BELIZE, BELIZE CITY

Field Hosts:
National Institute of Culture & History
National Youth Orchestra & Choir of Belize

NICH is Belize’s premier cultural institution, dedicated to creating an enabling environment for the development, conservation, promotion, expression, and accessibility of culture in all its diversity. The NYOCB builds civic capacity among the youth of Belize through the arts.

CANADA, NEW BRUNSWICK

Field Hosts:
Sistema New Brunswick
New Brunswick Youth Orchestra

Sistema New Brunswick operates music centers throughout the province, serving thousnads of students, five days a week. Programs are located in urban and rural communities, operate in both official languages in Canada (English and French), and include the first El Sistema-inspired program in a First Nation territory of Canada.

CANADA, ONTARIO

Field Host: National Arts Centre of Canada

National Arts Centre is a performing arts organization and a historic building in Ottawa, Ontario. It presents, creates, and co-produces various streams of music, dance, and theatre. It also nurtures the next generation of Canadian artists and audiences.

CANADA, ONTARIO

Field Host: The Royal Conservatory of Music

The Royal Conservatory of Canada is a non-profit music education institution and performance venue headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. It was founded in 1886 by Edward Fisher as The Toronto Conservatory of Music and received a royal charter from King George VI in 1947. It offers music programs, exams, and concerts for students and audiences across Canada and beyond.

CANADA, QUEBEC

Field Host: Opéra de Montréal

Opéra de Montréal is the largest francophone opera company in North America, founded in 1980. It presents four operas per season at the Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier

CANADA, QUEBEC

Field Host: Midsummer Music Dream Festival

Midsummer Music Dream is a community music festival in rural Quebec that includes a vocal academy, community choir, and chamber orchestra formed largely by seasonal volunteers.

GUADELOUPE, BASSE-TERRE

Field Host: Saint-Georges International Music Festival

Festival International de Musique Saint-Georges is a music festival in Guadeloupe that celebrates Joseph Bologne, a composer of African origin and a hero of the French Revolution. It promotes diversity in classical music and features artists from various backgrounds.

GUATEMALA, ANTIGUA

Field Host: Orquesta, Coro y Conservatorio Alaíde Foppa

Orquesta, Coro y Conservatorio Alaíde Foppa uses music as a platform to promote solidarity, camaraderie, and inclusion for indigenous and non-indigenous women from urban and rural areas of Guatemala contributing to a national dialogue on civil rights and gender equality.

GUATEMALA CITY, GUATEMALA

Field Host: Querido Arte

Querido Artes produces high-quality opera productions in addition to offering development projects for artists, presentations that teach opera tradition, and events that positively impact culture and society, transforming lives through music, one opera at a time.

GUATEMALA, GUATEMALA CITY, SACATEPÉQUEZ, & CHIMALTENANGO

Field Host: Sistema de Orquestas de Guatemala (SOG)

Sistema de Orquestas de Guatemala is a musical organization inspired by Venezuela’s El Sistema program that aims to promote social development through the collective practice of music in choirs, marimba ensembles, and orchestras. SOG runs three inclusive music schools located in Guatemala City, Sacatepéquez, and Chimaltenango.

HAITI, NATIONWIDE

Field Host: Blume Haiti

For three decades, Blume Haiti has run a wide range of annual music camps across Haiti. Camp sites include the Cemuchca Institute of Music, Holy Trinity Music School, Academie Musicale Occide Jeanty, Dessaix-Baptiste Music School, and Catherine Flon Music School, among others.

HONDURAS, SAN PEDRO SULA

Field Host: Victoriano Lopez Music School

Founded in 1945, the Victoriano Lopez Music School is one of the few music institutions in Honduras to provide formal training in classical music to high school students. It offers a 5-year Bachelor of Music program with a specialization in instrumental performance, preparing its graduates to enter the workforce as pedagogues, soloists, chamber, and orchestral musicians.

