A o faamanatuina e le atunuu lona 60 tausaga o le tutoatasi, o le Sandals Foundation o loʻo faʻamalosia ma faʻatamaoaigaina aʻoaʻoga musika apamemea i luga o le motu i le faiga faapaaga ma le Alpha School of Music. O le aʻoga o se tasi lea o aʻoaʻoga musika sili ona taʻutaʻua i Jamaica.

E ala i ni mafutaga faaleaoaoga e fa aso e lua e faia ia Aukuso 9-12 i Sam Sharpe Teachers' College i Montego Bay, St James ma Aukuso 16-19 i le Alpha School of Music i Kingston, o faʻalapotopotoga e faʻamoemoe e atiina ae le gafatia o musika 20. faiaoga, e aofia ai faiaoga musika tumaoti ma faiaoga i aoga maualuga ma kolisi tulaga, e tuuina atu faiga sili ona lelei i aoaoga musika apamemea i talavou pu ma trombone tagata taaalo i le motu atoa.

Patrice Gilpin, Pule o Fesootaiga Lautele i Sandal Foundation, fa'aalia le taua o le lima alofa o Nofoaga Sandals Fa'avaomalo lagolago a'oa'oga musika i Jamaica.

“O musika o se vaega tele lea o i tatou o tagata Jamaica. O a tatou pao e le mafai ona fa'afitia ua sili atu i tua'oi fa'afanua ma pa pupuni o gagana, fa'atupula'ia le malamalama o le lalolagi, ta'ita'ia gaioiga, ma tupulaga fa'aosofia.

"I le avea ai o se faalapotopotoga na fanau mai ma le mitamita i Jamaica," o le tala lea a Gilpin, "matou te naunau i le faasaoina o elemene tulaga ese o la tatou aganuu. O le fausiaina o le tomai o faiaoga musika e toleni ai le isi augatupulaga o tagata faafiafia i lenei galuega taulima, o le a avea ma ki i le faatumauina o la tatou paʻi tulaga ese i a tatou faatufugaga musika e tusa lava pe ua suia i leo o aso nei.

O meafaifaaili matagi ma apamemea e tutusa ma le amataga o musika lauiloa a Jamaica, aemaise lava Ska. Ae ui i lea, i le vaitau o le 1970 ma le 1980, o le tele o le matagi ma le apamemea na malaga mai Jamaica, ma mafua ai le faʻafefe o le faiʻai o taʻaloga ma faiaoga. O le to'atele o na faimusika apamemea ua mavae atu tamaiti a'oga o le Alpha Boys' School, o le talatuu o musika o lo'o fa'asaoina nei ma atina'e e le Alpha School of Music.

Gay Magnus, Bandmaster i le Alpha School of Music fai mai aʻoaʻoga apamemea o le a taua tele i le faʻaauauina o le atinaʻeina o le igoa Jamaica.

"O aʻoaʻoga musika i Jamaica e manaʻomia le lelei, lagolago faifaipea," o le tala lea a Magnus, "aemaise lava le apamemea e taua tele i le ska, faʻapea foʻi ma le jazz ma le reggae. O tagata musika apamemea Jamaica, e aofia ai musika na aʻoaʻoina i le Alpha, ua lauiloa o se tasi o tagata sili ona lelei i le lalolagi, ma ua tele le gauai atu i a tatou musika ma lo tatou motu. O a'oa'oga lelei ma faifai pea o musika e iai se a'afiaga fa'apea e manuia ai le au ta'alo apamemea o lo'o lumana'i nei, o tatou musika, lo tatou tamaoaiga ma lo tatou atunu'u,” o le tala lea a Magnus.

I le taimi nei, faatasi ai ma le gafatia e faʻalauteleina le faʻalauteleina o faiaoga musika apamemea i le salafa o le atunuʻu, na faʻaalia ai e Magnus le fiafia e uiga i le aʻafiaga o nei mafutaga faaleaoaoga i le faʻasaoina o lenei vaega o musika Jamaica.

"O le Alpha School of Music ua tuuto atu i le atinaʻeina o aʻoaʻoga musika i le motu atoa. Fa'afetai i le Sandals Foundation ma a tatou paaga fa'alaua'itele, o nei mafutaga fa'alea'oa'oga o le a tu'uina atu ai i le au a'oa'o musika ni a'oa'oga fa'apitoa apamemea, fa'apitoa mo pu ma trombone, atonu e le'i maua i le taimi o a'oa'oga fa'afaiaoga. O le a faʻamanuiaina foʻi tagata auai mai nei faʻataʻitaʻiga i aʻoaʻoga ma le atinaʻeina o metotia faʻavae apamemea, "o le faʻaopoopo lea a Magnus.

O a'oa'oga o le va'ai lea i tagata o lo'o auai o lo'o mauaina ta'ito'atasi se mea faigaluega mo le fa'aoga i le taimi o a'oa'oga, ma fa'ameaalofa atu ma se tusi pasi pe a mae'a.

O sauniga i Montego Bay e tatau ona taitaia e Dr. Nathaniel Brickens, Polofesa o Musika i le Iunivesite o Texas, ma i Kingston e Dr. Jason Sulliman, Polofesa Lagolago o Trombone i le Iunivesite o Troy e faavae i Alabama, ISA.

O Dr. Brickens o lo'o avea ma fa'atonu o le aufaipese a le UT Trombone, ma sa ia mauaina le Fa'ailoga Sili a le Fa'aaoaoga a le International Trombone Association (ITA) 2019.

O Dr. Sulliman o lo'o a'oa'oina le trombone, vasega apamemea ma faiaoga i potu eseese ensembles apamemea i Troy, ma o lo'o avea nei ma faiaoga trombone mo le North American Brass Band Summer School o se vaega o le Royal Nova Scotia International Tatoo i Halifax, Nova Scotia.

O a'oa'oga fa'aa'oa'oga apamemea o se vaega o poloketi atina'e gafataulimaina a le Sandals Foundation e 40for40 e taumafai e fa'asaoina measina fa'ale-aganu'u a le itulagi ma fa'alautele atili ai ona leo fa'apitoa. O lea fa'amoemoe ua mafai ona maua i le lagolagosua a Amerika Uo o Jamaica, Sandals Resorts International ma Serve 360/AC Marriott, lea ua maua ai le fa'atupega mo faiaoga, lisi o mea faigaluega, meafaitino, fale nofo, va'alele ma taumafataga.

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OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:

Through two four-day workshops to be held on August 9-12 at Sam Sharpe Teachers' College in Montego Bay, St James and on August 16-19 at Alpha School of Music in Kingston, the organisations aim to develop the capacity of 20 music instructors, including private music tutors and instructors at the high school and college levels, to provide best practices in brass music education to young trumpet and trombone players across the island.
Sulliman teaches applied trombone, class brass and coaches various chamber brass ensembles at Troy, and currently serves as the trombone tutor for the North American Brass Band Summer School as part of the Royal Nova Scotia International Tatoo in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
As the country marks its 60th anniversary of independence, the Sandals Foundation is strengthening and enriching brass music education on the island in partnership with the Alpha School of Music.