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NAMM Participates in the International Music Council's General Assembly in Beijing
Key decisions were made at IMC's 32nd General Assembly that will pave the way for helping the development and promotion of diverse music.
In October, NAMM participated in the International Music Council’s (IMC) 32nd General Assembly in Beijing, China, where a series of key decisions were adopted that will pave the way for helping the development and promotion of diverse music. NAMM was a primary sponsor of the event, and has been a member of IMC for a year. The association was the first organization of its kind to be admitted to the world-wide organization.
Drawing on IMC’s mission to provide exceptional value to its membership by building knowledge, creating networking opportunities, supporting and enhancing the visibility of projects that help sustain people’s participation in music, IMC will carry out its future action decided on at the Assembly in accordance with a strategic plan elaborated by its executive board over the past two years. The seven strategic objectives outlined in this plan have been translated into action items for the coming biennium, which will be implemented through advocacy, research, policy formation and capacity-building. Working committees led by board members will seek members’ active participation.
The General Assembly adopted a new membership structure that will allow any organization in the field of arts and culture that subscribes to IMC’s mission and objectives, to become a voting member of the IMC. Along with this new structure, a new membership fee scale was also agreed upon.
The General Assembly re-elected Richard Letts of Australia as president for a second two-year term. Mr. Letts serves as the executive director of the Music Council of Australia (MCA). He holds a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley, and was the director of two performing arts schools in the U.S. before returning to Australia as director of music for MCA. Subsequently, he was the director of the Australian Music Centre, the resource centre for Australian music composition and creation, before founding MCA in 1994. He is a musician, author, editor, researcher, policy maker and advocate on a very broad front.
The General Assembly also elected three new members of the Executive Board: Sonja Greiner (Germany), Liane Hentschke (Brazil) and Timo Klemettinen (Finland). Mary Luehrsen, director of public affairs and government relations at NAMM, was elected to the Board for a two-year term.
Mr. Letts will be joined in the Board's directorate by Beata Schanda (Hungary) as executive vice-president, Felipe de Leon (Philippines) and Peter Rantasa (Austria) as vice-presidents; as well as Lars Grunth (Denmark) as treasurer.
Three distinguished personalities were elected to join the circle of Honorary Members of IMC, chosen among the world's outstanding professionals, educators, performers and composers: Gengchen Fu (China), Einar Solbu (Norway) and Zuqiang Wu (China).
Over 70 delegates from all over the world representing national committees and international and regional music organizations attended the Assembly, as well as associate members and regional secretariats of the IMC. Altogether, 36 nations were represented.
The Assembly was held in conjunction with the second IMC World Forum on Music, and hosted by the Chinese Musicians Association with the support of a number of sponsors and partners.
IMC is a membership organization created in 1949 by the Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as the advisory body to the agency on musical matters. It is based at UNESCO's headquarters in Paris and functions as an independent international nongovernmental organization maintaining a formal associate relationship with UNESCO.
Over the past fifty years, IMC has developed as a world expert organization, a forum for exchange and reflection and an observatory in the field of music. Mandated to promote all types of music, IMC is an organization positioned to speak to governments, institutions and regions; it works through and for its members internationally to support the development and the promotion of diverse music and the role of musicians in the context of social, cultural and economic development.
For more information about the General Assembly or IMC, go to www.unesco.org/imc.
Drawing on IMC’s mission to provide exceptional value to its membership by building knowledge, creating networking opportunities, supporting and enhancing the visibility of projects that help sustain people’s participation in music, IMC will carry out its future action decided on at the Assembly in accordance with a strategic plan elaborated by its executive board over the past two years. The seven strategic objectives outlined in this plan have been translated into action items for the coming biennium, which will be implemented through advocacy, research, policy formation and capacity-building. Working committees led by board members will seek members’ active participation.
The General Assembly adopted a new membership structure that will allow any organization in the field of arts and culture that subscribes to IMC’s mission and objectives, to become a voting member of the IMC. Along with this new structure, a new membership fee scale was also agreed upon.
The General Assembly re-elected Richard Letts of Australia as president for a second two-year term. Mr. Letts serves as the executive director of the Music Council of Australia (MCA). He holds a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley, and was the director of two performing arts schools in the U.S. before returning to Australia as director of music for MCA. Subsequently, he was the director of the Australian Music Centre, the resource centre for Australian music composition and creation, before founding MCA in 1994. He is a musician, author, editor, researcher, policy maker and advocate on a very broad front.
The General Assembly also elected three new members of the Executive Board: Sonja Greiner (Germany), Liane Hentschke (Brazil) and Timo Klemettinen (Finland). Mary Luehrsen, director of public affairs and government relations at NAMM, was elected to the Board for a two-year term.
Mr. Letts will be joined in the Board's directorate by Beata Schanda (Hungary) as executive vice-president, Felipe de Leon (Philippines) and Peter Rantasa (Austria) as vice-presidents; as well as Lars Grunth (Denmark) as treasurer.
Three distinguished personalities were elected to join the circle of Honorary Members of IMC, chosen among the world's outstanding professionals, educators, performers and composers: Gengchen Fu (China), Einar Solbu (Norway) and Zuqiang Wu (China).
Over 70 delegates from all over the world representing national committees and international and regional music organizations attended the Assembly, as well as associate members and regional secretariats of the IMC. Altogether, 36 nations were represented.
The Assembly was held in conjunction with the second IMC World Forum on Music, and hosted by the Chinese Musicians Association with the support of a number of sponsors and partners.
IMC is a membership organization created in 1949 by the Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as the advisory body to the agency on musical matters. It is based at UNESCO's headquarters in Paris and functions as an independent international nongovernmental organization maintaining a formal associate relationship with UNESCO.
Over the past fifty years, IMC has developed as a world expert organization, a forum for exchange and reflection and an observatory in the field of music. Mandated to promote all types of music, IMC is an organization positioned to speak to governments, institutions and regions; it works through and for its members internationally to support the development and the promotion of diverse music and the role of musicians in the context of social, cultural and economic development.
For more information about the General Assembly or IMC, go to www.unesco.org/imc.