Mission
The Faculty of Music and Musicology (FMM) at Antonine University (UA) is dedicated to:
- providing high-quality training for professions with a strong musical component, encompassing teaching, performance, and integration of Levantine and European musical traditions into therapeutic practices and technological processes;
- producing interdisciplinary, contextualized, and innovative scientific knowledge focused on the musical traditions of the Levant;
- generating societal impact through musical performances, publications, multimedia productions, and didactic and techno-pedagogical developments (including the use of artificial intelligence), while fostering lasting well-being inspired by music.
Vision
The FMM aims to contribute sustainably, both nationally and internationally, to high-level expertise in the knowledge, learning, and practice of Levantine musical traditions and their role in promoting lasting well-being, as a contribution to comprehensive human development.
Values
The FMM fulfills its mission and vision while adhering to the fundamental values promoted by UA, particularly the following:
- Beauty: The FMM promotes beauty as the ultimate goal of every musical act.
- Ethics: The FMM considers respect for ethical standards in music research, practice, and related therapies an essential condition for all its activities.
- Authenticity: The FMM emphasizes the crucial importance of traditions in preserving and building cultural identity, as well as in developing creative and innovative processes.
- Openness: The FMM advocates openness to otherness that synergizes with rootedness in musical indigenousness.
- Well-being: The FMM encourages the use of music to foster lasting societal well-being.
- Scientific Rigor: The FMM urges its community to demonstrate great rigor in producing knowledge related to music.