中国少数民族音乐学会第十三届年会综述

A Summary of the 13^(th) Annual Meeting of the Music Society for Chinese Ethnic Minorities

2012年7月17日至26日,中国少数民族音乐学会第十三届年会在新疆乌鲁木齐召开,本次年会由中国少数民族音乐学会和新疆师范大学主办,新疆师范大学音乐学院承办。会议期间新疆师范大学音乐学院安排全体参会学者为我国著名的民族音乐学家周吉先生的铜像揭幕,体现了对前辈学者的缅怀与敬意。同时组织单位也呈现了两场精彩的演出,与会学者在享受新疆丰富音乐文化盛宴之余,深深感受到组织单位的辛勤付出与良苦用心。三天会议结束后,

The 13 th Annual Meeting of the Music Society for Chinese Ethnic Minorities was held in Urumqi, Xinjiang from July 17 to 26, 2012. The meeting was co-organized by the Music Society for Chinese Ethnic Minorities and Xinjiang Normal University, and was hosted by the Music College of Xinjiang Normal University. During the meeting, all the participants were invited by the college to attend the unveiling ceremony for the bronze statue of famous Chinese ethnomusicologist Mr. Zhou Ji, showing their respect and honour to this late great scholar. The organizers also presented two wonderful shows for the participants to experience the rich cultural heritage and the local hosts' hospitality. After the end of the three-day meeting, the organizers arranged for all the partici-pants a five-day tour of ″traditional music around East Tianshan Mountain″. The 110 participants at the meeting came from Xinjiang, Yunnan, Hunan, Jiangsu, Guangxi, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia and Jilin in China as well as the countries of Viet Nam and Singapore. Over 80 papers were received, dealing with three topics: ″music research for Chinese ethnic minorities″ , ″ cross-border music research for Chinese ethnic groups,″ and ″ research on ethnic minority music education reforms in universities and colleges.″ In comparison with previous annual meetings, this year saw a greater number of participants and submitted papers. Almost all the fields of traditional music were covered by the researches in these papers. However, there are some weaknesses, too. 1) In spite of the large quantity of papers, their quality needs to be improved largely; 2) Though their researches covered a wide range of fields, they lack systematic and balanced research; and 3) Individual scholars are plenty but cooperation or teamwork is too little. Another important event at this year's meeting is to convene a general assembly to elect a new leadership of the organization. According to the results of election, Prof. Zhao Talimu, President of China Conservatory of Music was elected the society's new president. Hopefully Presdient Zhao will lead the organization to move toward a greater future. At the mean time, a resolution was adopted at the meeting to hold the 14 th Annual Meeting of the Music Society for Chinese Ethnic Minorities in Guizhou in 2014, the second time hosted by the province 30 years after the first annual meeting held there. Because of this great significance, the provincial government's cultural department expressed blessing and support to the society, and their top leaders came to Urumqi for the flag-receiving ceremony. The Music Society for Chinese Ethnic Minorities becomes the most authoritative organization in the field of ethnic minority music research. It is believed that the society will become more mature, and will make more contributions to the prosperity and development of Chinese ethnic minority music.