Appendix 6 - International Music Council

These suggestions are intended only as guidance and do not exhaust the possibilities.
27. Bring to light those good practices and actions that need to be strengthened and
widely practised in this field.
This will follow from the previous analysis.
Please write this section according to
your perceptions of the situation. The following ideas are intended only as
suggestions.
The study could list the states that actively support musical diversity within
their
own borders. It might develop
a typology of approaches, considering inter alia
support to musical diversity within the school music education curriculum, in
music subsidies, in music broadcasting,
in special support to indigenous music, in
measures to encourage cultural production by non-profit and for-profit
organisations, in support to public cultural institutions and broadcasters?
RESPONSE: Within the school system,
schools are now encouraged to offer within the
music curriculum the traditional music of Singapore and
other music of the world.
The National Arts Council is able to provide project grants for local arts companies for
various projects and this include music ensembles.
You migh t seek examples of initiatives such as these:
• programs
to support local at-risk indigenous musics
• state support for local participation in internationally viable genres – e.g.
western popular music, western classical music
• state encouragement for free exchange of music across their borders
• state encouragement for importation of music from developing
countries
Which states would more
actively promote musical diversity were funds available?
Which states intend to or are likely to contribute to the International Fund for
Cultural Diversity?
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