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Programs inspired on the National Network of Youth and Children’s of

A MODEL OF PEACE AND PROGRESS FOR THE WORLD The National Network of Youth and choirs are social and personal life Children’s Orchestras and Choirs of schools, where children can culti- Venezuela, commonly known as El vate positive abilities and attitudes, Sistema, is a state-funded social and and ethic, aesthetic and spiritual cultural program created in 1975 values. All members acquire qual- by the Venezuelan maestro José ities like self-concept, self-esteem, Antonio Abreu. The Simon Bolivar self-confidence, discipline, patience, Foundation is the governing and commitment. They learn to be body of El Sistema and is attached to perseverant and to perform a healthy the Ministry of People’s Power for the professional competition, and lead- President’s Office and Government ership; working constantly to achieve Management Follow-Up of the their goals and excellence, while Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, coexisting in a tolerant and friendly aimed at teaching children from environment, which stimulates them an early age to become upright towards a peace culture. members of the society. The international reputation of El Through individual and collective Sistema’s ensembles and musicians music practice, el Sistema has taken them to appear at the most incorporates children from all levels prestigious venues in the world, as of social stratification: 66% come from peace ambassadors, and has earned low income homes or live in adverse them many awards such as the 2008 conditions and vulnerable areas, while Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts the remaining 34% come from urban and the UNESCO International Music areas with better access possibilities, Award. El Sistema has inspired over achieving an inclusion example for all 40 countries worldwide to establish levels of the Venezuelan population, similar initiatives, providing thus a real without distinctions. and sustainable education alternative Youth and children’s orchestras and of achieving progress and peace. America Argentina Chile Fundación Orquesta Juvenil Fundación Soijar is Argentina’s Network e Infantil de Chile (FOJI) of Youth and Children’s Orchestras. It is a non-profitable organization promoting This non-profit organization members of orchestras and who the development of youth and children’s supported by the Chilean state will become high level musicians. orchestras, whose programs are aimed to was created in 2001. Every This scholarships are given each providing opportunities of social inclusion and integration year, 12,000 children year through a competition to over 6,000 deprived children throughout the country. participate in the program held in the country. Soijar also benefits 20,000 people through counseling orchestral program The impact of FOJI’s work is and training, and supports 300 teachers and instrument and a million people present in its numbers: in players. Another initiative in this country is the one lead by attend the 3,000 2001 there were 72 youth Conductor Mario Benzecry, who has started a new stage concerts presented and children’s orchestras regional orchestras with the Jose de San Martin National Youth Symphonic, by the youth and in Chile, however, in 2010 make up Chile’s Network children’s orchestras this number raised to 385, and which has a social inclusion premise. This has the support of Youth and Children’s of the Presidency Secretary of Culture of the state, in 190 municipalities of the nowadays there 450, distributed 17 Orchestras included in their Cultural Equality Plan. country. Its scholarship program throughout the country, from Arica are Foundation Youth from Argentina benefits 1,500 children from to Punta Arenas. Soijar’s top and Children and Youth low income families to become 2 orchestras: Mediterranean Orchestra Brazil Created in 2007 by Ricardo Castro, Neojiba is a program supported by Bahia’s government, and the Castro Alves Theater, managed by the Instituto Ação social PerU Pela Música. It has a Professional training and management branch where the Sinfonía por el Perú 2 de Julho Youth Symphonic Orchestra, with 90 members, and the Castro Alves Orchestra, with 80, attend daily rehearsals. To cater for the high demand, they Created in 2011, Peru’s Youth and Children’s Orchestras have the Experimental Teaching Orchestra, formed by musicians between 7 is an inclusive social network aiming to educate and 15 years of age, and a choir. Neojiba has three branches in Salvador, the and rehabilitate children, especially those from low metropolitan region of Trancoso, and south of Bahia. income families. Its mission