Musical Pedagogues! Remember ISME

Remember we hosted the ISME conference (International Society for Music Education) here at RCS a few years ago?  Well, this year it's in Helsinki.

We've just received the CFP (Call for Papers), so we thought we'd share it with you:- 

"Welcome to the website for the 34th ISME World Conference.

The call for papers is already out and planning is underway for submissions. The submissions process will open later this month. Note: submissions close on 1 October and there can be no extensions, so start your planning now.

In response to feedback from the previous conference, the call for papers outlines several new opportunities to enable members to interact in different ways and to help members connect and engage even more.

The call for performers is also announced. Submissions will open in the next few weeks and closes on 31 August.

Both the venues - Finlandia Hall and the Music Academy (home of the Sibelius Academy, part of UniArts) -  are very close, almost side by side, so the conference precinct is very walkable. The venues are also accessible."

All you need now is the website, so you can follow up these opportunities!

https://www.isme2020.fi/ 

Are you a Trad Musician, Influenced by English Folk Tradition? A Bursary!

The English Folk Dance and Song Society has just announced a fabulous opportunity. Quoting directly from their tweet, here it is:-

Applications are now open for the TheEFDSS Alan James Creative Bursary! If your work is inspired by or draws from traditional English folk music, apply for research and development funding here: http://ow.ly/pk1230oQ4j6

Pianists, Violininsts! International Johannes Brahms Competition

When we receive competition announcements, we share them with our readers!  If you're a violinist or a pianist, this may be right up your street!  (Well, it's in Austria, but you know what we mean ...)
 

http://www.brahmscompetition.org/en/

 26th International Johannes Brahms Competition
1st to 8th September 2019 in Pörtschach/Austria

 

 

All details are on the website - just click on the links.  But here's a quick clip from the organisers:-

 

 

Thursday January 31st, 2019Thursday January 31st, 2019 Johannes Brahms Gesellschaft PoertschachAllgemein

The 26th International Johannes Brahms Competition will be held from 1st to 8th September 2019 in the categories piano, violin, voice and chamber music.
The regulations have changed only slightly compared to the past years.

• Piano: L.v. Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 4, G major op. 58 replaces Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 5 in the finals.    
• Violin: P.I.Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, op. 35 replaces Dvořák, in A minor, op.53in the finals

Registration is possible from March 2019 until July 1, 2019.
The website is currently being redesigned to accommodate this year’s contest.