XI Community Music Activity INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR Print E-mail

15-18 JULY 2008, Rome, ITALY    

Commission Chair
Lee Higgins (UK)
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Host Chair
Andrea Sangiorgio (IT)
CDM onlus - Centro Didattico Musicale
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PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE - subject to change. (click to download the .pdf)

This year we will be exploring 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

SEMINAR VENUE
The Seminar will be held in the Auditorium Parco della Musica of Rome, the most prestigious concert hall of the city, thanks to the generosity of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (http://www.santacecilia.it ), that put at our disposal their spaces.
 

PRESENTER BOOKINGS

Booking fee: € 110
Please fill out the Seminar Booking Form:
http://www.isme.org/commission_seminars/cma/Register.php and
pay the fee online via PayPal no later than 15th May 2008.

The booking fee includes:

  • Welcome Reception at the Hotel Astrid
  • Lunch on Wednesday and Friday
  • Evening meal on Wednesday at a local pizzeria (www.ristorantevignola.it)
  • Evening meal on Friday in an italian Trattoria on the river Tiber
  • Seminar reader
  • Publication of all proceedings on the ISME website


NOTE: break time coffees and teas will be at your own expense.
Thursday 17 afternoon has been designated as free time, a chance to see the many fabulous sites in Rome. On this day lunch and evening meal will be at your own expense.

ISME OBSERVERS
Booking fee: € 60
The booking fee includes seminar reader and full attendance to all sessions.
Deadline for Observer Bookings: May 15th 2008
http://www.isme.org/commission_seminars/cma/Register.php and
pay the fee online via PayPal no later than 15th May 2008.

For those registering after this date there will be an additional cost of € 10.

ITALIAN OBSERVERS
Booking fee: € 60
The booking fee includes seminar reader and full attendance to all sessions.
Deadline for Italian Observers Bookings: May 30th 2008
For those registering after this date there will be an additional cost of € 10.

The fee may be paid through bank transfer to the bank account n. 19412/77 ABI 3069 CAB 5035 (specify "CMA Commission - ISME 2008") or directly at the CDM venue in via delle Egadi, 42 - 00141 Roma (06.87190041)

Note: the Seminar will be held in English.
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This seminar is strongly recommended to all music educators who work in informal settings - youth groups and centers, prisons or reformatories, hospitals, churches, social services - or those educators who work in formal settings and wish to have stronger connections to wider concepts of music and music education.

ACCOMODATION
We have reserved rooms at Hotel Astrid, a nice hotel in the centre of Rome and only 10 minutes walk from the seminar venue.
Astrid Hotel Rome - Largo Antonio Sarti, 4 - 00196 Rome Italy
Tel. +39.06.32.36.371 - Fax +39.06.32.20.806
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Facilities: Air conditioning, Internet WiFi or LAN connection in all rooms at no extra cost. There is one computer available for guest use.

TO BOOK HOTEL: Contact the hotel directly and state that you are with the CMA/ISME Seminar being held at the Auditorium Parco della Musica. To guarantee your room you will need to confirm your accommodation by May 1st 2008.
We have negotiated the following rates:

€55 per night for a shared twin room
(room partners will be finalized with your consent)
€90 per night for a single room
€110 per night for a double room
This rate includes breakfast (and a free minibar!).

To reserve your room write an email to Tiziana Giamattei This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , specifying what kind of room you wish to book and leave your credit card number as guarantee. Payment is made upon check out.

DATES
Arrival: Tuesday 15 July
Reception 7-11 pm on the terrace at the Hotel Astrid

Seminar: To be held on 16, 17 & 18 July
For further detail on the programme, please refer to the attached pdf file

WORLD CONFERENCE 20-25 JULY 2008, BOLOGNA ITALY
We will arrange a bus to transport the CMA participants from Rome to Bologna. This is around a 4 hour drive and we expect the cost to be approximately 30 euros. We will depart from Rome on Saturday 19 at 4 pm, in order to allow to spend some extra time in Rome.

For those that need to travel back to Rome, you can look at train time tables and buy tickets online at http://www.trenitalia.com/en/index.html

TRAVEL

AIRPORTS
Rome has two international airports: the airport "Leonardo da Vinci" of Rome Fiumicino (FCO) and the airport of Ciampino (CIA). There are direct flights from most major cities of Europe and also many intercontinental flights.
There are a lot of low cost airlines that fly to both airports (Ryanair, Easy-Jet, Air-Berlin and others). Check location of airports where these land - could be further away.
This might be obvious, but the earlier you book, the cheaper the cost.

VISAS
Check with your travel agent if you require a visa to enter Italy. Plan well in advance, because applications for visas can be a slow process.

TRANSFERS TO HOTEL ASTRID
Refer to the hotel web-site for the location of the hotel and look for your itinerary (on foot or by car)
http://www.astridhotelrome.it/English/location.html

The hotel can arrange a car (3 people) from either airports. The cost is around €50. The organizers will gather the arrival times and attempt to find suitable groupings to reduce costs. Please, let Andrea know when you arrive ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ).

For your information, a taxi from Ciampino or Fiumicino airports may cost around € 40-60.

Public transport
If you arrive from Fiumicino Airport:
take the train to "Stazione Termini", the central railway station in Rome. The ticket costs €16). We suggest to you then to take a taxi from the station to the hotel (it would cost €15-20).
Instead of that you might take from Termini Station the Subway "A" to Piazzale Flaminio (direction Ottaviano/Battistini), then the Tram n.2 and get off at the third stop (this would cost you € 1)

If you arrive from Ciampino Airport:
Take the bus from the airport to Stazione Anagnina (the last stop of subway A) and then take the subway "A" to Piazzale Flaminio (direction Ottaviano/Battistini), then the Tram n.2 and get off at the third stop. This transfer may cost around € 5 and will take 50 minutes.
Some airlines offer the opportunity to purchase an advanced ticket from Ciampino to Stazione Termini. These tickets are available for purchase during the flight (around € 16 return).
 

Last Updated ( Friday, 09 May 2008 )
 
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