ICTM STUDY GROUP ON MULTIPART MUSIC
Minutes of the 2nd Business Meeting
July 14, 2011
Memorial University, School of Music, Room 2025.
St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada

The meeting was called to order by Ardian Ahmedaja, chairperson, at 5:45 P.M.
Agenda Item #1: Introductory remarks, greetings and apologies for absence.
• This is the first General Assembly of the Study Group within an ICTM World Conference.
• Introductory remarks briefly reviewed the history of the Study Group, its acceptance by the ICTM Board in 2009, the first business meeting in Cagliari in 2010 and the current membership which stands at 115.
• Apologies for absence from SG Board members Ankica Petrović and Ignazio Macchiarella were noted.

Agenda Item #2: Minutes of the Study Group’s General Assembly in Cagliari, to
be approved.
• The Minutes of the Study Group’s General Assembly in Cagliari was sent to the SG members shortly after the symposium. They are also available on the Study Group website. There were not objections concerning the Minutes. The Minutes were approved without emendations.

Agenda Item #3: Report on Study Group activities.
• The publication of the proceedings of the Sardinia 2010 Symposium is in progress. Only selected papers will be published this time. The papers’ selection is a responsibility of the book’s editor Ignazio Macchiarella.
• The homepage of the Study Group was presented (www.multipartmusic.org). Ardian Ahmedaja appealed to the SG members to send him or Ignazio Macchiarella any news concerning investigations, publications and performances of traditional multipart music.

Agenda Item #4: Next Study Group symposium in Tiranë, Albania (April 22-29, 2012).
• The Second Meeting of the ICTM Study Group on Multipart Music will take place in Tiranë, Albania, April 22-29, 2012. The symposium has three main themes: (1) Multipart music practices as creative processes, (2) Multipart music in religious practices, and (3) Multipart music awarded. The description of the themes and further information are available on the Study Group’s
website.
• The local organizer of the Tiranë symposium Ardian Ahmedaja gave the basic information about the meeting. The symposium is organized be the “Ulysses Foundation” (Tiranë-Albania). The co-organiser is the Institute for Folk Music Research and Ethnomusicology of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (Austria). The symposium is planed to take place in the conference rooms of the “Hotel Rogner” in Tiranë. Musical evenings, a one day excursion outside of Tiranë as well as contacts with local singers and musicians, especially in the last two days in Southern Albania are also planed.

Agenda Item #5: Other matters.
• Velika Stojkova Serafimovska gave information about the 3rd Symposium of the ICTM Study Group for Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe, which will take place in Berovo (Macedonia), 17-22 April, 2012. The themes of the conference are as following: (1) Terminology and theoretical approaches of southeastern European music and dance, (2) Crossing national boundaries/ intercultural communication. The call for paper will be sent to the members of the SG on Multipart Music. For them who would like to participate in both conferences (in Tiranë and in Berovo) it would be possible to organize transport from Berovo to Tiranë.
• The Secretary General of the ICTM Stephen Wild proposed to invite someone from the ICTM Board to the Tiranë symposium, because it is the first ICTM conference in Albania. The organizers will try to make this possible, since it will for sure help for a stronger public presence of the whole activity.

The Business Meeting ended at 6:45 P.M.
Žanna Pärtlas