Invitation from Orquestra Geração
Orquestra Geração (Sistema Portugal) will celebrate its 10th anniversary by inviting other Sistema Europe programs to join a two-day gathering in Lisbon to understand their decade of learning and explore insights from other programs and leaders around the world. The... Read More →
FEATURE: My Mexico City Experience
On February 28th I traveled to Mexico City, Mexico, to play alongside young musicians like me from all around the globe, in an orchestra festival under the direction of Gustavo Dudamel and Arturo Marquez. When I first found out I... Read More →
What Happened in Mexico City?
Recently in the The World Ensemble we featured an article about Las America Encuientros in Mexico City that brought together Sistema musicians from five U.S. programs, as well as young musicians from Puerto Rico, Argentina, Mexico, and the National Children’s Orchestra in Venezuela. Coming... Read More →
A Journey With Wings
On February 28th, eight students of Sistema New Brunswick took off for Mexico City, embarking on a long journey that highlighted the even longer musical journey they are taking in their lives. Years ago, these students began with instruments made... Read More →
The Fourth International Teaching Artists Conference
Happening 13-15 September 2018 in New York City, the Fourth International Teaching Artist Conference will bring together hundreds of teaching artists (and those who work with them) from around the world to share their work, learn from one another, and... Read More →
2018 Side by Side by El Sistema – Registration opens 1 February!
The fifth edition of the international music camp Side by Side by El Sistema will take place in Gothenburg on 16-20 June 2018. Registration opened on 1 February, and the repertoire is available now for participants to start practicing. Side... Read More →
Music Leadership Academy in Michigan next Summer
Next summer The Archipelago Project will host a Music Leadership Academy in Traverse City, Michigan from 18-28 July. The Academy is for students in grades 5-12 and will focus on musical/social leadership, improvisation, arranging, and creative composition. Students will perform almost... Read More →
EDITORIAL: Should We Include Middle Class Kids?
It came up for the third time in a month, and this time loud and clear. The setting was a first-ever Forum of Sistema-inspired organizations in South Korea. The panel included seven presenters. The government arts education agency KACES sponsored... Read More →
Apply Today! Sistema Sweden Academy in January
El Sistema Sweden will host its annual Sistema Sweden Academy on 26-28 January 2018 in Stockholm. This intensive series of workshops for teachers and administrators from many countries will focus on leading Sistema-inspired orchestras and choruses; workshops will be led... Read More →
EDITORIAL: Sistema Europe Youth Orchestra in Athens
In Athens this summer, some of Europe’s newest musicians came together to play in one of Europe’s oldest concert spaces. The Sistema Europe Youth Orchestra held its fourth summer camp residency in Athens in July, and the final performance unfolded... Read More →