The primary objective is to provide music and, eventually, arts
training and development for youth in public schools serving
disadvantaged communities.
Vision:
to provide disadvantaged youth with the skills, information and opportunities to be able to function as able musicians;
providing them with a platform for artistic expression;
broadening their life's horizon;
raising their prospects for attaining success in other areas of their lives.
IMAD
has been running its pilot project at York Road Primary School,
Lansdowne since April 2007 and Eluxolweni Primary School in Khayelitsha
joined in early 2008.
It has devised two phases of a structured music programme.
Phase
1 is a an introductory course aimed at teaching rudimentary music and
identifying the candidates who will proceed to phase 2.
During Phase 2 candidates receive individual tuition on an instrument of their choice and rehearse once a week in an ensemble.
IMAD has forged relationships with some key movers in local and national music education.
