Institute for Music, History, & Cultural Traditions, Inc. (IMHCT)

The Institute for Music, History, & Cultural Traditions, Inc (IMHCT)
A Nonprofit Scholarly Organization

"Celebrating the essential role of music
in human history and culture."

Events/Performances Workshops Publications Recordings Articles Resource Directory "FAQs" (PDF)

PLEASE NOTE: A FULL DIRECTORY OF RESOURCES
WILL BE BUILT ON THIS WEBSITE IN THE COMING YEAR.

WORLDWIDE RESOURCES DIRECTORY

SCHOLARLY ORGANIZATIONS AND RESEARCH RESOURCES

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, UNITED STATES
Performing Arts Encyclopedia
Explore music, theater, and dance at the Library of Congress
The Society for American Music
The mission of the Society for American Music is
to stimulate the appreciation, performance, creation
and study of American musics of all eras and in all their diversity,
including the full range of activities and institutions associated with these musics
throughout the world.

The World History Association

The WHA is the foremost organization
for the promotion of world history
through the encouragement of teaching, research, and publication.
It was founded in 1982 by a group of teachers and academics
determined to address the needs and interests of what was then
a newly emerging historical sub-discipline
and teaching field.

The new world history
emerged out of the shift in higher and secondary education
away from a sole emphasis on national and regional histories
toward broader cross-cultural, comparative, and global approaches....

Since then, the WHA has grown four-fold,
has garnered accolades for its award winning Journal of World History,
and has played a seminal role in shaping the field
in the U.S. and around the world. Important for American secondary education, WHA members have been instrumental
in establishing standards for World History teaching at the national and state levels
as well as designing the AP World History course.
At present, although its membership is still predominantly North American,
the WHA is represented in over 35 countries
and has an affiliate relationship with world history societies in Europe and Australia.
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The 2009 WHA conference in Salem, Massaschusetts, included a performance/presentation by the founders of IMHCT.ORG, Jim and Maggi Dalton.

FOLKLORE OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WHICH PRIMARILY CONCERN CULTURAL TRADITIONS

The Folklore Society (FLS) was founded in 1878
and was one of the first organisations
in the world devoted to the study of traditional culture.
The term 'folklore' describes the overarching concept that holds together a number of aspects of vernacular culture and cultural traditions, and is also the name of the discipline which studies them.

The Folklore Society's interest and expertise covers topics
such as traditional music, song, dance and drama, narrative, arts and crafts, customs and belief.

We are also interested in popular religion,
traditional and regional food, folk medicine, children's folklore, traditional sayings, proverbs rhymes and jingles.
Under the terms of the registration of our charitable status, our aims are to foster folklore research
and recording worldwide,
and to make the results of such study available to all, whether members of the Society or not
SPECIALIZED LOCAL HISTORY ORGANIZATIONS OR INTEREST GROUPS

THIS IS OUR (DONATED) LINK FOR SALEM HISTORY SOCIETY INFORMATION, SALEM, MA

The American History and Music Project ™
is the primary public program of the Institute.
Jim and Maggi Dalton, Founders and Artistic Directors.

Mission statement:

The mission of the Institute for Music, History, and Cultural Traditions (IMHCT)
is to celebrate music's essential role in human history and culture,
and to promote understanding and enjoyment of the musical arts
-- as they manifest in history and culture --
through research, scholarship, and performance.

The Institute's mission emphasizes a strong commitment
to an interdisciplinary approach.
That commitment encompasses integration of the humanities and the arts, and honors all genres of music.
While openly embracing all world cultures,
our focus will be, in general, on North American, Celtic,
and British Isles traditions.

To this end, the Institute will produce publications,
events, and workshops, and maintain online resources.

So, what IS "historically-informed performance," anyway?
Download our "Frequently Asked Questions" or "FAQs" in PDF format!

Please note that the Institute primarily collaborates in our progamming with other nonprofit humanities and arts organizations. The Institute/Project cannot and does not accept unsolicited material or applications from individual performers and speakers.

"American History and Music Project ™" is our trademark umbrella term for a series of IMHCT events and programs produced each year, in connection with the scholarly research associated with same, in several different locales. The American History and Music Festival ™ refers to events incorporated within this series. The terms "Project" or "Festival" do not refer to a discrete event with several "acts."

The Institute/Project cannot and does not accept
unsolicited material or applications from individual performers and speakers.

Please DO NOT send any materials to our office.

All unsolicited performer and speaker materials,
in any format, will be returned unopened or discarded.

Please respect this request.

FOR SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION,
or INFO ON MAKING DONATIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, PLEASE CONTACT THE INSTITUTE DIRECTOR.

IMHCT is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization. Contributions are tax-deductible

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