Teaching Music

LeBAM Teaches Music, to high standards of excellence, on wind and percussion instruments that are freely put at the disposal of students. Scholarships are available to students, in part or in whole, funds permitting, in order to allow free access to music to as many students as possible.

LeBAM currently seeks to develop Harmonic Bands, which are performing ensembles, consisting of several members of the wind and percussion instrument families (excluding string instruments, for the time being, e.g. guitar, violin, piano). Thus the instruments that are currently taught by the various LeBAM branches are the following:

Woodwind instruments family: recorder, flute (including piccolo), clarinet (including alto and bass clarinets) and saxophone (alto, tenor and baritone).

Brass instruments family: French Horn, Trumpet, trombone, Euphonium and Tuba.

Percussion instruments family: Glockenspiel, orchestra bells, timpani, snare drum, bass drum, cymbals, triangle, xylophone, marimba … etc.

Student Enrolment Policy

The teaching of music is subject to a fee paid by students in order to cover the maintenance costs of the instruments and to force a serious attitude and participation to the LeBAM teaching and performing activities. Scholarships are available to students, in part or in whole, funds permitting, in order to allow free access to music to as many students as possible.

Recruitment of music students, girls and boys, is effected in collaboration with local schools, targeting the 10 to 14 age bracket (exceptionally, younger or older students could be enrolled).

Every effort is made, in the recruitment and selection of students, to target the neediest sections of the population, including favoring recruitment with public schools.

No regard is given to gender, religious or political affiliation of students and their parents, as a sign that LeBAM is absolutely neutral to these factors, being non-political, non-sectarian. It rather seeks to use music as a unifying language and factors of all Lebanese irrespective of their creeds and affiliation.

All students are expected to commit to learning music, playing in a local community harmonic band and taking good care of the instruments that are freely put at their disposal by LeBAM.

Also, all experienced musicians in the concerned geographic areas are invited to join the community harmonic bands. Every effort possible will be made to maintain the interest and activity of musicians beyond youth to adulthood and old-age.

Teaching Methods and Policies

The LeBAM students follow an innovative quality music teaching program that engages them very early-on into the skills and musical knowledge required to play in an ensemble. The best method books for band, theory and individual instruments are used for teaching; they are part of the LeBAM music library which is in constant development.

Teaching will typically be given once a week for about 3 hours in a school setting, using rooms for individual instruments master-classes and larger halls for band rehearsals. On average, one hour will be spent on each of the instrument master class, theory and band exercises.

Teachers and Conductors

The teaching is delivered currently by highly competent teachers, Lebanese and non-Lebanese, many of whom are teachers at the Lebanese Conservatory. The teaching is effected under the supervision of a senior international music consultant, Dr. Gene Aitken and a music director Mr. Serghei Bolun, in addition to several conductors and assistant conductors.

The development of the number and quality of teachers is critical for the development of LeBAM in all areas of Lebanon, as the number of such teachers is very scarce. Every effort is made to train teachers on the use of the proper pedagogy. With time, LeBAM students will themselves become teachers and conductors. This is currently just starting to happen with a few assistant student/teachers.

LeBAM is resuming its teaching activities!

Phone

+961 03-737-926

Email

info@lebam.org