The School of Ecclesiastic Music

SEM Classes

The lists of students in current classes.
Teachers and schedules of current classes.

Weekly View of SEM Meetings

	Monday			Tuesday
	Salon	Room 1	Sudio	Salon	Room 1	Sudio
19:30 - 20:30	Class 3 (Jean El Khal)		Class 4 (Joseph Yazbeck)	Class 2.C (Georges Abdo)	Class 1.C (Elie Chawah)	Class 2.D (Roy Sahakian)
20:30 - 21:30	Choir 3 & 4 for women (Jean El Khal)		Choir 3 & 4 for men (Joseph Yazbeck)	Choir 2.C & 2.D for women (Georges Abdo)		Choir 2.C & 2.D for men (Roy Sahakian)

	Wednesday			Thursday
	Salon	Room 1	Sudio	Salon	Room 1	Sudio
19:30 - 20:30		Class 1.A (Najib Hajj)		MJO Jdeide (19:30 - 22:00)	Class 2.B (Joseph Yazbeck)	Class 2.A (Andre Hajal)
20:30 - 21:30		Class 1.A (Najib Hajj)		MJO Jdeide (19:30 - 22:00)	Choir 2.B & 2.A (Joseph Yazbeck)	Choir 2.B & 2.A (Joseph Yazbeck)
21:30 - 22:30					ADD 101 Different lectures

Distribution of Students on Classes

Class 1.A 1st part of level 1	Class 1.B 1st part of level 1	Class 1.C 1st part of level 1
Mike Tabet Tereze Haddad Sanaa Saad Maria Khouzami Rosine lsal7ani Chahda Chahda Wadad Wehbe	Nakhle El Khoury Charbel El Keedi Toni Azar David Attalla Jean Michel Jgergis Rémie Ramer Gabriel andrea anderson andrea Elissar Abdo Joelle Naddaff	Nassif Mrad Nelly Jerdak Rami Jerdak Fouad Homsy Carole Homsy Johanna Ferzli Elie Fakhoury

Class 2.A Level 2, Gorgon Revision and Mode 1	Class 2.B Level 2, Modes 1,5,4	Class 2.C Level 2, Modes 8,3,7	Class 2.C Level 2, Modes 2,6
Dolly Kaadi Hadi Khoury Jad Khoury Mira Inaty Samer Dib Cedric Chayban Daniel Mitri	Antoine Azar Anastasia Salloum Christine Atallah Catherine Atallah George Farah Yara Abdo khalaf nicolas roland kfoure anthony andrea assaad habre Maha eid Raghida Eid kabalan Hanna Broummana Elio Joseph Jabbour Walid Abou Haidar Rita Zaidan	Habib Akel Elios Naous Nicolas Naous Karl Moujaes Hanine Elias Ranime Elias	Marwan Karam Elie Hajal Mandy Ishak Rudi Ishak George Nseir Elio Zirka Roy khoury Rania Ibrahim Joseph Salloum George Hanna Hanna Esber

Class 3 Revision of Digorgon and Gravity in Modes	Class 4 Applied Arabic Maqams and Transpositions
Tony Haidamous Doris Younis Hicham Chbib Ghadi Bou Saba Joseph Jaber Vassili Valeric Elias Abdalla Nehme Berberi Imad Awwad Toni Abou Rjeili Jad Yaacoub Toufic Saad Kasser Chbib Rima Abou Rjeili

General Notes

Limitation:

This page shows the distribution of students on the classes in Mount Lebanon Only. More information about SEM students and classes' schedules in all of South Lebanon, Jbeil, Jordan, and Palestine will be updated later on.

Schedules:

The schedule of each of these classes is valid only for the first meeting. i.e. for the week starting on Sunday 28th of June, 2009. At this first meeting, students may agree with their teacher to change the schedule of their meetings if they would find another date that fits better with their personal schedules.

Location

All classes that are showing in this list take place at St George Church in Jdaide. Kindly check the contact us page for the full address and map.

Students:

Students cannot change from a class to another definitely unless they get the permission of the administration.

Choir Courses:

All Choir courses will start in the second week of starting the courses. i.e. starting Monday 6th of July.

