In Memoriam ISCM Honorary Member Franz Eckert (1931-2017)

It is with great sadness that we report the passing of longtime ISCM legal counsel and ISCM Honorary Member Franz Eckert on Thursday, November 16, 2017, at the age of 86. Dr. Eckert served as the ISCM’s legal counsel from 1971 to 2015. He was elected an ISCM Honorary Member for the great value of…

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Call for Works WMD2018 Beijing launched

The ISCM World Music Days 2018 will take place in Beijing China from May 19 to May 26 2018. Beijing Modern Music Festival and ISCM kindly invite composers to submit scores.  According to the “Rules of Procedure for the Organization of the ISCM World Music Days Festival”, submissions should be either official (by ISCM Members) or…

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R. Murray Schafer Voted First Canadian Honorary Member of ISCM

At the opening 2017 General Assembly of the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) in Vancouver, which is concurrent with its annual contemporary music festival, the ISCM World New Music Days, the membership of the ISCM unanimously voted to elect composer, educator, author, and acoustic ecology pioneer R. Murray Schafer as an Honorary Member of…

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