XI Community Music Activity International Seminar

28TH ISME WORLD CONFERENCE 20–25 JULY 2008, BOLOGNA ITALY

XI Community Music Activity INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR, 16-18 JULY 2008, Rome, Italy

Deadline for Proposals: November 1st 2007
Deadline for Observer Registration: March 15th 2008

CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS

WHAT IS ISME?
Established in 1953 under the auspices of UNESCO, the International Society for Music Education leads and supports music education worldwide. The Society believes that lived experiences of music, in all their many aspects, are a vital part of the life of all people.

WHAT IS THE Commission for Community Music Activity (CMA)
Vision
We believe that everyone has the right and ability to make, create, and enjoy their own music. We believe that active music-making should be encouraged and supported at all ages and at all levels of society. Community Music activities do more than involve participants in music-making; they provide opportunities to construct personal and communal expressions of artistic, social, political, and cultural concerns. Community Music activities do more than pursue musical excellence and innovation; they can contribute to the development of economic regeneration and can enhance the quality of life for communities. Community Music activities encourage and empower participants to become agents for extending and developing music in their communities.  In all these ways Community Music activities can complement, interface with, and extend formal music education structures.

Mission
The commission aims to:
SEMINAR AIM:

Through discussion and dialogue the CMA intends to challenge and debate community music practice and scholarship.

This year we are inviting colleagues to consider the following themes:
  1.    Community Music and the Criminal Justice System
  2.    Community Music and Well-being
  3.    Community Music: Faith, Religion and Ritual
  4.    Community Music and Leadership
  5.    Community Music and Social Capital
Listed below are some sample questions that reflect each theme. You do not need to stick to these questions, they are there as examples only.

1. Criminal justice system
What elements are needed in order to generate excellent projects within the criminal justice system? Is there something distinctive and necessary when setting-up creative music-making events within these sites? What are the best music genres to work in, song writing, improvisation, choir, drumming? How can the community in community music be viewed within instances of enclosed environments?

2. Well-being
How do people benefit from community music practices? Where are the examples of successful instances and how is this measured? Can community music make a significant difference with those suffering with mental health issues? What are the pathways needed that would allow meaningful relationships between community music projects and the health service?

3. Faith, Religion and Ritual
Where are the examples of community music as a multi-faith discipline? What are the key issues for practitioners working in this area? What are the implications in terms of philosophical, political or ethical dimensions? How can community music operate within particular belief systems? Does community music’s commitment to the ‘welcome’ resonate with religious practices? What if any are the distinctions between a musical worship/ritual ‘event’ and community music practice?

4. Leadership
What are the models of leadership? Where are the commonalities and differences with other disciplinary approaches such as business, sport, management and the performing arts more generally? Where are the exemplars of transformative leadership? Has community music established a pedagogic methodology? If so, what is it, if not, why not? Do community music facilitators control and limit the participants under a smoke screen of empowerment idealism? Where are the examples of good teaching/workshop/facilitation practice?

5. Social capital
Does community music build social capital? If so, how? Can community music in and of itself be viewed as a form of social capital? Is community music and inclusive, exclusive, or neutral form of social capital development? Can Community Music have an impact on the economy? Can community music as an approach to social capital building generate employment opportunities?

VENUE FOR THE COMMISSION SEMINAR

The CMA will be held in Rome, Italy. Further information will be available on this website.

Submissions are invited for:

XI CMA International Seminar (JULY 16-18, 2008)
28th ISME WORLD CONFERENCE (JULY, 20–25, 2008)
NB. If you wish to submit your proposal for an individual presentation at the world conference you will need to do this in addition to the CMA procedure.

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMITTING PROPOSALS

PRESENTATION AT COMMISSION SEMINAR (JULY 16-18th, 2008)
Proposals will normally be presented in English except in cases where the Seminar Organizers work with the presenter to supply a translator.

GUIDELINES

All submissions should be done through this web site. and conform to the instructions below. Proposals will be selected on the basis of clarity of the presentation and on the relevance and originality of the ideas presented. Submissions that are not presented in the required format will not be considered. If there are any questions or problems as regards this procedure then please contact Lee Higgins (contact below).

1. Submit by completing the information page and then pasting your proposal and abbreviated curriculum vitae directly to the Commission submission web site: http://isme.org/commission_seminars/cma/SubmitAbstract.php.

2. The proposal must be submitted in English, since the formal sessions of the Seminar will be in English. Non-English speaking proposers may request linguistic help through the ISME ‘mentor system’. Should such a proposal be considered, an English-speaking ‘mentor’ will be appointed to work with the proposer and provide support.

3. The proposal must be complete and cannot exceed 3000 words, including explanatory notes and appendices, and excluding abstract and references. Tables and figures may be included in the proposal, with a commensurate reduction of 250 words for each table or figure. If you are proposing a workshop/presentation as part of your submission then please make this clear. The order of content on the file should be as follows:
Authors should read carefully and strictly observe the formatting guidelines for all full proposal submissions to ISME Commissions and Conferences (Click here to download the Style Guide). Proposals not conforming to all of the above requirements will not be considered.

4. If a multiple-author proposal is selected for the Seminar, only one author will be invited. The other authors may attend as observers at their own expense and should contact the Chair if they wish to attend.

5. Please note that proposals submitted for the Seminar should not have been previously published or be currently submitted for publication. Proposals should contain original data that have not previously been published, presented, or submitted for presentation at any other conferences or symposia.

6. Decisions concerning the acceptance of proposals rest solely with the CMA as communicated by the Chair of the Commission.

7. Submitted materials not meeting the above criteria will not be considered by the CMA. Manuscripts submitted will not be returned. The CMA reserves the right to publish (electronically and in print format) invited Seminar proposals, and poster titles and abstracts.

8. Pending on the number of submissions received, the commission reserves the right to accept only one submission per author, to guarantee that a wide variety of countries and regions are represented in the seminar. Some spoken papers may be assigned as posters, pending on the numbers of submissions.

DEADLINE

The proposal must be submitted electronically onto the web and mailed to the commission chair no later than 1 November 2007. Notification of acceptance will be mailed to presenters by 1 February 2008.

Note: It is a requirement to be an Individual ISME Member at the time of acceptance of submissions and at the time of presenting.

WHERE TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS

For electronic submission details, go to: http://isme.org/commission_seminars/cma

Paper (hard copy) submissions will be accepted for those who live in countries and areas where e-mail is not readily available. In this case, please submit 2 printed copies and an abbreviated curriculum to the address below. Note: Airmail submissions should be posted by 1 November, 2007.

All materials should be sent directly to:

Dr. Lee Higgins
LIPA
Mount Street
Liverpool
L1 9HF
+44 151 638 0641
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