Appendix 6 - International Music Council

Zealand work. The artists’ presence was supported by a DVD and
catalogue featuring 35 contemporary musicians.
The Australian International Music Market is held in conjunction with the
Queensland Music Festival and is attended by delegates from Australia,
Asia, the Pacific, Central and South America, Japan, Europe, Canada and
the United States.
- The arts (including music, dance, drama and visual arts) are included in
the curriculum of New Zealand schools. Guidance for programme
planning is provided in a document entitled The Arts in the New Zealand
Curriculum. That statement promotes learning about the musical
heritages of New Zealand’s many diverse cultures and about the genres
and styles of traditional and contemporary Māori music (see page 53 -
www.minedu.govt.nz/web/downloadable/dl3519_v1/thearts.pdf.)
o state support for local participation in internationally viable genres – e.g.
western popular music, western classical music;
- New Zealand On Air has a range of strategies designed to increase
the
percentage of local music content on commercial radio; these
include
potential hit-song CD compilations, promotional campaigns for targeted
radio station formats, and funding schemes to assist in the production of
CDs and music videos; New Zealand On Air has recently begun
developing Five-by-Five samplers, specifically for the international
market - five acts, five songs and five music videos; it also has a funding
scheme for local artists who have been successful in New Zealand
to
assist them to achieve in international
markets; see
www.nzonair.govt.nz/music_detail.php?pid=517&sid=500.
o state e ncouragement for free exchange of music across their borders; and
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o state encouragement
for importation of music from developing countries.
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• Which states would more actively promote musical diversity were
funds available?
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• Which states intend to or are likely to contribute to the International Fund for Cultural
Diversity?
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Not identified
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Not identified
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