Information:

For any further information contact SEM director and classes director Joseph Yazbeck on 03-222126

Class 1.A, 1.B & 1.C

Teacher:

Najib Hajj (03-402576) 1.A & 1.B

Teacher:

Elie Chawah (70-146681) 1.C

Courses:

Courses given for this group in this trimester are the following:

Category	Code	Course Title	Syllabus	Level
Parallage	PAM101	Introduction to the Byzantine Music Notation 1	Exercises on the western scale 1	1
Theory	THE101	Introduction to the Byzantine Music Notation	Reading byzantine notation without the Fthora.	1

Check the courses catalogue page for more information

Book:

Students of this class are expected to finish from the new curriculum: Vol1. An Introduction to the Byzantine Music Notation (First Part of the book)

Grading:

At the end of this trimester, a final exam will split the students of this group into 3 new groups according to students' grades:

Failing Grades: Students who fail this exam will have to repeat the level.
Average Grades: Average students will have to go through the second part of level 1 in the next trimester.
Distinguished Grades: Distinguished students will be able to shift directly to level 2 in the next trimester without going through the second part of level 1.

Choir Course:

No choir course is given in t-his level.

Class 2.A - Choir 2.A,2.B

Teacher:

Parallage and Theory: Andre Hajal (03-683452)

Choir: Joseph Yazbeck (03-222126)

Courses:

Courses given for this group in this trimester are the following:

Category	Code	Course Title	Syllabus	Level
Parallage	PAM111	Introduction to the 8 modes 1	Gorgon and First Part of Mode 1	2
Theory	THE111	The Byzantine Styles and their derivatives	The Byzantine Styles and their derivatives	2
Choir	CHO101	Introduction to the 8 modes 1	Gorgon and First Part of Mode 1	2

Check the courses catalogue page for more information

Book:

Students of this class are expected to finish from the new curriculum: Vol2. An Introduction to the Byzantine 8 Modes (The Gorgon Revision and Part of Mode 1)

Choir Course:

CH101 and CH102 will be given under the same program this trimester. The program will focus on prosomias of the Minaon for the months of October, November, and December. It will be recorded on a weekly basis and these chants will be part of the daily vespers program prepared for TL Lumiere TV and Liban Libre Radio. In this choir, males and females will be recording together.

Class 2.B - Choir 2.A,2.B

Teacher:

Parallage and Theory: Joseph Yazbeck (03-222126)

Choir: Joseph Yazbeck (03-222126)

Courses:

Courses given for this group in this trimester are the following:

Category	Code	Course Title	Syllabus	Level
Parallage	PAM112	Introduction to the 8 modes 2	Second Part of Mode 1 and Modes 5 and 4	2
Theory	THE112	The Byzantine main scales	The Byzantine main scales	2
Choir	CHO102	Introduction to the 8 modes 2	Second Part of Mode 1 and Modes 5 and 4	2

Check the courses catalogue page for more information

Book:

Students of this class are expected to finish from the new curriculum: Vol2. An Introduction to the Byzantine 8 Modes (The remaining part of Mode 1 and modes 5 and 4)

Choir Course:

Class 2.C - Choir 2.C,2.D

Teacher:

Parallage and Theory: Georges Abdo (03-012683)

Choir: Georges Abdo (03-012683) for women and Roy Sahakian (03-127438) for men

Courses:

Courses given for this group in this trimester are the following:

Category	Code	Course Title	Syllabus	Level
Parallage	PAM113	Introduction to the 8 modes 3	Modes 8,3 and 7	2
Theory	THE113	The Transposition	The Transposition	2
Choir	CHO103	Introduction to the 8 modes 3	Modes 8,3 and 7	2

Check the courses catalogue page for more information

Book:

Students of this class are expected to finish from the new curriculum: Vol2. An Introduction to the Byzantine 8 Modes (Modes 8,3 and 7)

Choir Course:

CH103 and CH104 will be given under the same program this trimester. The program will focus on prosomias of the Minaon for the months of October, November, and December. It will be recorded on a weekly basis and these chants will be part of the daily vespers program prepared for TL Lumiere TV and Liban Libre Radio. In this choir, males and females will be separated from each other.

