Dear ICOM MUSIC Community,

It is time for the recurring ICOM MUSIC News and as you know, it has been a busy time and a time of change.

This newsletter focuses on March and April 2025 but, of course, we take the opportunity to point your attention to the new ICOM MUSIC Bulletin issue. A great milestone achieved by Jonathan (Interim-Editor), Heike, Arnold, Mimi (Editorial Board), and Christina (former ICOM MUSIC Chair).

Regarding ICOM Dubai 2025, the organisers in Dubai have now launched the conference website. The Scientific Committee of our IC’s joint conference with IC MEMOHRI will keep you informed about any news and important dates as they come in.

Ongoing activities in March and April 2025 include:

04 March: México 2024 Proceedings editorial team meeting (online)

05 March: ICOM Digital Projects Forum (online) (Board attendance)

08 March: Dubai 2025 planning meeting (online, Chairs ICOM MUSIC & MEMOHRI)

10 March: Netherlands 2023 Proceedings editorial team meeting (online).

11 March: Executive Board meeting (online)

11 March: Board meeting (online)

12 March: ICOM MUSIC January / February 2025 News (CIMCIM-L, website, FB)

12 March: ICOM IC Forum for Chairs (Chair)

12 March: The Revision of the ICOM Code of Ethics 4th Consultation Webinar. Global webinar on 17 March 2025 (invitation on behalf of ICOM)

17 March: Global webinar on the Revision of the ICOM Code of Ethics 4th Consultation (Board and member attendance)

18 March: ICOM Dubai 2025: ICMEMOHRI – ICOM MUSIC joint Call for Papers (CIMCIM-L, website)

18 March: Netherlands 2023 Proceedings editorial team meeting (online). Following the meeting, all texts were sent to our contracted designer.

19 March: México 2024 Proceedings editorial team meeting (online)

08 April: Executive Board meeting (online)

08 April: Board meeting (online)

08 April: Friendly reminder: ICOM Dubai 2025: ICMEMOHRI – ICOM MUSIC joint Call for Papers

09 April: México 2024 Proceedings editorial team meeting (online)

11 April: Extended deadline: Call for Papers IC MUSIC/MEMOHRI Dubai 2025 (22 April 2025)

14 April: Participate in the final consultation of the Revision of the ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums – ICOM MUSIC survey for ETHCOM sent to members

15 April: SAREC annual allocation letter received

25 April: Announcement of SAREC Special Projects 2025 grant: “Bi-lingual Documentation and Outreach: Expanding ICOM MUSIC’s LAC Impact”

24 April: Announcement of Chair resignation and interim Board

29 April: Results of ICOM MUSIC survey regarding the final consultation of the Revision of the ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums submitted to ETHCOM

The ICOM MUSIC Board will meet every month, and if you have matters that you would like the Board to take up, please let us know.

To receive important information and news from ICOM, we kindly urge you to subscribe to ICOM’s Newsletter. Please, visit https://icom.museum/en/ , scroll down to “Sign up to our Newsletter”, and fill in your email address.

Have you changed your email address recently? Log in the ICOM Database and update your information – and please see the CIMCIM webpage for instructions on how to subscribe to the CIMCIM-L to receive important information and news from ICOM MUSIC.

Thank you and best wishes on behalf of the ICOM MUSIC Board,
Marie Martens
ICOM MUSIC Interim Chair 2025