kim, Reindhard (Kristina Nelson), pearl divers’s was Virginia Danielson, ethnomusicolo‐ Strohm). The first day of the sympo‐ musical heritage in Kuwait (Ghazi gist and director of NYUAD’s library, sium was completed by papers on UAE Al-Mulaifi), and the “official heritage” who represents ICTM at Répertoire heritage—Arabic sung poetry (Sultan in Portugal and Egypt (Castelo‐ International de Littérature Musicale Al-Amimi) and Sufi musical heritage Branco). The next session featured (RILM) and also currently chairs the (Khalid Albudoor)—and demonstra‐ digital research and library services Commission Mixte, RILM’s advisory tions of local music. (Jürgen Diet, Barbara Wiermann) and body consisting of ICTM, IAML, and The second day started with a session the relationships between sound IMS representatives. on libraries and archives, with views archives and communities of users The organizational/programme from the University of Washington (Shubha Chaudhuri). The first two committee of the forum was formed by (Judy Tsou), the Library of Congress papers of the last session were (Karen C. Lund), and Music Library dedicated to opera; revival and stage

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 135 — October 2017 — Page 53 REPORTS production (Wendy Heller), and the The symposium, reflecting the SOAS already present, though not explicitly case of Verdi and nineteenth-century Music Department’s growing stated, in the Study Groups on Music Italian opera (Francesco Izzo), while engagement with music education and and Minorities, on Applied Ethnomusi‐ the final paper very appropriately development issues, was generously cology, and on Music and Gender. In called for the three societies to actively supported through a grant from the the roundtable that concluded the approach “heritage diplomacy” in SOAS Faculty of Arts and Humanities. symposium, those present also addressing current circumstances on a It attracted 40 academics from discussed the potential overlap, and it global scale (Zdravko Blažeković). Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Central was agreed to continue discussions Asia, China, the Czech Republic, about a title—should the study group The scholarly part of the forum was Germany, Ireland, Italy, Korea, be “Music Education” or “Music, complemented by several memorable Malaysia, Nigeria, the Philippines, Education and Social Inclusion”?— programmes, such as a visit to the Puerto Rico, South Africa, Taiwan, while collaborating with the existing monumental Sheikh Zayed mosque, a UK, and the USA. Two keynotes were Study Group on Applied Ethnomusi‐ guided tour of the NYUAD theatre, a given, by Huib Schippers (Director of cology for their next symposium, to be theatrical performance of The Iliad, Smithsonian Folkways and former held in Beijing in July 2018. and a concert of the Dhow Academy of Dean of Queensland Conservatorium) Music featuring Zanzibari tarab music. A steering group was set up, agreed by and Patricia Shehan Campbell those present at the roundtable, The 3rd ICTM Forum (Beijing, May (University of Washington, former consisting of Keith Howard and Sara 2018) will be the largest so far, as a Chair of the College Music Society, and Selleri (SOAS), James Nyssen kind of continuation of the session Vice President of the Society for (University of Manchester), Gillian “ICTM and its Sister Societies” held at Ethnomusicology), along with 23 Howell (Queensland Conservatorium), the ICTM World Conference in Astana papers and workshops. Five SOAS PhD Marie Agatha Ozah (University of Port in 2015. Following the success of the students gave papers or workshops. Harcourt, Nigeria), Elaine Sandoval Abu Dhabi Forum, the 4th ICTM The programme is archived here. (City University of New York), and Forum will likely take place in 2019 in A call for papers was published in the Francis Ward (Dublin City the Middle East. January 2017 Bulletin of the ICTM, University). This group will now begin later distributed to members of the the work of developing the Study Music, Education, and British Forum for Ethnomusicology Group and its future symposia. Social Inclusion (Study- and, through its newsletter, to mem‐ bers of the Society for Ethnomusico‐ Group-in-the-making) logy. A Facebook group was establish‐ by Keith Howard ed to facilitate discussion. The sympo‐ sium was intended to provide the This symposium launch platform for an international “Music, Education and study group on music education and Social Inclusion” was social inclusion under the aegis of held on 20–21 July 2017 ICTM, and was announced as such by at SOAS, University of the ICTM Secretary General at the London, organized by Keith Howard 2017 World Conference in Limerick. and SOAS PhD student Sara Selleri, with Manchester University PhD Given that music education and social student James Nyssen assisting. Great inclusion are critical concerns for help and contributions were given by ethnomusicology, the lack of formal four additional SOAS Music PhD representation within an ICTM Study students: Patrick Allen, Michael Group is somewhat surprising. While Davidson, Emily Sayers and Cholong this lack has been recognized for some Sung. time, there is also an awareness that some of the scope of a “music educa‐ tion and social inclusion group” is