Class 2.D - Choir 2.C,2.D

Teacher:

Parallage and Theory: Roy Sahakian (03-127438)

Choir: Georges Abdo (03-012683) for women and Roy Sahakian (03-127438) for men

Courses:

Courses given for this group in this trimester are the following:

Category	Code	Course Title	Syllabus	Level
Parallage	PAM114	Introduction to the 8 modes 4	Modes 2 and 6	2
Theory	THE114	Byzantine Music Dictation Rules	Byzantine Music Dictation Rules	2
Choir	CHO104	Introduction to the 8 modes 4	Modes 2 and 6	2

Check the courses catalogue page for more information

Book:

Students of this class are expected to finish from the new curriculum: Vol2. An Introduction to the Byzantine 8 Modes (Modes 8,3 and 7)

Choir Course:

Class 3 - Choir 3

Teacher:

Parallage and Theory: Jean El Khal (03-077937)

Choir: Joseph Yazbeck (03-222126) for men and Jean El Khal (03-077937)

Courses:

Courses given for this group in this trimester are the following:

Category	Code	Course Title	Syllabus	Level
Parallage	PAM123	The Prolonged Styles	Prolonged chants in all modes	3
Theory	THE121	Theories of the Diatonic Modes	The gravity and the isson in the byzantine Diatonic modes.	3
Choir	CHO122	Byzantine Musical Ornamentations and Byzantine Prosomia	Byzantine Musical Ornamentations and Byzantine Prosomia	4

Check the courses catalogue page for more information

Book:

Students will follow no book but a collection of selected prolonged chants in the 8 modes. They will read them in parallage then in chanting.

Notes:

In the first meeting Classes 3 and 4 will be joined and they will have an exam that will divide them between the 2 levels 3 and 4.

Choir Course:

Both classes 3 and 4 will get the same choir course this trimester. The program will focus on doxas and the stachiraric elaborated style for chants from the months of October, November, and December. It will be recorded on a weekly basis and these chants will be part of the daily vespers program prepared for TL Lumiere TV and Liban Libre Radio. In this choir, males and females will be separated from each other.

Class 4 - Choir 4

Teacher:

Parallage and Theory: Joseph Yazbeck (03-222126)

Choir: Joseph Yazbeck (03-222126) for men and Jean El Khal (03-077937)

Courses:

Courses given for this group in this trimester are the following:

Category	Code	Course Title	Syllabus	Level
Parallage	PAM131	The Derivative scales and the Arabic Maqams	The Derivative scales and the Arabic Maqams	4
Theory	THE131	Theories of the Derivative scales and the Arabic Maqams	Theories of the Derivative scales and the Arabic Maqams (advanced transposition)	4
Choir	CHO122	Byzantine Musical Ornamentations and Byzantine Prosomia	Byzantine Musical Ornamentations and Byzantine Prosomia	4

Check the courses catalogue page for more information

Book:

Students will follow no book but a collection of selected prolonged chants in the 8 modes. They will read them in parallage then in chanting.

Notes:

In the first meeting Classes 3 and 4 will be joined and they will have an exam that will divide them between the 2 levels 3 and 4.

Choir Course:

Course on History of Byzantine Music

The general knowledge course offered by SEM this trimester is about the HISTORY OF BYZANTINE MUSIC (ADD 101), it will be delivered in the form of lectures that will take place at Jdaide each Thursday at 9h30PM.

Subjects in this course are the following:

Date	Subject	Lecturer
9-Jul	The dilemma on the authenticity of Byzantine Music between the studies of the Eastern and western researchers	Roy Sahakian
16-Jul	Fate's irony in the history of the music of the Eastern and Western Churches	Jad Ayoub
23-Jul	Female chanters in the Byzantine choir	Jean El Khal
30-Jul	Conservation in Byzantine music	Charles Berberi
9-Aug	Byzantine music between the Parish and Evangelization roles	Joseph Jaber
13-Aug	Participation of the people in the Byzantine Liturgy	Roudi Isaac
20-Aug	Teaching children Byzantine chanting in the Byzantine Empire	Vassili Valeric
27-Aug	The role of the conductor in the Byzantine Choir	Neeme Berberi
10-Sep	The "Greek" style in the Antiochian Byzantine Chanting	Abboud Mitri

Registration in this course is open to all students during the first week of the classes. (Check the courses' catalogue for more information)

Every Trimester a different course of general knowledge (ADD) is offered at SEM. Students are required to choose any 3 of these courses and pass them to graduate.