HONDURAS, TELA

Field Host: Orquestas y coros para prevención de la violencia

JAMAICA, KINGSTON

Field Host: National Youth Orchestra of Jamaica

MEXICO, AGUASCALIENTES

Field Host: Compaz

Compaz provides free access to music education for youth from vulnerable sectors of Aguascalientes (Green Line). Their symphony orchestra and choir programs foster inclusion, social development, and provide access to cultural activities.

MEXICO, CHIHUAHUA

Field Host: México a través del Arte (NUCAM)

The Nucleo Comunitario de Aprendizaje Musical Quinta Carolina (NUCAM) is an initiative of México a través del Arte. With a focus on social impact through music, NUCAM promotes personal and community development, as well as artistic talent in Chihuahua. NUCAM serves students through a symphony orchestra, guitar orchestra, choir, and classes introducing students to music.

MEXICO, CHIHUAHUA

Field Host: Promesa Educativa para México A.C.

Promesa Educativa para México A.C. is a nonprofit organization that implements high-impact educational programs to support the development of youth in disadvantaged communities. Programs operate in Se’Wá Music System, Riberas School, Alsuperarte School, and Lobos Sports Center.

MEXICO, DURANGO

Field Host: Universidad Juarez del Estado Durango (UJED)

Universidad Juarez del Estado Durango is one of the leading universities in northern Mexico, offering a variety of majors ranging from sciences to arts. The School of Music frequently hosts residencies of top international visiting artists.

MEXICO, NAOLINCO

Field Host: International Music Festival of Naolinco

The International Music Festival of Naolinco takes place each summer in the state of Veracruz, Mexico. The festival combines didactic workshops and masterclasses with community-focused performances led by invited guests and teaching artists.

MEXICO, MORELIA

Field Host: Productora Tragaluz

Productora Tragaluz in Morelia, Mexico, is a company that offers services of installation and maintenance of skylights and domes. It also provides solutions for natural lighting, ventilation, and energy saving. It has experience in residential, commercial, and industrial projects.

MEXICO, TLAXCALA

Field Host: Orquesta Filarmónica Tlaxcallan

Orquesta Filarmónica Tlaxcallan is an initiative that offers an opportunity for orchestral training to students from the region before they become members of professional orchestras around the country.

MEXICO, XALAPA

Field Host: Festival Allegra

Festival Allegra offers opportunities for Mexican youth to access high-quality musical training by scheduling residencies for artists traveling from abroad at diverse musical institutions across the country. Each year, Festival Allegra hosts an orchestral camp with nearly 100 participants and faculty joining in the activities.

PANAMA, NATÁ & PANAMA CITY

Field Hosts:
Fundación Orquesta Juvenil de Natá de los Caballeros

Fundación Orquesta Juvenil de Natá de los Caballeros is a nonprofit music education organization that works with at-risk youth, including those with special needs. The organization hosts an annual camp, organizes musical workshops, and provides instruments for its students.

PANAMA, SANTIAGO & PANAMA CITY

Field Hosts:
Orquesta Panameña de Vientos
Orquesta Veraguense de Vientos

Orquesta Panameña de Vientos is Panama’s best in the training of symphonic band repertoire. Top talent from around the country is invited to join at intense short-term residencies held at various times during the year in Panama City. The orchestra was launched with a mission to develop the symphonic band and wind ensemble repertoire in a city with a long history of military and marching bands.

PANAMA, PANAMA CITY

Field Host: Asociación Nacional de Conciertos (ANC)

In over 30 years, the ANC has elevated itself as the most important private organization supporting the nurturing of classical music in the country. In collaboration with Oberlin University, the ANC hosts the annual Campamento Musical Juvenil, an intense orchestral training setting that takes place in Ciudad del Saber, a former US military compound, serving as an opportunity for Panamanian students from all provinces to access orchestral repertoire training.

PANAMA, PANAMA CITY

Field Host: Escuela Juvenil de Música

Founded in 1975, Escuela Juvenil de Música serves as one of the most important centers in music. It offers private instruction in the majority of the symphonic instruments, as well as instruction in theory, solfège, and orchestral training. The school is host to Taller de Trombones, an international trombone symposium attended by 80 students from around the country featuring great performers and pedagogues from across the Americas.