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 135 — October 2017 — Page 54 CALENDAR OF EVENTS Calendar of ICTM Events

ICTM ★ 21–23 Aug 2018: 6th Symposium of the Study Group on Musics of East Asia ★ 12–16 Apr 2018: 22nd Symposium of the Study Location: Seoul, South Korea Group on Historical Sources of Traditional Music ★ Location: Budapest, Hungary 21–23 Aug 2018: Minority Sounds in National Contexts as Seen by ICTM National and Regional ★ 15–21 Apr 2018: 6th Symposium of the Study Representatives Group on Music and Dance in Southeastern Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia Europe ★ Location: Sinj, Croatia 21–25 Sep 2018: 2nd Symposium of the Study Group on Musics of the Slavic World ★ 19–24 Jun 2018: 12th Symposium of Study Location: Skopje, Macedonia Group Mediterranean Music Studies ★ Location: Essaouira, Morocco 17–19 Oct 2018: 15th Symposium of Study Group on Iconography of the Performing Arts ★ 27–30 Jun 2018: 2nd Symposium of the Study Location: Barcelona, Spain Group on Audiovisual Ethnomusicology ★ Location: Lisbon, Portugal 11–17 Jul 2019: 45th ICTM World Conference Location: Bangkok, Thailand ★ 7–10 Jul 2018: 6th Symposium of the Study Group on Applied Ethnomusicology Related organizations Location: Beijing, China ★ 21 Oct 2017: British Forum for ★ 11–14 Jul 2018: 3rd ICTM Forum Ethnomusicology’s One-Day Conference Location: Beijing, China Location: Cambridge, UK

★ : 5th Symposium of Study Group 16–22 Jul 2018 ★ 26–29 Oct 2017: Society for Ethnomusicology on Performing Arts of Southeast Asia Annual Meeting Location: Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia Location: Denver, CO, USA

★ : Joint Symposium of Study 22–31 Jul 2018 ★ 23–25 Nov 2017: 7th International Folk Music Groups on Music and Minorities, Music and Film Festival, Music Museum of Nepal Gender Location: Kathmandu, Nepal Location: Vienna, Austria ★ 6–7 Apr 2018: 1st International Congress on ★ 1–5 Aug 2018: 25th ICTM Colloquium Multiculturalism and Music Location: Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Location: Kocaeli, Turkey

★ 28 Jul–4 Aug 2018: 30th Symposium of the Study Group on Ethnochoreology Location: Budapest, Hungary

★ 9–12 Aug 2018: 2nd Symposium of the Study Group on African Musics Location: Legon, Ghana

