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Arabic music study

revaldo29 - 9-17-2004 at 01:36 PM

I have a question for anyone out there who might have information on music programs. I want to take a summer or maybe even a semester to go to a music university somewhere in the middle east. Does anyone know the most prominent schools in arabic music and do they offer some form of study abroad? Also, I know some universities in the U.S. have some arabic music ensembels and classes. Does anyone know of such a program in the U.S.? I know a lot of the guys here travel to Egypt and probably know of some of the programs there so any advice would be highly appreciated. Thanx in advance.

Elie Riachi - 9-17-2004 at 01:49 PM

In the US try:

Issa Boulos - http://home.uchicago.edu/~iboulos/lessons.html

Simon Shaheen - http://www.simon-shaheen.com/

In Lebanon:
http://www.libanvision.com/jmliban.htm

Elie

samzayed - 9-17-2004 at 06:43 PM

Check out the National Conservatory of Palestine http://ncm.birzeit.edu/

revaldo29 - 9-18-2004 at 01:56 PM

Hey,
Thanks for the information guys. Does anyone know of any programs in Egypt or maybe Jordan? Those places would really be the most convenient. Thanx