Ibrahim H. Baltagi is lecturer at the Lebanese International University and serves as an adjunct professor of music at the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik. Dr. Baltagi is a former professor of music education at Baldwin Wallace College and served as a teaching associate at The Ohio State University in the United States. He received his Ph.D. in music education from The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, and his Masters in Music and Kodály certification from Silver Lake College of the Holy Family in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Ibrahim has a post graduate training in Kodály methodology from the Zoltan Kodály Pedagogical Institute of Music in Kecskemet, Hungary. His Orff Schulwerk training is from University of Saint Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, and The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Dr. Baltagi has a diploma in clarinet performance from the Conservatoire National de Boulogne in Paris, France. Dr. Baltagi has completed a two year certification in Creating Original Opera Program from Yale University and the Metropolitan Opera of New York.
He has presented and conducted numerous workshops in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, UAE, Malaysia, Erbil – Iraq, Cyprus and the United States.
Ibrahim has published a series of music books for children in French, English, and Arabic entitled Let’s Read and Write Music. The Series is a child centered publication. The procedures and suggestions in this series have been shaped by numerous discussions with music teachers and my own research and observations. Let’s Read and Write Music provides a comprehensive approach to music teaching that positions music performance, movement, age-appropriate repertoire, instruments, music literacy skills, music creativity, and music listening as the basis for a music education.
Dr. Baltagi published many articles in the International Handbook of Research in Arts Education.