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 133 — January 2017 — Page 55 PUBLICATIONS Featured Publications by ICTM Members A Distinctive Voice in the period with instruments and their sources for understanding musical sound qualities and fusion possibilities. processes in their social dimension and Antipodes Views like those held by Igor as unique cultural heritage. Most of Kirsty Gillespie, Sally Treloyn and Don Stravinsky, who considered instrumen‐ these historical sound recordings are Niles, eds. Acton: ANU Press, 2017. tation to be an inseparable part of mu‐ preserved in sound archives, now Paperback and e-book, xvi + 502pp. sical composition, widen the perspec‐ increasingly accessible in digital ISBN (print): 9781760461119. ISBN tive. Significantly, such a perspective is formats. (online): 9781760461126. 75 AUD. a matter of course in local practices. Free download — Purchase hard copy Multipart music practices are of partic‐ Performing Sexual ular interest in this context, because This volume of essays they enable us to discern the most Identities: Nationalities honours the life and diverse ways of creating a common on the Eurovision Stage work of Stephen A. sound and to recognize this process as Wild, one of a “founder” of social interactions, Magdalena Fürnkranz and Ursula Hemetek, eds. Vienna: Institut für Australia’s leading which is more than an accomplishment ethnomusicologists. in which it would be a pleasure to take Volksmusikforschung und Focusing on the one’s “part”. The instrumentation and Ethnomusikologie, 2017. E-book, 77 pp. music of Aboriginal Australia and the instrumentalization of sound thus ISBN: 9783902153104. Free download. Pacific Islands, and the concerns of become particularly important for This volume, issue 11 archiving and academia, the essays research. of the series klanglese, within are authored by peers, resulted from the colleagues, and former students of Historical Sources of Interdisciplinary Wild. Most of the authors are members Symposium “Perfor‐ Ethnomusicology in of the ICTM Study Group on Music ming Sexual Identi‐ and Dance of Oceania. Contemporary Debate ties: Nationalities on the Eurovision Stage”. held on 7 March Susanne Ziegler, Ingrid Åkesson, European Voices III 2016 at the University of Music and Gerda Lechleitner, and Susana Sardo, Performing Arts Vienna. Ardian Ahmedaja, ed. Vienna: Böhlau, eds. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge 2017. Hardback, CD-ROM with audio Scholars Publishing, 2017. Hardback & This transdisciplinary publication deals and video examples. ISBN: e-book, 280 pp. ISBN: 9781443873260. with the Eurovision song contest, a 9783205205135. 70 EUR. 61,99 GBP / 104,95 USD. Purchase. huge media event repeated every year Free download — Purchase hard copy in May, starting in 1956 during the This anthology Cold War period, developing into a The Instrumentation concerns traditional “success story” of enormous popularity and Instrumenta‐ music and archives, and acquiring a huge amount of lization of Sound: and discusses their followers throughout the world. Local Multipart relationship as seen Music Practices in from historical and Europe (In comme‐ epistemological moration of Gerlinde perspectives. Music recordings on wax Haid). The understanding of cylinders, 78 records, or magnetic tape, instrumentation in music literature has made in the first half of the twentieth been closely connected for a longer century, are regarded today as valuable

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 135 — October 2017 — Page 56 GENERAL INFORMATION ICTM World Network

The ICTM World Network is composed of individuals, called Liaison Officers, and representatives of organisations, called National and Regional Committees. They 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.

As of October 2017, the International Council for Traditional Music is officially represented in 128 countries and regions.

Afghanistan Azerbaijan Cameroon Cyprus Ahmad Naser Sanubar Bagirova, Kisito Essele, Liaison Nefen Michaelides, Sarmast, Liaison Officer Liaison Officer Officer Liaison Officer

Albania Bangladesh Canada Czech Ardian Ahmedaja, Sayeem Rana, Liaison Judith Klassen, Chair Republic Liaison Officer Officer of National Committee Zuzana Jurková, Liaison Officer Algeria Belarus Cape Verde Maya Saidani, Liaison Galina Tavlai, Mário Lúcio de Denmark Officer Liaison Officer Sousa, Liaison Officer Eva Fock, Chair of National Committee American Belgium Chile Samoa Anne Caufriez, Jacob Rekedal, Ecuador Kuki Motumotu Tuiasosopo, Liaison Officer Liaison Officer María Gabriela López Liaison Officer Yánez, Liaison Officer Bhutan China Angola Kheng Sonam Dorji, Xiao Mei, Chair of Egypt Jomo Francisco Isabel Liaison Officer National Committee Kristina Nelson, de Carvalho, Liaison Officer Liaison Officer Bosnia and Colombia Argentina Herzegovina Ana María Ochoa, Estonia Silvia Citro, Liaison Jasmina Talam, Chair of Liaison Officer Žanna Pärtlas, Officer National Committee Liaison Officer Costa Rica Armenia Botswana Susan Campos Ethiopia Tatevik Shakhkulyan, Tomeletso Sereetsi, Fonseca, Liaison Officer Timkehet Teffera, Liaison Officer Liaison Officer Liaison Officer Côte d’Ivoire Australia & Brazil Sié Hien, Liaison Finland New Zealand Deise Lucy Officer Antti-Ville Kärjä, Catherine Grant, Montardo, Chair of National Chair of National Committee Chair of Regional Committee Croatia Committee Tvrtko Zebec, Chair France Bulgaria of National Committee Susanne Fürniss, Austria Lozanka Peycheva, Chair of National Committee Cuba Bernd Brabec de Chair of National Committee Mori, Chair of National Laura Delia Vilar Georgia Committee Cambodia Álvarez, Liaison Officer Joseph Jordania, Song Seng, Liaison Liaison Officer Officer

