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Guyana has National school of music
Intended to be a bedrock of music development and an important component of the nation’s overall traditions, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport recently launched the long awaited National School of Music.
At a building situated at Brickdam and Old College Road, Georgetown, the school houses five classrooms, a performance auditorium, a library to boast a comprehensive repertoire of Guyanese music and a specialized storage room to accommodate musical instruments and related equipment.
The Ministry’s Music Development Officer, Andrew Tyndall, said that the School’s first curriculum is virtually completed and includes the History and Theory of Music, the latter for Grades through Eight, a study of Guyanese Music and Ethnomusicology.
The main objective of the National School of Music, Tyndall said, is to provide a range of services, knowledge and skills for young talented Guyanese interested in various forms of music and musical instruments.
Beginners, who have an interest in the theory of and practice of music and others who have an intense desire to make music their life’s career will be catered for, he said, adding that students from eight years old could avail themselves for full-time or part-time courses, with the highest certification touted to be the Advanced certificate Course.
Tyndall promised that, in time, all accepted students with aptitude will have free access to both the widest range of modern high-quality musical instruments as well as the best human resources, in terms of teachers and trainers.
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EXCELLENT INITIATIVE by the Ministry. This is the what the Gov’t should be investing in – not bringing in dance hall stars for jam sessions. Min. Anthony, please, please don’t mess this up.
Please. Please. This is an EXCELLENT opportunity for the youth to learn something worthwhile and marketable. Please get the marvelous and remarkable Mrs Dewar included. Please include popular genres such as rap and chutney orientation, too. I think stuff like that would do well in Guyana and bode well for the youth. Best news I have had in weeks!
This is good for cultural refinement. The Ministry of Education should also add music to the secondary school’s curriculum.