AUSTRALIAN
SOCIETY OF MUSICOLOGY AND COMPOSITION
REGULATIONS
Membership
of the Australian Society of Musicology and Composition ('the Society') shall
be granted exclusively on the recommendation of an appointed examiner, in
accordance with these regulations, and in accordance with fee requirements as
determined by the Director. Membership is perpetual, but not transferable.
Membership
shall be available at three levels (Fellowship, Licentiateship and
Associateship), and in four categories (Musicology, Composition, Performance,
and Music Education).
To apply
for membership, a candidate will submit to the Director a sample of work, which
will then be assessed by an appointed examiner, who will make a recommendation
regarding the membership status of the candidate.
Submissions
may assume any form, but typically will be in one of the forms listed below,
for the categories of musicology, composition, performance or music education
respectively:
a) A paper presenting a work of musical analysis or
other item of musicological research, of 3,000-8,000 words in length;
b) A composition, or small folio of compositions,
which may be supported by recordings or other documentation;
c) A video recording which demonstrates performance
abilities in a strongly musicological or compositional context, or which
presents works of contemporary Australian origin.
d) A work which contains original composition,
research, argument or methodology, and serves an educational purpose. This may
include: compositions, or collections of compositions, specifically of teaching
intent; textbooks on musical subjects; published or unpublished articles of
educational intent, or on topics relating to music education or pedagogy; video
recordings of educational workshops or lectures presented by the candidate.
ASMC Music Education diplomas are not intended for use as teaching credentials
in their own right. Any candidate in the category of Music Education must
either demonstrate professional experience in the field of music education, or
hold formal qualifications in music or education.
Any submitted material must be accompanied by a signed
statement declaring the authenticity of the submission, and describing in
detail each of the following as may be applicable;
Any specific or general purposes of the work,
including details of publication, etc.;
When, where, and under what conditions the work was
created, performed or recorded;
The role of any other parties in the content or
presentation of the work, which are not otherwise acknowledged or referenced in
the submission itself, including teachers, supervisors, copyists, accompanists,
recording technicians, etc.;
Any editing of recorded material;
The nature and role of any equipment which has
contributed significantly to the content or presentation of the work, including
sequencers, music notation programs, text editing programs, etc.
An
examiner may accept for assessment, or decline to assess, submissions in any
form, at his or her discretion.
Examiners
will be instructed to observe, but are not bound to demonstrate, the following
broad equivalences in qualitative standards with awards from Australian tertiary
institutions;
Associateship…AdvDipMus or 2nd year BMus
Licentiateship…BMus
Fellowship…….MMus
Any award
may be conferred 'with Honours' upon the examiner's recommendation.
An
examiner may require that a submission be revised before making a
recommendation to the Society.
A
recommendation for the admission of a candidate to Fellowship will not be
enacted unless validated by the Chief Examiner. A recommendation for Fellowship
which fails to gain the endorsement of the Chief Examiner may be altered to a
recommendation for Licentiateship or Licentiateship with Honours, by
negotiation between the appointed examiner and the Chief Examiner.
Persons
admitted to the Society will be issued with a certificate bearing the common
seal of the Society and the signature of the Director, and may indicate their
status by the appropriate postnominals
(F/L/AMusicol/Comp/Perf/MusEdASMC[Hons]).
Members
of the Society are authorised to wear the following academic dress. Associate:
Black cloth gown of the Cambridge BA pattern, black cloth trencher cap, hood of
black cloth in the Cambridge full shape, lined to a depth of 15cm with violet
silk and edged to a depth of 4cm with gold silk. Licentiate: Black cloth gown
of the Cambridge BA pattern, black cloth trencher cap, hood of black cloth in
the Cambridge full shape, lined throughout with violet silk and edged to a
depth of 5cm with gold silk. Fellow: Black cloth gown of the Cambridge MA
pattern, black velvet bonnet with black cord, hood of scarlet cloth in the
Cambridge full shape, lined throughout with violet silk, and edged to a depth
of 5cm with gold silk. Violet represents the music tradition; gold represents
Australia; scarlet represents the governing authority of the Council. The
appointed robemaker to the ASMC is R.W. Bredin & Son, 136 Station St,
Aspendale, Vic 3195. Telephone (03) 9587 8100.