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Germany Ireland Macedonia Mozambique Dorit Klebe, Chair of Lonán Ó Briain, (FYROM) Luka Mukhavele, National Committee Chair of National Committee Velika Stojkova Liaison Officer Serafimovska, Chair of Ghana Israel National Committee Myanmar Daniel Avorgbedor, Essica Marks, Liaison Ne Myo Aung, Liaison Officer Officer Madagascar Liaison Office Mireille Greece Italy Rakotomalala, Liaison Officer Nepal Irene Loutzaki, Serena Facci, Chair Ram Prasad Kadel, Liaison Officer of National Committee Malawi Liaison Officer Robert Chanunkha, Guam & Japan Liaison Officer The Northern Tsukahara Yasuko, Netherlands Marianas Chair of National Committee Malaysia Evert Bisschop Boele, Liaison Michael Clement, Tan Sooi-Beng, Officer Kazakhstan Liaison Officer Liaison Officer Saule Utegalieva, Nicaragua Guatemala Liaison Officer Malta Johannes Kranz, Matthias Stöckli, Philip Ciantar, Liaison Officer Liaison Officer Kenya Liaison Officer Charles Nyakiti Nigeria Haiti Orawo, Liaison Officer Mexico Austin 'Maro Emielu, Gerdès Fleurant, Carlos Ruiz Liaison Officer Republic of Liaison Officer Rodriguez, Liaison Officer Korea Norway Hungary Sheen Dae-Cheol, Chair of Federated Bjørn Aksdal, Chair János Sipos, Chair of National Committee States of of National Committee National Committee Micronesia Kuwait Augustine C. Kohler, Liaison Oman Iceland Lisa Urkevich, Officer Nasser Al-Taee, Guðrún Liaison Officer Liaison Officer Ingimundardóttir, Liaison Moldova Officer Kyrgyzstan Diana Bunea, Liaison Pakistan Kanykei Mukhtarova, Officer Shumaila Hemani, India Liaison Officer Liaison Officer Shubha Chaudhuri, Mongolia Chair of National Committee Laos Otgonbayar Palau Bountheng Chuluunbaatar, Liaison Simeon Adelbai, Indonesia Souksavatd, Liaison Officer Officer Liaison Officer Made Mantle Hood, Liaison Officer Latvia Montenegro Papua New Anda Beitāne, Zlata Marjanović, Guinea Iran Liaison Officer Liaison Officer Naomi Faik-Simet, Liaison Mohammad Reza Officer Azadehfar, Liaison Officer Lebanon Morocco Nidaa Abou Mrad, Lhoussain Simour, Peru Iraq Liaison Officer Liaison Officer Pablo Molina, Liaison Scheherazade Q. Officer Hassan, Liaison Officer Lithuania Rimantas Sliužinskas, Chair of National Committee

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Philippines Spain Turkey Yemen José Buenconsejo, Francisco J. García Arzu Öztürkmen, Jean Lambert, Liaison Officer Gallardo, Chair of National Chair of National Committee Liaison Officer Committee Poland Zambia Ewa Dahlig, Chair of Sri Lanka Turkmenistan Mwesa I. Mapoma, National Committee Lasanthi Shakhym Gullyev, Liaison Officer Manaranjanie Kalinga Dona, Liaison Officer Portugal Liaison Officer Zimbabwe Salwa El-Shawan Uganda Jerry Rutsate, Castelo-Branco, Chair of Sudan James Isabirye, Chair Liaison Officer National Committee Mohammed Adam of National Committee Sulaiman Abo-Albashar, Puerto Rico Liaison Officer Ukraine Mareia Quintero Olha Kolomyyets, Rivera, Liaison Officer Swaziland Liaison Officer Cara Stacey, Liaison Romania Officer United Arab Constantin Secară, Emirates Liaison Officer Sweden Virginia L. Danielson, Ingrid Åkesson, Chair Liaison Officer Russia of National Committee Olga Pashina, Liaison United Officer Switzerland Kingdom Marc-Antoine Camp, Keith Howard, Chair of Serbia Chair of National Committee National Committee Danka Lajić- Mihajlović, Chair of National Taiwan United States Committee Tsai Tsung-Te, Chair of America of Regional Committee Anne Rasmussen, Chair of Singapore National Committee Joseph Peters, Tajikistan Liaison Officer Faroghat Azizi, Uruguay Liaison Officer Marita Fornaro, Slovakia Liaison Officer Bernard Garaj, Chair Tanzania of National Committee Imani Sanga, Liaison Uzbekistan Officer Alexander Djumaev, Slovenia Liaison Officer Mojca Kovačič, Chair Thailand of National Committee Bussakorn Binson, Vanuatu Liaison Officer Monika Stern, Liaison Solomon Officer Islands Tonga Irene Karongo Hundleby, Adrienne L Kaeppler, Venezuela Liaison Officer Liaison Officer Katrin Lengwinat, Liaison Officer South Africa Tunisia Alvin Petersen, Anas Ghrab, Liaison Vietnam Officer Liaison Officer Phạm Minh Hương, Chair of National Committee

