25.09.2020, 15.00/3.00 P.M. CET 

General Assembly #1 / Board of Directors

(MINUTES BELOW)

Warsaw (Poland)  Saturday, September 26, 2020 at 3:00:00 pm  CEST UTC+2 hours

Denton (USA – Texas)  Saturday, September 26, 2020 at 8:00:00 am  CDT  UTC-5 hours

Richmond (USA – Virginia) Saturday, September 26, 2020 at 9:00:00 am  EDT  UTC-4 hours

Lisbon (Portugal – Lisbon) Saturday, September 26, 2020 at 2:00:00 pm  WEST UTC+1 hour

Moscow (Russia – Moscow) Saturday, September 26, 2020 at 4:00:00 pm  MSK  UTC+3 hours

Beijing (China – Beijing Municipality)  Saturday, September 26, 2020 at 9:00:00 pm  CST  UTC+8 hours

Perth (Australia – Western Australia)   Saturday, September 26, 2020 at 9:00:00 pm  AWST UTC+8 hours

Córdoba (Argentina – Córdoba) Saturday, September 26, 2020 at 10:00:00 am ART  UTC-3 hours

Mexico City (Ciudad de México) Saturday, September 26, 2020 at 8:00:00 am  CDT  UTC-5 hours

Athens (Greece) Saturday, September 26, 2020 at 4:00:00 pm  EEST UTC+3 hours

Kyiv (Ukraine – Kyiv) Saturday, September 26, 2020 at 4:00:00 pm  EEST UTC+3 hours

Santiago (Chile) Saturday, September 26, 2020 at 10:00:00 am CLST UTC-3 hours

Corresponding UTC (GMT) Saturday, September 26, 2020 at 13:00:00

25.09.2020, 19.00 / 7.00 P.M. CET

CONCERT #1

AARSOM / Mexico

Manuel Rocha Iturbide – Light & Dust (2005-2010) for soprano saxophone and electronics  (Pedro Bitancourt – soprano saxophone) [9:24] 

Roberto Morales Manzanares – Servicio a Domicilio (1991) for piano and electronics  (Keith Kirchoff – piano) [10:05]

AMEE / Spain

Clarence Barlow – Coronialus (2020) [4:43]

Reyes Oteo – A(D/G)ONÍAS (Sucesión) (2019) [1;35]

Pedro Linde – El viento de Béla Tarr (2020) [3:10]

Francisco Javier Trabalón – Liturgia S2 (2020) [4:55]

Javier Tarín – Multis Tenebris (2020) [4:37]

BEAN /UK

Dimitris Savva – Echo the nymph of reflection (2020) [9:30]

Alex Bailey – Defective (2017) [7:07]

CEMI/UNT / USA

Christopher Poovey – Hypoxia (2019) for solo flute and Semi-intelligent Electronics (Elizabeth McNutt – flute assistance) [7:00]

Panayiotis Kokoras – Rhino (2020) for baritone saxophone and electronics (Pedro Bittencourt – baritone saxophone) [8:55]

CMMAS / Mexico

Mario Duarte – Retornos (2019) [6:56]

Evelin Ramón – Noisy Creatures (2017) [7:12]

Tonalli R. Nakamura – Catalyst (2019) [7:06] video

DME / Portugal

Marta Domingues – Yliathim (2019) [7:00]

Nuno d’Eça – I’m Sorry Dave (2020) [1:12] video

José Carlos Sousa – Souks (2018) [9:00]

FARME / Argentina

Edgardo H E Martinez – Transformaciones irreversibles (2019) [8:59]

FeBeME / Belgium

Tympocaïne 200 (Roald Baudoux, Hugues Peeters) – Taniloo 

Live at City Sonic 2019 / Louvain-la-Neuve (2019) [6:58]

Caroline Profanter – kobaltblau (2020) [11:50]

26.09.2020, 12.00  P.M. CET

CONCERT #2

PRIX CIME 2019

Prix CIME 2019

Wojciech Błażejczyk – #NETWORKMUSIC (2017) for voice, ensemble and live electronics [14:30 ]

Honorable Mentions

Daniel Blinkhorn – valiha (2019) stereo fixed media [10:00]

Mario Mary – Le sophistiqué son du Dasein (2018) octophonic fixed media [17:00]

Douglas McCausland – Black Amnesia (2019) for voice, ensemble and live electronics [7:01]

Category 2 Residency Prix CIME 2019

Giulio Colangelo – Forbidden Soundscape [Narcissus’s Nausea] (2016) for ensemble and live electronics [8:00]

Nathaniel Haering – Medical Text p.57 (2017) for voice and live electronics [8:00]