PANAMA, PANAMA CITY

Field Host: FUNSINCOPA Panama

FUNSINCOPA’s mission is to enrich and strengthen, through the learning of a musical instrument, the education of youth in Panama that are found in sectors where their rights are vulnerable. The program also offers professional development training to professors to motivate them to continue to grow as pedagogues.

PUERTO RICO, SAN JUAN

Field Host: Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music

Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music is the leading music education institution on the island. For decades, it has nurtured top musicians ranging from classical to popular music. The Conservatory has launched after-school programs in an effort to make music accessible to students not affiliated with formal instruction.

PUERTO RICO, SAN JUAN

Field Host: FLADEM Puerto Rico

FLADEM is the Latin American Forum of Music Education. FLADEM Puerto Rico is a section of FLADEM that promotes music as a social good and preserves musical traditions in Puerto Rico

PUERTO RICO, SAN JUAN

Field Host: Suzuki Violin Association of Puerto Rico

This association was formed in 1981 with the intention of developing and promoting music education in accordance with the Suzuki method and philosophy. Currently, the association comprises approximately 40 families with children ages three and up who study violin with their parents’ participation.

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, PORT OF SPAIN

Field Host: The Lydians

The Lydians in Trinidad & Tobago is a musical group that combines singers, steelpan players, drummers and collaborators. It was founded in 1980 by Bishop Anstey High School alumnae. It is known for its diverse and challenging repertoire of classical, folk, spiritual and operatic music.

USA, ALASKA

Field Host: Juneau Alaska Music Matters

JAMM is a tuition-free music program, which uses the power of music and the social experience of ensembles to help youth reach their fullest potential. With both during and after-school programming, JAMM serves over 500 students in three elementary schools and over 100 secondary students.

USA, ARKANSAS

Field Host: University of Arkansas Community Music School

The University of Arkansas Community Music School is an outreach program of the University of Arkansas Music Department that provides music education and programs for students of all ages and levels. It offers private lessons, group classes, camps, and ensembles in various instruments and genres. It also has a Suzuki Music School that follows the Suzuki method of teaching.

USA, COLORADO

Field Host: El Sistema Colorado

El Sistema Colorado’s mission is to empower children by providing an intensive music program that teaches the importance of teamwork, promotes self-confidence, and instills the value of social responsibility. They serve more than 100 children per year, coming from Denver’s lowest-income communities.

USA, ILLINOIS

Field Host: Chicago Arts & Music Project

The Chicago Arts and Music Project provides free El Sistema orchestral training in Chicago’s East Garfield Park neighborhood for students in 3rd-8th grade.

USA, ILLINOIS

Field Host: Guarneri Hall NFP

Guarneri Hall NFP is a not-for-profit classical music incubator whose home is a new, acoustically engineered, and technologically advanced 60-seat performance space in the Chicago Loop. They serve as sponsors of music education programs in the Chicago community, with a special focus on reaching youth with limited access to classical music.

USA, ILLINOIS

Field Host: Chicago Public Schools – Arts Education Dep.

The Chicago Public Schools Department of Arts Education is a district-level department that works to ensure that every CPS student receives a high-quality arts education by creating policies, resources, curricula, and programs that support arts learning in and outside of school.

USA, ILLINOIS

Field Host: Ravinia

Ravinia, North America’s oldest music festival, stands today as its most musically diverse, presenting a large variety of different events throughout the summer. These concerts run the gamut from Yo-Yo Ma to John Legend to the annual summer residency of the nation’s finest orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

USA, LOUISIANA

Field Host: Louisiana Philharmonic

The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra is dedicated to maintaining a full-scale symphonic orchestra as an integral part of the cultural and educational life of the New Orleans area, the entire state of Louisiana, and the Gulf South region. Formed in 1991, the LPO is the oldest full-time musician-governed orchestra in the United States.

USA, LOUISIANA

Field Host: Jazz Girls Day

Jazz Girls Day is a free workshop for girls who sing or play an instrument and want to learn jazz. It is led by women mentors and includes jam sessions, concerts and education.

