Aims & Objectives 

• To bring about a systematic and ordered enhancement of the Liturgical and devotional music of the Syriac Orthodox Church.
• To provide courses, seminars and classes in Syriac (Liturgical-Classical Syriac, as well as both Eastern and Western dialects), Instrumental and Light Music to interested and talented students.
• To develop the expertise and leadership qualities of choir directors and members which will better enable them to organize choirs in their respective parishes and thereby bring about a uniformity and standard in the hymnody of the Orthodox Church.
• To conduct training camps at Central Diocesan and District levels in Church Music, so as to assist the Orthodox Church in retrieving and preserving its ancient musical heritage.
• To facilitate the research and scientific study of ancient Syriac; Non-Syriac and Eastern-Western Music and their respective historical developments, contributions and influences.
• To recover and popularize ancient Liturgical Music and its tunes.
• To produce quality audio and video cassette recordings in order to broaden the appeal of Liturgical and Folk Music.
• To guide talented musicians to compose tunes, songs and hymns based on indigenous foundations for utilization in the worship and services of the Syriac Church.
• To publish journals, periodicals and bulletins aimed at encouraging the scholarly and scientific study of music, thereby leading to its enrichment.
• To raise funds and sources to further the above objectives and to facilitate the setting up of a modern recording studio.
• To create a standard Anaphora for all churches of the American dioceses.
• To notate and organize the Beth Gazo (Treasury of Chants) via a systemic and academic approach.
• To institute a program of study at Brown University to teach the theories and methods of Syriac music.