o c t o b e r / 2001 International Society for Music Education ISME newsletter Presidential letter and administration for ISME as ISME Message from Professor John Drummond, President of ISME we move forward with our plans for growth. We are working hard is moving to move our membership num- bers forward. Our conferencing on continues with successful and ex- International Society for Kia ora! citing regional conferences in Music Education Greetings to all ISME members, colleagues and friends New Zealand and Argentina over recent weeks. Plans for next year’s The last weeks have been dark- minds us of the potential for World Conference in Bergen are New Address ened by the tragic events in Ameri- good we all possess; it puts us in looking very good indeed, and if of the: ca. Our thoughts and love are touch with eternal things. As you haven’t yet booked the dates ISME International Office with all those who have been music educators we have the in your diary, do so now. Your P.O. box 909 touched by the consequences of Nedlands 6909,WA this terrible violence, and we Australia have special sympathy for our T ++ 61 (0)8 - 93 86 2654 music education colleagues. We F ++ 61 (0)8 - 93 86 2658 encourage them to seek the sol- E [email protected] ace of music and the consolation W http://www.isme.org to the spirit it can offer. These events have reminded me of the incredible work carried out CONTENT in Palestine by a group of music educators who have been work- Mar del Plata 2 ing tirelessly to use music-mak- Report on ISME’s regional ing and other creative arts work conference in Argentina to help young Palestinians find ways to deal with a lifetime envi- Scandinavia 2002 2 ronment of violence and tragedy. ISME Conference and Violence, of any kind, dehuman- Commissions izes both victims and perpetra- Board members at work, ISME Board Meeting in Voss, Norway, June 2001 tors, and it so easily breeds more Elections 2002 4 violence. In a time of violence, privilege of being able to bring Board is active and hard-working, President-Elect and Members whether it is a constant presence this wonderful gift to others, and and our recent meeting in Nor- of the Board of Directors or impacts on us for just one we are always needed, in bad way was very productive. dreadful moment, we need the times maybe even more than in We stride forward with confi- ISME’s New Secretary humanizing power of music. We the good times. dence, knowing we are on track General 8 need to be reminded of our to create the kind of ISME you Judy Thönell fragility, of our need for each For ISME, the times are always want. And if you have ideas about other, of the treasure-house good! You will see in this what else you would like ISME to which is each human mind, of the Newsletter that we have a new do for you, please contact me at power-house which is each Secretary General, Judy Thönell, [email protected], or human spirit, and music is able to and that we are moving our In- Judy Thönell at our new email ad- remind us of all these. It affirms ternational Office to Perth, in dress [email protected]. our individuality and our commu- Australia, which is where Judy nality; it reassures us of the lives. This promises a well-inte- John Drummond magic of the imagination; it re- grated and effective organization President 1 ISME Confer One of the great advantages of being an ISME member is the op- portunity to attend the Society’s World Conference every two years. Since 1953 tens of thousands of music educators have met in countries as diverse as Finland, South Africa and Poland, and cities with populations as differ- ent as Seoul and Canberra. Varia- ISME Information session tions in climate from the hot af- ternoon thunderstorms of Third Latin American Regional Tampa, Florida to the sunny win- ter days of Pretoria have given Conference (isme/sadem) Conference delegates a close en- counter of our varied world, an Mar del Plata, Argentina, pants were all Latin American professional musician: perform- added bonus to the pleasure and 11-15 September 2001 music educators actively involved ers, composers, musicologists and excitement of attending an inter- in ISME such as Board members other technical options; c) Spe- national gathering of like-minds. The Third Latin American Region- Liane Hentschke (Brazil) and Dina cial music education: music ther- al Conference organized by the Grätzer (Argentina). The panel apy and special relations among Bergen, the host city for the 2002 Argentine Society for Music Edu- also included Commission mem- music and medicine and d) Infor- World Conference, is another cation (SADEM), under the um- bers Liliana Acuña (Argentina) mal or community music educa- place that will long be remem- brella of ISME, was successfully from Music Therapy and Orlando tion. bered by delegates, and