Programs

Individual and ensemble training is offered to young people otherwise not catered for in the Pakistani community, culminating in performance and other activities involving community music making.

The Pakistani government organises a number of schools for physically and mentally handicapped children throughout the country. The Pakistan Special Education Center is a private establishment opened in 2002 catering for music education and music activities for girls and boys aged from five to fifteen years of age. This not-for-profit Special Education Center organised by Arthur Gill and his team currently enrols around 500 young people belonging to families living below the poverty level, involving them in community music activities and using music as an important tool in teaching the processes of learning in general and music in particular. It aims to provide mental stimulation, self-expression, self-awareness, social interaction and increased motor development among children with disabilities. Assistance in providing music teaching aids and local instruments has come from UNESCO's International Music Council (IMC) and the International Society for Music Education (ISME).

April 2022