Welcome to the ISME Community Music
​Pre-Conference Seminar 2020

The Community Music Online Conference will be held during June and July. 
Registration now open.

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PROGRAMME

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CALL FOR PAPERS

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​The CMA commission is excited to offer an OPEN ACCESS online conference to the wider community music network. There will be five digital Assemblies over the following dates in June and July.

Assemby Times

​Tuesday, June 23 
UK 7pm / Chicago 1pm / Melbourne +4am
 
Tuesday, June 30
UK 7pm / Chicago 1pm / Melbourne +4am
 
Tuesday, July 7
Melbourne +10am /Chicago 7pm / UK +1am
 
Tuesday, July 14
UK 7pm / Chicago 1pm / Melbourne +4am
 
Tuesday July 21.
UK 9am / Melbourne 6pm / Chicago 3am

Expression of Interest-CMA commissioner
We have one outgoing commissioner and seek expressions of interest from ISME/CMA members who would like to participate in this role.
If this interests you, please submit a brief personal Statement (maximum of 500 words) that outlines the following:

• ​Your CMA interest/background.
• What you would contribute to the committee?
• Vision for CMA?

Please forward to t.rakena@auckland.ac.nz and we will shortlist and discuss.
We would like these submitted by August 1.

NOTE TO PRESENTERS: Presenters should click the ‘Instructions for presenters’ button in this blue box where you will find downloadable instructions for preparing your presentation, a how-to video (also downloadable) and contact information for technical support.  

instructions for presenters

Each date represents an assembly hosted by a CMA Commission member. The approximate duration of each assembly will be 2.5 hours. A weekly schedule is available (see link) for each presentation. Assemblies will replicate an in-person conference including speaker presentations, Pecha Kucha, workshops and posters along with one round table/symposium per session. Assemblies will be thematically organised where possible, but our goal is to accommodate each accepted presenter.
These are open to all by registration. To register, please click on the registration link.

As a collective, the Community Music Activity Commission (CMA) has demonstrated strong leadership in the music education field with its longstanding commitment to the principles of inclusivity, equity, and hospitality, and their application in practice. Our members are critically conscious music facilitators and researchers, frequently working in complex social settings and always at the forefront of discussions around inclusive musical practices and equitable access. We prioritise culturally and psychologically safe music making sites that allow marginalised communities to authentically respond to their artistic, social, political and cultural concerns.  

​We invite community musicians and their allies to reflect, share and celebrate examples of music making practices that continue the vision of this commission and demonstrate community music’s capacity to respond to the changing dimensions of diversity. CMA presenters are invited to address aspects of music as it touches on a wide range of themes. Themes may include (but are not limited to) musicking as:  disruption, provocation, asylum-refuge, connection, healing and wellness, personal and/or social identity, social justice, innovation, creativity, and more.

CMA Commission Co-Chairs
Te Oti Rakena                            New Zealand
Lee Willingham                          Canada
 
CMA Commissioners
Chrissie D’Alexander                US
Gillian Howell                             Australia
Pete Moser                                   UK
Kathleen Turner                        Ireland

The original seminar was a collaboration between the ISME Community Music Commission and the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki Music Centre, the Finnish National Opera and Ballet, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra in association with Sibelius Academy Music Education, Global Music and Arts Management Programmes

Community Music Commission Online Seminar Partners