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BLUME Haiti, a nonprofit serving over 60 music schools across Haiti, is seeking orchestral faculty to lead their Haitian Orchestra Program of Excellence (HOPE) from March 26–31 in Cap Haïtian.

Arts programs are often the first to be affected by government cutbacks, and proposed cuts are putting the future of the Melbourne Youth Orchestras at risk.

As international opportunities grow for musicians, On the Move is setting out to clear barriers to access faced by disabled artists.

The Lewis Prize for Music has launched a new podcast, The Blank Note, in partnership with Save the Music Foundation.

SIMM, an international music and social impact research network, has announced two events this fall.

I have worked in the humanitarian sector for almost 15 years, in both Jordan and Lebanon, which have the highest refugees per capita in the world. In that time, I’ve learned thousands of life stories: of people who lost their homes, their possessions, and their established lives; of traumatized children and departed loved ones; of extreme health crises, both mental and physical. Yet, despite the hardships they reveal, these stories have always been more about bravery, strength, resilience, faith, and love.

The Queen of Paradise program was originally the brainchild of Father Miguel de la Calle, a priest at the IVE (Instituto del Verbo Encarnado) mission in Papua New Guinea. Father Miguel, says Maestro Briceño, “had full confidence, from day one, in the power of music to positively change lives.”

We don’t often report on grant recipients, but a big award to California’s Enriching Lives through Music (ELM) has some newsworthy features.

The World Health Organization, in partnership with a number of art and health institutions, just released a special issue of their SDGzine highlighting arts programs addressing urgent public health needs around the world.

El Sistema USA is offering five scholarship spots to member organization employees to attend the Eastman Leadership Bootcamp on June 24–28.