Sounds of Palestine Continues to Thrive

 
The Ensemble seeks to connect and inform all people who are committed to ensemble music education for youth empowerment and social change.
 
The Ensemble Newsletter

Regions

Africa

Asia/Oceania

Europe

Latin America

North America

Topics

Teaching & Learning

Program Design

Student Voice & Leadership

Community Building

Collaborations

Funding & Support

Perspectives & Collective Action

News & Resources

Sounds of Palestine Continues to Thrive

12-10-2017

Sounds of Palestine’s annual Music Summer School started on the 30th of July and lasted three weeks, with more than one hundred children participating. The School provided students with music lessons, orchestra, choir, music theory lessons, art workshops, and swimming, as well as healthy home cooked meals and fruit daily.

At the end of the Music Summer School, students gave two concerts and received a certificate of successful participation for the 2016–2017 academic year. Furthermore, volunteers who participated in the summer camp were honored, including young Palestinian music students Maestro Thomas Kanitz and violinist Ryuko Reid.

Sounds of Palestine started the new semester with a new group of 1st-graders, called “Jilya,” named after a Palestinian village.  The new children come from  Deheisha Camp, Azzeh Camp and Aida Camp, and from the village of Alkas and various parts of the Bethlehem district. During their first days, students listened to the sound of the different instruments, chose an instrument by coloring the instrument of their choice, and got to know all the rooms of the building through a discovery game. Then the children colored their ‘paper instruments’ which they used during their first weeks, before changing to real instruments.  To see photos from these first few days of Jilya, click here.

And then watch a video of Al- Majdal concert below:

https://www.facebook.com/soundsofpalestine/videos/750463245125794/

 

Date Published: 9 December 2017

January 2018, Sounds of Palestine

Related Content

Share

ABOUT US MASTHEAD THE AMBASSADORS THE ARCHIVES SUBSCRIBE CONTACT
© Copyright 2022 Ensemble News