Music without Barriers: an Integrated Experience from Lombardy
The SONG program in Milan, Italy (with its expressive acronym, designating Sistema Orchestre e cori / Nuclei Giovanili e infantile) began in 2011, and focuses on welcoming children with special needs into its core aims of integration through ensemble music... Read More →
The Ambassadors’ Exchange, May 2019
Artistic Youth Camps Across Kenya, by Linet Othieno (Kenya) Exciting things have been happening every day this month at Ghetto Classics. We had 4 two-week camps take place. First was the Ghetto Classics Mukuru kwa Ruben, a music program in Nairobi. The kids... Read More →
Acción Social por la Música
Acción Social por la Música was founded in Madrid, Spain in 2013. Our dream was to put music in the service of our most vulnerable people—following in the footsteps of Maestro José Antonio Abreu, whose conviction was that “music transforms... Read More →
AMBASSADORS: Abz Flexes her Talents to Lead this Manchester-based Music Group
“Jubacana is your life, and everyone there becomes your family”– Abz (Jubacana Member) Jubacana is a youth-led, fusion music and performance project based in Oldham, Greater Manchester, that aims to give young people aged 8-18 the opportunity to play in... Read More →
AMBASSADORS: Music Rises After Years of Oppression
After decades of darkness, light is coming to Kabul. Five years ago, Zohra Orchestra became Afghanistan’s first all-female orchestra, in a place where women’s rights were once destroyed by the Taliban. Zohra Orchestra, made up of students from the Afghan International Institute of... Read More →
The Ambassadors’ Exchange, April 2019
Music Rises After Years of Oppression, by Timor Sultani (Sweden) After decades of darkness, light is coming to Kabul. Five years ago, Zohra Orchestra became Afghanistan’s first all-female orchestra, in a place where women’s rights were once destroyed by the Taliban. Zohra Orchestra,... Read More →
In-Depth Research Study of Portugal’s Orquestra Geração
Editor’s note: The Research Centre in Psychology of Music and Music Education (CIPEM) hosted an in-depth study of the Orquestra Geração program in Portugal, entitled Growing While Playing in Orquestra Geração: Contributions towards understanding the relationship between music and social... Read More →
Creating Musical Communities in Romania
This month, 150 children in the community of Zizin, near Brasov in Romania, are celebrating six years of choral singing. Since April 2013, when I held the first rehearsal as part of Superar Romania, the choir program, involving mostly Roma... Read More →
The Ambassadors’ Exchange, March 2019
Music and Mission: Bridging the Years through Music by Axelle Miel (Philippines) On 9 February, the Orchestra of the Filipino Youth (OFY), led by their conductor Joshua Dos Santos, performed a pre-Valentine’s Day concert titled “Musika at Misyon” (Music and... Read More →
Updates from Passeurs d’Arts in France
On 16 March 2019, Passeurs d’Arts will celebrate the approach of spring with an entire day dedicated to orchestras of children and youth. The first part of the day will comprise a series of round table discussions related to the... Read More →