Nikolaos Kanelakis – Spaces and Places (2019) stereo fixed media [11:55]

Alexander Kubeev – Cryptocalypse (2013) for cello, electronics and video [7:18]

Nicola Mišić – Insection (2018) stereo fixed media [10:00]

Zhaoyu Zhang – Inheritance (2016) octophonic fixed media [6:03]

26.09.2020, 3 PM – 7 PM

General Assembly #2 (MINUTES BELOW)

  1. Approval of the General Assembly’s Minutes 2019 in Krakow
  2. Examination and approval of the proposals of the Board of Directors
    • Vote of the balance sheet 2020
    • Vote of the activities report 2020
    • Vote of the project of activities 2021 and provisional budget 2021
  1. Board of Directors final discharge
  2. Reports of National Federations
  3. Definitive admission as OIM member, provisory admission of new federations
  4. Election of new Honorary Member
  5. Attribution of the ICEM logo
  6. Approval of the activities project and of provisional budget 2021 submitted to the General Assembly
  7. Decision of date and place for the General Assemblies 2021 and 2022
  8. Statutes updates
  9. Discussion about new fund rising
  10. Miscellaneous items
  11. Cloture of the General Assembly

26.09.2020, 19.00/7.00 P.M. CET

CONCERT #3

Francis Dhomont / France

Francis Dhomont – Perpetuum mobile (Pluies fantômes) (2019) [15:00]

HELMCA / Greece

Stelios Giannoulakis – Particle Chant (2020) [9:09]

Georgia Kalodiki – Seashore (2016) [11:00]

M&R / Belgium

Annette Vande Gorne – New Year’s Day (2020) [5:54]

Elżbieta Sikora – Trois tunnels et un arrêt (2017) [14:05]

PSeME / Poland

Krzysztof Topolski & Tomasz Duda – Cluster (2014) [2:53]

Dariusz Mazurowski – One of Many Prague Novembers (2019 / 2020) for tape [3:00]

Krzysztof Knittel – kk_28.07.2020 (2020) for tape [2:51]

Michał Jacaszek – Riverbed (2020) for tape [3:00]

Edward Sielicki – Namu (2020) for tape [2:46]

Piotr Grella-Możejko – Mercurio (Monologhi brevi ed energici in memoria di Fausto Romitelli) – Allegro impaziente (2013) for saxophone & electronics (Laurent Estoppey – soprano sax, Piotr Grella-Możejko – electronics) [2:20]

Michał Janocha – Sculpting Space (2020) for tape [2:54]

SEAMUS / USA

Elizabeth Hoffman – clouds pattern (2019) [9:30]

Joo Won Park – Func Step Mode (2019) [2:30]

Heather Stebbins – things that follow (2018) [8:00]

Spectro / Iran

Mohammad Sahebzamani – Dyslexia (2020) [4:20]

Alireza Amirhajebi – Glass and Gliss (2020) [4:00]

Soheil Shirangi – The Hypothesis No.2 (2020) [4:38]

SpectroDuo ((Martyna Kosecka & Idin Samimi Mofakham) – Stowaway (2020) [5:37]

Tempo Reale / Italy

Gioele Billi / Fabio Novembrini – Dilatato ipnotico (con fratture) (2020) [2:10] video

Biagio Cavallo / Roberta Racis – Erobolerobo (2020) [2:27] video

Marco Melilli / Fabio Novembrini – Catarsi (2020) [2:06] video

UAEM / Ukraine

Marina Goldman-Fridman – Eye (2020) for piano and electronics (tape) (Alexandre Chorny – piano) [6:38] 

Ostap Manulyak – Chronicles (2020) [4:10]

Alla Zagaykevych – Misto (2017) for soprano and fixed media [7:00](Viktoriia Vitrenko – soprano EM-VISIA concert, 19.04.2018)

 

38th GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE ICEM

Fri. 25 & Sat. 26 September 2020, 3-7 PM UTC+2 (DST) via Zoom

– MINUTES –

Friday, 25 September 2020

3 PM – 7 PM Board of Directors

Marek Choloniewski, ICEM President and President of the Polish Federation, opened the meeting of the Board of Directors and welcomed the representatives for their attendance. Board members thanked Marek Choloniewski for hosting the 38th CIME/ICEM General Assembly, Festival, and Conference. ICEM secretary Panayiotis Kokoras confirmed the ICEM members present to the meeting. 

