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Boards and Committees

The Faculty of Music and Musicology (FMM) at Antonine University (UA) consists of 6 departments with a Bachelor of Arts, a Teaching Diploma, and Master’s degrees in Music and Musicology, which focus on one of the 6 concentrations:

  • The Department of General Musicology of Traditions supervises the Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Music and Musicology and the Master 1 in Music and Musicology (MM) – General Musicology of Traditions Concentration;
  • The Department of Music Education Sciences supervises the BA in MM and the Master 1 in MM – Music Education Sciences Concentration, as well as the Teaching Diploma (TD) in MM;
  • The Department of Music, Technology, and Media supervises the BA in MM and the Master 1 in MM – Music, Technology, and Media Concentration;
  • The Department of Music Therapy supervises the BA in MM and the Master 1 in MM – Music Therapy Concentration;
  • The Department of Arab Art Music supervises the BA in MM and the Master 1 in MM –Arab Art Music Concentration;
  • The Department of European Art Music supervises the BA in MM and the Master 1 in MM – European Art Music Concentration, with a sub-concentration of Baroque Music.
  • To the FMM is associated the Centre for Research on Musical traditions, an entity that centralizes all FMM research activities.
  • The UA Center for Early Music (CEM) is a sub-unit of the FMM dedicated to ancient music from Europe and the Mediterranean, and in particular, to music from antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the Baroque period. These musical traditions, reflecting the essential historical exchanges between the shores of the Mediterranean, are approached from the triple point of view of research on interpretation (historically informed musical performance), teaching, and organizing public musical events.
  • The FMM has 2 geographic areas dedicated to education: at the Hadat–Baabda Main Campus and the Mejdlaya–Zgharta Campus.
  • The FMM acts in synergy with the other musical bodies of the UA, such as the Antonine School of Music (ASM), the UA Choir, the UA Arab Classical Music Ensemble, and the UA Chamber Music Season.

Faculty Council
  • Prof. Nidaa Abou Mrad, Dean, Director of the Center for Research on Musical Traditions, and Chairperson of the Department of Music Therapy
  • Fr. Toufic Maatouk, Director of the UA Choir and Chairperson of the Department of European Art Music
  • Fr. Fadi Tawk, Director of the Antonine School of Music
  • Prof. Kifah Fakhoury, Secretary General of the Arab Academy of Music
  • Dr. Hayaf Yassine, Chairperson of the Departments of General Musicology of Traditions and Arabic Art Music and Dean’s Delegate at the Mejdlaya–Zgharta Campus
  • Ms. Nathalie Abou Jaoude, Chairperson of the Departments of Music Education Sciences and Music, Technology, and Media
  • Dr. Ghassan Sahhab, Representative of Part-time Faculty Members
  • Mr. Toufic Hatem, Student Representative
Curricular Committee
  • Fr. Toufic Maatouk
  • Ms. Nathalie Abou Jaoude
Advisory Committee
  • Fr. Joseph Bou Raad, Superior General of the Antonine Maronite Order
  • Mr. Bassam Saba, Director of Lebanese National Higher Conservatory of Music
  • Mr. Najib Naimy, Director of Eastwood College
  • Ms. Yara Abou Harb, Deputy Director for Patient Affairs, American University of Beirut Medical Center