is to change the lives of One of the musical education centers of the NGO Ação Social Pela Música hundreds of thousands of children by promoting their and Orquestrando a Vida is located on the top of Dona Marta slum in Rio de personal, intellectual, spiritual, social, and professional Janeiro, with the objective to pacify the area. After almost 17 years of work in the development. This network of orchestras and choirs previous Brazilian capital and its surroundings, there are approximately 1,000 160 is made up of 13 schools of music, a lutherie center, a children in the program. children are part The experiences have echoed in Paulínia where the Projecto Cidadão Musical is of the Children’s children’s orchestra and a . located, and in the Instituto Bacarelli that operates in Heliópolis, in the south of Orchestra of Peru São Paulo. Uruguay children are benefited by EE.UU. Fundación Sistema de Orquestas El Sistema Uruguay LA PHIL – YOLA Juveniles e Infantiles del Uruguay 900 YOLA, the Youth Orchestra of Los aims to build healthy communities Angeles, is inspired by El Sistema. through universal access to music, Created in 1996, Uruguay’s Children and Youth Members are from 6 to 18 The program was created by Los this experience, along with the LA Phil Orchestras Network Foundation is a non-profit years old, more than 5,000 Angeles Philharmonic in 2007. The linked to El Sistema, has allowed the organization that promotes the study of music in children students, and they participate YOLA program at EXPO Center has offering of concerts with the world’s as a tool for human development, working on low in programs such as YOLA-EX- grown to include three orchestras, most important orchestras, and the income neighborhoods as a priority, in which more than PO, YOLA-HOLA, YOLA-LACHSA, a preschool program, mentorship, joining performance of over 1,000 900 children are able to learn music by becoming part YOLA Neighborhood Project, group lessons, chamber music children from YOLA and the schools. of an orchestra. This foundation operates 9 branches and the annual symposium and parent ensembles. The YOLA Take-a-Stand is an annual symposium strategically located in low income areas of Montevideo, Take-a-Stand, which in its last program at HOLA (Heart of Los of musicians who defend the Minas (Lavalleja) and Florida. Each branch offers children, edition gathered 400 musicians Angeles), located in the rampart transforming power of music, coming between 7 and 15 years old, the possibility to learn an from 28 American states, and district, serves hundreds of students from 28 states and 13 countries, instrument through an intensive orchestra practice. 13 countries with intensive after-school orchestral inspired by El Sistema. They gather Sodre’s Youth Orchestra José Artigas is the signature instruction five days a week. YOLA at in to discuss about group of El Sistema Uruguay. However, the project has LACHSA is the third site of the YOLA music learning and teaching with developed 8 orchestras and one choir. initiative. Nestled on the campus Venezuela’s Simon Bolivar Symphonic of Cal State LA, the Los Angeles Orchestra as participant. County high school for the Arts Colombia (LACHSA) has provided powerful Since 1991, the Batuta Foundation has worked for the sake of early music learning experiences for high school education and orchestra practice in Colombia. Almost 40,000 children are students within LA County. Each currently part of this program that operates in 95 municipalities and cities, child has the opportunity to thrive half of them living in armed conflict areas. This foundation is also creating in an intensive, nurturing musical Border Teaching Centers between Colombia and Venezuela. environment, receiving a total of 15 On the other hand, the Tocar y Luchar Orchestra, created under the hours of musical instruction and sponsorship of Caja de Compensación Familia in Colombia, including more academic tutoring per week. The than 600 children from towns like Bosa, Patio Bonito, and Ciudad Bolívar, YOLA Neighborhood Project (YNP) which have access to free . Meanwhile, the Bogota’s Philharmonic Orchestra social-artistic program is currently assisting 8,000 children. Recently, a cooperation agreement was signed between this organization and the Simon Bolivar Music Foundation, so the Venezuelan institution could bring teaching support to Colombian professors. NEC New England Conservatory NEC serves KidzNotes The idea of bringing El Sistema to was 750 inspired by the program created by Abreu in Venezuela students in 1975. It started in 2010 when Kidznotes began its The New England Conservatory first orchestra in September with 60 students. Now signed the first Friendship Agreement