USA, LOUISIANA

Field Host: The Descendants Project

The Descendants Project is a nonprofit organization that supports the Black descendant community in the Louisiana river parishes. It works to dismantle the legacies of slavery and achieve a healed and liberated future.

USA, MASSACHUSETTS

Field Host: Silkroad Ensemble

Silkroad Ensemble is a musical collective of artists from Eurasian cultures. They perform and record diverse music that transcends boundaries.

USA, MASSACHUSETTS

Field Host: Global Arts Live / 585 Arts

Global Arts Live / 585 Arts is a nonprofit that operates arts and cultural spaces at 585 Third Street in Cambridge’s Kendall Square. It is a partnership between BioMed Realty, a life science real estate company, and Global Arts Live, a nonprofit presenting international music, dance, and jazz.

USA, MISSOURI

Field Host: PreventEd

PreventEd is an organization that provides education, intervention and advocacy to prevent the harms of alcohol and other drugs in Missouri. It was formerly known as NCADA.

USA, NATIONWIDE

Field Host: OAcademy

The OAcademy Global Music Conservatory was created to reinvent the relationship between music education and the demands of the real world. OAcademy brings together the sharpest minds, foremost mentors, and leading global institutions to nurture the talent of tomorrow by providing a carefully curated toolkit to succeed in an ever-changing field.

USA, NEW YORK

Field Host: Groundlp Music

Groundlp music is a record label founded by Michael League that features artists in various genres such as jazz, world, folk, rock and gospel. It is also a non-profit foundation that supports musicians and provides educational opportunities.

USA, NEW YORK

Field Host: Lullaby Project

Lullaby Project is a program that pairs parents and caregivers with artists to write and sing lullabies for their babies. It supports maternal health, childhood development, and family bonding.

USA, NEW YORK

Field Host: Buffalo String Works

Buffalo String Works fosters vibrant, inclusive communities through the transformative power of music. The rigorous music program is rooted in developing the human potential of youth through a curriculum focused on cultivating student agency, serving Buffalo’s youth as well as NY’s refugee and immigrant community.

USA, NEW YORK

Field Host: International Society for the Performing Arts

International Society for the Performing Arts (ISPA) is a nonprofit global network of more than 500 leaders in the performing arts from more than 185 cities and regions. It aims to strengthen the performing arts globally through the advancement of leadership, the exchange of ideas, and by fostering a diverse and engaged membership.

USA, NEW YORK

The Canales Project

Founded by internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Carla Canales, The Canales Project is a musical organization hosting a variety of collaborative, advocacy-centered projects that give voice to issues of identity and culture through music and conversation.

ARGENTINA, BUENOS AIRES

Field Host: Schola Cantorum

Schola Cantorum’s mission is social and musical, promoting the creation of Choral Singing Schools under the methodology of Musical Literacy and Children’s Youth Choir of Maestro José María Sciutto. This project supports the development of children and young people in musical, intellectual, intersubjective, and social of high scope.

ARGENTINA, NATIONWIDE

Field Host: Amigos del Arpa

Amigos del Arpa is a nationwide initiative that supports the development of new ventures and initiatives furthering the role of the harp in Argentine society, education, and concert life.

ARGENTINA, BUENOS AIRES

Field Host: Opera Queer

Opera Queer Buenos Aires is a theatrical, lyrical and dissident show that questions the musical cultural heritage of the last 200 years. It features the twins Ferni and Luchi De Gyldenfelt, who sing a variety of arias and duets from chamber, opera, zarzuela and popular music.

ARGENTINA, CÓRDOBA

Field Host: La Mediterránea

La Mediterránea, Orquesta Escuela Infantil y Juvenil is a musical education project that aims to foster social inclusion and integration of children and youth from vulnerable communities in Argentina. It is part of a national and international network of orchestras based on the El Sistema method.

ARGENTINA, SANTA FE

Field Host: Trombonanza

Trombonanza began in Santa Fe, Argentina as a regional gathering of South America’s top orchestral trombonists and tubists in 2000. In years since, the annual festival has grown into a week-long celebration of low brass, welcoming more than 150 professionals and students from around the world.

