Essential, if flawed, reading
Book Review: El Sistema – Orchestrating Venezuela’s Youth
No apologies for the orchestra
Is the orchestra the best medium for social action through music?
The Candlestick Maker
It's either light a candle or curse the darkness...
The Butcher, The Baker?
Geoff Baker has written a book. People are worried.
Avoiding the Clap Trap
It may be ubiquitous as a pedagogical tool, but does that make it a good idea?
Video Blog – A Transcontinental Connection
Three South Americans reach out across 7000km with extraordinary results
The Venezuela revisit revisited
It’s not just about the orchestra; it’s about what you do with it.
ISME Sistema in Porto Alegre – the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
ISME 2014 and the Sistema Special Interest Group have both drawn to their conclusion in Porto Alegre. Here, for your reading enjoyment, are the relative highlights. And the lowlights.
Acarigua – The Legend Continues
This was not the same orchestra. There was a technical and musical assurance, a mental flexibility, a level of intellectual discipline that was evident in every measure they played.
On the S.S. (Symphonic Ship) Titanic
Can Sistema save the Symphony?
Jonathan Andrew Govias 