for a vari- held in Mar de Plata City, a sum- Musumeci (Argentina) from Edu- ety of reasons. Situated on the mer resort located 400 km from cation of the Professional Musi- Seventy papers and workshops west coast of Norway, it is an en- the capital city, Buenos Aires. cian. Also taking part was Ana were presented in four parallel chanting city to visit with its ‘Action and Research in Music Ed- Lucia Frega, a former ISME Presi- sessions with the variety of charming harbour, narrow streets ucation’ was the reason to call to- dent and, of course, the current themes and focuses the most lined with delightful old wooden gether people from different ISME President, John Drummond. challenging and enriching aspect houses dating back centuries, countries including Brazil, Chile, of this conference. Evening con- and surrounding mountains. Colombia, Israel, Australia, Mexi- Papers were categorized as re- certs were given as well as a love- The city was founded a thousand co, Venezuela, and Argentina. search and communications, and ly, informal ‘Latin American feast’ years ago and, with its proximity Delegates presented papers in embraced four main areas: a) where people shared their tradi- to the fjords of Norway and other the two official languages, Span- Music education at all three tional music and dances in a re- spectacular sightseeing trips, it ish and Portuguese. school levels; b) Training of the laxed atmosphere. will undoubtedly prove to be a memorable place for a conference. People had the privilege to share To help delegates enjoy as much this experience with ISME Presi- of the area as possible, the Confer- dent John Drummond, who in ence organisers have allocated a turn had the chance to learn day mid-week in the program for more about life and Music Educa- visitors to tour the city and region. tion in another area of the south- ern hemisphere than his own. One of the not-to-be-missed visits for delegates will be Troldhaugen, Plenary sessions were distin- the home of Nina and Edvard guished, among others, by the Grieg. Only 15 minutes by car presence of Ramon Santos (The from Bergen, Troldhaugen is visit- Philippines), Eugenia Costa-Giomi ed by some 130,000 people a year (Canada), Alda Oliveira (Brazil) and is one of the most delightful and Ana Lucia Frega (Argentina). places for anyone interested in music. The estate consists of the One plenary session, under the house where the Griegs spent headline of ‘All about ISME’, was every summer from 1885 to 1907 designed for the audience to (the year of Edvard’s death), the learn more about ISME. Partici- Delegates enjoy a Conference activity composer’s hut with its glorious 2 The closing date for applications to present papers at most of the SCANDANAVIA 2002 commissions has now closed, however, the Commission for Music in ence and Commissions Special Education is now inviting contributions. Details are as follows: views on the edge of a lake, a 200 The ISME Commission on Music in Special Education, Music Therapy, seat concert hall, a simple tomb and Music Medicine invites contributions related to the Seminar by the lake containing the ashes theme, Community, Creativity, and Culture: Connections in Music in of Edvard and Nina, and the Mu- Special Education, Music Therapy and Music Medicine. seum itself, housing a permanent The Commission wishes to encourage proposals of participation in exhibition, multimedia room and the Seminar to be held in Scandinavia, August 6-11, 2002 and in the café. In the multimedia room, vis- Special Session of the 25th ISME World Conference to be held Au- itors can view a presentation in a gust 11-16, 2002. variety of languages, where Grieg’s own writings have been Submissions for consideration must comply with the following conditions: used as the commentary, inter- 1 The presentation may be an oral summary of a research paper, a spersed with his music. demonstration with slides or videotapes, a workshop, a panel dis- Early Childhood Music cussion or a poster session. Each presentation should be 30-45 There are many websites devoted Education minutes in length followed by a question and answer period. PRO- to Bergen, but one of the most in- Danish University of Education, POSAL DEADLINE is 1 December 2001. (Please indicate the type of teresting is: Copenhagen, Denmark, equipment needed.) http://www.my-guide-bergen.com August 5-9,2002 Theme: Children’s Musical 2 Papers (not exceeding 2000 words and accompanied by an ab- Visitors to this site can have a ‘vir- Connections stract not exceeding 200 words) and detailed descriptions of tual’tour of the city by opening the demonstrations and presentations should be submitted in three page,then clicking on Destinations Music in Schools and Teacher copies in English, typed in double-space format, and on computer - Virtual Bergen.