VALE PRUE NEIDORF (1937–2023)

It is with sadness that we share news of the recent death of Prue Neidorf, long-time IAML member and founding Music Librarian at the National Library of Australia (NLA). She died surrounded by her family in Canberra on 18 January 2023. Prue will be remembered as a committed, passionate music librarian who helped to create the…

IAML Australia opposes short sighted cuts to libraries and archives at the ABC

On 8 June, the Guardian reported that the national broadcaster, the ABC, had declared its intention to abolish 58 librarian and archivist positions, with the intention that journalists research and archive their own work. The IAML Australia Executive has been in contact with our colleagues in the ABC Sound Libraries to discuss the impacts. IAML…

Conference review : ‘Music rights for all : libraries as enablers’

Over two afternoons, 30 September-1 October, I attended IAML Australia’s biennial conference. The conference theme this year was the “Music rights for all : libraries as enablers,” inspired by the “Five Music Rights” developed and promoted by the International Music Council (IMC). Conference keynote speakers included prominent Australian artists and academics Professor Deborah Cheetham AO and Professor…

RIPM – free until May 31, 2020

The RIPM Center is closed, and perhaps like us, you are working at home on your computer. To assist you with your music research during this unsettling time of COVID-19, RIPM will make all of its databases available to qualified non-subscribing universities, colleges and conservatories until at least May 31. Once registered, all RIPM resources will be accessible for…

Composer Critcal Editions in the 21st Century

Professor Malcolm Gillies Professor Malcolm Gillies will deliver a talk on the following on the 12th March 2019 5pm-6:30pm at an event hosted by The Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/louise-hanson-dyer-music-colloquia-professor-malcolm-gillies-tickets-54332483922   Description Complete editions of individual composers’ works have been around since the 1850s. Malcolm Gillies considers how this…

Fund for IAML Congress Travel

Thinking of attending the next IAML Congress in Krakow, Poland? Then make sure you consider submitting an application for the: The Liesbeth Hoedemaeker-Cohen Fund for IAML Congress Travel Call for applications The Liesbeth Hoedemaeker-Cohen Fund for IAML Congress Travel, established by the Cohen family in Liesbeth’s honor, is a cash award intended to help support…

Final call for papers – Krakow IAML Congress

Ever presented at an international conference before?  Here’s a great opportunity – to present at the IAML International in the beautiful city of Krakow, Poland in July 2109.  Applications for poster/paper presentations close this coming Friday 9 November.   See  http://www.iaml.info/call-for-papers. It’s not daunting at all to present at a IAML conference. Surrounded by colleagues who are itching…