Why we set up music school --- MUSON Centre chief

Dr Mrs Katia Ekesi, Trustee of the MUSON, Mr Kitoye Ibare-Akinsan, Chairman MUSON and Thomas Kautiz, Artistic Director of the MUSON at the briefing of Festival

 

 

Femi Kuti at the media briefing of the MUSON musical festival

 

 

 

Femi Kuti and Yinka Davis at the media briefing of  MUSON musical festival

 

Lagos, Oct. 16, 2013 (NAN) The Chairman, Festival Planning Committee, Musical Society of Nigeria (MUSON),  Mr Kitoye Ibare-Akinsan, on Wednesday said the society’s music school was meant to propagate Nigeria’s rich culture through music.

Ibare-Akinsan said this in Lagos in that the society recognised that: ``music, the arts and culture are interwoven”.

``The Music School was established to propagate music in the country and also educate people at all levels about music.

``We decided to encourage and help people to diversify in music and learn more about music, so as to be broad-minded.

``We also saw the need to put up a school which can polish the talents of the youth, so that they can learn how to play at least one musical instrument, he noted.

Ibare-Akinsan said the society was also keen on educating the youths to harness the potential inherent in the arts as they were doing with music.

``A lot of youths are going into music but other arts remain to be harnessed, yet they pay handsomely,” he said.

Ibare-Akinsan, said the society had set aside oct.17 to Oct. 27 every year, for its music festival, to enable the public to be able to appreciate professionalism in music.

``It is meant to make people come out and enjoy different genres of music, after a day’s hard work,” he said.

He said that some artistes scheduled to feature in the festival included Femi Kuti, Yinka Davies and Ayo Bankole.