in its fourth year, the program goes further with its to share ideals with El Sistema organizational growth by serving over 200 students in 2005, with talented musicians in 5 Durham elementary schools. Looking towards participating through the Fellows the future, by 2020, Kidznotes hopes to have a big System Program. In October 2013, orchestra with 100 musicians, and 500 student a third renewal of that agreement enrolled in each branch, both in Raleigh and Durham. was signed to continue with this permanent cooperation of educational programs focused on social life an art. Hopefully, this alliance will continue its enriching, and fruitful growth by including Washington Heights Music Proyect (Manhattan) more young students, teachers, and experiences. Directed to the Washington Heights community, and inspired by El Sistema, Whin Music Project is an innovative social program that provides music Longy School of Music of Bard College instruction as a vehicle for personal and social development for under- The Longy School of Music of Bard College participates in El served children from 4 to 17 years of Sistema’s Side by Side Project. A teaching master (MAT) has age. Whin Music Project is based on been developed in Los Angeles to train musicians to teach what the practice of using music—particu- they know following El Sistema’s model. Longy has joined this larly through the experience of playing movement by including it in the preparations and by involving and learning together in orchestral and students with ages between 8 and 15 years, selected by each choral ensembles and through peer branch. These children gather together throughout the year to attend mentorship— to encourage children rehearsals with the Longy Conservatory Orchestra. to express themselves emotionally, With this exchange, these young musicians have embraced a musical to appreciate the value of discipline, experience and, at the same time, Longy’s post graduate students have acquire to persevere, to collaborate; and to a valuable comprehension of El Sistema’s approach. provide a life-changing alternative to self-destructive and harmful behaviors. AMERICA INDEX Total countries: 20 Total replies: 88 EEUU JAMM: Juneau, Alaska Music Matters El Sistema Pittsburg YOLA www.facebook.com/JuneauMusicMatters elsistemapittsburgh.org Argentina Canadá Integración es un Sistema Musical www.facebook.com/LAPhil juneaumusicmatters.blogspot.com/ www.facebook.com/ElSistemaPittsburgh SOIJAR Sistema Toronto www.integracionsm.com/ www.sistemadeorquestas.org.ar www.facebook.com/sistematoronto www.facebook.com/pages/ Take a Stand MYCincinnati Duke Medicine Orchestra www.facebook.com/FundacionSOIJAr www.sistema-toronto.ca INTEGRACION-Sistema-Musi- www.take-a-stand.org Music for Youth in artsandhealth.duke.edu/programs/per- @FundacionSOIJAr cal/42024829053?sk=info www.mycincinnatiorchestra.org forming-arts/duke-medicine-orchestra www.youtube.com/FundacionSOIJAr Sistema Saskatoon NEC www.facebook.com/mycincinnatiorchestra www.facebook.com/DukeMedici- www.sistemasaskatoon.ca/ Costa Rica necmusic.edu neOrchestra Bolivia www.facebook.com/SistemaSaskatoon Sinem Costa Rica Symphony Orchestra Sistema de Coros y Orquestas www.sinem.go.cr/ Longy School of Music OrchKids The Doctors Orchestral Society www.sicor.org.bo/ El Sistema New Brunswick es-es.facebook.com/pages/Sinem-Cos- www.longy.edu/ www.bsomusic.org/orchkids of New York New Brunswick Youth Orchestra ta-Rica/182931398481194 www.facebook.com/BSOorchkids www.doctorsorchestra.org/ Brasil (NBYO) Corona Youth Music Project www.facebook.com/DoctorsOrchestra ONG Orquestrando a Vida sistemanb.ca/about Chile www.facebook.com/nucleocorona People’s () www.facebook.com/pages/ONG-Orques- FOJI - Fundación Orquesta Juvenil e www.nucleocorona.org/Corona_Youth_ www.facebook.com/PeoplesMusicSchool Community MusicWorks trando-a-Vida/192350080788203 I Medici di McGill Orchestra (Doc- Infantil de Chile Music_Project/Home.html www.peoplesmusicschool.org www.communitymusicworks.org/ tors Orchestra) www.orquestajuvenilchile.com/fundacion/ www.facebook.com/pages/Communi- Neojibá www.imedici.mcgill.ca First Notes Austin Soundwaves ty-MusicWorks/46070607093 www.facebook.com/pages/Neo- www.facebook.com/pages/I-Medi- ASM www.mtfirstnotes.com www.facebook.com/pages/Austin-Sound- jib%C3%A1/155438234502154 ci-di-McGill-Orchestra-Doctors-Orches- www.facebook.com/asm.chile waves/277065912327749 Imagine Syracuse tra/110821452266339 KidzNotes www.facebook.com/ImagineSyracuse Instituto Baccarelli Ecuador www.kidznotes.org El Sistema Colorado institutobaccarelli.org.br/quem-principios/ Saint James Music Academy Orquesta Infanto Juvenil Sonríe www.elsistemacolorado.org Youth Orchestra Salinas (YOSAL) www.facebook.com/institutobaccarelli sjma.ca/ Ecuador Music Project de Washington www.facebook.com/pag- www.youthorchestrasalinas.org/ www.facebook.com/saintjamesmusica- Heights e Inwood (WHIN) es/El-Sistema-Colora- www.facebook.com/pages/ Projeto Guri cademy Fundación Manos Solidarias Heights Music Proyect do/216687138420805?ref=stream Youth-Orchestra-Salinas-YO- www.projetoguri.com.br fundacion-manos-solidarias.weebly.com/ www.whinmusicproject.org SAL/267407776608150 www.facebook.com/ProjetoGuri/timeline Sistema Mississauga www.facebook.com/ProyectoOrquestaY- BRAVO Youth Orchestras www.sistemamississauga.com CoroInfantoJuvenilCs Yakima Music en Acción www.facebook.com/BRAVOYouthOrchestras Enriching Lives through Music Ação Social Pela Música www.facebook.com/SistemaMississauga www.yvoic.org/yama.html www.enrichinglivesthroughmusic.org/ www.institutoembratel21.org.br/proje- FOSJE-Fundación Orquesta www.facebook.com/yama.program Alameda Music Project www.enrichinglivesthroughmusic.org/ tos/acaosocial.php Colombia Sinfónica del Ecuador www.alamedamusicproject.org/ HOME.html Sistema Nacional de Orquestas www.facebook.com/FosjeFunda- UpBeat NYC www.facebook.com/AlamedaMusicProject www.facebook.com/pages/Enrich- Projeto Cidadão Musical Juveniles e Infantiles de Colombia cionOrquestaSinfonicaDelEcuador thebronxfreepress.com/tuned-in-afina- ing-Lives-through-Music/362373878990 cidadaomusical.wordpress.com Fundación Batuta dos Kalikolehua - El Sistema Hawai www.fundacionbatuta.org/ kalikolehua.com/Kalikolehua_-_El_Siste- Musicalminds NC ma_Hawaii/Home.html elsistemausa.org/profiles/musical-minds-nc/ www.facebook.com/kalikolehuamusic www.facebook.com/musicalmindsnc B Sharp Youth Music Program El Sistema Lehigh Valley tan/107583105927024 Jamaica Perú Santa Lucía bsharpkids.org asaeducation.weebly.com/el-sistema-le- National Youth Orchestra of Sinfonía por el Perú St. Lucia School of Music www.facebook.com/pages/B-Sharp-Youth- high-valley.html Greater Milwaukee El Sistema Jamaica www.sinfoniaporelperu.org/cuerpo-sin-im- slumusicschool.com/ Music-Program/244049072281823 www.facebook.com/pages/El-Sistema-Le- sistemawi.webs.com www.facebook.com/nationaly- agen.php?recordID=mision-vision www.facebook.com/StLuciaSchoolOf- high-Valley/255194137893885 www.facebook.com/GreaterMilwaukeeEl- outhorchestrajamaica www.facebook.com/Sinfoniaporelperu Music El Sistema Somerville Sistema nyoj.org/ www.sistemasomerville.org/ El Sistema Minnesota elsistemausa.org/profiles/greater-mil- Orquesta de Barro Uruguay www.facebook.com/pages/El-Siste- www.elsistemamn.org waukee-el-sistema-at-carroll-university México www.facebook.com/orquestadebarro/info Fundación Sistema de Orquestas ma-Somerville/295039043897144 Esperanza Azteca Juveniles e Infantiles del Uruguay Play On, Philly Music Project www.facebook.com/pages/Esperan- Arpegio Perú - Sinfonía www.orquestas.com.uy/fundacion.html Conservatory Lab Charter School www.elsistemamn.org www.miamimusicproject.org za-Azteca-Oficial/122911277749657 por el desarrollo conservatorylab.org www.facebook.com/playonphilly www.facebook.com/miamimusicpro- www.esperanzaazteca.com arpegioperu.jimdo.com www.facebook.com/pages/Conservato- ject?sk=wall www.facebook.com/arpegioperu ry-Lab-Charter-School/6497178906 Kids 4 Harmony Orquesta Juvenil BUAP www.berkshirechildren.org/bcf_elsiste- Union City Music Project Inspire www.facebook.com/pages/Orquesta-Ju- Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional OrKidstra ma.html Empower Succeed venil-BUAP/116540145106100?id=1165 Juvenil del Perú www.louisvilleorchestra.org/orkids- kids4harmony.blogspot.com www.ucmusicproject.org 40145106100&sk=info es-es.facebook.com/orquestasinfoni- tra-family-concert-series www.facebook.com/kids4harmony www.facebook.com/ucmusicproject canacionaljuvenilperu www.facebook.com/OrKidstra Orquesta Sinfónica Infantil Seattle Music Partners El Salvador y Juvenil de Coatzacoalcos Puerto Rico El Sistema Boston www.seattlemusicpartners.org El Sistema El Salvador es-la.facebook.com/osijc Orquesta Juvenil Preparatoria necmusic.edu/el-sistema-movement www.facebook.com/pages/Seattle-Mu- www.facebook.com/pages/El-Siste- de San Juan www.facebook.com/pages/El-Siste- sic-Partners/98998498703 ma-El-Salvador/655366794490127 Sistema Nacional de Fomento es-es.facebook.com/pages/ ma-Boston/111998858858214 Musical Orquesta-Juvenil-Preparato- Rainey Institute Guatemala snfm.conaculta.gob.mx ria-de-San-Juan/180799377442 Tune Up Philly www.raineyinstitute.org Sistema de Orquestas de Guatemala es-es.facebook.com/FomentoMusical www.pyos.org/ www.facebook.com/pages/Rainey-Insti- es-es.facebook.com/sistema.guatemala Música 100 x 35 (El Sistema, Puerto www.facebook.com/TuneUpPhilly tute/196921733688973 El Sistema México