New Music Programme to promote entrepreneurship

Sep 12, 2017 News

With the intention to give young people across the country a step ahead into a developing industry, the National School of Music has this year advanced its tuition to 30 students and teachers in the music sector.
The course is drafted after the Berkley style of music education and is certified by the Institute of Creative Arts.
For the next three months, members of the programme will be tutored by Mr. Burchmore Simon, who noted that the course will challenge the creativity and technical skills of each student.
Teachers from Regions Two, Five, Six, and Ten will be able to benefit from this initiative.
The advancement of the programme became possible with the launch of Electronic Music Production course which is offered by the Music School with support from Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF).
Andrew Tyndale, Coordinator of the National School of Music stated, “We realize that the creative industry is an expanding one in Latin America and the Caribbean and further afield where the GDP is 15.7 percent…so we think that providing our young people with the necessary skills and knowledge we are giving them the advantage of tapping into a growing and expanding industry.”
Tyndale said that it is necessary to have this group ready for when the creative industries take off in Guyana.
The coordinator added that while the students are anxious to produce music for not only themselves but others, the programme provides an opportunity for participants to benefit financially.
It was on this note that he urged students to be regular and punctual to the classes, so that they will be able to gather much. The programme allows for participants to be ‘attached’ to KrossKolour Records, Vision Sounds and NCN, which proposes necessary experience.
The programme happens to be one which follows another that focused on formal music education in guitar and the harmonium, among others.
The Electrical Music Production course is said to be unlike any other as it fits into the BNTF’s mandate of promoting entrepreneurship among Guyanese youths.
Community Liaison Officer of Basic Needs Trust Fund, Simone Kellman-Washington, spoke about the functions of the organization. She explained that they are partially funded by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) through CIDA for projects such as construction of schools, water supply, health centers, and roads with the most recent being a provision of skills training.
The officer noted that the movement towards skills training birthed as a result of Head of State, President David Granger, who emphasized the need for young Guyanese to receive skills training that will prepare them for the world of work and at the same time, empower them to start-up and own their own businesses.

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