Kohima gets a new music centre

Hallel Music Centre located near Don Bosco Kohima, T Khel gate Kohima village aspire to become a centre for musical development in Nagaland and beyond. With an objective to provide quality training to equip enthusiast and aspiring musicians, bound with a mutual passion and interest in music, a group of young and qualified musicians have come together to open up a music centre to cater to the ever growing demands of a good music school in the state capital. ‘Hallel Music Centre’ with the motto ‘Edify to praise’ located near Don Bosco Kohima, T Khel gate Kohima village was dedicated by Senior Pastor, BRCK, Rev Khrieneilie Sachü this morning with Parliamentary Secretary, YR&S and MTF, Khekaho Assumi as the chief guest. While appreciating the dedicated efforts of the young music lovers who on their own have come out to start music centre, Assumi said young entrepreneurs need to be pushed and pulled by encouraging and supporting them continuously. Observing that the music industry is slowly finding a place in the grounds of the state, Assumi asserted that people must come together for the implementation of music in the school curriculum at the earliest. This, he said will give employment opportunities to hundreds of musicians who are qualified and that it will also develop interest in music among the young minds of the state. He also wished all the success to Hallel Music Centre (HMC) and was optimistic that the centre will achieve greater things in the future. Giving a brief introduction of HMC, Vinyühu Lhoungou described music education as a help that can spark a child’s imagination or ignite a lifetime of passion which is all about communication, creativity and cooperation. He said it is their objective to provide opportunities to build on those skills. He said HMC is for all music lovers who have a desire to pursue music professionally or as a hobby, as it endeavours to teach, guide and groom young talents in music into excellence by providing quality training to equip aspiring musicians based on international curriculum. Lhoungou also informed that HMC aspires to become a centre for musical development in Nagaland and beyond by training and equipping talented musicians and supporting them by creating opportunities for the market as well as the church. While making a firm commitment to achieve its objective as it begins today, Lhoungou said HMC also aims to make the centre a conservatory of indigenous folk music of all different Naga tribes which is losing its importance amongst the young people. This, he said is important to ‘maintain our identity and to be able to indentify our identity’. Our Correspondent