ISCM-Taiwan 中華民國現代音樂協會
Presented as a member of ISCM, our mission is to promote the creation and development of new music in Taiwan, and to build international connections for interchange of musical arts and cultures. [About ISCM-Taiwan]
Founded in 1989, the ROC Society for Contemporary Music, is a non-profit corporation devoted to the promotion and presentation of contemporary music. Now represe
nted as ISCM-Taiwan Section as a member of The International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM), our mission is to promote the creation and development of new music in Taiwan, and to build international connections for the interchange of musical arts and cultures. The International Society for Contemporary Music (founded in 1922, whose honorary members include many significant composers such as Schoenberg, Webern, Hindemith, Bartok, Milhaud etc.) is a premier forum for the advancement, dissemination and interchange of new music from around the world, including more than 60 member organizations in over than 50 countries on every continent. Since our joining the ISCM membership in 1992, over than 30 works by Taiwanese member composers have been presented in the ISCM's annual World New Music Days, the largest showcase of diverse new music around the world. Up to now, the ROC Society for Contemporary Music has organized or co-organized many new professional music events including concerts, lectures, forums, competitions, and international venues, and has published more than 10 albums of our members' works. Our annual events include: Concerts for New Vocal Works, on which we've collaborated with the Association of Vocal Artists of ROC for over 20 years; and the premiering and publication of new commissioned works since 2010. In 2012, we began our annual organization of the Taipei International New Music Festival, in which we invite international guests and present various types of concerts: including many Taiwan premieres of new classical music repertoire, and world premieres of our members' works. The founder, the first president, also the honorary president of ISCM-Taiwan, is Prof. Our previous presidents include Prof. Ko, Fang-Long, and Prof. Chien, Shan-Hua, Leem Tzi-Sheng and Ting-Yi Ma. The current president is Chia-Lin Pan as of February, 2019.
【中華民國現代音樂協會簡介】
「中華民國現代音樂協會」創立於民國七十八年十二月，以拓展國內新音樂環境，促進國際音樂文化交流為宗旨。協會之任務為倡導現代音樂之創作、發展與評介、促進國際新音樂文化之交流、與拓展音樂與其他相關藝術文化之連繫與整合等。
「中華民國現代音樂協會」並以「國際現代音樂協會台灣總會」(ISCM-Taiwan Section)之名加入「國際現代音樂協會」（The International Society for Contemporary Music -- ISCM）成為會員國；國際現代音樂協會為國際最大與歷史最悠久之音樂組織，創立於1922年8月11日，是由包括魏本、亨德密特、巴爾托克、高大宜、奧乃格、米堯．．．等作曲家，在奧地利薩爾茲堡所成立為倡導當代音樂演出之國際性組織，並於1923年開始舉辦一年一度的「世界新音樂節」(World New Music Days)發表會員作品，目前的成員已有歐洲、美洲、亞洲以及大洋洲等五十餘會員國，每年均由會員國輪流舉辦世界新音樂節。本協會自1992年起加入，已有卅多件我國作曲家之作品獲選於此音樂節中發表。
「中華民國現代音樂協會」歷年來舉辦過為數眾多之專業活動，包含了系列演講、座談會、學術會議、音樂會、參與國際性展演活動與邀訪國際音樂人士來台等，並多次承辦行政院文建會「音樂台北」作曲比賽、 2004 福爾摩沙作曲比賽等。本協會已出版十餘張會員個人作品雷射唱片專輯，近十年每年歲末與中華民國聲樂家協會合作舉辦「現代聲樂作品發表會」，自 2012 年起每年秋季並舉辦「臺北國際現代音樂節」。
本會為內政部立案之社團法人，發起人與首屆理事長潘皇龍教授，歷任理事長包括柯芳隆、錢善華、李子聲與馬定一教授，自 2019 年 2 月起為現任第十二屆理事長潘家琳。凡認同本協會宗旨欲加入本會之作曲家、音樂家、音樂研究者或其他關注當代音樂發展者，歡迎與本協會秘書處聯繫。
