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What is Gitameit Music Center?
Gitameit Music Center is a non-profit community center and music school in downtown
Yangon. We are devoted to music teaching/nurturing, performing, offering exchange possibilities
for Myanmar students to study abroad, inviting international artists and teachers for performances
and workshops.
In Pali and Burmese, ‘gita’ means music and ‘meit’ means friendship. Gitameit was
started in 2003 by conductor U Moe Naing, pianist Kit Young and colleagues from Myanmar in
order to build a supportive community of musicians and audiences locally and to encourage
sustained, meaningful contact with international institutions, teachers and performers abroad.
Musical offerings at Gitameit are holistic. That is, the programs and projects incorporate
study of western music genres (classical, jazz, rock, pop, contemporary art music), Myanmar
traditional and folk music and a program of listening to and learning about music genres from all
over the world. In addition, musicians are encouraged to learn about other art forms; poetry,
theatre, literature, and plastic arts to further extend the possibilities of their imagination.
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I’m Margaret (20 years old), and I’m from Myitkyina in Kachin State. I study flute and piano and sing in the choir. I have been at Gitameit for one year and I really like it here. I am very proud of being a Gitameit student, and will study hard to become a good flutist and pianist. In the future I want to be a good teacher.
I am Aung Chan Nyein a scholarship student and I come from a town near the boarder to India. My brother studies at Gitameit since it was founded and now he called me to learn the piano as well. I arrived here one week before cyclone Nargis hit. Since then I practice the piano every [...]
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I am Harry Ko, 23 years old and have been at Gitameit for the last three years. I play violin, and have also recently started learning how to play the myanmar harp. Outside Gitameit I play in an orchestra, and my goal is to become a professional violinist. I hope to pursue further study abroad. [...]
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My name is Tin Naing Lin (26 years old) and I am from Mandalay. I was a singer in a rock band and studied Guitar, Piano and Choir Singing at the Gitameit there. We had a small string ensemble but no double-bass player nor any instrument. So I was send to Yangon in November 2009 [...]
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Dear Friends Happy New Year, 2010 May your days be bright, peaceful and happy in this year – Gitameit Music Center
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