The
Society shall confer no honorary awards. However, normal fees may be suspended
for services rendered, etc., at the discretion of the Director. Fellowship may
be conferred without examination in exceptional cases to persons whose standing
or record of achievement is considered by an examiner to make examination
unnecessary or inappropriate. In such cases, the award will not be deemed 'honorary'.
Persons with an interest in
the activities of the Society, or its objectives, may be admitted as Affiliates
of the Society, upon application or invitation. Admission as an Affiliate
carries no academic status and does not entitle the use of any postnominals.
A Chief Examiner shall be appointed by the Director, acting in agreement with
the majority of the Council. The functions of the Chief Examiner are: to
consult with the Director on the appointment of examiners and examining consultants;
to review all submissions and assessments for which a recommendation of
Fellowship has been made; and to advise the
Council or Director
on any matters pertaining to the appointment of examiners or assessment
practices. The Chief Examiner will not simultaneously also be a member of the
Council.
Examiners
shall be appointed by the Director in consultation with the Chief Examiner, and
with the agreement of the Chief Examiner. Any person acting as an examiner
shall hold a higher degree from a recognised tertiary institution, a fellowship
diploma from a recognised examining body, and be employed, or have been
employed, on the academic staff of an Australian tertiary institution.
In the event of
no person with expertise in a specialised field who fulfils all normal criteria
for an examiner appointment being reasonably available, an examining consultant
(who may not fulfil all examiner requirements) with expertise in that field may
be appointed by the Director, in consultation with the Chief Examiner. The
examining consultant will provide a report on the standing of the work in
relation to assessment standards. A formal recommendation (on the basis of the
examining consultant's report) must be provided by a person fulfilling full
examiner criteria before the candidate is admitted to the Society.
Honoraria for
examiners and examining consultants shall be offered as follows: an examiner
providing an assessment and recommendation - 60% of the current membership fee;
an examining consultant providing an assessment - 50% of the current membership
fee; an examiner providing a recommendation on the basis of the assessment of
an examining consultant - 15% of the current membership fee; the Chief Examiner
for reviewing a submission of an assessment on the basis of which a
recommendation for Fellowship has been provided - 15% of the current membership
fee.
A
candidate who is dissatisfied with an assessment may request a re-assessment by
a different examiner, and may submit a written response to any assessment with
which he or she is dissatisfied.
Where
reasonable evidence exists that a person has undertaken deliberate deception in
any aspect of a submission, that person shall be expelled from membership of
the Society.
Any
candidate for whom a recommendation for membership is made, and who declines to
meet fee requirements, shall not be permitted to make any other submission for
a period of twelve months, and shall not be permitted to re-submit the original
work at any point in the future.
Certificates,
which reflect levels of achievement below the minium standard for
Associateship, may be awarded by the Society, subject to examination
requirements and procedures approved by the Council. The award of such
certificates (currently ‘Foundation’, ‘Intermediate’ and ‘Advanced’) does not
constitute admission to the Society, does not permit the holder to use any
designatory postnominals.
The
Functions, Powers and Composition of the Council
The Council's role is to govern the Regulations of the
Australian Society of Musicology and Composition in a manner that supports the
promotion and advancement of musicology and composition in Australia,
particularly in the private teaching area. The powers of the Council include to
alter, to remove, or to add to, any part of the Regulations.
The Council also has power to alter the administrative
structure of the Society (subject to the Council, or Executive Officers,
implementing such alterations), and to appoint Executive Officers (who shall
not also simultaneously be members of the Council). Administrative
responsibilities and decision-making of an administrative nature are delegated
to the Director. Academic matters, including the appointment of all examiners
and the approval of Fellowship candidates, are delegated to the Chief Examiner.
Members of the Council have no financial or legal responsibility for the
Society, and no commercial interest in the Society.
