Posts Tagged ‘General Assembly’
Three New Members Elected to the ISCM ExCom
At the 2023 General Assembly of the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM), held during the 2023 ISCM World New Music Days in South Africa, three new members were elected to the ISCM Executive Committee (ExCom): Chia-Lin Pan, Magnus Bunnskog, and Rebecca Diependaele. “We are delighted to have you on the team, and there are…
Read MoreISCM World New Music Days 2020 Postponed
ANNOUNCEMENT – 16 March 2020 With much sadness, I must announce that the double festival of ISCM World New Music Days and Asian Composers League Festival cannot take place in 2020. We were very much looking forward to presenting this ambitious double festival for the first time in Aotearoa New Zealand. This difficult decision has…
Read MoreBREAKING NEWS Re ISCM WNMD 2020
Due to travel restrictions and other measures that are evolving very quickly on a global scale, we are aware that most international visitors to New Zealand will be unable to travel to the ISCM2020 World New Music Days / Asian Composers League 2020 Festival. We are working through the implications with the Executive Committees of…
Read MoreNewly Elected ISCM ExCom – Glenda Keam is New President
At the final 2019 ISCM General Assembly held in the Arvo Pärt Centre in Laulasmaa, Estonia, elections for the ISCM Executive Committee (ExCom) were held resulting in a new president, a new vice president, and a newly-elected ordinary member to the ISCM Presidential Council. New Zealand-based composer, music analyst, lecturer, and festival organiser Glenda Keam, who…
Read MoreTomoko Fukui and George Kentros Elected to the ISCM Executive Committee
Japanese composer Tomoko Fukui and Swedish violinist George Kentros were newly elected to the Executive Committee of the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) during the penultimate ISCM General Assembly held in the ballroom of the Merchantel Beijing during the 2018 ISCM World New Music Days hosted by the Beijing Modern Music Festival in Beijing, China. The Executive Committee (ExCom) consists of…
Read MoreR. 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…
Read MoreJulia Gomelskaya (1964-2016)
Julia Gomelskaya (1964-2016) We were very sad to learn the tragic news that composer Julia Gomelskaya was killed in a car accident on December 4. Many members of the ISCM community know Ms. Gomelskaya as the delegate from the Odessa-based Association New Music which is the official Ukranian Section of ISCM. Ms. Gomelskaya was a…
Read MoreNew Secretary General and Treasurer of our Society starting from 2016
After intense consultations and speaking with several interested persons, the Executive Committee has appointed Olga Smetanov as Secretary General and Walter De Schepper as Treasurer. Olga Smetanová transformed the state agency National Music Centre -Slovkoncert to the modern institution Music Centre Slovakia, which she connected to many international organizations – ECPNM, IAMIC, IAML, EUYO, EFA,…
Read MoreTHE 2015 ISCM WORLD MUSIC DAYS – Report by Frank J. Oteri
IT’S DIFFICULT TO BE A WORLD SHOWCASE WITH LIMITED RESOURCES: THE 2015 ISCM WORLD MUSIC DAYSBy Frank J. Oteri on October 23, 2015 Before trekking to Ljubljana, Slovenia for the 2015 World Music Days (WMD), the signature annual music festival of the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM), I had attended three previous editions of…
Read MoreSelection of Works ISCM World Music Days 2016, Tongyeong, South Korea
The ISCM and our Associate Member, the Tongyeong Intl. Music Foundation are pleased to announce the work selection for the ISCM World Music Days 2016! The list can be seen here, and more information is available on the website of the ISCM 2016 World Music Days Festival.
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