The Faculty of Music at the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK), in collaboration with the Arab Academy of Music, organized an international colloquium on “The Role of Musical Heritage in the Rise of Scholarly Arabic Music and its Development”.

This event took place from July 12 to 14, 2012, at the Auditorium of the Faculty of Music, USEK Main Campus.

RATIONALE
Arabic Art (classical) Music is the music that covers all Arab countries. It has been made throughout many years, from various elements arising from Arabic and foreign origin; elements that the Arabs knew how to combine together and give them an Arabic identity. While Arabs gather around art music, they are distinguished by a unique heritage musical genre, as each country, and even sometimes every region of the same country, has its own folk music. Did these traditional music genres contribute, over time, to the foundation of Arabic music and its development? Are they still able to contribute to the renovation of this music and its development?
The USEK Faculty of Music, always interested in musical, scientific and artistic studies and research, has the honor to invite you to participate in its international colloquium on the role of musical heritage in the foundation of Arabic art music and its development, in order to maintain the Arab identity of this music and its entrenchment in heritage, and to be based upon heritage in any attempt at renovation and development, given the wave of globalization that is invading the world and is aiming to abolish the pluralism of different heritages and their distinctions by imposing one single style on all countries and all cultures.

OBJECTIVES OF THE COLLOQUIUM
Based on its educational, academic and artistic responsibility, and on its targets set since its .establishment, in terms of research, teaching and art, the Faculty of Music seeks to shed light on the various Arabic musical heritages in Arab countries, whether folkloric or religious, and to study their contributions, through time, in the rise of Arabic art music and its development.  The Faculty will find means to collect, analyze and publish them, in order to introduce them to the Arab youth, and make them available to the hands of researchers and musicians.
  
RESEARCH THEMES
• First theme: Evolution of Arabic art music throughout History

• Foundation of Arabic art music.
• Components of Arabic art music.
• Development of Arabic art music.
• Foreign elements in Arabic art music.
• Current state of Arabic art music.

• Second theme: Heritage of Arabic Music

• Richness of the Arab region in musical heritage.
• Variety of Arabic musical heritage according to influential regions and cultures.
• Arabic musical duality (scholarly and related to heritage) and linguistic duality.
• Influence of globalization and new technology on Arabic heritage music.

• Third theme: Heritage Religious Music in the Arab Region

• Religious music in the Arab region.
• Role of religious music in maintaining the authenticity of Arabic music throughout history.
• Influence of religious music and its interaction with Arabic art music.
• Influence of the globalization of religious music.

• Fourth theme: Role of Heritage Music in the Renovation of Arabic Music

• Are there common elements between Arabic music and heritage music?
• Does the scale of Arabic music apply to Arabic heritage music?
• Can Arabic heritage music contribute to the evolution of art music and its development?
• Use of heritage music in modern art musical compositions.

• Fifth theme: Role of Institutions in the Conservation of Scholarly and Patrimonial Arabic Musical Identity

• Role of media in preserving the Arabic musical identity.
• Role of conservatories and Faculties of music in preserving Arabic art and heritage music throughout the teaching and the scientific studies.
• Role of particular ministries in preserving Arabic musical heritage and its disclosure.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPERS
All participants wishing to take part in the colloquium should define a subject likely to meet with the objectives of the chosen theme.
Participants should proceed to the Secretariat of the colloquium, in order to hand in the chosen subject according to his/her competence, with a brief summary of the content, before June 30, 2012. The Secretariat of the colloquium will request the submission of the complete texts of the papers selected by the Scientific Committee, before July 5, 2012.
Organizers will only cover researchers whose papers are accepted (airfare, accommodation and transportation during the colloquium).

Papers should abide by the following standards:

• Font: Traditional Arabic 16 for Arabic texts and Times New Roman 14 for Latin texts.
• 2000 to 2500 characters (including spaces, footnotes and bibliography).
• Justified text to the left and right and subtitles in bold.
• Quotations in italic.
• References within the text: name of the author, title of the book, year and page number.
• Bibliography should be displayed at the end of the text.

Papers will be sent as hard copy and as a soft copy on a CD, Word document or RTF, or sent by e-mail to the Secretariat of the colloquium.

• Deadline for submitting papers: June 30, 2012.
• Time allotted for each lecture: 20 minutes.

Scientific Committee
Fr. Dr. Youssef Tannous
Dr. Kifah Fakhouri
Fr. Dr. Badih El Hajj
Fr. Dr. Miled Tarabay
Dr. Nabil Lao
Dr. Edouard Toriguian

Secretariat of the Colloquium
Mr. Joseph Abi Raad
josephabiraad@usek.edu.lb

Miss Jeanine Chamaai
jeaninechamaai@usek.edu.lb

Tel:  + 961 9 600 773 
         + 961 9 600 022

Fax: + 961 9 600 100

Postal Address
Holy Spirit University of Kaslik 
Faculty of Music
P.O. Box 446 Jounieh – Lebanon

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