ARGENTINA, SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO

Field Hosts: Escuela Superior del Profesorado de Educación Artística No. 1 Nicolás Segundo Gennero

ESPEA No. 1 is an academic organization that is part of the Santiago Province Education Ministry. It offers programs for students ranging from beginner to intermediate levels on a variety of instruments. It also offers undergraduate studies in Music, Folkloric Dance, and Theater.

BOLIVIA, LA PAZ

Field Hosts: The Bolivian Chamber Music Society

The Bolivian Chamber Music Society is a cultural institution that promotes classical music and music education in Bolivia. It also offers online concerts for people affected by COVID-19.

BOLIVIA, LA PAZ

Field Hosts: Plurinational Conservatory of Music

Founded in 1906, the Plurinational Conservatory of Music offers a variety of programs in the areas of classical and modern music. Its faculty and administrative body are comprised of 135 members serving over 1,000 students. Since 2013, the Conservatory offers a Licenciatura in music, positioning itself as the country’s most important center of teachers and professionals in the field of classical music.

BOLIVIA, MOXOS

Field Hosts: San Ignacio de Moxos Superior Institute of Music

The San Ignacio de Moxos Superior Institute of Music was founded to support the advancement of the Moxos community. The institute offers tuition-free music education and enables its students to develop professional opportunities in addition to learning more about their own history.

BRAZIL, BAHIA

Field Host: NEOJIBÁ

With more than a dozen music centers including its flagship campus in Salvador, NEOJIBÁ serves over 4,600 youth in the state of Bahia through its network of youth orchestra Nucleos that provide access to free music lessons and ensemble training.

BRAZIL, CORUMBÁ

Field Host: Moinho Cultural Sul-Americano

Moinho Cultural Sul-Americano is a nonprofit organization that provides arts education and social inclusion for children and adolescents living in the border region between Brazil and Bolivia. It offers activities such as dance, music, singing, languages, and audiovisual technology, as well as psychosocial support and income generation for families.

BRAZIL, SÃO PAULO

Field Host: Baccarelli Institute

Founded in 1996, the Baccarelli Institute offers music and arts education to 1,000+ underprivileged and socially vulnerable youth. In addition to the Heliopolis Symphony Orchestra, the project maintains 4 orchestras, 14 choirs, 20 chamber groups, 20 music introduction groups, and 52 group classes for various instruments.

CHILE, ARICA

Field Host: Juan Noe Crevani Artistic School

The Juan Noe Crevani Artistic School has 500 students with ages ranging from 7 to 18, offering instruction in strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion, in addition to choir and classical guitar training.

CHILE, CALAMA

Field Host: Centro de Desarrollo Social y Cultural Orquesta de Niños del Altiplano

The Centro de Desarrollo Social y Cultural provides musical training for youth from indigenous origins, vulnerable sectors, and those with special needs. The center teaches a wide range of instruments using the Kodaly and Dalcroze Methods, as well as offering music learning techniques through early childhood classes.

CHILE, CHONCHI

Field Host: Chonchi Philharmonic Orchestra

The Chonchi Philharmonic Orchestra promotes education and access to classical music. Each year, it welcomes 50+ students between the ages of 4-20. There are six ensembles, including the Municipal Chamber Orchestra of Chonchi, a chamber ensemble, and violin, viola, cello, and wind ensembles.

CHILE, EASTER ISLAND

Field Host: Toki Rapa Nui
(The Easter Island School of Music & Arts)

The Easter Island School of Music and Arts teaches classical music, including individual instrument instruction and ensemble teaching, as well as offering training in traditional Rapa Nui: ukelele and ancestral song native to Easter Island.

CHILE, FRUTILLAR

Field Host: Corporación Cultural Teatro del Lago

A project with local impact and international vision, Teatro del Lago is an artistic and educational center with a mission that seeks to develop and cultivate the personal growth of people through the arts. Education and creativity linked to music and art are essential in developing the imagination and being in tune with our surroundings.

