The 18th Meeting of the ICTM Study Group on Folk Musical Instruments took place in Stubičke Toplice, a small spa town 30 km north of Zagreb. About 60 participants from 15 countries gathered in the hotel MatijaGubec for the 2011 meeting, held from 13th -17th April. Main organiser was our Study Group member Irena Miholicsupported by the Institut za etnologiju I folkloristiku and other local institutions.

Dear members of the ICTM Study Group for FOLK MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,

On behalf of the election committee, I would once again thank you for all your active participation in electing the new Chair of the ICTM Study Group for FOLK MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS via e-mail.

From 47 registered members, I received the ballots of 27 members (1 member gave two votes instead of only 1 and is therefore omitted in the final list of result). This is almost 2/3 of the total list of members, and this is a legal proportion to call it a formal and correct election.

Call for papers for 2009 meeting and announcement of new website:

After a fruitful business meeting at the World Conference in Vienna the plans for our next meeting had to be changed: We will have the 17th meeting of our group from April 1-4, 2009 in the little town of Erkner outside of Berlin, Germany.

There will be three topics:
1) Percussion
2) Migration of musical instruments and
3) Current research