The Hills Are Alive! at Sistema New Brunswick
Canada’s Sistema New Brunswick, now with six nucleos and 800 students, including one First Nations community program, has announced a new partnership between Capitol Theatre and Tutta Musica, the professional orchestra of the Sistema New Brunswick Teaching Artist faculty. Together they... Read More →
Bravo, MCC! Government Financial Support for El Sistema Programs
Few U.S. programs garner significant government financial support. So it is good news that the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC), a state arts agency, has committed more than one million dollars of support for 18 Sistema-inspired programs in Massachusetts over the... Read More →
Take a Stand, literally…
The U.S. is known for having many programs and for their independence. They sometimes join for local or regional projects, but a first national project was launched in November 2015. Take A Stand (a collaboration of the Los Angeles Philharmonic... Read More →
Collaboration Flows Both Ways – New York Phil with Ang Misyon
Ang Misyon, a three-year-old El Sistema program in The Philippines, received a special visit by two New York Philharmonic Teaching Artists in July. The Teaching Artists spent time with the flagship ensemble and also with nine satellite sites outside of... Read More →