The Career Development Center: A New Window

In São Paulo, Brazil, a new window of opportunity has opened for young musicians at EMESP Tom Jobim, one of Brazil’s leading institutions for music education.

Learning from GLP Leaders-in-Residence

The 15 Leaders-in-Residence organizations have been a feature of the GLP curriculum since 2020, and offer valuable insight into what innovation looks like today in the music sector. During the first semester, the cohort is divided into teams of four, and each team is assigned a Leaders-In-Residence organization. Over the course of the semester, each […]

The future of Steelpan in a digital world

PanNotation is a digital platform launched in October 2021 that offers steelpan educational resources online. 

Reclaiming the Sounds of our Surroundings

In the early days of COVID, the confinement caused by lockdown transformed homes into offices, schools, gyms, movie theaters, restaurants, and much more.

Logic Models with Stanford Thompson

Stanford Thompson has been a Global Leaders Program Module Director for the past six years, and has just finished teaching his module “Frameworks for Advocacy and Action.” Stanford is a Philadelphia-based musician and educator who serves as the Founder and Executive Director of Play On Philly and founding Board Chairman of El Sistema USA and […]