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East Timor East Timor (), also known as Timor-Leste (), officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is an island country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-weste ...

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Dili Dili (Portuguese/Tetum: ''Díli'') is the capital, largest city of East Timor and the second largest city in Timor islands after Kupang (Indonesia). It lies on the northern coast of the island of Timor, in a small area of flat land hemmed in ...

. Its aims are: * To encourage and enable East Timorese of all ages to make music in the genres of their choice * To encourage the East Timorese people to be proud of their traditional musical heritage, to enjoy it themselves and preserve it for future generations through learning and performing the indigenous East Timorese songs, instruments and dances * To provide expert music instruction in Indigenous music, Western Classical music and Contemporary/Popular music to all interested * To offer frequent opportunities for performance in these musical genres * To train early childhood and school classroom teachers in music and music pedagogy and to assist them to include music instruction in their daily classroom activities * To prepare East Timorese to a level of excellence to establish professional careers in music as composers, performers, teachers, entrepreneurs or in other capacities * To cooperate with government and the private sector to contribute to the development of a viable music sector in East Timor.

External links

Website of Hadahur Music School

Hadahur Music School at Tekee Media
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