Its nondegree executive-education courses have about 1, 000 participants this academic year, about one-third the size of its Singapore program and one-fifth the figure in Fontainebleau.

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The school is being taken over by the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music in March after its three-year pilot by the Qattan Foundation to ensure it has the best possible academic program.

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The hope, the story says, is that the program will be incorporated into the curricula of these schools for the 2013-14 academic year.

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