Rico) tuneupphilly.wordpress.com/ Haití www.elsistema.mx/ cmpr.edu/musica100x35 El Sistema USA El Sistema Haiti es-la.facebook.com/elsistemamexico es-es.facebook.com/musica100x35 The Musiq Consortium elsistemausa.org qmusiqconsortium.ning.com/ www.facebook.com/ElSistemaUSA Ecole de Musique St. Trinite Panamá República Dominicana www.facebook.com/TheQuincyJonesMu- www.saintetrinitemusique.com Sistema Nacional de orquestas, Fundación Orquesta Sinfónica siqConsortium El Sistema www.facebook.com/pages/ bandas y Coros Juveniles Juvenil at Northern Manhattan Ecole-de-Musique-Sainte-Trin- e Infantiles de Panamá iberorquestas.org/category/rep-domin- The Harmony Project www.nomaanyc.org/2012/07/whin-mu- it%C3%A9/221810194501234?sk=time- www.inac.gob.pa/escuela-de-bellas-ar- icana www.harmony-project.org sic-project-el-sistema-is-coming-uptown/ line tes/526-sistema-nacional-de-orques- www.facebook.com/pages/Fun- www.facebook.com/HarmonyProjectLA www.facebook.com/pages/El-Sistema- tas-bandas-y-coros-juveniles-e-infan- daci%C3%B3n-Orquesta-Sinf%C3%B3ni- New-York-City-at-Northern-Manhat- tiles-de-panama ca-Juvenil/414569461937782?sk=timeline Africa AFRICA South Africa INDEX Total countries: 5 Miagi Total replies: 8 MIAGI–Music is a Great Investment– is a non-profit organization Angola Uganda established in 2001 with the support of the department of Arts and Orquestra Sinfônica Kaposoka Elgon Youth Development Centre Culture with the idea of promoting music education for children as www.facebook.com/pages/Kaposo- Uganda ka/221343564588446 www.eydcuganda.org an effective tool for social upliftment. The main objective through www.facebook.com/pages/El- MIAGI’s ongoing programs is to make music education available to Kenia gon-Youth-Development-Centre-Ugan- an increasing number of children in South Africa, especially in the El Sistema Kenya da/202063063155925 rural and disadvantaged areas. Its programs are focused, not only facebook.com/ElSistemaKenya on the classical forms of instruction, but also incorporating jazz and www.indiegogo.com/projects/el-siste- Uganda, Sudáfrica, Ghana, Kenia, indigenous music. MIAGI’s five key projects include the MIAGI Youth ma-kenya India y Tailandia* Orchestra and Youth Big Band, the Cape gate MIAGI Centre for Musequality centers are served by the MIAGI’s Sudáfrica www.musequality.org/webmuse/muse- Music, MIAGI’s Preschool and Day Care Centre Training Program, the Preschool and Day Care Center MIAGI Mentor and Protégé Programme, and the MIAGI Indigenous South African National Youth quality/ 6 Training Program Orchestra Foundation https://www.facebook.com/pages/Muse- Music Program www.facebook.com/SANationalY- quality/45959106528 outhOrchestra?ref=ts www.sanyo.org.za/ *The Musequality program includes India angola www.youtube.com/sanyorchestra and Thailand, asian countries Kaposoka Children and Youth children are benefited from MIAGI the Kaposoka program Orchestra 620 Music is a great Investment Created in 2008, Kaposoka is a children and youth www.miagi.co.za/index.html orchestra and choir formation program that aims to diminish poverty levels, illiteracy, marginalization, and The KwaZulu-NATAL YOUTH exclusion through orchestra music practice. ORCHESTRA The beneficiaries are children from 5 to 18 years old who www.kznyo.co.za/index.html are enrolled in public schools in the Samba (Luanda) Municipality, and who attend the Kaposoka Music School. The Cape Philharmonic Orchestra’s Outreach and Education This project started with 67 children, and currently it programme is assisting over 620 of them. However, only 120 are www.cpo.org.za/index.php?op- active within the Angola’s Kaposoka Children and Youth tion=com_content&view=arti- Orchestra, due to the lack of teachers. This group is cle&id=72&itemid=134 considered the biggest African children and youth www.facebook.com/CapePhilharmoni- symphonic orchestra. cOrchestra/info Europe France Groenlandia El Sistema Greenland Thanks to Jean-Gabriel Mahéo, 700 km away from the Arctic, at the Catherine Mahéo, Pascale Macheret northeast area of North America, and and Venezuelan maestro Alcides with less than 36 degrees Celsius, in Maestre Blanco, El Sistema France 2011, Ron Davis Álvarez founded El started in 2010. The French teaching Sistema Greenland. After studying model, which now has 1,400 in the Guatire branch of El Sistema, members, aims for the children to in the state of Miranda, Venezuela, become familiarized with orchestra this young violinist and conductor integration, discipline, music theory, started the program with 13 children rhythm, and instruments; as well as to from the orphanage Children’s build a solidarity and fraternity spirit home Uummannaq, where the through moral and aesthetic values