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 →
Longy’s New 1-Year Master of Music in Music Education
Applications are now open for Longy School of Music of Bard College’s new one-year Master of Music in Music Education degree in Boston, MA. The new program, which starts in 2020, builds on the success of Longy’s Master of Arts... Read More →
Conference on Art and Political Activism
Universidade Nova de Lisboa is hosting the second COMbART Congress in Lisbon, Portugal on June 25-26, 2020, co-sponsored by ArtCitizenship . There will be two days of multidisciplinary presentations and discussions about “Grammars and Politics of Resistance.” Visit Call for Papers for more information and submission details. Abstracts are... Read More →
Side by Side with El Sistema Sweden, 2020
Applications are now open for the Side by Side 2020 International Youth and Choir Camp in Gothenburg, June 13-17, 2020. Interested students can apply for the following programs: Advanced Orchestra, Pre-Advanced Orchestra, Wind & String Orchestra, Youth Choir, Upper Voices... Read More →
The YOLA National Festival and Symposium in Los Angeles
In July, the Los Angeles Philharmonic sponsored the YOLA National Festival and Symposium, a multi-dimensional gathering for the El Sistema movement in the United States. The Festival was an intensive orchestral training program for students ages 12-18 from across the... Read More →