Egyptian Musical Youth Society, EMYS

National Network
Egypt
Address

21 Ibrahim Osman St. Fl#6, Madkur, El –Haram,
Giza
Egypt

Telephone
+2011 375 5512
Telephone (other)
+2 3586 1974
E-Mail
nahla.mattar@gmail.com
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
1985
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Media
  3. Others
  4. Youth and education
General Information
EMYA is registered under the number of 3359 on the date of 19-9-1985. EMYA is structured around a General assembly, board council, & members that reach 70 persons. In addition, it depends on 3 paid executives to run its earned, paperwork and media publicity. Among the main partners EMYA collaborate with are the “Great Cairo Library”, “Cairo Opera house”, pro helevtia Cairo”, Grabau Stifftung, Faculty of Music Education (FME, Helwan University, and “ Academy of Arts”. The annual budget ranges around 3000 - 4000 LE: the Egyptian Ministry of Social Solidarity, members fees (20 LE per person), Arab International Bank, Arab African International Bank, and EDBE. EMYA’s contribution and activities depends on three main regular activities: concerts, cultural saloon & Lectures.
Mission and Objectives

EMYA’s mission is to educate, to compile and to direct the music Youth production within a social artistic frame through organizing music ensembles for them to perform or compose as a way of self expression; all to better serve their community.
Accordingly, its objectives are:
1- Encourage youth music ensembles performances
2- Facilitate Egyptian composers performances
3- Enhancing youth musically and aesthetically
4- Supporting main social occasions musically
5- Co-organizing youth exchange programs: local & international
6- Opening venues for music activities to the amateur youth

Main Projects / Activities

EYMA’s Concerts fall in three categories:
• Egyptian Composers’ Concerts series
• Performances Students’ series
• Foreigners’ Concerts series
Around four concerts are held each year in major venues , for example Cairo Opera House (Cairo & Alexandria), Rawabet Theatre, and local campuses of universities.
Cultural Saloons, one per month, invite diverse experts of music, drama and history for the general public as well as musicians. The saloons falls into three categories of “Contemporary Music: Western & Egyptian”, “Music & Science”, and “Egyptian Music”. They all take place in the “Great Cairo Library”. The lectures are s oriented to specialized professional musicians, which they mostly take place in local campuses of universities.
In an attempts to enlarge its impact on professional youth musicians ensembles, EYMA began to include coordinating Arab Youth Philharmonic Orchestra AYPO in its current round as one of the its main activities.

Contact (1) Full Name
Dr. Nahla Mattar
Head of the organisation
Prof. Dr. Fawzy El Shamy
Contact (2) Full Name
Prof. Dr. Fawzy El Shamy