Uummannaq Polar Institute operates transmitted by music. This program (Uummannaq means heart). In this already operates in the cities of Paris autonomous Danish region, Davis and Nantes. In the last one, there are Álvarez managed to create the first 50 children with behavioral issues branch, located above the Arctic and a complex family coexistence. circle, with children who could not In the years to come, El Sistema coexist together because of their France is looking for the creation behavioral issues. With the intention of a regional network for the whole to rescue them from vulnerable country to copy Venezuelan teachings model. A successful example of the cities and towns in family environments, and diminish in Marseilles, Buc, Orleans, Ais les implantation of social action through France have imitated their social disabilities, the teaching Bains, Montbéliard, Riviére Saleé de music is the city of Cergy, which 600 the model Passeurs model nowadays benefits 100 Martinica, and Nimes. Last June 19th, has over 1,300 children included d’Arts children between 4 and 18 years of 2014 the pilot orchestra gave their in the artistic and social program. age, where 80% of the territory is first concert. Almost 2,000 children participate covered in ice. The second branch On the other hand, Passeurs d’Arts in social program diversification operates in Nuuk’s Orchestra School, was founded in the year 2000, under developed by this program, including 1,400 in Arnannguaq Gerstrøm, located in the inspiration of the Venezuelan orchestra initiation programs in children are assisted by Greenland’s capital, Nuuk. model, by Jean Claude Decalonne and school, penitentiary orchestras, music El Sistema France the Venezuelan conductor Raúl Lubo. education for the disabled, -even children between Currently, more than 600 French with a White Hand Choir-, and the 4 and 18 years cities and towns have copied this orchestra-slums. 100 old are benefited from this teaching model Sweden Spain El Sistema Sweden Acción Social por la Música

Maestro was the are now enrolled in El Sistema. With This is one of the recently created self-esteem, anxiety due to home author of the creation of El Sistema 30 established branches, its music programs inspired by the National difficulties, personal communication Sweden. As the main conductor of the schools are located in town such as Network of Children and Youth ability deficit, low social participation Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, he Umeå, Södertälje, Stockholm, Malmö, Orchestras and Choirs of Venezuela. opportunities, and other risk factors. achieved, in May 2009, the creation Gothenburg and Eskilstuna. This Founded in 2012, in Madrid, it This organization’s work team is of the Angered Cultural School, in initiative is supported and boosted by currently gathers 200 children. advised, in terms of music and the suburb of Hammrkullen, the first El Sistema foundation and El Sistema 100 of these children are already management, by the Simon Bolivar branch inspired by maestro José Project Sweden. part of two orchestras: Fernando Music Foundation, which is their sister Antonio Abreu’s Venezuela program. el Católico Orchestra and Pio company. The objective of Sweden’s teaching XII Orchestra. Some of the most model is to create and develop established branches prominent musicians collaborate children are a positive social change, through comprise El Sistema with the Luventas Orchestra and members of Social Action for the music, in over 2,000 children, who 30 Sweden the Instituto Musical Arcos’ Youth 200 Orchestra. Their main objective is to Music work for the promotion of childhood through music, mostly for those who live in vulnerable situations, and with social risk, such as lack of motivation and concentration, school failure, low schools in the Metropo- Portugal litan Area of Lisbon and Scotland Orquestra Geração Coimbra are served by Sistema Scotland, Big Noise 16 this program Created in 2006, El Sistema Scotland assists over 600 children. The Geração project started Geração is considered one of the top is a charity established A survey of parents and in 2007 serving 15 children. 