Editorial | Competition, the Sistema Way
By Eric Booth, Co-Founder of The World Ensemble The English travel writer Pico Iyer moved to Japan 27 years ago, and his passionate hobby became playing ping-pong at a nearby club. His pleasure in the game comes from the way... Read More →
Editorial | Athens to Texas: “We’re With You”
by Tricia Tunstall, Co-Founder and Executive Editor, The World Ensemble Over the past few months, some El Sistema activists in the United States have been mobilizing resources to launch an El Sistema program this month for immigrant children in Tornillo,... Read More →
Key Learning from the Field: Trust and Empower Your Community
by Jason Steinberg, Founder, International Sports and Music Project In the summer of 2014, I arrived on a rainforest island called Pohnpei, in Micronesia (a country in the region of Oceania) to teach high school English. When the school lacked... Read More →
Reflections on the Tenth Anniversary of Global Classics, in Nairobi, Kenya
by Elizabeth Njoroge, Founder and Director My journey creating The Art of Music Foundation began in 2003, when I came back from living in North America and Europe. I wanted to do my part in broadening the art music space in... Read More →
Editorial: We Have Work to Do In How We Describe Our Work
by Jeff M. Poulin, Founder & Managing Director, Creative Generation We are experiencing a new kind of revolution in our time. This revolution is not centered solely in politics, technology, or the increasing globalization of our planet—but rather, it features... Read More →
Editorial: When the Arrows are Words, Best to Just Let Them In
by Marshall Marcus, President and Founder, Sistema Europe It’s that moment that threatens to undo many of us. I had just finished giving a Sistema presentation to the Alliance for Childhood at the European Parliament. It had seemed to go... Read More →
Cultural Exchange as a Vehicle for Youth Development
About the Exchange between the Field Band Foundation, South Africa and the Norwegian Band Federation, Norway by Anja Poulsen, PULSE 7, The Field Band Foundation In 2001, the South African Field Band Foundation (FBF) and the Norwegian Band Federation (NMF)... Read More →
Transition Time: A New Home for The WE
Editorial by Eric Booth and Tricia TunstallCo-founders, The World Ensemble It’s exhilarating to make something new. Anyone who’s ever started a “music for social change” program, or any kind of new program, or even any work of art or craft, knows that... Read More →
EDITORIAL: The Transformative Power of Big
I have been lucky enough to attend the last three gatherings of the global Sistema’s biggest events—Side by Side by El Sistema Sweden, Sistema Europe Youth Orchestra, and the YOLA National Festival. There is no getting around it—these are gigantically... Read More →
Architects of Music: Building a bridge between Uganda and Germany through musical education
Architects of Music is a newly established, socially motivated music education program for youths in Kampala, the vibrant capital city of Uganda. This program serves to build bridges through musical education between Uganda and Germany. Program development began in 2017... Read More →