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by Khin Nyein Aye Than

The number of private music schools has grown in Myanmar in response to a greater demand for formal tuition. U Moe Naing, the director of Gitameit Music Center and also a teacher at the school, told the Myanmar Times the school started in 2003 with about 30 students. That number has now grown to a hundred. "Most young people feel they should know something about music, as a hobby or an accompaniment to their other studies. But about 10 percent of our students are really interested in music and have a very strong passion for it," U Moe Naing said.

"When I visited Myanmar to give some concerts and study Myanmar piano, I was approached many times by students very anxious to have me teach them piano technique, theory and repertoire. I was very impressed with their thirst to learn. The idea of developing a school with courses of study appealed to all of us - so Gitameit was born," Kit Young, artistic advisor at Gitameit, told the Myanmar Times.

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