Members (20)

  • Marek Choloniewski (CIME President, PSeME)
  • Panayiotis Kokoras (CIME Secretary, CEMI/UNT)
  • Todor Todoroff (FeBeME)
  • Alla Zagaykevych (UAEM)*
  • Andreas Mniestris (HELMCA)
  • Jose Manuel Berenguer (AMEE/ O.d.Caos)
  • Manuel Rocha Iturbide (AARSOM)
  • Julien Guillamat (FéFraME)
  • Adam Stanovic (BEAN)
  • James Andean (BEAN)
  • Martyna Kosecka (SPECTRO)
  • Idin Samimi Mofakhan (SPECTRO)
  • Ted Coffey (SEAMUS)
  • Annette Vande Gorne (M&R
  • Katerina Tzedaki (HELMCA)
  • Jaime Reis (with Mariana Vieira) (DME)
  • Dariusz Mazurowski (PSeME)
  • Edward Sielicki (PSeME)
  • Gonzalo Biffarella (FARME)
  • Francesco Giomi (TEMPO REALE)*

Proxies: (4)

– Andrea Szigetvari – (HCMF)

– Jon Nelson – CEMI/ UNT

– Francis Dhomont – Honorary member

– German Toro-Perez – ICST/ ZHDK

The Board of Directors approved unanimously the Agenda of the General Assembly 2020 as well as the minutes from the 2019 General Assembly in Krakow which made available to all members.

In the moral report 2019, President Marek Choloniewski reminded that ICEM is working towards the expansion of its members with new National Federations or Organization Institution Members, especially in countries where there are not currently represented. Also, he mentioned the importance for each member to be in good standing so that they met the dues schedule and secondly and most importantly, to be active by taking part in the ICEM activities.

During the financial report 2020 ICEM treasurer Todor Todoroff, presented the financial report for the year 2020. As of September 26, 2020 the expenses were €316.20 with contribution toward the IMC – International Music Council Membership Fee. The balance until the General Assembly was €9.462,95. More membership fees are expected to be paid soon after the General Assembly. Consequently, the final balance will be determined by the end of 2020.

In the activities report 2020, Secretary Panayiotis Kokoras gave a report on the ICEM concerts organized by the following members: 69 performances + GA Festival

– Audiomat Audio CD Release CIME/PSeME/SME Acousmonium Kraków 2019

Elsa Justel (FARME AR), Jon Christopher Nelson (CEMI UNT USA), Manuel Rocha Iturbide (AARSOM MEX), Anton Stuk (UAEM UA), Miguel Azguime (Miso Music P), Louise Rossiter (BEAN GB), Arsalan Abedian (Spectro), Elżbieta Sikora (PSeME PL), Catalina Leonor Peralta Caceres (GrupLac CO), Philippos Theocharidis (HELMCA GR), Nikolai Popov (CEAMMC RU)

– 25 Edition Música Viva Festival at O’culto da Ajuda on May 28, 2019 Miso Music Portugal

Joris de Laet (FeBeME), Gonzalo Biffarella (FARME), Jon Christopher Nelson (CEMI/North Texas University), Manuel Rocha Iturbide (AARSOM), Marek Choloniewski (PSeME), Alberto Carretero (AMEE)

– 27. Audio Art Festival Kraków, 13.  – 24. November 2019

Louise Fristensky – Landscape with a Blue Flamingo CEMI/UNT USA, Joris de Laet – Etude aux inattendus FeBeME Belgia, Francis Dhomont – Machin de machine 2 Canada, Harold Vasquez-Castañeda – Residuo de Estrella Blanca GrupLac Colombia, Daniele Carcassi – Meniatico Tempo Reale Włochy, Anastasiia Bielitska – Rusalochka UAEM Ukraine, António Ferreira – Anthropocene Miso Music Portugal, Jacek Laaser – Teraz, BEAN UK; 

– HELMCA Electroacoustic Music Day 2019, Athens Greece

Miguel Azguime (Miso), Todor Todoroff (FeBeMe), Louise Rossiter (BEAN)

– 5th edition of the International Tehran Contemporary Music Festival in Iran

Spectro Centre of New Music (Martyna Kosecka, Idin Samimi Mofakham

– SEAMUS 2020 Digital Conference – http://2020.seamusonline.org/

Elsa Justel, Jon Christopher Nelson, Manuel Rocha Iturbide, Anton Stuk, Miguel Azguime, Louise Rossiter, Arsalan Abedian, Elżbieta Sikora, Catalina Leonor Peralta Caceres, Philippos Theocharidis, Nikolai Popov

– XIVth INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ELECTROACOUSTIC AND ELECTRONIC MUSIC ¨SPRING IN HABANA¨ JUAN BLANCO IN MEMORIAM. Organized by the Laboratorio Nacional de Música Electroacústica – LNME Primavera en la Habana, March 2020.