50 social projects in the European for the purpose of caregivers conducted as Today, the program serves 1,000 Union. The Geração Youth Orchestra developing orchestra part of an evaluation of Big students throughout 13 music is made up of 160 musicians aged centers in Scotland. Noise, commissioned by education centers located in Social between 14 and 20, and The Geração These are known in the Scottish government, Neighborhoods in Lisbon and the city Children’s Orchestra is composed the community as found that as a result of Coimbra. This program is funded of 248 members aged between 8 Big Noise. The first, of the program 100% by the Ministry of Education and and 14. The Introduction to Music founded in 2008, is thought their children is carried out by 80 teachers who Program launched by Geração in Raploch, Stirling. were more confident, 93% are changing the lives of deprived project serves 400 children with ages The second, in Govanhill, thought their children were children and their families. Currently, between 2 and 6 years. Glasgow, was created in 2013, happier, 79% thought they were children are assisted by and by 2015, another center will more willing to concentrate, and 43% Big Noise open its doors in Torry, Aberdeen. thought they behaved better. 600 Nowadays, El Sistema Scotland England ItalY Sistema England Sisteme Orchestre Giovanile in Italia El Sistema England is a charity, With the motto “Music manages to overcome every difference”, in December founded by , children and youth 2010 Italy’s Youth Orchestra network was created, inspired by the which supports The Nucleo Project, El benefit from El Venezuelan Sistema. Sistema Norwich and In Harmony. 8,500 Sistema Italy The Italian program is centered in the educational and social value of music In Harmony is a program which old, through two schools (Norwich and aims to rediscover the value of collective music. Nowadays, 8,500 consists of branches in seven cities Primary Academy and Catton Grove children participate in this social project, distributed in 45 branches located (London, Liverpool, Leeds, Newcastle, Primary School) and two orchestras in 14 Italian regions: Abruzzo, Basilicata, Campania, Emilia Romagna, Friuli Nottingham, Telford, and Wrekin). (Harriet Martineau Orchestra and Venezia Giulia, Lazio, Liguria, Lombardia, Marche, Piamonte, Puglia, Sicilia, This program started in 2008 and Sarah Glover Orchestra). On the Veneto, and Tuscany. The program is aimed to children from 4 to now assist 4,100 students. Founded other hand, The Nucleo Project is a 16 years old, mostly disabled (sensory deficit, Down syndrome, cognitive in 2012, El Sistema Norwich is a program created in 2012, in western deficit, psychosocial alterations, and disturbances) or from low income program directed by Norca (Norfolk & London, offering free music and homes, living in degraded areas. Norwich Community Arts) and assists instrument lessons to 100 children 1,000 children from 4 to 11 years from 2 to 15 years. EUROPE Total countries: 10 INDEX Total replies: 20

Armenia Pequeñas Huellas - International Sistema Armenia - Transforming Groenlandia orchestra Through Music www.upi.gl/index.html www.pequenashuellas.com www.sistemaarmenia.com www.facebook.com/UummannaqPolar- www.facebook.com/pequenashuellasor- www.facebook.com/SistemaArmenia Institute chestra/posts/629004527143429

Escocia Inglaterra Portugal Sistema Scotland / Big Noise Sistema England Orquesta Geração makeabignoise.org.uk/sistema-scotland www.ihse.org.uk www.orquestra.geracao.aml.pt/ www.facebook.com/sistemascotland Sistema in Norwich Suecia Drake Music Scotland www.sistemanorwich.org.uk El Sistema Stockholm www.facebook.com/drakemusicscotland www.facebook.com/SistemaInNorwich www.facebook.com/ElSistemaSverige www.drakemusicscotland.org www.elsistema.se/ Harmony Program www.facebook.com/elsistemastockholm España harmonyprogram.org Acción Social por la Música www.facebook.com/harmonyprogram Turquía www.facebook.com/accionsocialporla- Music for Peace Foundation musica.es The Nucleo Project accionsocialporlamusica.es/ www.facebook.com/TheNucleoProject/ Association of Youth Orchestras timeline of Turkey’s National Youth Sym- Francia phony Orchestra Sistema France El Sistema Aeolian www.elsistema-france.org/ aeolianhall.ca/el-sistema-aeolian www.facebook.com/elsistemafrance www.facebook.com/pages/El-Siste- ma-Aeolian/310391405759196 Passeurs d’Arts www.passeursdarts.org Italia https://www.facebook.com/passeurs- Sistema delle Orchestre e dei Cori darts Giovanili e Infantili in Italia www.sistemaitalia.eu/ Orchestres en Choeur-El Sistema Inspired Program FuturOrchestra www.orchestres-en-choeur.fr/bienvenida/ www.futurorchestra.org www.facebook.com/pages/Orches- tres-en-Choeur-El-Sistema-Inspired-Pro- gram/258640414201938?fref=photo Asia South Korea Japan El Sistema Korea / Orchestra of Dreams Friends of El Sistema Japan This organization seeks to replicate string band. It will eventually grow to El Sistema Korea was created as a by Jae-Eun Park, granting funds, El Sistema in Japan for the purpose include all city’s public elementary, social and cultural program inspired orchestra education, and working of restoring disadvantaged Japanese junior, and high school students. in the Venezuelan model’s philosophy to create and