Established in 1953

30th ISME World Conference

15-20 July 2012Thessaloniki, Greece

The 2010 ISME World

Conference was an

amazing experience, not

least because this was our

first time in Beijing. The

conference attracted record

numbers of part icipants

(nearly 7,000) from many

different parts of the world

and included colleagues

who were attending an ISME

world event for the first time.

The choice of location in the

National Convention Centre

within the Olympic Park

signalled the importance

of the conference, both

nationally and internationally,

and ISME is honoured to

have had this opportunity

to share such an exciting

occasion with our gracious

hosts.

It was a wonderful example

of how music and music

education can bring people

together, to create a sense

of community and common

purpose, both to celebrate

the diversity of musical

expression that characterises

the human condition, but

also to suggest that musical

behaviour and development

is not the province of a

‘ ta lented ’ minor i ty, but

rather open to all. In an

international context where

world economic indicators

r e m a i n g l o o m y a n d

expenditure on any kind of

education – let alone music

– is somewhat threatened,

it was a powerful reminder

of why music is often a

major (if not central) part

of many people’s lives. We

are designed to be musical

(neurologically, socially and

culturally) and to engage in

musical activities; it is our

birthright.

Therefore, it is appropriate,

morally and pragmatically,

for those of us involved in

music education to continue

t o s e e k o p p o r t u n i t i e s

t o n e t w o r k , t o s h a r e

experiences and solutions

to common challenges as

we try to ensure that all

people – of any age – have

access to the highest quality

music learning possible. It

is not sufficient to wait for

change to happen in moving

music education provision

forward, whether locally,

nationally or internationally;

we must actively pursue

this. We know that positive

musical engagement has

the potential to enhance

auditory perception, physical

and mental development and

health, to improve aspects

of cogni t ive and socia l

development, as well as the

potential to support literacy

and read ing. UNESCO

(2010) reports that ‘literacy

remains among the most

neglected of all education

goals, with about 759 million

adu l ts lack ing l i te racy

skills today. Two-thirds are

women.’ Arguably, part of

our world commitment is

not just to make a difference

in music, but also through

music.

It is an honour and a pleasure

to have this opportunity to

take a collegial leadership

role within ISME. Together,

we will make a difference.

Graham WelchPresident

Sylvia Schwarzenbach was made an Honorary Life Member of

ISME in 2010. She attended her first ISME conference in 1976 in Montreux, Switzerland, her home country, a conference that marked the beginning of a lifelong relationship with the Society. Over the past 34 years this has grown from member to one of ISME’s finest ambassadors, a relationship that promises to continue for many more years.

Sylvia’s passion for music and music education has seen her at every ISME conference, at many Commission Seminars and more recently as an advisor to the ISME Forum of Instrumental and Vocal Teaching. Her keen interest in Music Wellness and Music Medicine led to her organisation of roundtable sessions for the 2004 Tenerife conference and presentations at seminars in Spain, the Czech Republic and Switzerland.

Sylvia’s passion for young people was felt by many students at the Musikschule Konservatorium where she taught for 42 years as well as 30 years at the Hochschüle der Künst, both located in her home city, Bern. In 1994 her clarinet/guitar group conducted a workshop at the Tampa Conference where Sylvia was also appointed as ISME’s Representative to the Swiss Music Council. This inspired other Swiss groups to perform at subsequent ISME Conferences.

Sylvia served two terms on the ISME Board (1996 – 2000) and her enthusiasm for young people led to her appointment to the newly formed ISME Youth Focus Group. As a result, many younger people, including her own students, began to attend ISME conferences.

Sylvia’s multi-lingual skills have benefited ISME greatly, both in reporting on regional conferences

in Central and South America and acting as German translator for the IJME Practice Journal. A valuable member of the ISME Sponsorship Committee, Sylvia continues to provide contacts in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.