Nikos Stavropoulos (BEAN), Jacek Laaser, Chris Bevan, Adam Stanović, Panayiotis Kokoras (CEMI/UNT), Martyna Kosecka PSeME), Wojciech Błażejczyk, Katarzyna Taborowska, Mateusz Ryczek, Krzysztof Gawlas, Lidia Zielińska, Gregorio Jiménez (AMEE), Carlos D. Perales, Pere Vicalet, Eric Larrieux (ICST), Micha Seidenberg, Ken Gubler, José Yépez-Pino, Carlos Hidalgo

– Audiomat CD release Prix CIME 2019

Wojciech Błażejczyk, Daniel Blinkhorn, Mario Mary, Douglas McCausland, Giulio Colangelo, 

Nathaniel Haering, Nikolaos Kanelakis, Alexander Kubeev, Nicola Mišić, Zhaoyu Zhang

– Website, social media

The president encouraged the development of projects among federations. The Board of Directors unanimously approved the moral report, the activities report, and the financial report.

Next, the Board of Directors discussed on the activities for 2021, including the next General Assembly candidacies, the development of new and existing projects as well as the provisional budget 2021. Some of the upcoming projects for 2021 include PRIX CIME 2021 3rd Edition and ICEM GA 2021.

In the debate on the provisional budget 2020 Board of Directors discussed

  • Transfer of remaining funds from old PayPal account to a new one in Poland, and deactivation of the old one.
  • Open a new ICEM account in France
  • Transfer of remaining funds from old BNP Paribas to a new ICEM account.

The next item in the agenda was the proposals for admission from new members. The board vote unanimously the acceptance of FéFraME French Federation of Electroacoustic Music for one-year probational member and thanked Julien Guillamat for his efforts and presentation. The board unanimously approved full membership (definitive admission of members) of SEAMUS Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States and thanked Ted Coffey for his service and presentation. The board unanimously voted the acceptance to full associate members for DME, Dias de Música Electroacústica director Jaime Reis, and for M&R, Musiques & Recherches director Annette Vande Gorne.

James Andean gave an update of the future of Finish Federation Charm of Sound recommended to open discussions with the director of the Centre for Music & Technology in Finland. Also, the board vote to postpone for one more year the probationary period for the Australian Computer Music Association (ACMA) while looking for better communication with its members.

Next the board of directors voted for the new Board of Directors (2020-2023) and 6 Counselors with the following results: President – Marek Choloniewski, Secretary – Panayiotis Kokoras, Treasurer – Todor Todoroff, Treasurer adjunct – Christian Clozier (France). Advisors: James Andean (UK), Gonzalo Biffarella (Argentina), Ted Coffey (USA), Manuel Rocha Iturbide (Mexico), Martyna Kosecka (Poland), Katerina Tzedaki (Greece).

Saturday, 26 September 2020

3 PM – 7 PM General Assembly

The General Assembly unanimously approved the General Assembly’s Minutes 2019 in Krakow; examined and approved the proposals of the Board of Directors: balance sheet 2020, activities report 2020, project of activities 2021 and provisional budget 2021. As well as final admission of members, and provisional admission of new members.

The next item of the General Assembly was the reports from the National Federations and Organization Institution and Associate Members. In turn, each Member made a report on the activities and the situation of electroacoustic music in their country. The reports were presented with the following order: 

Gonzalo Biffarella (FARME), Jose Manuel Beruenger (AMEE), Manuel Rocha (ARSOME), Francesco Giomi (TempoReale), Annette Vande Gorne (M&R), Andreas Mniestris (HELMCA), Martyna Kosecka & Idin Samimi Mofakhan (SPECTRO), Jaime Reis & Mariana Vieira (DME), James Andean (BEAN), Dariusz Mazurowski/Edward Sielicki (PSeME), Todor Todoroff FeBeME), Ted Coffey (SEAMUS), Julien Guillamat (FéFraME), Panayiotis Kokoras (CEMI/UNT).

In regard to the relocation of the ICEM Main Office and change of address, Todor Todoroff gave an update on the current status and the GA approved 

  • to change the ICEM official address, from Bourges to the new location, as per statutes Article 2 – Registered Offices
  • to give permission to the Main Board to choose a «Maison des associations» that gives us the best deal
  • to give permission to the Main Board to indicate in the statues the City where we can confirm an address if we don’t manage to get a confirmed possibility during the GA.

Last, members of the GA thanked the host of ICEM GA 2020 Marek Choloniewski, and the president closed the meeting.