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I World Flutes Festival - Registration of proposals
Mendoza - Argentina
September 24 - 27
2009

The Amuki Foundation is a non-profit institution promoting the interpretation of world flutes through a full connection to the present moment. According to this vision, each instrument is a link between what we call inside and outside. The audible message and its moments of silence, pervaded by the contact with reality, become messengers of peace and brotherhood. Based on this premise the Foundation decides to organise the First World Flutes Festival in Mendoza, Argentina.
This Festival, of international reach, will invite great representatives from different regions of the world. Each Master will bring a wealth of valuable information through concerts, master classes, workshops, debates and expositions.

General information (see www.worldflutesfestival.org )

Each year the festival organizing committee will invite well-known masters of different regions who will give concerts and masterclasses  on their speciality. These invitations will be of a limited quantity and will not be provided by application or registration.

Participation through application and registration can be:

Concerts:  Submit a detailed program of up to 30 minutes. Send one of the pieces included in the program of up to 8 minutes long in mp3 audio. Technical needs. Curriculum Vitae. Acceptance to share stage with other colleagues. Formal acceptance to perform with no remuneration. Name of the author, institutional connections, profession, postal and e-mail address and a short summary (CV) of up to 200 words. Send this as attached document in .doc archive, Times New Roman font, size 12 to the following e-mail addresses:   
info@worldflutesfestival.org / worldflutes@gmail.com. Please fill and attach registration form http://www.worldflutesfestival.org/form.rar

Lectures: Abstract/summary of the subject. Aims. Title and summary of the lecture, stating the topic, the aims and the approach to it. Up to 300 words long, plus bibliography (if any) and technical requirements (make clear the language used: Spanish - English). Consider that in case the summary is accepted, the lecture cannot be longer than 20 minutes. Curriculum Vitae, name of author, institutional connections, profession, postal and e-mail address and a brief CV of up to 200 words. The lectures must be related to the following subjects: world flutes, music and thinking process, body and music, environment and music, peace process and music. Send as attached document in .doc archive, Times New Roman font, size 12, to the following e-mail addresses:
info@worldflutesfestival.org / worldflutes@gmail.com. Please fill and attach registration form
http://www.worldflutesfestival.org/form.rar


Exhibition of instruments: Detail of the instruments to be exhibited. Records in the activity. Inform if you belong to any craftwork or instrument makers society. Up to 300 words long plus 2 photos of the instruments. Technical requirements. Name of author, institutional connections, profession, postal and e-mail address and a brief CV of up to 200 words. . Send as attached document in .doc archive, Times New Roman font, size 12, to the following e-mail addresses: info@worldflutesfestival.org / worldflutes@gmail.com. Please fill and attach registration form
http://www.worldflutesfestival.org/form.rar

Note.  Due to the length of the festival, a selection of the applications will be carried out. These applications will be analyzed by the Academic Committee. Likewise, due to the space limitation, every activity will have a maximum of participants. This quota will be met by registration order exclusively.


General comments on the selection of proposals.

· Each selected participant will be provided with official invitations in order to get economic aid from institutions of his/her country for flight tickets and accommodation costs.

· The selected applicants will have to send via e-mail an artistic photo and a signed acceptance (scanned) of their participation in the festival. The text will be provided by the committee and will include too the acceptance of publishing the applicant's name, photo and data in the festival advertisement (web site, posters, newspapers, tv, etc).

· The festival concerts will be filmed and this record will be used for promotion. The festival will be able to use one song (previously agreed with each artist) for editing a cd of the festival. This work will be distributed for fundraising purpose. Artists will not receive any royalties from this. Each artist will be given two 2 cds at no cost.

· As a general rule, the festival will not pay any fee, flight or land ticket to any participant selected through application form.

· Our interest focuses on generating an atmosphere of brotherhood and respect. This is the reason why each participant will be able to attend actively the rest of the activities as a colleague during the whole festival. These activities will take place in the framework of the following events: concerts, masterclasses, conferences, lectures, instruments exhibitions, book presentations, workshops and debates on the world's present (cultural, social, environmental, psychological, humanitarian aspects among others)

· The festival, through its website, will bring detailed information about hotels and hostels for participants to be able to make their reservations.

· The festival will provide translators for the activities requiring it.

· Each participant will be able to exhibit and sell their cds and books at a given space designed by the festival for this aim. The festival will be given a 20% of each unit selling price.

· Instrument makers will not pay any percentage of the instruments they sell.



Registration of proposals

Registration period ends: 1st April 2009
Announcement of the selected applications: 1st May 2009

Registration fee:

Concerts: no fee
Conferences:  45 U$S dollars
Instruments exhibitors:  35 U$S dollars per stand

Note: Speakers and exhibitors will be able to pay through Western Union once they are informed about their selection. This payment must be done between 1st May and 15th May 2009. In case this is not done, another proposal will be selected.



Information needed for Western Union payment:

Pablo Miguel Salcedo    (D.N.I. 23955640)
25 de mayo 77
Luján de Cuyo
Mendoza
Argentina
CP 5507
Phone Number: +54 - 261 - 4984524

Due to the space limitation every activity will have a quota which be fulfilled exclusively by order of registration.
General Coordination: Pablo Salcedo
More info about I World Flutes Festival: www.worldflutesfestival.org

Sitio oficial in spanish: www.flautasdelmundo.org

World Flutes Festival T.M., Festival Flautas del Mundo T.M., Amuki Foundation T.M., Fundación Amuki T.M., Amuki T.M. are Trade Marks - Marcas Registradas.