Ras Al-Ein, Ali Bin Abi Taleb Street, in front of Al Hussein Cultural Center
Amman 11110
Jordan
- Arts
The National Music Conservatory (NMC) is a not-for-profit, educational, and artistic institution and was established under the umbrella of King Hussein Foundation. Teachers: 28, Administration staff: 10 2. Budgetary resources: Income from tuition fees and activities JD 304,916 4. Modalities of action • Orchestra of the National Music Conservatory • Organization of concerts and other musical functions, featuring prominent local and international musicians • musical education from preparatory to college levels • Bachelor Degree programs in Performance, Composition and Conducting, Arab Music, Music Education and Music Therapy • Participation of advanced NMC students, graduates and faculty members in international competitions, seminars, workshops, festivals and master classes • Project "Youth String Ensemble for Palestinian Children in Refugee Camps of Amman" • Running the project "Middle East Institute for Music Therapy" 5. Main partners Music in ME (The Netherlands), French Conservatoire National de Region Boulogne Billiancourt (CNRBB), British Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM), Rotary International, Conservatory of Enschede (The Netherlands), European Association of Conservatories, Music Academies and Music Colleges
Mission: The NMC is dedicated to the development and continued growth of professional and internationally competent musicians. It also seeks to promote music appreciation, awareness and education throughout Jordan. Objectives: • Provide opportunities to students, from preschool through college, to develop their musical skills • Develop curricula that prepare and accredit students in the following specializations: Performance, Composition and Conducting, Arab Music, Music Education, Music Therapy • encourage, recruit and develop musicians with exceptional talents • develop a broad base of general public concerts, seminars, academic forums, conferences, lectures, meetings, camps and fairs • Establish a variety of music ensembles and create means for their sustainability and development • Develop music in Jordan to the standard recognized in the most prominent cultural capitals around the world • Encourage and develop research of Arab music and Arab music education • Continually improve and expand a music information center housed at the NMC
The NMC organizes and co-organizes numerous concerts, recitals, master classes, workshops and lectures, e.g. annually a concert in Jerash Festival; recently Mozart's Requiem in collaboration with the Choir of the Faculty of Music of the Holy Spirit University – Kaslik (Lebanon) and the Ballet d'Europe (France) and a lecture entitled "Music Therapy in Prisons" by Brigadier General Dr. Elias Francis, Chief of Music Bands of the Interior Security Forces, Lebanon. The NMC is also running the project "Youth String Ensemble for Palestinian Children in Refugee Camps of Amman", in cooperation with Music in ME and Rotary International. The main project of the NMC at the moment is starting the new Bachelor Degree Program of Music Therapy. Like the program, the institute will start in September 2006 and will function as a training center for music therapists and, in future, as a rehabilitation center.