INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TRADITIONAL MUSIC (ICTM)
STUDY GROUP FOR MULTIPART MUSIC
Mission Statement

1. Name
The name of the organization shall be ICTM Study Group on Multipart Music. The Study Group is an appointed committee of the Executive Board of the International Council for Traditional Music [ICTM Rules 1984: paragraph 8, article i]. The ICTM is a non-profit nongovernmental international organization in formal consultative relations with UNESCO.

2. Objectives
The Study Group shall promote multipart music through research, documentation,
interdisciplinary and cross-cultural study and shall provide a forum for cooperation among scholars and students of multipart music by means of international meetings, publications and correspondence, intending a tight collaboration with local singers and musicians also in the discussion processes. The Study Group may undertake such projects as are in support of its stated objectives, including, but not limited to, organization of Study Group symposia, and formation of sub-study groups.