International Society for Contemporary Music
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The International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) is a music organization that promotes contemporary classical music
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ISCM was established in 1922, in Salzburg
. Its core activity is the World Music Days Festival, held every year at a different location. The festival includes cutting edge productions of contemporary classical music. The World Music Days include a congress that serves as a meeting place between members of the organization.
Membership in ISCM is organized through national sections that promote contemporary music in each country. These section are usually independent organizations from the ISCM that send delegates to the ISCM General Assembly. Each member of the national section is also a member of ISCM and may send in 6 works that are evaluated for performance at the World Music Days.
National organizations that promote contemporary music, but have not been designated as the nation section of ISCM, are sometimes given an associate membership status. This status also applies to the members of these organizations. Some individual music professionals receive the "honorary membership" status.
ISCM publishes the World New Music Magazine.
Canadian League of Composers
Irish Music Rights Organisation
Composers Association of New Zealand
NewMusicSA
Society for the Promotion of New Music
League of Composers
Contemporary classical music
Contemporary classical music can be understood as belonging to the period that started in the mid-1970s with the retreat of modernism. However, the term may also be employed in a broader sense to refer to all post-1945 modern musical forms.-Categorization:...
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ISCM was established in 1922, in Salzburg
Salzburg
-Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for...
. Its core activity is the World Music Days Festival, held every year at a different location. The festival includes cutting edge productions of contemporary classical music. The World Music Days include a congress that serves as a meeting place between members of the organization.
Membership in ISCM is organized through national sections that promote contemporary music in each country. These section are usually independent organizations from the ISCM that send delegates to the ISCM General Assembly. Each member of the national section is also a member of ISCM and may send in 6 works that are evaluated for performance at the World Music Days.
National organizations that promote contemporary music, but have not been designated as the nation section of ISCM, are sometimes given an associate membership status. This status also applies to the members of these organizations. Some individual music professionals receive the "honorary membership" status.
ISCM publishes the World New Music Magazine.
National sections in English speaking countries
Australian Music CentreAustralian Music Centre
The Australian Music Centre fosters the development of an Australian music community by providing specialist support to its membership of performers, composers, sound artists, educators, students, and music specialists across Australia and throughout the world.The AMC is the Australian national...
Canadian League of Composers
Canadian League of Composers
The Canadian League of Composers is an organization formed in 1951 of Canadian composers primarily interested in raising awareness and acceptance of Canadian music. The activities of the League are overseen and directed by an executive and a National Council...
Irish Music Rights Organisation
Irish Music Rights Organisation
Irish Music Rights Organisation is the collecting society for songwriters, composers and music publishers of Ireland. Its role is to act as an agent for its members in order to collect license fees whenever their musical works are performed in public, broadcast or transmitted, and to pay out...
Composers Association of New Zealand
Composers Association of New Zealand
The Composers Association of New Zealand is a body that lobbies for the interests of New Zealand composers. Through its affiliations with the International Society for Contemporary Music and the , CANZ provides its members with opportunities to participate in international music festivals...
NewMusicSA
NewMusicSA
NewMusicSA is the South African section of the International Society for Contemporary Music . Its formation on 10 May 1999 heralded the return of South African representation at the ISCM after many decades....
Society for the Promotion of New Music
Society for the Promotion of New Music
The Society for the Promotion of New Music was founded in London in 1943 with the intention of promoting the creation, performance and appreciation of new music...
League of Composers
League of Composers
The League of Composers/International Society for Contemporary Music is a society whose stated mission is "to produce the highest quality performances of new music, to champion American composers in the United States and abroad, and to introduce American audiences to the best new music from around...