The Council consists exclusively of persons who have
been admitted as Fellows of the Society (and who accept an invitation to become
a member of the Council). As of July 2003, invitations to join the Council are
limited to persons admitted as Fellows, who are current or former Australian
citizens or Australian residents, without affecting the status of Councillors
who have accepted an invitation to join the Council prior to this limitation.
OFFICERS AND COUNCIL
Patron
His Excellency Major General Michael Jeffery, AC, CVO,
MC (Retd),
Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia
Director
Robert Nixon, JP,
MEd (USQ), BMus (JCU), GradDipA (JCU),
GradDipEd (UNE), FTCL, FVCM, LTCL, LLCM, LCGI, ATCL, ALCM, AMusVCM (Hons),
MIMT; Accademia ad honorem, R. Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna, Honorary
Professor, Universidad Politecnica de Nicaragua
Chief Examiner
Dr Michael Barkl, JP
PhD (Deakin), MMus (Hons) (UNE), BMus
(NSW Con.), DipEd (Sydney), FTCL, AMusTCL, MIMT
Council
Dr Margaret Brandman,
PhD (Trinity University, USA),
BMus (Sydney), FCompASMC, FMusEdASMC, LPerfASMC, TMusA, AMusA, ASA TDip,
HonFNMSM, MIMT, MMTA
Dr Andrea Breen,
PhD (Tas), BA (Hons) (Tas), DipT
(Prim), FMusicolASMC, LPerfASMC, AMusA
Sonny Chua,
BMus (Melbourne), FMusEdASMC
William
Clark
BMus, GradDipMus, FRSCM, FMusEdASMC, LTCL, MACE
Director of Music, The Scots College, Sydney
Dr Rita Crews,
PhD (UNE), BA (Hons) (UNE),
GradCertDistEd (UNE), DipMus (honoris causa) (AICM), FMusicolASMC,
AMusTCL, HonFNMSM, MIMT, MACE, MMTA
President, Music Teachers’
Association of NSW (www.musicnsw.com.au)
Trevor Ford,
Knight, First Class, Royal
Norwegian Order of Merit; FCompASMC, LLCM, Royal Marines Bandmasters'
Certificate, Honorary Life Member National Band Association (USA), Honorary
Life Member Norwegian Adjudicator and Conductor Association, Medal of Merit
Norwegian Band Federation
Michael Forsyth,
BMus (Sydney), DipEd, FTCL, FCompASMC, LTCL, AMusA
(Bandmastership), AMusA (Trombone)
Sr Duchesne Lavin, FDNSC
MMusEd (CUA), FTCL, FLCM,
FMusicolASMC, LCompASMC, LMusA, LAGM, HonFNMSM, MIMT
Dr
Brett McKern
DCA
(Wollongong), BMus, BTh, BEd, FGCM, HonGCM, FCompASMC, LTCL, LMusA, ARCO,
AMusA, ACertCM, MACE
Chairman, Australian Advisory Council, Guild of Church Musicians
Dr Nigel Nettheim,
PhD (UNSW), PhD (Stanford), MLitt
(UNE), MEc (ANU), MSc (Stanford), BMus (Merit) (NSW Con.), BEc (Hons) (Sydney),
FMusicolASMC, LCompASMC, APerfASMC (Hons), AMusA, HonFNMSM
http://users.bigpond.net.au/nettheim
Sean O'Boyle,
FCompASMC (Hons), HonFNMSM
Professor Dr Colin Parsons,
MEd (Leeds), BEd (Exon), BA, MA
(Ed), MMus, HonPhD, AdvDipEd, AdvDipSpEd, AdvDipMT, FMusicolASMC, FLCM, FNCM,
FMusLAM, FLSM (ChM), LLCM, AMusLCM, HonFNMSM
Emeritus Principal, North and
Midlands School of Music (UK) (http://www.nmsm.co.uk)
Matthews S. Tyson,
HonTCL, LMusTCL, ATCL, HonSCSM,
FPerfASMC, MIMT
Director and Founder, St. Cecilia
School of Music and St. Cecilia Examinations
(http://www.st-cecilia.com.au)