SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOUNDATION ADKINS CHITI: WOMEN IN MUSIC

The Foundation is non profit-making and pursues aims concerning every type of music composed by women in every century and in every country. The purpose of the Foundation is to: - promote and encourage research into and conservation of materials and documents concerning women in the world of music. - promote and encourage research, conservation and the diffusion of documents and classical, traditional, popular and electronic music and generally every type of music on any type of support, as long as it is the fruit of feminine creativity. - promote the collection, research, conservation and production of musical documentation including original manuscripts and copies, essays, biographical studies, publications, recordings, films and multimedia presentations regarding women in music. - establish, maintain and promote contacts with libraries (musical and non) and music documentation centers throughout the world. - organize and carry out studies and engage in historical and musicological research, meetings, seminars, publications and any other related initiatives involving every type of technology, public performances, listening sessions that will lead to a more profound study of the contribution of women in the musical field as composers, conductors, performers or musicologists. In particular, the Foundation: a) will expand its printed library, record library, tape library and video library and own archives of documentary materials through purchases and donations, while guaranteeing the protection and valorization of its patrimony; b)will promote the publication of catalogs of its documentary patrimony, including computerized data banks, monographs, musical editions, anastatic reprints and a newsletter. c) establish scholarships and/or grant financial contributions for: - the creation of doctoral theses and/or research projects regarding women in the field of music; - the copying of scores and original musical creations by women composers of all nationalities; d)will promote and develop cultural exchanges with conservatories, universities, libraries, theaters, orchestras, foundations, associations, institutes, documentation centers,both national and international, also by means of catalogue data on national and international computer networks. e)will propose and promote joint activities with associations, foundations and other institutes, both in Italy and abroad, with aims similar to those of the Foundation, with the objective of creating an international network of those institutions that pursue, together or separately, the aims of the Foundation; f)will pursue any other activity relative to the aims of the Foundation. The Governing Body of the Foundation is composed of the following: a) The President; b) The Board of Directors; c) The Auditor’s Committee The President of the Foundation is Mrs. Patricia Adkins Chiti and the Vice President is the Mayor pro-tempore of the City of Fiuggi, Giuseppe Celani. The President has the faculty to nominate an HONOUR COMMITTE composed of a variable number of Honorary Members of the Foundation, from all parts of the world, who have particularly distinguished themselves for their merit in the artistic or cultural world, with particular regard to music and musicological research regarding women composers. The Foundation is an Associate Menber of the Interational Music Council at U.N.E.S.C.O.

HONOUR COMMITTEE

VIOLET ARCHER O.B.E. AGNES BASHIR ALBERTO BASSO JOANNA BRUZDOWICZ On. SILVIA COSTA FRAU UND MUSIK, Germania I.A.W.M. (International Alliance of Womens Musicians), Stati Uniti KVINDER I MUZIK, Danimarca MARIANNE LYON MUJERES EN LA MUSICA, Spagna NA.MU (Nainen Ja Musiikkin), Finlandia Shgata Shgiptcure Gruajane Muzike ALICIA TERZIAN VROUW I MUSIK, Olanda Margaret Lucy Wilkins ELENA ZANIBONI

HONOUR COMMITTEE FOR THE FESTIVAL

On. SUSANNA AGNELLI CRISTINA AMBROSINI , Presidente Donne nel Turismo On. TINA ANSELMI NATALIA ASPESI, Giornalista CAROLINE BRUZELIUS, Direttore American Academy in Rome TULLIA CARETTONI, Pres. UNESCO Italia SILVIA COSTA, Pres. Commissione Pari Opportunità P.C.M. On. LEONILDE IOTTI EMMA MARCEGAGLIA, Pres. Giovani Industriali -Confindustria ELENA MARINUCCI, Europarlamentare GIULIANA OLCESE, Pres. ANCI (Ass. Naz. Com. d'Italia).