This is the perverse logic of the world of STEM.
Steamed about STEM – Part 1
Jonathan Andrew Govias
A Quick Guide to Musical Service Residencies
Well before the UNC Charlotte Chamber Orchestra spent a full week in Montréal this past March, I vowed not to call the trip a tour. It’s long been fashionable for youth and even university orchestras to trot across the globe to exotic locales, normally at the expense of the students, or more likely the typically … Continue reading A Quick Guide to Musical Service Residencies
The Towers and the Trenches
If you have a vision for education, music or otherwise, live it first.
The Two (Ivory) Towers
If you're an educator trying to lead a Sistema program, here's my suggestion for what to keep in mind.
Bonfire of the Inanities – International censorship in Sistema
Who's telling you what to read or think?
This is where we flew
How a major research university is playing a role in Sistema internationally
This is where we fly
Confronting reality will not confine, it will liberate.
Sistema Through the Noise
A new definition for El Sistema in Venezuela.
Pictures from a Conducting Exhibition
What’s the point of the extra time on music if we’re not willing to use it differently?
Book Review: El Sistema – Orchestrating Venezuela’s Youth
Essential, if flawed, reading
Jonathan Andrew Govias 