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Feb 19, 2012 News
The National Cultural Centre was enveloped in voices as 10 choirs from the
Administrative Regions contended in the Children’s Mash Competition finals which are being held under the theme “Mashin with pride: keeping we traditions alive”.
This new component of the competitions sees the creation of regional choirs comprising students from the schools within the respective regions.
The formation of the choirs is the realisation of a vision by the late Minister in the Ministry of Education, Dr. Desrey Fox and also caters for steel pan. This is according to Drama Coordinator, Lorraine Barker-King.
Apart from the realisation of regional choirs, there is another phase that will see the implementation of a music curriculum in schools which will ensure that students from across the country are provided with equal opportunities in the provision of the necessary facilities and resources to sustain the country-wide investment in this programme.
She emphasised the importance of music and added that participation in such can help youth/children to be more disciplined and aid improved lifestyles.
The choirs are expected to perform at two school and regional events, yearly, aid in building capacity at the regional level while the winner is expected to perform at all national events throughout the year.
Region 10 was awarded the top spot followed by Region 6 and Georgetown, in second and third positions respectively.
On behalf of the panel of judges, Georgetown Choir Coordinator, Rosamund Addo, urged that teachers pay attention to phrasing, projection, pronunciation and enunciation, facial expression, and harmony.
To further encourage the presence of music among youths, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport last year opened the Guyana Music School, which will have its first batch of students enrolled in 2012, while keen attention is being paid towards engaging persons in drama, which is the natural movement towards film making.
This institution will not only add to the stock of growing cultural assets that Guyana possesses but, will aid in the resurgence of music. It is expected that through the music school and its outreach programmes people who never had a chance to study music formally will have the opportunity to do so.
The facility will serve as Guyana’s premier institution for music education and will be a catalyst to propel the next wave of music development in the country. Having recognised this Government will be investing in the development of its human resources to meet the capacity to deliver the right practical and theoretical training for prospective students.
Additionally, the school will be putting in place the necessary logistics for persons to write external examinations, until Guyana can develop its own certificate programme while the implementation of a national countrywide music programme, based on the Venezuela module will be implemented.
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