Consortium

Coordinator

Cité de la musique (France)

The Cité de la musique is a public cultural institution which officially opened in 1995. Founded as a very open cultural structure in the field of music, it associates performance (two concert halls) and cultural heritage (Museum of music) with education and documentation (Education Department and Multimedia Library). The Cité de la musique thinks itself a cultural crossroads, the mission of which is to bring together different kinds of people around diverse musical, cultural and educational activities. These activities encourage the cultural practice of both children and adults; they aim at valorising diverse musical repertoires and help constructing social ties thanks to a musical pedagogy that is open to the diversity of human cultures and which favours intercultural exchanges. The Education department has expressed its desire to transpose its objectives in terms of culture and society on a European level by participating as co-organiser in a multiannual project “ExTra!” on orally transmitted music.
www.citedelamusique.fr

Co-organisers

En Chordais (Greece)

The main objectives of En Chordais, a non-profit civil society based in  Thessaloniki, Greece, are research, study, teaching and dissemination based on the history and contemporary reality of a common musical heritage that unites the peoples of Southern Eastern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. It achieves these goals through the production of CDs and books, the organisation or participation in international multidisciplinary projects, the operation of a music school, performances involving musicians from diverse cultural backgrounds and, finally, the support and promotion of new musical creation that engages with these ancient traditions.
The organisation has given the opportunity to more than 4,600 students to follow courses and seminars, having worked with about 130 teachers for this purpose and having awarded over 120 scholarships. It has completed 25 research projects, published 11 books and has released 28 digital compact discs (with accompanying booklets in three languages). It has organised nearly 300 musical events, both  large and small providing the opportunity to over 600 musicians to present their art both in Greece and abroad.
www.enchordais.gr

The Sage Gateshead (Great Britain)

The Sage Gateshead is a pioneering international home for music and musical discovery; housed in a spectacular Norman Foster building in North East England.  Its ground-breaking Learning and Participation programme provides opportunities for all to join in, whatever their age or ability. Its live music programme presents  performances in all music styles from dub to folk, jazz to world. Performances  from Northern Sinfonia, orchestra of The Sage Gateshead, form the heart of its classical programme.
www.thesagegateshead.org

World Music and Dance Centre (Netherlands)

In September 2006 the World Music and Dance Centre (WMDC) was started in Rotterdam. The WMDC is a unique platform, expertise and course centre and meeting point for music and dance from all parts of the world. In addition to neighbourhood-oriented activities in Delfshaven the WMDC offers professional courses in five world music traditions, music and dance courses for amateurs, extra training and refresher courses for professionals, research in the field of world music education and a platform for local and international talent.
At a historical location in the Delfshaven municipal district a largescale yet intimate complex has arisen which can house both new and existing world music initiatives on a city-wide, national as well as international level. This has resulted in a unique concert venue, expertise centre and meeting point for music and dance styles from all over the world, varying from Argentinian tango to Indian ragas, from Surinam Kawina to Turkish saz music. This way the centre aligns itself with the cultural diversity of its direct environment, the developments in present-day music practice in which non-western music styles play an increasingly important role, and with the growing demand for world music courses and teachers.
www.wmdc.nl

Sibelius Academy (Finland)

The Folk Music Department at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland, has been training traditional music professionals for 25 years. More than 90 musicians, pedagogues and researchers have earned their Master’s or Doctoral degree at the department. Emphasizing the students’ skills and knowledge of historical styles as well as their creative musicianship, the philosophy and pedagogical methods of the department have brought results: today contemporary folk music is thriving in Finland!
According the vision of the department musical tradition has never been still but always evolving and in constant change. By providing the right knowledge, attitude and skills for the students, it is presumable that at least some of them will  become a living part of the tradition, respecting the past but inventing new. In 2008, the Folk Music Department received the WOMEX Award for
the Professional Excellence.
www.kamu.siba.fi

Associated partner

MIAM (Turkey)

MIAM (Dr.Erol Üçer Müzik İleri Araştırmalar Merkezi – Centre for Advanced Studies in Music) was established in 1999 with a generous grant by Dr. Erol Üçer. The Masters programme opened in November 1999. The areas of speciality offered are: Performance, Composition, Music Theory, Ethnomusicology, and Music Business and Management.
Doctoral programme in Music was initiated in September 2002. MIAM facilities include a state-of-the art recording studio, a music library, a recital room, a percussion lab and rehearsal rooms. The academic emphasis at MIAM has been on areas not otherwise readily available in Turkey. Courses cover ancient musics, early European music, twentiethcentury music, ethnomusicological perspectives on avant-garde music, music of the American and Pacific regions, bibliographical  techniques, and technology-based courses such as production analysis, mixing and mastering techniques, and digital imaging. In the emerging doctoral programme the orientation is towards inter-disciplinary study.
www.miam.itu.edu.tr