Retirement from teaching placed Sylvia in a new, voluntary role. She embarked on her mission to visit new countries, develop new language skills and seek out people in music schools, conservatories and universities who welcomed her as she promoted ISME. Her travels have taken her to Egypt, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Oman, Brazil, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Lithuania and Romania. She has made presentations on behalf of ISME in Italy, Spain, France and Germany

and in 2010 she promoted ISME in India and Syria.

However, simply promoting ISME has never been enough for Sylvia. Meeting and making friends with people around the world and iden-tifying their needs has prompted her to personally sponsor delegates from many countries as well as two performing groups. And who else but Sylvia, a clarinet performer and teacher, would see that a teacher in the FYR of Macedonia received a much-needed clarinet, and a talented young boy in South Africa would also receive a clarinet?

There are many unsung heroes within ISME’s membership. Sylvia Schwarzenbach is one of them.

Honorary Life Members

Joan Therens and Graham Bartle

President Håkan Lundström

presents Sylvia Schwarzenbach

with Honorary Life Membership Photo by Patricia Gonzales

The 29th ISME World Conference was held 1-6 August 2010 in Beijing and was hosted by ISME, the China Conservatory

of Music and the Music Education Branch of the Chinese Society of Education. It was strongly supported by Nanchang University, the Chinese Musicians’ Association, the Beijing Government, Hailun Pianos, Dr Sun Music, Eurovista Arts Management, NAMM (International Music Merchants) and the Gibson Foundation.

The largest ISME Conference ever held, it attracted international delegates from around 65 countries and, together with Chinese music educators, was attended by 4,000 delegates. There were some 900 presentations given by 773 presenters from around the world. The presentations included papers, workshops/demon-strations, class lesson demonstrations, symposia, roundtables and poster sessions. It was a feast for any music educator, and choices were difficult to make.

Moving and thought-provoking keynote addresses were given by Chen Yi (Distinguished Professor at the Conservatory of the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Changjiang Scholar Visiting Professor at the Beijing Central Conservatory of Music), Bruno Nettl (Professor Emeritus of Music and Anthropology, University of Illinois) and Liu Limin (Director-General of Beijing Municipal Education Com-mission). A special session Showcasing the ISME-Gibson Awards was presented by the ISME President, Håkan Lundström, highlighting the ISME-Gibson Community Award and the ISME-Gibson International Awards. The latter for 2010 were awarded to two Chinese projects, submitted by Wu Bin and Xie Jiaxing. Details of these awards can be found on page 16 and on the ISME website (www.isme.org).

A large-scale multi-media Opening Concert Colourful Silk Road was an outstanding start to the Conference week, showcasing the best music and dance cultures from around China. The 2nd Beijing Traditional Music Festival was incorporated into the ISME Conference activities and held at the China Conservatory of Music, sponsored by the Chinese Government. Besides performances throughout the week, on Wednesday evening for ‘China Night’ the groups were featured in Night of China – Sound and Vision from the

Tang Dynasty, followed by the outdoor Folk Music Carnival which was held under a clear sky in balmy weather.

An amazing number of 47 performing groups, representing musics of many cultures from around 20 countries, performed. Exposure to some of this music was a unique experience for most of the delegates. In all, about 1700 performers took part.

The ISME 2010 Beijing Music Show was supported by local and international exhibitors and attracted great interest from delegates and visitors from the wider community. Thanks are due to all who worked so hard for the success of this Conference.

Judy Thönell, Secretary General

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1: Chen Yi being interviewed

2: Bruno Nettl being interviewed

3: Liu Limin being interviewed

4: Zhao Talimu and Håkan Lundström at Opening of the Music Show Exhibition

PICTURED ABOVE: YANG Ruimin, Chair of CSME and Chair of the Conference Organising Group speaking at the Opening Reception.

PICTURED RIGHT:5. Opening Ceremony: China Disabled People’s Performing Art Troupe6. Erhu Ensemble7. Tibetan Buddhism Music Removes Evils and Calamaties8. China Night Lion Dance9. China Night. A Yin Group10. Student group performing at Music Show Exhibition Opening

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Thanks to all the performing groups who spent many months,

and even years, preparing and raising funds to attend this world event. Most groups performed twice at the ISME World Conference and some also performed at fringe concerts organized by Eurovista. Others toured China and performed also at the World Expo in Shanghai. About 900 international people were involved in the performing groups from 20 countries.

