Established 1997 Founder Joseph Yazbeck | Location Lebanon | |
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The School of Ecclesiastic Music (SEM) is a school of Byzantine music in Matn, Lebanon.
The school opened in 1997, as a project of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mount Lebanon. There are two campuses at Mkalles and Jal el Dib, which presently have more than 200 students.
The school introduced several new revisions of academic Byzantine music books and reference methodologies, replacing an archaic curriculum dating back to 1814.
The school also hosts an Orthodox liturgical choir with more than 100 professional chanters, and publishes recordings of liturgical music on CDs and cassettes.
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