• Member of the INA Council of ISME (2016-2018) representing GSME and Greece.

  • Member of a Critique Committee appointed by the Institute of Educational Policy for evaluation of public school books (2015).

  • External reviewer for FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology), in Social Sciences and Humanities - Music. Lisbon, Portugal (2012). 

  • Member of the Scientific Committee of the Musical Pedagogics Journal published by GSME (2004-today).



  • Conference Program Co-Chair, Conference Review Commitee member and Editorial Committee Member in the proceedings of the 30th ISME World Conference on Music Education, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2012.

  • Conference Review Commitee member and Editorial Committee Member in the proceedings of the 29th ISME World Conference, Beijing, China, 2010.

  • Member of the International Advisory Board of the 26th ISME World Conference, Tenerife, Spain, 2004.

  • Member of the Scientific Committees of the 4th (2005), 5th (2007), 6th (2009) and 7th (2015) Conferences of GSME.

  • Member of the Critique Committees appointed by the Pedagogical Institute for books (2001) and  other teaching materials (2003).

  • Research team member for Pythagoras II - Supporting Research at the University Level. University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece. Team leader: Lelouda Stamou. Grant from the European Union and the Ministry of Education of Greece (2005-2006).

  • Member of the ISME Board of Directors: 2006-2008 and 2008-2010.

  • Chair of the INA Working Committee of the ISME Board of Directors (2006-2009).

  • Member of the ISME Advocacy Committee (2006-2008).

  • GSME representative at:
       a) the ISME European meeting in Liverpool, UK in 2000,
       b) the 24th ISME World Conference in Edmonton, Canada (2000),
       c) the 26th ISME World Conference in Tenerife, Spain (2004), 
       d) the 27th ISME World Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2006)
       e) the 32rd ISME World Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, UK (2016).

  • President of GSME (1997-2003, 2006-2007), Vice-President (2003-2006), Honorary President since June 2007.

  • Chair of the Organizing Committees of the 1st (1998) and 2nd (2000) GSME Conferences in Thessaloniki, Greece.

  • Chair of the Organizing Committee of the 30th ISME World Conference on Music Education, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2012.

  • Special Editor of the 4th issue of the Musical Pedagogics Journal (2007), on Elliott's Praxial Philosophy.



Academical and organizing activites

Dr Polyvios Androutsos
GSME Honorary President
Chair, ISME 2012 World Conference
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