Welcome to our new website!Please note that we are still somewhat under construction and more material will be added in due course. Members can head over to the members section to leave comments and discuss things they might like to see. NMSA INDABA 2017This year’s Indaba will be held in Grahamstown from 13 to 16 September. The Indaba Team are now sending a Call for Submissions which can be found on our front page or by downloading it here. The deadline is 17 July. Note that, in addition to music compositions to be performed, submissions include Collaborations; Workshops; Masterclasses; Presentations, etc. Please note the theme of the call. LATEST INFORMATION FROM ISCM For those of you who were successful in their score submission to the ISCM World Music Days, to be held this year in Vancouver, Canada, we have heard that they will let us know the final selection on or after 3 May. We will inform those whose submitted works were sent for selection as soon as we know and let everyone know the result in the next newsletter. CALL FOR ARTICLES ON MUSICMatete Mahlare is calling for articles to be published in an on-line magazine, called ‘Lyrics’, which she planning to promote later this year. The article can be about anything musical and any genre reflecting issues in South Africa, or any other part of the world. If you have an idea for an article, please contact Matete on vjmarketing@webmail.co.za or telephone her on 072-224 3450. NORDIC COUNCIL MUSIC PRIZEHot off the press! We have just received news of the Nordic Council Music prize, for which you can visit their website http://www.musikpris.com for information. Apparently, it was announced yesterday that Yggdrasil (Faroe Islands) has been nominated. The information just might be useful to you for promoting existing concerts in Rochester, DC, as well as organizing concerts in South Africa & Russia. PREMIO VALENTINO BUCCHI*37th Annual International Competition for Interpretation.* Note that this is a competition for performers of a solo instrument. Please visit website http://www.premiobucchi.it/esecuzione17_eng.pdf for full details. Note that it is for performers of flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, saxophone, piano, accordion/bayan, harp, guitar, violin, viola, cello or double bass born after 1 January 1980. To participate in the competition, candidates must send the *registration form filled by July 21, 2017* to: Secretariat of the International Contests, Foundation Valentino Bucchi, Via Ubaldino Peruzzi 20 - 00139 Rome – Italy. INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC COMPETITIONThe next “Città di Pinerolo e Torino – Città Metropolitana” International Chamber Music Competition (for the Cities of Pinerolo, of Torino, and of its surrounding area), which is part of the *World Federation of International Music Competitions* in Geneva, will take place in Pinerolo and Turin *from 5 to 11 March 2018*. In 2016 the jury of renowned musicians awarded prizes amounting to 23,000 euros to winners chosen from 100 musicians belonging to 42 chamber music ensembles (under 33 years of age) from all over the world. Visit webpage http://www.concorsomdcpinerolo.it/en for more information. Note, deadline for entry is *8 January 2018*. REMINDER OF PERCUSSION NEWS FROM ITALY PASNominations for the 2017 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge awards are now open. The *BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards *recognize and encourage fundamental advances in basic and applied research, as materialized in models and theories for understanding the natural and social worlds, technological innovations of broad impact and salient contributions to the creation, performance and conducting of the classical music of our time. Honours also go to outstanding contributions that advance understanding or deliver material progress with regard to two key challenges of the global society of the 21st century, climate change and development cooperation. One of the categories is in the field of Contemporary Music and information can be sort here http://www.fbbva.es/awards. Email awards-info [at] fbbva [dot] es for further details. Please note: The closing date for submissions is *June 30, 2017* at 23.00h GMT.
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