Society for Musicology in Ireland/International Council for Traditional Music Ireland

The International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM) is a UNESCO non-governmental organisation and one of the largest  organisations for the study of traditional music and dance in culture. Its aims are "to further the study, practice, documentation,  preservation and dissemination of traditional music, including folk,  popular, classical and urban music, and dance of all countries."

The Irish National Committee of ICTM is one of thirty-three National Committees of ICTM. ICTM Ireland brings a local focus to the activities of ICTM and provides a regional forum for  scholars of diverse musical traditions.

The Society for Musicology in Ireland (SMI) was founded in 2003 to serve the growing community of musicologists in Ireland.

Membership in SMI is open to all interested in musicological research, individuals as well as institutions, libraries and organisations. In addition to our annual plenary and graduate conferences, the society supports and promotes a wide range of musicological activities and scholarly events, through which we offer a forum for information and exchange of ideas for all those interested in concepts and questions regarding Historical Musicology, Ethnomusicology, and Systematic Musicology.