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The 2024 SEYO Summer Residency

Etienne Abelin, Co-founder, Sistema Europe Youth Orchestra; Music Director, Empire State Youth Orchestra, U.S.A.

09-04-2024

The Seventh Sistema Europe Youth Orchestra Residency was hosted this July by Urbino and Pesaro, Italy; the residency was held within the celebrations of Pesaro Italian Capital of Culture 2024. This event continued a bi-annual tradition that began in 2013: previous summer camps have taken place in Vienna/Salzburg, Austria; Istanbul, Turkey; Milan, Italy; Athens, Greece; Birmingham, U.K.; and Madrid, Spain.

This year’s gathering was more than a musical event; it was also a chance for young musicians to explore the connections between music and nature, guided by the theme “Song of the Earth,” which put a focus on questions of sustainability.

World Orchestra Week at Carnegie Hall

James Ross, Orchestra Director, NYO-USA and NYO2-USA; Music Director, Alexandria Symphony, VA, USA; Director of Orchestral Studies, Curtis Institute of Music

09-04-2024

Carnegie Hall’s World Orchestra Week festival in August was a week of one “WOW!” after another, as seven youth orchestras from five different continents joined forces in and around Carnegie Hall to play for and with each other, to share singular musical works and ethos from their countries, and to show us all what the next generation’s Wishes for Our World might be.

Suggested (Free) Reading: Classical Music Futures

07-10-2024

There’s something for everyone in Classical Music Futures: Practices of Innovation, a free e-book for music scholars, practitioners, administrators, and educators interested in international perspectives on classical music.

YOLA Gives ‘Collective Composition’ New Meaning

Ensemble Editorial Team

07-10-2024

We know that many programs use collective composition as a creative boost for students. But an experiment at the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s YOLA Institute Children’s Orchestra was a new one for us at The Ensemble.

Project Music Partners with Orchestra Lumos and GE to Create 3D-Printed Violins

 

 

06-05-2024

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

Study Highlights Unique Challenges Faced by Young Musicians in Rural Areas

 

 

06-05-2024

Side by Side Celebrates Ten Years of Music with New Documentary

 

 

06-05-2024

“As the world falls apart, these children unite it through music.” These are the opening remarks from El Sistema maestro Gustavo Dudamel in Side by Side’s new documentary, celebrating over ten years of collective music-making.

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.

Sistema New Brunswick Announces Wild Symphony Curriculum

04-03-2024

A new music curriculum resource will soon be on its way to orchestral programs across North America.

Afghan Youth Orchestra Makes First Appearance in U.K.

04-03-2024

The students of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music are no strangers to adversity.

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