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After months of work behind the scenes and four days together in Dundee, Scotland, a 95-musician orchestra made up of Big Noise and YOLA musicians—plus 100 younger Big Noise members forming a choir—came together on stage at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall for the Festival’s Family Concert on August 16, 2026.

It was a beautiful moment. But even before they ever shared the stage, the young musicians from Scotland and Los Angeles had achieved something remarkable.

I have traveled and taught in nearly 45 countries: at an orphanage in Greenland, in refugee camps, and alongside migrants and refugees who escaped war. I learned to teach when words were not enough, and to build community through music. Somewhere along the way, I forgot something essential: to support others, we also need support.

Impact Arts has launched Home of Hope, an international WhatsApp community with thematic-interest groups that connects artists, cultural workers, researchers, community leaders, and peacebuilders who work in situations of conflict and complex societal challenges.

The story of Sinfónica Azteca begins about five years ago, when the world was just beginning to reemerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. Across the globe, music programs and youth orchestras were struggling to survive. The need to restore trust in live music and reignite enthusiasm among young musicians had never been greater.

In Mexico, this posed a double challenge, since we had always lacked a national youth orchestra capable of uniting the country’s young musicians in high-caliber, immersive artistic experiences.

In this Reuters special report, young people in Gaza share how music offers them hope and eases their fears in the midst of war.

En el mundo de la educación artística, a menudo hablamos de la importancia de crear experiencias atractivas y transformadoras para los jóvenes. Sin embargo, el reto consiste en garantizar que estas experiencias conduzcan a un cambio positivo duradero. ¿Cómo pueden los artistas docentes no sólo fomentar la creatividad, sino también ayudar a los alumnos a crecer emocional y socialmente? La respuesta puede estar en la psicología positiva, un campo dedicado a mejorar el bienestar y el potencial humanos.

El Circo Social Sirkhane es algo más que un lugar donde aprender técnicas circenses: es un santuario de alegría, curación y expresión creativa para niños que han sufrido el trauma de la guerra, el desplazamiento y la inestabilidad social. Con sede en Mardin (Turquía), cerca de la frontera con Siria, Sirkhane ofrece un entorno seguro y enriquecedor en el que niños de diversos orígenes -sirios, turcos, iraquíes y kurdos- se reúnen para aprender, actuar y jugar.