The ISME World Conference in Beijing will cover every possible aspect of music education and learning. International specialists in music education and performers from many countries will be there. There will, of course, be many Chinese music educators and much Chinese music will be performed. This conference has every chance to become of significant importance for highlighting music education in China and the world. An ISME World Conference is more like a fair than a conventional conference: there are paper presentations but also many round-table symposia and above all there are large sections of workshops, class lesson demonstrations, concerts and an exhibition of instruments or teaching materials. The presenters of these different activities are music educators of all possible contexts and levels from all over the world. Many of these forms of presentation can be understood in spite of language differences. So this is not the kind of conference you go to only to present something. Being there and taking part of the activities is rewarding in itself and essential for the music educator's own professional development.
We'll meet in Beijing,
The International Society for Music Education (ISME) and Gibson Foundation are pleased to announce the recipient of the 2009 ISME-Gibson Community Music Education Award. These prestigious awards are presented to projects that provide opportunities that would not otherwise exist for young people to learn, experience and actively participate in music. Significant funding, resources and mentoring is provided to successful non-profit organizations that provide evidence that they are able to devise an innovative project that targets young people who, through their life circumstances, would greatly benefit from the joy and creativity that can come from a specially designed participatory music program.
