I had the great privilege to take part in this year’s Annual Study Weekend (ASW) with the IAML UK & Ireland Branch in Cambridge, Friday 11th - Sunday 13th April. I had been told that this would be a perfect time to visit the city and I can testify that this is certainly true. Everything was blossoming and the birds were just as enthusiastic as I was! The meeting took place in Fitzwilliam College – a modern college, ten minutes’ walk from the city center. The college gardens were very beautiful and there was a serene atmosphere (the students had left for Easter holidays!)

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Dear colleagues

Now that the proposed revisions for both the Constitution and Rules of Procedure have been published on the IAML website [Secretary General's note: Please, see the attachments below], I thought it might be useful for me, as Chair of the group which Council requested be set up ‘to draft changes in the Constitution and the Rules of Procedure to create an administrative structure for IAML with the decision-making authority divided between the Board and the General Assembly’ (Council minutes, Vienna, 28 July, 1 August 2013), to send a note round to advise on the process from now.

Nobel prize winner and beloved Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez died last week. His books and short stories were admired around the world and became an inspiration for composers.

Jahrestagung der deutschen Musikbibliotheken (AIBM) vom 23. bis 26.9.2014 in Nürnberg