The My Peace Music Institute (MPMI) provides children, whose economic background leaves them excluded from solid and especially from music education, with the chance to become music teachers or musicians. The MPMI covers all costs and provides the necessary instruments (violin, viola, cello, key-board, piano, guitar). Girls and boys are treated equally.
Exams are conducted in association with the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music London (ABRSM).
The MPMI operates as an independent non-profit organization and welcomes visitors, who wish to contribute to the institute’s goals.
The MPMI….
- introduces young people from poor backgrounds or orphans to local and western classical music and provides them with a training to become music teachers or musicians. The completion of the training will enable them to find jobs in the region or country or in institutions linked with the MPMI. In the case of outstanding abilities a student will get the chance to further his/her studies abroad,
- encourages the encouter of different social groups and the overcoming of borders and prejudices,
- introduces locals to free music performances, who due to their social situation or due to handicaps are normally excluded from it,
- promotes intercultural cooperation, understanding and support,
- intends to set up a network.