Oct 1996 - International Council for Traditional Music

welcoming dialogue not only between the different fields of music studies and socialand cultural anthropology, but also music and psychology, folklore, feminism and soforth. We want to explore the contributions which may be offered by differentdisciplines in the investigation of the fundamental questions concerning the humanand social dimension of music.M&A has a major geographical focus in the Mediterranean. The 'Mediterranean'is explored not merely as a geographical and historical entity, but also ametaphorical one whose boundaries, memberships and identities are constructed andcontested. Mediterranean musics are a particularly challenging subject: in this crucialregion of the world, musics of any sort were born, got in touch, realized exchanges andoften spread to other areas of the world, while often maintaining in the same time astrong identity and becominga symbol of cultural identity and local history and values.By offering contributions on Mediterranean musics, M&A aims to foster research inthis region and to deal with a wide range of questions concerning also other kinds ofreality.For information write to .9/2/96 Tullia MagriniNEWS FROM OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONSThe 7th Pacific Festival of Arts - the largest ofthese festivals to date in bothnumbers of people and variety of activities - was held in Apia, Western Samoa, 8-23September 1996 (preceded bya day for arrival of canoes and a day for a large FestivalThanksgiving Service of Hymns and Praise). Almost all of the 27 constituent"countries" sent delegations, mostly performing teams, totalling c. 2,500 personswhich participated in the Festival. The host country presented five large teams forthemorning and evening performances - simultaneously at six venues - of mostlytraditional music and dance. In addition, Samoan children - 2,000 sang and danced inthe Opening Ceremony, and a large group presented a dance dramatization in theClosing Ceremony. Other local groups participated in some ofthe many other officialactivities - e.g. Festival (craft) Village, First Contemporary Art Exhibition, Seminars,etc. A separate stage for contemporary pop musics was scheduled non-stop from 10am to 10 pm daily. The Papua New Guinea delegation (200+ persons in ninecomponent performing groups) celebrated their Independence Day with a march to theCapital Building where each group gave a short performance.Members ofthe ICTM Study Group on Musics ofOceania who attended theFestival gathered informally (with some invited others) and, after exchanging news ofcurrent research, discussed aspects offestival performance - especially interculturalborrowing and selection of groups for festival participation.Barbara SmithThe Third Conference ofthe European Society for Oceanists will be heldin Copenhagen, 13-15 December 1996. For information write to: Bente Wolff,Institute of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksholms Kanal4, DK-1220 Copenhagen K, Denmark. Tel: 45 3347 3233, fax: 45 3532 3456; The Sixth Symposium ofthe Pacific Arts Association is proposed for 13-17May 1997 in Port Moresby. For information about the program, write to: PAAPresident So roe Marepo Eoe, Director, National Museum ofPapua New Guinea, PO14Box 5560, Boroko, PNG. Fax: +675 251-779. For membership information write to:Michael Gunn, Secretary PAA, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue,New York, NY 10028-0198, USA.The VIII Pacific Science Inter-Congress in Suva, 13-19 July 1997 will beheld on the theme, "Islands in the Pacific Century." Deadline for submissions ofabstracts is 3IJanuary 1997. For information write to: Or. Mahendra Kumar, SecretaryGeneral, VIII Pacific Science Inter-Congress, c/o School of Pure & Applied Sciences,The University ofthe South Pacific, Suva, Fiji Islands. Tel: +679 212 691; fax: +679314007.[From STG Oceania Circular No 34, ed.) Barbara SmithThe 8th ASPCAE Conference will be held on the theme: The Asia PacificBeyond 2000 - Arts Education in a Changing World. Date: July 7th - 11th, 1997,University of Melbourne, Australia.This is the 8th Conference of the Asian Pacific Confederation for ArtsEducation [ASPACAE): the working theme is Arts Education in the Twenty-firstCentury. The Conference is by and for artists providing a network for exchange ofideas and teaching techniques. It consists of plenary sessions, keynote speakers,participant papers, panel discussions, demonstration workshops including multimedia,an International Visual Art Exhibition and Festival of Cultures, featuringtraditional and contemporary performing artists and groups from participating countries.ASPACAE is an international, non-profit, non-political organisation dedicatedto the advancement and enhancement of the Arts and Arts Education. The Conferencewill be of interest to all those who are practitioners and teachers of the Arts of Asia andthe Pacific. Previous conferences have been in Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan,Thailand, and the USA.Further details of ASP ACAE membership and of the Conference may beobtained by contacting either Greg Hurworth (fax: +61 3 9904 4111; e-rnailghurworth@pfs02.cc.monash.edu.au) or Lindy Joubert (fax: 61 3 9344 5532.)27 September 1996 Greg HurworthThe 9th Conference of IASPM (International Association for the Study ofPopular Music) will be held on the main theme, "Popular Music: InterculturalInterpretations", July 27 to 31, 1997 in Kanazawa, Japan. For information write toToru Mitsui, Graduate Programme in Music, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa.Ishikawa 920-11, Japan. Fax: +81762/645993 or 5619.The 16th International Congress of the IMS (International MusicologicalSociety) will be held 14-20 August 1997 in London. Theme: Musicology and SisterDisciplines: Past, Present and Future." For information write to: David Fallows,Chairman Programme Committee IMS 1997, Department of Music, Denmark Road,University of Manchester, Manchester MI5 6HY, U.K. or to R. Holloway15