I look
forward to an upcoming weekend trip in May to Xiamen, China, where I am an
Invited Speaker for what promises to be a landmark event in the history of Chinese
music scholarship. This conference celebrates the publication of a unique
18-volume encyclopedia in Chinese language on the history of ideas in Chinese music
disciplines, edited by my long-time collaborator Professor Jiaxing Xie of China
Conservatory. The encyclopedia comes with an array of digital resources and is likely to be quite impactful for many years.
Xie and I have
given several presentations together at international conferences on the theme of digital transformations in music education and we are co-authoring
a book in English that is related to this project. A select group of notable
music researchers from various countries are invited for the conference and I eagerly
look forward to our discussions in Xiamen at Jimei University.