The Edward Said National Conservatory of Music - Bethlehem Chapter

In 1997 a coalition was forged between the ICB and the National Music Conservatory, which brought into existence the National Music Conservatory-Bethlehem Chapter, the first of its kind in the Bethlehem District.

Our Music program aims at creating a new artistic generation and reviving music as an art form that will enrich the cultural life of Bethlehem. It enhances both the traditional Palestinian musical heritage and the western tradition, secular as well as religious music.

The students learn to play instruments, take solfege lessons, music interpretation and come together to form different choirs and bands. They can choose between qanon, oud or percussion if they want to learn classical Arabic instruments and piano, guitar, flute, violin, trumpet or saxophone for western music. Students have the opportunity to learn music from classical to modern, jazz to folkloric.

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