2012 ISME-GIBSON Awards

Announcement: 2012 ISME–Gibson International Awards for Music Education

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Aims of the Award

On the occasion of the 30th ISME World Conference on Music Education, Thessaloniki, Greece (July 15-20, 2012), the International Society for Music Education and Gibson Foundation are proud to announce the 2012 ISME–Gibson International Awards for Music Education.

Eligibility

These prestigious awards are open to educators and institutions that have particularly distinguished themselves in the field of music education within Greece. The awards recognize outstanding achievement and service in the discipline, thereby providing acknowledgment for exemplary music educators and or institutions whose work enriches music education in Greece and serves as an exemplar for the ideals of music education internationally.

Number of Awards

Up to two awards will be presented at the 30th ISME World Conference on Music Education.

Nomination Details

All nominations must contain the following information:

1. first and last name, title, contact details (home address, e-mail and telephone number), as well as a short Curriculum Vitae of the candidate or institution proposed;
2. reasons for presenting the nominee;
3. reference to precise examples of the work carried out by the nominee in the field of music education (possibly supported by audiovisual recordings, testimonies, etc.);
4. names and contact details of those presenting the nomination (who must be regularly paid-up members of the Greek Society for Music Education for the year 2012); and
5. other relevant information that may support the nomination.

Nominations for candidates should be e-mailed no later than February 1, 2012 to the Chair of the ISME–Gibson Awards Committee, Gary McPherson (g.mcpherson@unimelb.edu.au) who will duly confirm receipt. All supporting papers and multimedia documents must be submitted online using the same email address.

Award Procedure

The preliminary assessment of nominations will be made by the Awards Group for Gibson Awards (AGGA) who will liaise with the Greek Society for Music Education (GSME) to make a final recommendation to the ISME President and Nina Miller (Gibson) on the two awards, reserving the right to assign no awards should the suitable requisites be lacking.

The two awards will be presented during the 30th ISME World Conference on Music Education, to be held in Thessaloniki, Greece (July 15-20). Each recipient will be eligible to receive funding of US$10,000 for an approved project that provides opportunities that would not otherwise exist for children to learn, experience and actively participate in music. Funding applications will be considered after the award has been conferred.

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

Founded in 2002, the Gibson Foundation is committed to making the world a better place for children by creating, developing and supporting programs and other non-profit organizations in their efforts to advance education, music and the arts, the environment, and health and welfare causes. For further information, visit the Gibson Foundation at www.gibsonfoundation.org

ISME 2012: Call for presenters

30th ISME World Conference
15-20 July 2012
Thessaloniki, Greece

The call for presenters is now available! Please visit the ISME website:
http://www.isme.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=120:call-for-presenters&catid=43:isme-2012&Itemid=26

2012 World conference flyer

Dear all, I hope you are fine! Please find attached for your information the triptych flyer and the poster for the ISME 2012 conference.
You are kindly requested to forward those to whomever you think would be interested.
Best wishes to all of you and Happy Christmas vacation soon!
Polyvios
 
 
Dr Polyvios Androutsos
Music Education Specialist/Instructor
Faculty of Training Teachers for Nursery Schools,

Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece

Honorary President, GSME
Chair, ISME 2012 World Conference

Email: pandr@sch.gr <mailto:pandr@sch.gr>  
Homepage www.eeme.gr/pand <http://www.eeme.gr/pand>

ISME 2012 world conference: Why attend?

Reasons for attending an ISME conference

Networking

• You will meet music educators from nearly 90 countries

Energize yourself

• World renowned speakers will stretch your thinking in new directions

Professional growth

• A host of presentations are offered in various styles: roundtables, symposia, lectures, workshops, demonstrations, posters

Communication and sharing

• You will meet international colleagues who are eager to communicate and share ideas between conferences

Support

• You will meet international colleagues who are always willing to offer assistance between conferences, but there will also be those eager to connect with you and seek your assistance

Contributing

• Explore the wide variety of opportunities that ISME offers for you to be a conference presenter, performer or leader of a performing group. Mentors are available who will assist you to polish your submissions, as required

Musical experiences

• Enjoy concerts by performers from all over the world, and from the host country and region

Earn credits

• Many institutions offer recognition and academic credit for ISME conference attendance. Some institutions may provide financial assistance. ISME will always supply you with any letters/documentation to assist in this regard

Exhibition/Trade Show

• Browse through local, regional and international exhibits that are showcased for display and for sale

Travel

• ISME conferences move around the world, thus offering an opportunity to combine your music educational and personal interests

Renewal

• An ISME Conference promises to renew both your professional knowledge and expertise and your contacts with former and new colleagues from around the world

ISME 2012 world conference: Patrons, Sponsors, Promoters

Support ISME

Every two years ISME mounts a major world conference in a different location, geographically positioned and rotated so as to best reflect the society's multi-cultural membership around the globe. These prestigious conferences offer excellent opportunities for philanthropists and caring corporate donors to gain international recognition for demonstrating the value they place on support for the arts and balanced education in the one art form that can help achieve world peace and bring benefit and pleasure to all, lifelong.

