Dear friends of Musica,

This Musicamail complements the important message sent on October 26. If you didn't receive that one, please read it on-line at http://www.musicanet.org/en/news2010_en.php

1) Fund drive 2010
2) New features of Musica
3) News from our members

1) Our annual fund drive is underway!

Musica International needs your financial support so that we can continue the project, and the annual fund drive to collect funds has now started. As you can imagine, all the new developments announced below need money to come to completion. Show us your support by making a generous donation at http://www.musicanet.org/en .
=> US donors can request a receipt for their tax-deductible gift!

2) New features of Musica

- We thank all those who have given us news or have already participated in MusicaWiki on-line. Do not hesitate to contribute for the pleasure and benefit of all.
To do so, just connect to www.musicanet.org, search for a title in the database, call up the detailed record and click on the MusicaWiki button to make your comments or any other contribution!

- We are now also ready to make it possible for you to input data directly in the Musica database itself (a feature especially interesting for composers, publishers, conductors, librarians,...). To be part of the pioneer group for this new feature, send us an email at office@musicanet.org .

3) News from our members

- Editio Musica Budapest has launched a web page dedicated to its choral music publications: http://www.kotta.info/news/choral. Visitors will find new publications, sample pages and sound excerpts there.

- IFCM: Reminder: be part of "World Choral Day" on December 12, 2010. For the promotion of solidarity, peace and understanding through Choral Singing. More information at http://www.ifcm.net/public/doc/665.pdf

- ACDA: Musica International will be present at the National Convention of the American Choral Directors Association in Chicago, March 9-12, 2011, for which registration has opened. Make sure you schedule a visit to the Musica booth in the Exhibit, and look out for the session on the Musica International project in the convention program.

- Notadoro, Berlin, is pleased to present you the new note boards for music instruction. The Whiteboards find place in each instruction or training room and are available as a wall assembly or also as mobile note board in chassis. You will find further information and products on www.notentafel.de. For their launch, Notadoro offers a special discount of 15% on the note boards up to 10.12.2010. More by contacting info@notadoro.de

Best regards,

The Musica International team