El Sistema Sweden Announces “Side by Side: Digital”
El Sistema Sweden and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra has long planned to create a digital platform for Side by Side, with inspiring content and lively interaction around the camp. Now they are taking the opportunity created by this pandemic to... Read More →
Celebrating Beethoven with Long-Distance Ensemble Work
Thank you to Sistema de Orquestas y Coros Juveniles e Infantiles del Uruguay for an original celebration of Beethoven’s 250th birthday that we have seen during the pandemic. Watch a minute of 11 double bass players play their part in... Read More →
Finding Joy and Connection Through Music
Together at Home is a new series from Global Citizen in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO). To support the WHO’s efforts and to help us all feel less lonely, the series features a new artist each day, bringing... Read More →
Ways to Connect with the Community
Let’s connect teaching artists—help share ideas, stories, best practices, challenges, and mutual support during these difficult times. This new WhatsApp group for El Sistema Teaching Artists—for teachers, by teachers—does just that. There is a lively exchange happening in there! Now... Read More →
Make Music Day, June 21: A Worldwide Celebration
It all started 37 years ago in France, and now over a thousand cities around the world participate in Make Music Day (MMD) on June 21. In 1982, France’s Ministry of Culture dreamed up a new kind of musical holiday... Read More →
New Priority for the Arts and Culture in the African Union
The year 2021 is likely to become the African Union’s first Year of Culture. During the recent 33rd Assembly of the African Union, held in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), 12 heads of state were invited to act as co-champions of the cause by... Read More →
Funding for Artist Travel to and from Africa
For our colleagues in Africa, The Online Cultural Mobility Funding Guide for AFRICA (Third Edition) is now available free online. It provides artists and cultural workers with a directory of funders and funding opportunities for international travel to and from... Read More →
Side by Side by El Sistema Sweden: Video and Sign-Up
Registration is now open for Side by Side by El Sistema Sweden 2020, taking place June 13-17 in Gothenburg. Watch this video to see how exhilarating these summer days of music and fun can be. Read an article on last... Read More →
Put Your Work on a World Stage
The Fifth International Teaching Artist Conference (ITAC5) will be in Seoul, South Korea, September 15-17, 2020. ITAC5 is now accepting proposals to present at the conference and has extended the submission deadline to March 6. Do you have something about... Read More →
Sistema Europe Youth Orchestra to Host Sixth Residency in Madrid, July 4-12
The sixth Sistema Europe Youth Orchestra (SEYO) residency will come together in Madrid, July 4-12, 2020, with a final performance on July 12 at the Symphonic Hall of the Auditorio Nacional de Música. SEYO will be hosted this year by... Read More →