CHILE, FRUTILLAR

Field Host: Musicaustral

CHILE, HUILO-HUILO

Field Hosts: Huilo Huilo Music Festival

The Huilo Huilo Music Festival is an annual event that offers musical and professional advancement to young musicians from across the Americas under the guidance of musicians from the Brussels Philharmonic. It takes place in the Huilo Huilo Biological Reserve, one of the most beautiful natural environments in Chile.

CHILE, HUILO-HUILO

Field Hosts: Fundacion Huilo Huilo

Fundación Huilo Huilo is a nonprofit organization that works for the conservation of the biodiversity and culture of the Huilo-Huilo Biological Reserve in Chile. It conducts research, education, and community development projects that aim to protect the natural and cultural heritage of the region. It also supports the reintroduction of endangered species.

CHILE, LA SERENA

Field Hosts:
Colegio de las Artes Pedro Aguirre Cerda
Liceo Gregorio Cordovez, FIMCE Festival

Colegio de las Artes Pedro Aguirre Cerda is a regional school supported by the municipality of La Serena, offering orchestral instruction. Founded in 1821 by Bernando O ́Higgins, Liceo Gregorio Cordovez is the second oldest school in Chile, where 100+ students engage in group music lessons. Centered in La Serena, the FIMCE Festival celebrates with concerts/workshops Jorge Peña Hen’s legacy as a founder in Latin America’s movement of youth orchestras.

CHILE, MANCERA

Field Host: Campamento Musical Marqués de Mancera

The Campamento Musical Marqués de Mancera brings together young musicians to provide them with access to musical instruction and the opportunity to perform concerts throughout the Región de Los Ríos.

CHILE, NATIONWIDE

Field Host: Fundación de Orquestas Juveniles e Infantiles de Chile

The Fundación de Orquestas Juveniles e Infantiles de Chile (FOJI) is a nonprofit organization that is part of the Network of Foundations of the Presidency of the Republic of Chile. Its mission is to promote the social, cultural, and educational development of Chilean youth through music.

CHILE, OSORNO

Field Host: Centro Cultural Sofía Hott Schwalm

Centro Cultural Sofía Hott Schwalm focuses on instrumental performance for participants to improve their artistic development and musical knowledge.

CHILE, OSORNO

Field Host: Cuerdas Frotadas

Cuerdas Frotadas offers the opportunity for youth to develop their skills in performance and technique, with a focus on practicing chamber music under the guidance of national and international coaches.

CHILE, PANGUIPULLI

Field Host: Chile, Panguipulli

Teatro Educativo de las Artes is a cultural and educational project in Panguipulli, Chile, that aims to promote the arts and social development in the region. It is the result of a public-private partnership between the regional government, the local community, and the private sector. It offers a theater with 252 seats, an exhibition hall, and a cafeteria.

CHILE, PANGUIPULLI

Field Host: Corporación de Adelanto Amigos de Panguipulli

A non-profit institution, the mission of Corporación de Adelanto Amigos de Panguipulli is to support and develop the long-term development of the Panguipulli community and its inhabitants. Among its projects is the music education initiative, Vive la Música, which offers free music training to underserved youth throughout the region, in addition to organizing a series of ongoing music camps.

CHILE, REGION DE LOS RIOS

Field Host: Huilo Huilo Music Festival

The Huilo-Huilo Music Festival offers musical improvement to outstanding young musicians with a strong conviction to develop a career in music, through an intense program of activities guided by leaders of the Brussels Philharmonic. The festival takes place in the Huilo Huilo Biological Reserve, one of the most beautiful natural environments in Chile.

CHILE, SANTIAGO

Field Host: DIRAC Chile

DIRAC is the Division of Cultures, Arts, Heritage and Public Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile. It promotes the international dissemination of Chilean culture through projects, festivals, exhibitions and translations

CHILE, TEMUCO

Field Host: Academy of Musical Arts, Catholic University of Temuco

The Academy of Musical Arts at the Catholic University of Temuco provides specialized education in musical interpretation through annual certified courses, leading to a Diploma of Musical Interpretation.

