The 2026 edition of the Annual Virtual Wind Band Workshop brought together an impressive community of 512 participants from 13 countries across Africa, including Cyprus and the United Arab Emirates, for three days of professional learning, practical engagement, and shared commitment to wind band development.
Our next conference will be the 2027 PASMAE-ISME Regional Conference, Masvingo, Zimbabwe.
The Pan-African Society for Musical Arts Education (PASMAE) is excited to announce our upcoming 2024 sub-regional conference. The theme for the conference is “RE/ME”, which underscores the evolving relationship between Research (RE) and …
PASMAE members Benon Kigozi, Judy Thönell and Caroline van Niekerk attended the 2018 ISME World Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan and filed this report.
Lawrence Branco Sekalegga from Kampala, Uganda was the recipient of a 2018 ISME grant for the choral music program at this school, St Aloysius. This was a struggling school, seeking to grow self confidence, leadership …
Three Africans now serve on the ISME Board 2020-2022. They are Otukile Phibion from Gabarone, Botswana who joined the Board for the first time. Elizabeth Andang’o from Nairobi, Kenya who is re-elected for her second term. Emily Achieng’ …
Africans have been awarded two of the five ISME/SEMPRE grants in the 2021 funding round. They are Dr Alethea de Villiers for a research study with San and Kho Chiefs in Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), South Africa and Dr …
Patrick Kabanda, originally from Kampala, Uganda, is to keynote the ISME 35th World Conference (online). Patrick discovered the joy of music as a child when he became a chorister in the cathedral where he found …
A short report from Baku Prior to the ISME Conference, the PASMAE Executive approved the printing of promotional flyers, which were sent to Baku for insertion in the delegates bags. On arrival, we …
