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In Harmony Connects Young People with Vital Life Skills

 

 

05-01-2024

The University of Liverpool’s recent study on In Harmony Liverpool bolsters a growing body of research on the impact of orchestral programs on youth resilience.

Celebrate International Arts Education Week

05-01-2024

Join UNESCO and the World Alliance of Arts Education in celebrating International Arts Education Week from May 20–26.

Atlanta Music Project Embarks on First International Tour

05-01-2024

The Atlanta Music Project is in the midst of their first international tour.

New Report and Upcoming Events from The Lewis Prize

05-01-2024

The Lewis Prize for Music’s recent “Producing Well-Being Report” is chock full of evidence that Creative Youth Development programs hone essential leadership skills in young people and help set them up for professional success.

ESUSA Musicians Celebrate Ninth Annual El Sistema Residency

05-01-2024

The King School and Project Music just wrapped their Ninth Annual El Sistema Residency, hosting a cluster of east coast–based El Sistema USA programs for a weekend of musical exchange and performance.

Curation, Not Composition: Strategies for Healthy Collaboration in the Classroom

Mike Roberts, composer and sound artist specializing in electronic, choral, and community music; Founder/Head of the Electronic & Produced Music Department at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, U.K.

05-01-2024

It was during a choir rehearsal, at age nine, that I decided to become a composer. Choir was an oasis of joy in an otherwise difficult school experience; I simply lived for each opportunity to sing. Since then, it’s been my joy to witness, time and time again, music’s transformative power in community—never more so than in communities of singers, and never more powerfully than when those singers are empowered to compose their own songs.

Expanding Musical Opportunities for Children

Yutaka Kikugawa, Founder and Executive Director, El Sistema Japan

05-01-2024

It’s been a decade since we launched the first El Sistema–inspired program in Japan, in the city of Soma, Fukushima Province. Our goal was to offer support, community, and dignity to the children affected by the 2011 tsunami and nuclear accident. Our vision statement at that time was: “Community regenerated by children with life skills through music.”

Since then, we’ve learned a great deal about the needs of the children we serve and the primary outcomes we want to be aiming at. Accordingly, we’ve reshaped the vision statement as follows: “Collaborative society where everyone can be free and creative.”

Exploring Music Therapy in Rwanda with Musicians Without Borders

Amelia Caesar-Homden, musician and final-year music therapy student at the University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol, U.K.

05-01-2024

Music therapy for hearing-impaired people? I’ve been a musician for 20 years, and I am currently a third-year trainee music therapist studying at the University of the West of England in Bristol. But I never really knew how impactful music can be for children who are deaf or have hearing impairments until I had the opportunity to accept a professional placement with Rwanda Youth Music in Kigali, Rwanda.

Free Creative Youth Development Workshops

04-03-2024

The Lewis Prize for Music’s Creating Abundance Collaborative is hosting two virtual workshops to level up the field of creative youth development, with a focus on career-readiness and wellbeing.

Apply for the Music Cities Awards

04-03-2024

The Music Cities Awards recognize the impact that music initiatives have on cities’ economic, environmental, and cultural development, inviting nominations from individuals and organizations creating social change through music for their 2024 global competition.

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