Latin American brio for the children of the north

A hugely successful music education system from Venezuela will be tried out in three projects from Merseyside to Tyneside. Alan Sykes reportsThe Venezuelan El Sistema - of immersive musical education as a means of helping some of its most deprived and vulnerable children - has made international stars of the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra, as well as helping an estimated 330,000 children across the country who are now members of orchestras.In Harmony, a pilot project inspired by the Sistema which...

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