The aim of the institute is to prepare upcoming generations of musicians to perform both Arabic and international music.
Further, it offers courses for future composers and band leaders and prepares researchers in musicology, especially to study Arabic music.
[1] In 2004, musicians Kinan Azmeh, Dima Orsho, Issam Rafea and other former graduates of the HIM formed the jazz fusion band Hewar.
[3] Several of the institute's graduates have moved abroad, often for further training or engagements at music venues, but also fleeing the Civil War in Syria since 2011.
[6] Professional musicians from Syria have performed at concerts in the Middle East, the U.S. and notably in Europe, such as the Morgenland Festival Osnabrück in Germany.