The Rhythm is Going To Get You

micayetoca — Fri, 23 May 2008 07:47:59 -0800

The Youth and Children Orchestras of Venezuela have won the Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts. It might be in part due to their charismatic conductor, or very probably due to their unique style. What sets them apart from most orchestras, though, is their System, which the NYT referred to as "the most ambitious program of music education and orchestra training in the world". El Sistema Nacional de Orquestas Juveniles e Infantiles is a government sponsored program consisting of 120 youth and 60 children orchestras numbering approximately 100,000 youngsters, created by José Antonio Abreu. As a bonus, here is the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra's rendition of Bernstein's Mambo.

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