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 135 — October 2017 — Page 59 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 business 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: Huib Schippers 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: Svanibor Pettan

Historical Sources of Traditional Music Music Archaeology Co-Chairs: Susanne Ziegler & Ingrid Åkesson Chair: Arnd Adje Both

Iconography of the Performing Arts Music in the Arab World Chair: Zdravko Blažeković Chair: Scheherazade Hassan

Maqām Music of the Turkic-speaking World Chair: Alexander Djumaev Chair: Razia Sultanova

Mediterranean Music Studies Musical Instruments Chair: Ruth Davis Chair: Gisa Jähnichen

Multipart Music Musics of East Asia Chair: Ardian Ahmedaja Chair: Helen Rees

Music and Allied Arts of Greater South Musics of the Slavic World Asia Chair: Elena Shishkina Chair: Richard K. Wolf Performing Arts of Southeast Asia Chair: Mohd Anis Md Nor

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 135 — October 2017 — Page 60 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 Svanibor Pettan Razia Sultanova Portugal Slovenia UK President (2017–2021) Vice President (2017–2021) Vice President (2015–2019)

Bussakorn Binson Naila Ceribašić Catherine E. Foley Miguel A. García Thailand Croatia Ireland Argentina EB Member (2017–2019) EB Member (2017–2023) EB Member (2017–2023) EB Member (2017–2019)

Don Niles Marie Agatha Ozah Jonathan P.J. Stock Tan Sooi Beng Papua New Guinea Nigeria UK/Ireland Malaysia EB Member (2017–2023) EB Member (2017–2023) EB Member (2013–2019) EB Member (2015–2021)

Terada Yoshitaka (寺⽥ 吉孝) J. Lawrence Witzleben Xiao Mei (萧梅) Japan USA China EB Member (2013–2019) EB Member (2015–2021) EB Member (2013–2019)

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 135 — October 2017 — Page 61 GENERAL INFORMATION Secretariat

The Secretariat is the body responsible for the day-to-day operations Contact information of ICTM, and is the main channel of communication between the Council’s governing body—the Executive Board—and its members, International Council for Traditional subscribers, partners, and affiliates. Music

The Secretariat comprises the Secretary General and the Executive Department of Folk Music Research and Assistant, who are both appointed by the Executive Board for an Ethnomusicology initial period of four years. The current Secretariat has been based at University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria, since Anton-von-Webern Platz 1 July 2017, with Ursula Hemetek as Secretary General and Carlos 1030 Vienna Yoder as Executive Assistant. Austria

Phone: +1 410 501 5559 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.ictmusic.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/ictmusic

Ursula Hemetek Carlos Yoder Secretary General Executive Assistant Austria Argentina/Slovenia

The library of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, host institution of the ICTM Secretariat. Photo by Stephan Polzer

Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 135 — October 2017 — Page 62 GENERAL INFORMATION Membership Information

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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 2017 issue the Yearbook (Vol. 49), will be published in electronic-only publication. November 2017. 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.

For more information about submissions, and how to access or purchase back issues, please visit the Bulletin’s home page. The full collection of past Bulletins can be browsed and downloaded from this page.

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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