International Performing Groups came from the following countries:

Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Finland, Japan, Malayasia, Mexico, Nigeria, the Philippines,Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, UK and USA.

Chinese performing groups were also involved in the Opening Concert, the China Night Concert and the Chinese Festival on Wednesday evening. Altogether there were around 1800 Chinese performers from all over China, thanks to government and other sponsorships.

TOP: Anatolian Sun, Turkey

MIDDLE: The Aum-Aree Ensemble, Thailand

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Within ISME we don’t count years but ‘biennia’, that is

periods of two years. Now one biennium has ended and another one has begun. I thank the out-going Immediate Past President Liane Hentschke for her work for ISME over several years and I welcome and wish good luck to the new ISME President Graham Welch and the President-Elect Margaret Barrett.

I have experienced an intense and greatly rewarding biennium as ISME President. ISME is a continuously growing organization – not only in numbers, but also in perspectives and in activities. So when we now move into a new biennium we do this with our most urgent aims spelled out in a strategic plan*. The intention is that this will increase ISME’s efficiency in leading and supporting music education worldwide.

The 29th ISME World Conference in Beijing attracted nearly 7,000 participants and contained a wide number of presentations, workshops and concerts. This conference adds a new chapter in ISME’s history and in the history of music education. It will have a long influence within China as well as internationally.

With this conference the name ‘Beijing’ has taken on yet another meaning and so has the name ‘China’. One feature of the ISME calendar is that we tend to refer to previous conferences by the hosting city’s or the hosting country’s name. In the future we will not refer to this as the 29th ISME World Conference in Beijing 2010. People will just say: “Do you remember Beijing” or “ Were you in Beijing?” or “China! That was great!”

Thank you to all who supported the 29th ISME World Con-

ference in various ways. First of all the Chinese hosts, the COG (Conference Organizing Group), and the ISME Conference Committee and Secretariat who

worked so tirelessly over a long period to ensure as far as possible that all went smoothly. Thank you to all the volunteers – 600 Chinese who supervised the presentation rooms and were always cheerful and helpful, and the 20 loyal ISME Members. Thank you to the many sponsors and exhibitors. Thank you to the performing groups, their support staff and to the audiences who supported them. Thank you to the delegates and presenters, including the accompanying persons who supported them.

Thanks to all who made this conference a living mani-festation for music education!

Håkan Lundström, Immediate Past President

*Details of the Strategic Plan can be found on the ISME website.

Chinese translations in this issue by Jiaxing Xie

with a big national campaign, garnering funds, engaging politicians and policy makers, rallying all the scholars, musicians and practitioners you know and launching straight into a big collaboration. In an ideal world, this is easy, and does work!

At a more humble and perhaps realistic level, a simpler route to INA status is to begin with a “What if…?” conversation with two or three colleagues who share a similar vision. From there, let other conversations flow. Social networking sites make all kinds of dialogue possible, but the traditional ways of meeting at events and conferences work remarkably well in setting the tone, the honesty and openness of the journey ahead. Trust is often built in face-to-face situations. Look for the natural opportunities and occasions that arise in your country and that can facilitate such conversations:

■ a conference or festival that attracts a broad constituency but with a shared vision;

■ an emerging need for new impetus or national campaign to counteract threats to funding, staffing, resources etc;

■ a c o m p l e m e n t a r y n a t i o n a l organisation that is in need of invigoration;

■ a change in government.

If setting up a new society or association, a well-conceived umbrella organisation is least likely to polarise different groups and traditions. A simple, democratic set of procedures (or constitution) needs to be circulated to all those interested. It should address matters such as guiding principles, aims, objectives, duties of officers, frequency and nature of activities, membership, finance, and arrangements for an annual general meeting. The use of wikis or Google docs can be useful in developing and sharing draft documents amongst a wide range of people in the early stages.

