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From the "BULLETIN" of the INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL for TRADITIONAL MUSIC
No. 151, January 2023, ISSN (Online): 2304-4039

 

 The 1st Colloquium of the ICTM Study Group on Multipart Music took place on 4 December 2022, at the Cinema Teatro Ariston in the village of Bitti in Sardinia,Italy, upon the invitation and in cooperation with the Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Dipartimento di Lettere, Lingue e Beni Culturali; the Istituto Superiore Regionale Etnografico; the Comune di Bitti; and the Cooperativa Istelai, within the TeDiMuS (Tecnologie Digitali e Multipart Singing in Sardegna) project. This research project is supported by the Assessorato Regionale alla Programmazione in Sardinia, according to the Regional Law 7/2007 “Promozione della ricerca scientifi ca e dell’innovazione tecnologica in Sardegna” [Promotion of scientific research and technological innovation in Sardinia].

 In the experiences of the Study Group, the colloquium is a format of exchange of ideas without a fi xed form, in contrast to the seminar. The typical contribution in a colloquium is participation in discussions. Some, but not necessarily all participants (a second difference to a seminar) may be asked by the programme committee to present prepared statements (“papers”), possibly for distribution in advance. Participation in Study Group Colloquia is by individual and personal invitation only, endorsed by the Study Group Executive Committee. Participants in Study Group colloquia will be ICTM members in good standing, excepting only special guests invited for their relevant expertise. A further difference to a seminar is that, in the case of a colloquium the local organisation is asked to provide, if at all possible, board, lodging, and local transportation for the participants as part of its budgetary responsibility. International transportation is not necessary the responsibility of the host, but of the individual participants.

The aim of the mentioned TeDiMuS project is to promote the study and knowledge of a particular practice of multipart singing in Sardinia called cantu a tenore (a tenore singing), through the use of new digital technologies. In its articulation, the project acts in a coordinated manner within the socalled “second mission” (research and interaction with the scholarly community) and “third mission” (interaction withsociety and the local area) of the University of Cagliari.

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