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{{Infobox university<br />
| image = Kmmusicconservatorylogo.png<br />
| name = KM Music Conservatory<br />
| motto = "Become the Future of Music"<br />
| established = 2008<br />
| type = [[Public university|Public]]<br />
| head = [[A. R. Rahman]]<br />
| city = [[Chennai]]<br />
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| state = [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| undergrad = 150<br />
| postgrad = <br />
| faculty = 15<br />
| campus = [[Urban areas|Urban]]<br />
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| website = {{URL|http://kmmc.in/}}<br />
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'''KM Music Conservatory''' (KMMC) is a higher education institution founded in 2008 by the [[A. R. Rahman]] foundation. Located in [[Arumbakkam]], [[Chennai]], in the [[India]]n state of [[Tamil Nadu]], the conservatory offers a range of part-time and full-time courses in [[Hindustani classical music|Hindustani]] and [[Classical music|Western classical]] music and [[Music technology (electronic and digital)|music technology]]. Composer [[A. R. Rahman]] is the founder and principal, Fathima Rafiq the executive director.<br />
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==Faculty==<br />
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Courses at KMMC are taught by an international group of full-time and part-time faculty from India, Europe and the US, specialising in musical performance, music theory and analysis, music history, musicology and music technology. Faculty experience includes professional work in the music industry as well as academic expertise in teaching and researching music in higher education.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/ar-rahman-opens-new-vistas-with-music-college/article5007639.ece|title=A.R. Rahman opens new vistas with music college|last=Krupa|first=Lakshmi|date=2013-08-10|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-10-24|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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KMMC is developing a newly founded symphony orchestra, to serve as resident studio orchestra for AR Rahman's compositions and to perform for the general public in Chennai and elsewhere in India.<ref name="Rahmankm">{{cite web|title=Rahman's music conservatory in June |work=[[Screen (magazine)|Screen]] |url=http://www.screenindia.com/news/Rahmans-music-conservatory-in-June/285836/ |access-date=2009-02-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218060027/http://www.screenindia.com/news/Rahmans-music-conservatory-in-June/285836/ |archive-date=2008-12-18 }}</ref><br />
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In 2009 Sri Lankan composer [[Dinesh Subasinghe]] and Bangladesh composer [[Emon Saha]] became the first international students to join KMMC.<br />
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==KM College of Music and Technology==<br />
KMMC became a full-fledged college offering degrees and diplomas in 2013.<br />
Students of KM have participated for the great composer and its founder [[A.R.Rahman]]'s many movie scores, concerts and Audio CDs.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/in-a-class-of-his-own/article5009840.ece|title=In a class of his own|last=Krupa|first=Lakshmi|date=2013-08-11|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-10-24|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Their first-ever official release was ''[[Rhyme Skool with Katrina Kaif]]'' with Sa Re Ga Ma Productions and [[Katrina Kaif]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://rahman360.com/katrina-kaif-and-ar-rahman-launched-rhyme-school-with-katrina-kaif/|title=Katrina Kaif and AR Rahman launched 'Rhyme School with Katrina Kaif'|work=Rahman 360ยบ|access-date=2017-10-24|language=en}}</ref><br />
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