The major opportunities and categories, with their associated benefits can be requested by emailing the ISME International Office.

ISME further gladly considers and welcomes other forms and levels of support not listed here (such as receptions, conference bags, keynote speakers).

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Sponsorships do not only have to be related to conference activities, but any ongoing support for music education across the globe will also be highly welcomed.

Proposals and sponsorship perks may also be individually negotiated. ISME welcomes ALL friends and supporters of music education!

Please contact Judy Thönell, the Secretary General, at the ISME International Office on isme@isme.org, to negotiate sponsorship opportunities.

Current Sponsors

We are grateful to the following sponsors for their generous support to ISME:

• National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM)
• Society for Education and Music Psychology Research (SEMPRE)

ISME 2012 world conference, Thessaloniki, Greece

2011

February, 2011

• Call for General Session presentations.
• Call for Performing Group applications.

30 August, 2011

• Last day for Performing Group applications

1 October, 2011

• Deadline of General Session applications

15 October, 2011

• Performing Groups notified of acceptance

1 November, 2011

• Deadline for applications to the ISME Commissions' Seminars
• Main conference registrations to open

2012

29 February, 2012

• General Session applicants notified of acceptance

1 March, 2012

• Last day for presenter registrations

15 March, 2012

• Last day for first early bird registration

31 March, 2012

• Full Paper authors notified about proceedings

15 May, 2012

• Last day for second early bird registration

Welcome message from the Chair of the 2012 Conference Organizing Group (COG)

Dear friends and colleagues from all over the world!

It is a great pleasure, a privilege, an honour, as well as a huge challenge for me to greet you from the position of the Chair of the next ISME World Conference!

On behalf of the Conference Organizing Group (COG) and the host organizer the Greek Society for Music Education (G.S.M.E.), I would like to extend my warmest invitation to all of you to the 30^th ISME World Conference that will take place in Thessaloniki, Greece, July 15-20, 2012. As our Chinese colleagues very well used the metaphor earlier, we will now transfer –through the paths of the silk road- the flame of the Music Education Olympics back to Greece!

Greece is an ancient civilization with thousands of years of music history. We have a long tradition of sharing and exchanging our music and culture with different nations. The city of Thessaloniki, in which the 30^th ISME World Conference will be held, is the capital city of northern Greece. Archeological findings show that people lived in the area since the beginning of the 3^rd millennium BC. So, Thessaloniki was built on the remains of an older city. It was founded in 316 BC by Kassandros, who gave to the city the name of his wife Thessaloniki, the sister of Alexander the Great and has been a crossroads of cultures and civilizations since then. The city's atmosphere is a fusion of Greek, Balkan and Southeastern European influences that co-exist harmoniously, creating a multicultural and cosmopolitan environment, where visitors from all over the world feel comfortable and welcome.

Our Conference Theme: Music Pædeia: From Ancient Greek Philosophers Toward Global Music Communities, links today with Ancient Greece and will give a great opportunity to everyone to be expressed in their own, distinctive way, by also connecting the past with the present and the future. The host and local organizer of the 2012 ISME World Conference, the Greek Society for Music Education, was founded in March 1997. It is a non-profit, scientific organization, with the main purpose of promoting music education and of developing it further as a field of scientific enquiry. G.S.M.E. collaborates with other societies that work on the same purpose in Europe and in the other continents and has been closely working with ISME from the beginnings as an ISME National Affiliated Organization since 1998. Our Society organizes workshops, seminars, lectures and conferences and publishes books, journals, and newsletters.

The Thessaloniki Concert Hall where the conference will take place, with its two buildings, is the ideal venue for an ISME Conference. It is one of the most advanced concert venues in Europe and a Convention and Congress centre, with facilities that can host large international conventions, cultural and scientific events as well as exhibitions. GSME have had a fantastic collaboration with the Thessaloniki Concert Hall while organizing there the 5^th G.S.M.E. Conference in 2007.

Most of the members of the 2012 Conference Organizing Group have participated in organizing many different G.S.M.E. events: seminars, concerts, workshops and conferences and constitute an experienced, hard-working team of organizers. I have been working with this team for years and I can promise that we will all give our best selves in organizing this huge event too!

Organizing the 30^th ISME World Conference is one more of the ways that GSME is serving the vision of supporting quality music education for all. It is an honourable and glorious mission and we wish also to give to everyone the opportunity and any possible help to explore the Greek culture and music.

Furthermore, there are two more reasons to celebrate in 2012 together with the 30^th ISME World Conference!

• 2012 is the year that the city of Thessaloniki will celebrate the 100th Anniversary from its Liberation!
• 2012 is also the year that G.S.M.E. will celebrate its 15^th Anniversary!

Once more, we are honoured to host the 30^th ISME World Conference and ready to welcome you with renowned Greek hospitality in a journey for all, and a conference to remember!

Welcome to the 2012 ISME Thessaloniki Conference
Welcome to Greece, the country that gave birth to great philosophers, to democracy and of course, to the Olympic Games!

Dr Polyvios Androutsos
Chair, ISME 2012 Conference Organizing Group