keep communication children’s dignity and making a This program assists the victims and teaching methodology. networks between branches. significant and sustaining impact of the earthquake, tsunami, and This program is supported Nowadays, it assists on their lives, through music. The the nuclear catastrophe. At least by the Ministry of Culture, approximately 1,600 Soma Children’s Orchestra Project 300 children aged between 7 Sports and Tourism of children from low income (SCO) is the first initiative by Friends and 15 years benefit directly South Korea, an institution backgrounds, which are part of El Sistema Japan and takes place from the program, while 2,000 which promotes several of 19 regional orchestras, in Soma, Fukushima, one of the benefit indirectly through music art and cultural education distributed in 30 branches disaster areas of the east Japan lessons that are part of the regular programs in schools and throughout the country. great earthquake and tsunami and curriculum. El Sistema pro- communities, and provides The Orchestra of Dreams, with vides with music subsequent nuclear power station systematic training to teachers in young musicians form all over South education to kids accident in March 2011. the cultural field. Korea, is the signature ensemble of El with ages from The SCO started with a string This initiative started in 2010 lead Sistema Korea. 7 to 15 ensemble made up of 27 students with ages from 8 to 13 years at Nakamura’s N° 1 Primary School, as an after school program based on underprivileged the school’s already exciting club children are 1,600 assisted by this program

of El Sistema 2,000 Korea are located children benefit indirectly 30 throughout the from the program branches country children aged between 7 and 300 15 years benefit directly from the program ASIA Total countries: 7 INDEX Total replies: 7

Corea del Sur El Sistema Korea / Orchestra Of Dreams eng..or.kr/index.do www.facebook.com/orchestrakid/time- line

Filipinas Sistemang Pilipino Inc sistemangpilipino.org www.facebook.com/sistemangpilipino

India Child’s Play (India) Foundation www.childsplayindia.org www.facebook.com/childsplayindia/info

Japón Friends of El Sistema Japan www.elsistemajapan.org www.facebook.com/elsistemajapan

Tailandia Musequality www.musequality.org/webmuse/muse- quality/index.php/music-projects/thai- land2

Taiwan El Sistema Taiwan www.sistemataiwan.org www.facebook.com/sistemataiwan

Vietnam Sistema Vietnam www.miraclechoir.org www.facebook.com/danhopxuongkydieu Oceania OCEANIA Australia INDEX Total countries: 2 Sistema Australia Total replies: 4 Australia El Sistema Australia offers children choir and orchestra performances. Sistema Australia in disadvantaged communities the El Sistema Australia develops five sistemaaustralia.com.au/ opportunity to partake in a rich and projects: Australian instrument bank www.facebook.com/sistemaaustralia powerful after-school music program for children, musical instrument through participation in orchestras and lutherie center, a program that Nueva Zelanda and choirs. Each program sees stimulates the musical industry Sistema Whangarei a unique collaboration between investment in El Sistema, a music www.sistemawhangarei.org.nz/ El Sistema Australia and various sheet and composition library, and Sistema Waikato local, national, and philanthropic also supporting the creation of new www.hccm.ac.nz/sistema-waikato/ organizations to provide children with branches. www.facebook.com/SistemaWaikato exceptional musical training for 3-5 days per week, with an emphasis on Sistema Aotearoa apo.co.nz/sistema-aotearoa New Zealand Aotearoa System Founded in 2011, the Aotearoa Rongomai School, Sir Edmund Hillary system is product of an association Collegiate, Bairds Mainfreight Primary between the Ministry of Culture school, East Tamaki School, Piripono and Heritage and the Auckland Kura, Wymondley Road Primary Philharmonia Orchestra. New School and St John the Evangelist Zealand’s El Sistema Program starts School, have been benefited by the with children in their second year of job of the Aotearoa system. primary school, and continues until In 2014, the Aotearoa Puoru Pepi they reach full proficiency of the System initiative started working with instrument. Nowadays, approximately small children and their caregivers, 200 children between 6 and 10 years in order to further widen the positive old from seven primary schools: results achieved by the program. FUNDAMUSICAL fundamusicalbolivar @elsistema

Editorial Concept and Production: Dirección de Comunicaciones, División de Publicaciones July 2014 Photography: Tomadas de las páginas oficiales de los distintos programas. Design: Kelianny Riera Press: Queiroz Publicidad C.A.