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The Ambassadors’ Exchange: June Program Updates

06-01-2022

This month, Ambassadors from around the world check in with updates from the past month and share their hopes for the future.

Becoming a Music Educator: One Teacher’s Story

Tareq Jundi, Jordanian composer and music educator

05-04-2022

In 2010, I started my journey with music education as a full-time teacher at a private school in Amman, Jordan. The immediate result came fast: I resigned after the first week.

The Ambassadors’ Exchange: The 2022 Composition Relay

Axelle Miel, Program Manager, The Ambassadors

05-04-2022

Several of our Ambassadors had become busy with school, concerts, and auditions, and were unable to attend every meeting. Others had to stay up late at night or get up really early in the morning to participate. We asked ourselves: what if we created our entire composition asynchronously, to make it easier for everyone?

The Ambassadors’ Exchange: April 2022 Updates

04-06-2022

The 2022 Ambassadors are excited to bring you news from several different pockets of the world! This month, we share updates about recent performances and some especially thoughtful reflections on the meaning of music in our lives. We hope that you take the time to read our articles.

Relationships, the Bedrock of Community Art

Csaba Manyai, Impact Architect and Curator, Community Arts Network

04-06-2022

Too long have we seen ourselves and the world—almost unconsciously—through the metaphor of an elaborate, sophisticated machine. We do this to gain a sense of efficiency and control, and the results have been powerful, leading to remarkable achievements over the past few centuries. But this framework has come at a cost, undermining the more organic qualities and properties of who we are and what makes us healthy, happy, productive, and connected—those things “not measured in GDP,” as Robert F. Kennedy famously pointed out.

Attention, Paid Forward

Pedro Zenteno, Academic Director, The Global Leaders Program

03-02-2022

The idea of attention has gained significant traction in the last few years—in particular, the idea that we might be less able to pay attention in the new landscape within which our lives now unfold. While concern about human attention spans may be as old as black thread, there’s enough scientific evidence and lived experience to believe that the current focus on our perennial struggle to pay attention may be at an all-time high.

The Ambassadors’ Exchange: Designing Our New Logo

Axelle Miel (Cohort Leader) and Melis Erselcan (Turkey)

03-02-2022

This month, The Ensemble Ambassadors worked together to create a logo that represented the heart and spirit of the program.

Who’s Listening?

Evelyn Glennie CH. DBE, international percussionist and Sistema Scotland Ambassador

02-02-2022

Music and speech are our mediums for this, but we don’t always need a sound in order to listen. Presence is the true instrument we all play. Presence can be as loud or as soft, as busy and complex, or as simple and sparse as we please. Presence allows everything to matter; it is not beholden to budgets or equipment.

Ambassadors Program Updates: February 2022

02-02-2022

Here is our first dispatch from our new Ambassador cohort. If you haven’t gotten to meet them yet, here’s your chance!

Introducing The Ensemble’s 2022 Ambassador Cohort

01-05-2022

The World Ensemble Ambassadors are a group of youth musicians representing different Sistema-based programs around the globe. We are pleased to announce the third cohort of Ambassadors, who hail from eight countries and nine programs. Get to know them below!

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