Being nice, being friendly, being polite is so alien to group music making that apparently it looks like praxial innovation.
The Problem Part 4: the indoxination of musicians
The Search for SIGnificance
Whither (wither?) the Sistema Special Interest Group?
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?
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
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.
Jonathan Andrew Govias 