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Silk Road Cultural Belt – intercultural music initiative
With an international music project an orchestra fosters exchange between classical music fans around the world
Seasonings, gold, jade, porcelain, and above all silk were transported by dealers on the Silk Road, the most famous trade route in the Middle Ages. The Silk Road Symphony Orchestra has sent out music since 2016 and wants to promote exchange between people across the globe through culture without borders.
EMCY won the Music Rights Award 2017 of the International Music Council!
For its international cooperation project GIVE MUSIC A FUTURE EMCY was awarded the Music Rights Award by the International Music Council (IMC). The European Forum on Music and IMC General Assembly at Cyprus offered the perfect setting for the 5th edition of the IMC Music Rights Awards. They were presented on June 10th by then IMC President Paul Dujardin and handed over by the star "voice of a new generation" and IMC Five Music Rights Champion Ramy Essam.
EMCY is hiring - Project Manager
EMCY is the European Union of Music Competitions for Youth: a network of music competitions covering nearly thirty countries. EMCY membership is a quality label for a competition and members profit from a range of concerts, tours and master classes organised by EMCY all over Europe for their EMCY Prize winners.
The project manager coordinates the overall work programme of the organisation. He/she reports directly to the Board and manages a small but busy team in Munich, Germany. In close cooperation with the Board, the Project Manager is responsible for the development and implementation of the strategic and activity plans. This includes the organisation of board meetings, the General Assembly 2018, and concerts/workshops for young musicians all over Europe. He/she oversees budgeting and financial management as well as undertaking and coordinating fundraising activities. This currently includes applying for, managing, and reporting for EU grants.
Call for Papers EAS2018 now open!
You are warmly invited to submit: Research papers, Practice papers, Posters, and Workshops.
Main theme: Competences in Music Education
34th annual American Eagle Awards
The National Music Council presented its prestigious American Eagle Award to music industry icons Crystal Gayle, Harry Shearer, and Patti Smith on July 13 at The Summer NAMM Show in Nashville, TN. National Music Council Director, David Sanders, hosted the awards ceremony along with presenters Paul Shaffer, Richard Leigh and John Ingrassia.
EBU launches quality journalism initiative
The provision of high-quality, independent news is at the very heart of public service media’s remit. However, today’s newsrooms are facing a myriad of challenges and how they tackle them will be key to the survival of public service media (PSM) and, arguably, the very future of democracy itself.
Women Composer in Italy
One of the members of the International Honour Committee of the Adkins-Chiti Foundation (Women in Music), the Associazione Cecile Chaminade, invited women composers to submit works for a series of concerts for quintett (wind quartet and pianoforte) to be performed in August in the Trentino region of Italy.
Works by the following composers were shortlisted and read by the quintett:
Adriana Figuararo
Cecilia Fiorentino
Colette Mourey
Maina Zlatanou
Marielli Sfakianaki
Efrat Gerlich
Daniela Pardini
Teresa Procaccini
Agness Bashir
Dzintra Kurme-Gedroica
Ewelina Nowicka
Janet Beat
Fiona Frank
Rachel Stott
Judith Shatin
Rae Howell
Works chosen were: TANGOMINIATURES - Adriana Isabel Figueroa Mañas (Argentina) and LA MAESTRIA - Colette Mourey (France).
The performances will be as follows:
7 August 2017 - ARCO
8 August 2017 - RONCEGNO
18 August 2017 - BASELGA DI PINè
19 August 2017 - CAVALESE
REMA Newsletter July 2017
With this newsletter, we are delighted to send you information about upcoming REMA activities and news from our member organisations.
US National Music Council To Honor Crystal Gayle, Patti Smith And Harry Shearer
The National Music Council has announced that country music legend Crystal Gayle, singer, songwriter and poet Patti Smith, and comic, actor, writer, musician and creators’ rights activist Harry Shearer will be honored at the organization’s 34th annual American Eagle Awards on Thursday, July 13 at the Summer NAMM Show in Nashville.