Patrick Scafidi

In last month’s Basket, we asked you to save the date for El Sistema USA’s National Symposium and Seminario, happening virtually April 28–30 this year. Since that announcement, ESUSA has begun accepting presentation proposals that address this year’s theme, “Pathways Forward.”

El Sistema USA has announced that their 2022 National Symposium and Seminario will take place virtually on April 28–30, 2022.

The Academy for Impact through Music (AIM) is accepting applications for its 2022 Teaching Awards, which will recognize up to nine music educators who demonstrate a distinct connection to AIM’s pedagogical framework—the Five Pillars you read about on our site last month.

The League of American Orchestras, which supports 700 member orchestras across North America, has recently launched three resources aimed to support equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in the orchestra field.

The Glenn Gould Foundation in Canada wants to help teenagers use music to find their way through these mentally challenging times. To do so, they have created Instrumental, a free online platform designed to help young people process and engage their feelings through music.

The Prince Claus Fund, which annually recognizes 100 emerging artists and cultural practitioners within the first five years of their careers, has opened applications for their 2022 Seed Awards

This new report from UNESCO—”Re|Shaping policies for creativity: addressing culture as a global public good”—took four years to prepare, reporting how to advance the understanding that creativity is a public good.

We have included a note about Carnegie Hall’s Musical Explorers free online curriculum for early learners before, but with new material, it is better than ever.

New research from the British Academy of Sound Therapy proves that music heals, suggesting that, in the future, music could be prescribed to help us focus, feel happier, relax, and overcome sadness.

Did you know that your work with young people directly supports Article 31 of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child?