El Sistema in Britain: social projects, with strings attached | Vanessa Thorpe

Its star musicians catch the eye, but the Venezuelan orchestral scheme's priority is helping children, as one of its visiting teachers reminded usWhat's the best way to teach young children to play musical instruments? One of the El Sistema teachers visiting Britain from Venezuela, a veteran of teaching children from the poorest areas how to play the violin, recently outlined her method, which is, basically, no method at all. She just repeatedly shows the children what she is doing and then they...

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