MINUTES
The meeting of the ICTM Study Group, Music and Minorities
Friday, July 15, 2011 
The School of Music, Memorial University
St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada

During the 41st World Conference of the ICTM in Canada (July 13-19, 2011), the Music and Minorities Study Group held its business meeting, chaired by Ursula Hemetek. The meeting was called to order at 5:45 PM. 
     1. Introductory remarks included a warm welcome to members present; a brief history of the Study Group which was officially recognized by the ICTM in 1999; and apologies for absence, in particular from the Study Group’s vice-president, Svanibor Pettan who now assumes the position of Secretary General of the ICTM. 
      2.  The Minutes of the Study Group’s 2010 Symposium in Hanoi, the first meeting/symposium held by the Study Group outside Europe, were approved unanimously by hand vote.  
     3.  Tran Quang Hai, who came with Le Van Toan, director of the Vietnamese Institute  for Musicology, one of the hosts of the Hanoi meeting/symposium, clarified the publication plans for the papers presented on that occasion. While it is Vietnamese policy to have all papers published in Vietnamese, as originally read or in translation, the two scholars agreed to Ursula Hemetek’s proposal that 12 articles be selected and published in English in a separate publication.
     Two reviews of the last proceedings of the Study Group symposium in Prague, Voices of the Weak, were announced, one published in Bulgarian Musicology 2-3/2010; and the other in Narodna umjetmost (forthcoming).
     
     Essica Marks reported the publication of an article, “Music and Identity: Varied Aspects in the Singing of an Arab Israeli Singer” in the Journal of Ethnography and Folklore (2010: 57-71). 
     Ursula Hemetek noted forthcoming enhancements to the ICTM website where information on Study Groups are posted. 
     4.  For election to the Study Group Board , the following were nominated: Ursula Hemetek, Yoshitaka Terada, Adelaida Reyes, Katalin Kovalcsik, and John O’Connell. The first three names got the largest number of votes by secret ballot. They will therefore constitute the Study Group Board. 
     5.  Essica Marks extended a formal invitation to the Study Group to hold its next symposium in July, 2012 in Zefat Academic College in Israel. She gave a powerpoint presentation showing the college and the surrounding areas. A general discussion on travel, accommodations, dates, and possible excursions followed. The vote to accept Zefat’s invitation was unanimous. A Call for Papers will be announced in the October ICTM Bulletin online. 
     6. In addition to the themes that were suggested prior to the meeting (Methodological approaches; Matters of Power; Matters of Interculturality), others were suggested at the meeting: Constructing Hegemonies; Film Studies; Music and Language; Minority Nationalisms. As is customary, a theme suggested by the local organizer is given special consideration. Essica Marks suggested a focus on education.  
     7. The Program Committee, which will decide on the final list of themes, is to consist of the Board, the local organizer, and Naila Ceribasic.
     8. Special thanks were extended to Svanibor Pettan for the important role he has played in the creation of the Study Group and in the valuable service he has given to it.
     9. The Chair thanked all present and adjourned the meeting at 6:55 PM.
     
     					Respectfully submitted,
     					Adelaida Reyes
     
July 25, 2011