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A year ago, I received a phone call asking me if El Sistema USA® wanted to partner with a commercial mission to space called Polaris Dawn. I was as surprised to get this call as you probably are to hear about it. My first thought was: Why El Sistema USA?

With an assist from modern technology, music just became more accessible for young people.

Those working with Greek communities will want to tune into El Sistema Greece’s new podcast Music Confidential.

The Aaron Copland Fund for Music is accepting applications to fund professional performances of contemporary American concert and jazz music.

We’ve long known that music-making builds transferable skills, but a recent article in The Conversation confirms it.

With a sharp rise in families migrating to an increasingly expensive New York City, many children in the city are living in homeless shelters.

As The Lewis Prize enters a new phase, we are taking the learnings from our grant process, field relationships, and research to create a platform for expanded investment in creative youth development. We’ve designed the Creating Abundance Collaborative, a cross-sector space where practitioners, young people, researchers, philanthropists, and policymakers come together to advance the field through shared learning and pooled resources.

In a world that seems increasingly divided by our differences, a recent collaboration by international musicians shares an inspirational message of our shared humanity.

“Your alumni will become your best assets for your mission.” That’s what social entrepreneurs from Changemaker Fellowships told AIM’s leadership when we began in 2018. So far, we agree.