Visit to AEC in Utrecht

Dear colleagues,

I am now back from the IAML conference in Amsterdam - trying to digest all the impression. The conference was a great success in every aspect: Great professional and social programme plus a lot of music wonderfully performed by various artists such as "Fugimundi" with Eric Vloeiman, Louis Andriessen, Ton Koopman and Nederlands Kammerkor. The conference staff was kind and obliging and the organization just perfect. The Organizing Committee is worthy of great praise!

Friday July 3, a couple of days before the conference started, I went to Utrecht to visit the office of "AEC" - the European Association of Conservatoires. Gabriela Rojková, office manager, and her team gave me a warm welcome and introduced me to the work of the organization. Of course, I took the opportunity to inform as much as possible about IAML and the Libraries in Music Teaching Institutions Branch. I had already met the president, Johannes Johansson, director of Royal College of Music in Stockholm, and invited him to give a talk at next IAML conference in Moscow. My idea is that one of the sessions with our branch will focus on Bologna and Music.

It turned out that the office team had just recently discussed the importance of involving librarians working at music conservatoires around Europe in the work of AEC. Perfect timing! They are very eager to receive contact information such as:

1. The name of the institution
2. The name of the head librarian
3. E-mail address
4. Phone number
5. If you would like to be included in the newsletter distribution list

Please, send the above information to: aecinfo@aecinfo.org

Kind regards,
Pia