La Red Brings Its Original Music to the U.S.A.
La Red de Escuelas de Música de Medellín (The Music School Network of Medellín) toured the East Coast of the United States in November. Eighty students from La Red’s 27 music schools across Medellín, Colombia were selected through auditions to be... Read More →
Students from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia Perform Together
On November 13, a combined orchestra and choir composed of students from three Balkan countries performed a concert at the Vatroslav Lisinski Councert Hall in Zagreb, Croatia. Over 300 students from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia came together for... Read More →
Register for the 2019 El Sistema Academy in Sweden
Registration is now open for the 2019 El Sistema Academy in Stockholm, Sweden! The 3rd annual El Sistema Academy will take place at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm on 25-27 January 2019. The Academy welcomes teaching artists from around... Read More →
A Global Field of Teaching Artists
I wish I could sit down with you over coffee. All of you. Every one of the readers of The WE who work so hard to build a new way for young people to find their way into expanded lives... Read More →
Batuta Students Perform in Music Festivals Around the World
“For the National Batuta Foundation in Colombia, the international exchange of its participants in different music training programs around the world represents a unique opportunity to provide new knowledge, break mental boundaries, and generate hope for a better future within the... Read More →
FEATURE: Sistema Europe Youth Orchestra Expands Its Vision and Process
“You are the future of Europe.” This hopeful sentiment, spoken by conductor Samuel Matus to an intermediate-level orchestra during rehearsal, sums up the essence of the Sistema Europe Youth Orchestra Festival (SEYO ’18), which took place for ten joyful, action-packed... Read More →
Attend ITAC4 for free!
ITAC4, the Fourth International Teaching Artist Conference, will take place in New York City on 13-15 September (first time in the United States), and is completely sold out. But those who can’t attend can join much of the conference for... Read More →
Sistema Portugal: Orquestra Geraçaõ Celebrates 10 Years!
In early July, Sistema Portugal: Orquestra Geraçaõ celebrated its 10th anniversary in Lisbon. Sistema Europe also participated in the Lisbon celebration, together with a number of national programmes and international organisations like the Hilti Foundation, which has provided crucial support... Read More →
Sistema New Zealand Gathers Together
Sistema New Zealand had its National Hui (gathering) on 30 June in Hamilton, central North Island of New Zealand. This biennial gathering included Sistema Whangarei, Sistema Aotearoa, Arohanui Strings and the hosts were Sistema Waikato. The New Zealand Rōpū (consortium)... Read More →
The Great Lakes El Sistema Seminario
On June 27-28, Goshen College hosted the Great Lakes El Sistema Seminario in Goshen, Indiana. They included students at various musical levels from four Sistema-inspired programs: Archipelago (Traverse City, MI), Kalamazoo Kids in Tune (Kalamazoo, MI), Sistema Ravinia (Chicago, IL), and Roosevelt STEAM Academy... Read More →