Gitameit
{{Short description|Music school in Yangon, Myanmar}}
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| name = Gitameit Music Institute
| native_name = {{lang|my|ဂီတမိတ် ဂီတသင်တန်းကျောင်း}}
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| location = Yankin Township, Yangon
| country = {{flag|Myanmar}}
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| former_name = Gitameit Music Center
| type = Music
| established = {{Start date|2003|df=yes}}
| founders = Kit Young, Bruce Gaston, Moe Naing, Tin Yi
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The Gitameit Music Institute ({{langx|my|ဂီတမိတ် ဂီတသင်တန်းကျောင်း}}) is a non-profit music school and community centre in Yankin Township, Yangon, Myanmar. The school offers holistic music programs that incorporate the study of western music genres and traditional and folk Burmese music.{{Cite web |last=Watson |first=Paul |date=2008-01-30 |title=Myanmar, where song is a source of suspicion |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-30-fg-choir30-story.html |access-date=2023-03-23 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}} Gitameit also houses one of the country's largest musical archives, including digital copies of phonograph records.{{Cite web |last=Glauert |first=Rik |date=2017-04-20 |title=Hearing Burma: Teaching Artistry in Rangoon |url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/culture/hearing-burma-teaching-artistry-rangoon.html |access-date=2023-03-23 |website=The Irrawaddy |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2010-12-26 |title=Burmese music is fading out |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-dec-26-la-fg-myanmar-music-20101226-story.html |access-date=2023-03-23 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2017-09-06 |title=The music of Burma on record |url=https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP592 |access-date=2023-03-23 |website=Endangered Archives Programme |language=en}} The school maintains a two-year "teaching artist" program with the University of Washington.{{Cite web |title=Global Impact: Letter from Myanmar |url=https://music.washington.edu/news/2018/02/09/global-impact-letter-myanmar |access-date=2023-03-23 |website=School of Music {{!}} University of Washington}}
History
In 2003, pianist Kit Young, Bruce Gaston, and Burmese colleagues Moe Naing and Tin Yi,{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2019-02-18 |title=မြန်မာ့အကောင်းဆုံး ဆလိုက်ဂစ်တာ ပညာရှင် ဦးတင် နာရေး |url=https://burma.irrawaddy.com/lifestyle/culture/2019/02/18/183681.html |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=ဧရာဝတီ |language=my}} founded Gitameit Music Center in Yangon, to foster a supportive community of local musicians and audiences, and to foster collaboration with the global community.{{Cite news |last=Mydans |first=Seth |date=2021-10-29 |title=Bruce Gaston, American Maestro of Thai Music, Dies at 75 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/29/arts/music/bruce-gaston-dead.html |access-date=2023-03-23 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |title=Gitameit Music Center |url=https://culture360.asef.org/resources/gitameit-music-center/ |access-date=2023-03-23 |website=ASEF culture360 |language=en}} The school's founding helped to fulfill demand for music education in the country, where limited options, such as the National University of Arts and Cultures in Yangon and Mandalay, are available.{{Cite web |date=2017-05-12 |title=Gitameit |url=https://songsofchange.net/gitameit/ |access-date=2023-03-23 |website=Songs of change |language=en}}
On 25 February 2017, a new three-storey building was inaugurated to house the Yangon campus.{{Cite web |date=2017-03-06 |title=The music school in Myanmar has opened |url=https://givemusicachance.eu/the-music-school-in-myanmar-has-opened/ |access-date=2023-03-23 |website=Waterloo Sessions |language=en-US}} Gitameit launched Myanmar's first secular men's and women's choir, Gitameit Voices.{{Cite web |last=Myat |first=Phu |date=2019-05-23 |title=Yangon Timeout |url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/lifestyle/yangon-timeout-20.html |access-date=2023-03-23 |website=The Irrawaddy |language=en-US}} A new campus in Mandalay opened {{Circa|2017}}.{{Cite web |date=March 2017 |title=Teaching Artistry: As the Embodiment of Democracy (in Myanmar) |url=https://ericbooth.net/teaching-artistry-as-the-embodiment-of-democracy-in-myanmar/ |access-date=2023-03-23 |website=Eric Booth |language=en-US}}
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