News archive – Events
Muscat Workshops in Austria
We have received the following from our colleagues in IAML Austria: IAML Austria successfully held two Muscat workshops recently. On January 12, 2017, a Muscat workshop was held at the Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum, led by Dr. Eva Neumayr (RISM Salzburg). The workshop enjoyed active participation from its seven attendees. This...
26 January 2017
Happy Holidays 2016!
The RISM Central Office wishes you and your family all the best for a festive holiday season and a happy New Year. We are looking forward to working with you in the coming year! Image: Historische Bildpostkarten - Universität Osnabrück - Sammlung Prof. Dr. Sabine Giesbrecht, via Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek...
22 December 2016
Bringing the Past into the Future: Creating and Curating Digital Music Archives (Seoul, South Korea)
On October 28 and 29, 2016, our colleagues from RISM South Korea were our hosts for the conference Bringing the Past into the Future: Creating and Curating Digital Music Archives, held at Ewha Womans University in Seoul. The conference had a twofold purpose: a symposium and concert on October 28...
28 November 2016
Muscat Workshop in Prague
As you all know, our new cataloging program Muscat was released last week, and excitement for the new program continues to grow. Following workshops in Frankfurt, Berlin, Warsaw, and Seoul, an additional workshop was held last week at the National Library in Prague. From November 14 to 16, Guido Kraus...
21 November 2016
Muscat Workshop in Warsaw
The following has come in from Sonia Wronkowska of the Polish RISM Centre: On Monday and Tuesday last week 14 people took part in a Muscat workshop at the National Library of Poland in Warsaw. The workshop was organised by the Music Department and Librarian Education Department, and it wasconducted...
3 November 2016
Countdown to Muscat!
Last week, we welcomed around 20 participants from around the world to learn the ins and outs of Muscat, RISM’s new program for cataloging musical sources that will be launched in November. From October 12-14, 2016, we were excited to host participants from Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy,...
17 October 2016
Conference this week: Documenting Musical Sources in Latin America
RISM will be hosting a conference this week on Thursday called Documenting Musical Sources in Latin America. We are looking forward to welcoming thirteen of our colleagues who will report on the state of describing musical sources in seven countries in Central and South America. The conference is being presented...
12 September 2016
Fête des Vignerons
Preparations are already underway for a major event that will take place from 26 July to 11 August 2019 in Vevey, Switzerland. The Fête des Vignerons (Winegrowers Festival) is not only a special occasion because it takes place in irregular intervals about every 25 years. The engagement of the town’s...
22 August 2016
RISM at IAML, Part 2: What's New in 2016
A month ago we were basking in the warm Italian sun and feasting upon the many presentations that were given as part of the IAML Congress in Rome. Recently we gave you an update on the progress of our new cataloging program, Muscat (and was kindly translated into Spanish by...
15 August 2016
Conference: Documenting Musical Sources in Latin America
RISM will be hosting a conference entitled Documenting Musical Sources in Latin America that will take place on September 15, 2016 as a peripheral event of the annual congress of the Gesellschaft für Musikforschung (German Society for Music Research) in Mainz. RISM has invited speakers from Latin America to share...
8 August 2016
