Rendimiento

One of our longest-standing members asked a question at a meeting this year that I still cannot answer well. He had rehearsed four or five pieces for our concert last December. On the afternoon itself, he participated in playing only one of them. He wanted to know how that had come about. He put his question to everyone in the room.

“What’s the biggest thing keeping you up at night, as a leader or as a teaching artist?”

When Nikoletta Polydorou, founder of Sistema Cyprus, recently posed this question to music-for-social-action leaders and teaching artists across different countries and contexts, one concern surfaced repeatedly: when a program’s purpose isn’t clear, and collectively owned, the learning is less focused and effective.

When you walk down the halls of OrKidstra, you’ll hear the universal language of music around every corner. Laughter as the kids rush to the snack table during their break. And you’ll hear something distinctly Canadian: the beautiful sounds of a community composed of 62 different cultural and linguistic backgrounds. A community of belonging.

Classical violinist Joshua Bell takes his audience through 300 years of classical music in his recent TED Talk.

Hace diez años, la violinista Sophie Till estuvo en Escocia trabajando con músicos de la Scottish Chamber Orchestra y la Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Yo también estuve allí, asistí a sus sesiones y participé en una clase. Cuando volví a En armonía Liverpoollo hice con la sensación de que el trabajo de Sophie pronto cambiaría la forma de enseñar a nuestros jóvenes instrumentistas de cuerda.