Category: Publications

Call for articles: Spéis

Call for articles   New Year, new Spéis Spring 2014   Please forward submissions for ICTM Ireland’s Spring bulletin by February 12th, at 5 p.m.   Some of the headings that you can submit under are:   1. Research in Ireland (max 400 word)   2. ICTM Ireland Member Events Listings (max 250 words)   […]

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New Publication – Brass Bands of the World: Militarism, Colonial Legacies, and Local Music Making

Edited by Suzel Ana Reily, Queen’s University Belfast, UK and Katherine Brucher, DePaul University, USA Bands structured around western wind instruments are among the most widespread instrumental ensembles in the world. Although these ensembles draw upon European military traditions that spread globally through colonialism, militarism and missionary work, local musicians have adapted the brass band […]

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