An ISME National Affiliate, or INA for short, is a national organisation

that shares ISME’s vision for music education and represents ISME at a national level. As well as supporting music education activities within its own country, an INA promotes ISME membership. In this way, an INA serves as a bridge between national and international spheres of discussion, practice and research in music education.

The opportunity to move from local to global thinking lies behind the idea of an INA. Issues can seem local in origin, but may be universal in practice. It comes as no surprise to regular ISME members that many perennial music education challenges are also found in other countries. In recent years ISME has been developing new ways of forging links between various regions and countries, and establishing networks for research and advocacy. If you are thinking about how to build your country’s music education profile, then perhaps you might consider starting a national organisation in your country.

There are two main approaches: the first is to get behind an existing and well-established music education organisation and seek to promote it towards becoming the national representative. The second approach is to build a new organisation that would serve as an ‘umbrella body’ for all the existing (and future) music education groups and individuals who are not represented elsewhere. An umbrella organisation has the advantage of being more inclusive almost by definition. While varying points of view can be maintained among the affiliated groups at a micro level, the larger ‘umbrella organisation’ can address broader concerns at a macro level.

In seeking to promote the status of any organisation at national level, it seems logical to think about starting

Let these drafts be a guide, something that all interested parties can work on and edit until a more formal stage is reached. Flexibility in the early stages through designations such as ‘steering group’ or ‘interim committee’ will help maintain a genuine spirit of openness and enable others to join in and be part of the action.

Aim to organise an event for all members at least once a year. Activities can be modest in the first stages and can build on local cultures and traditions. A regular summer school, conference or festival that brings together a wide range of music educators of all ages can provide the perfect launching pad.

Once an organisation has become an ISME group member, it can then apply for INA status. At this stage it’s important to ‘float’ the idea amongst colleagues in the music education community and to contact the ISME office for advice. Calling on the expertise from existing INAs and from your own country’s diaspora can generate vital support at this point. Distribute information to influential music educators about the progress and intentions of the organisation to date, and invite their support and participation. Many individuals welcome the opportunity to be advocates for music education through writing letters of support or promoting the organisation within their own group, institution or community, even if they do not feel in a position to devote time in the immediate future.

You will find more details about the application procedure for becoming an INA on the ISME website (www.isme.org). In the meantime, remember that small conversations can lead to big ideas and powerful events. Now is a good time to spread a little ISME conversation in your country!

Regina Murphy, Ireland

Polyvios Androutsos, Greece

GOOD NEWS….

All Individual Members will receive the International Journal of Music Education (IJME) included as part of their membership.All members will be sent renewal notices for 2011 and 2012 in January. Irrespective of when their membership becomes due members will be charged at the new rates pro rata for the two calendar years from 1 January 2011 - 31 December 2012 with a reduction for any months of membership being carried forward from their current membership period.If your existing membership overlaps, you will not be overcharged. We will reduce your new membership fee according to the remaining duration of your current membership.

What changes do you get for the new two-year

ISME Membership?

• Eight copies of IJME (four per annum) published by SAGE Publications. Separate IJME subscriptions will not be available from ISME.

• Online access for all ISME Individual Members to IJME for the first time.

• Four editions of the ISME Newsletter (two per year) plus monthly electronic Postcards.

• The latest information on events around the world, in particular the ISME World and Regional Conferences.

• Online access to resources (under development).

PLEASE NOTE:

• Student Memberships are available to full time students, up to a maximum of four years. Fees for students are deliberately low to encourage participation in ISME and cover only the cost of receiving the IJME. Encourage your students to take advantage of this opportunity.

• Low HDI categories are not well represented in ISME. It is hoped that by subsidizing their fees more people from these countries will be able to join.

If your membership needs renewing, NOW IS THE TIME! There is no need to wait until 1 January 2011!

Be a part of this unique organisation! You cannot

afford not to be!

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