COLOMBIA, BOGOTA

Field Host: Gran Encuentro de Chelistas

The Gran Encuentro de Chelistas created Colombia’s largest cello orchestra, taking this instrument to the popular music world and developing new learning methodologies. In nine years, this project has blurred social barriers by integrating youth from diverse social and economic backgrounds.

COLOMBIA, BOGOTA

Field Host: Somos Capazes

Based in one of Bogotá’s most vulnerable neighborhoods, Somos Capazes is an organization that promotes peace by running free music programs that cultivate teamwork and conflict management, in addition to teaching social and environmental awareness.

COLOMBIA, MANIZALES

Field Host: Orquesta Filarmónica Juvenil del Café

Orquesta Filarmónica Juvenil del Cafe offers young musicians an opportunity to receive orchestral training at no cost. It welcomes members from across the Eje Cafetero of Colombia, which includes the cities of Manizales, Pereira, and Armenia.

COLOMBIA, MEDILÍN

Field Host: Fundación Amadeus

Fundación Amadeus is a nonprofit organization that provides musical and human education to children and young people from vulnerable communities in Medellín, Colombia. It operates a network of free music schools, orchestras, and choirs that aim to transform lives and promote social inclusion through music. It also organizes cultural events and concerts for the public.

COLOMBIA, NATIONWIDE

Field Host: Batuta

Fundación Nacional Batuta works for the comprehensive development and improvement of the quality of life of boys, girls, adolescents, and young people in vulnerable areas, for the construction of a social fabric, the generation of spaces for reconciliation and coexistence, and the construction of individual capacities to participate in society.

COLOMBIA, NATIONWIDE

Field Host: Fundacion Batuta

Fundacion Batuta Colombia is a nonprofit organization that provides musical education to children and young people from vulnerable communities in Colombia. It was created in 1991 by the national government with assistance of José Antonio Abreu, the founder of Venezuela’s El Sistema. It aims to transform lives and promote social inclusion through music.

ECUADOR, QUITO

Field Host: All Nations Orchestra

All Nations Orchestra inspires understanding and innovation through powerful cultural exchanges, reducing conflicts and promoting wellbeing and solidarity among nations. Through its powerful online platform, it connects more than 50 nations around the globe.

SURINAME, PARAMARIBO

Field Host: Nationale Volksmuziekschool
(The National People’s Music Academy of Suriname)

The Nationale Volksmuziekschool of Suriname supports the development of Surinamese youth through access to affordable, high-quality musical training. The Music Academy provides lessons and training to more than 250 students.

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, PORT OF SPAIN

Field Host: Searchlight International

Searchlight International supports youth to thrive in and through the performing and digital media arts. The organization provides online interactive sessions, art exposure in schools, and pre-professional mentorship for their beneficiaries.

PERU, AREQUIPA

Field Host: Orquesta Sinfónica de Arequipa

Orquesta Sinfónica de Arequipa is a community organization of professional musicians based in the city’s Teatro Municipal that has supported audiences across the Arequipa community for 80+ years.

PERU, LIMA

Field Host: Musikalpa

Musikalpa is a Peruvian brass-festival that provides training to rising brass musicians from Peru and beyond with distinguished national and international mentors.

PERU, NATIONWIDE

Field Host: Sinfonia por El Peru

Sinfonia por el Perú is a nonprofit organization founded by the tenor Juan Diego Flórez. It creates opportunities for development for children and young people through free musical education. It operates in different regions of the country, offering programs such as orchestras, choirs, and music workshops.

AUSTRIA, VIENNA

Field Host: Superar

Superar works with professional musicians to offer children and young people free access to cultural education so that they can benefit from the multilayered positive impact of music irrespective of cultural, religious, linguistic, and financial backgrounds. Superar works with over 3,000 children and young people in seven European countries.

CROATIA, ZAGREB

Field Host: SO-DO Croatia

SO-DO Croatia is an association that promotes music education for children and youth based on the El Sistema method. It runs orchestras and workshops in different cities and organizes concerts and events.

CYPRUS, NICOSIA

Field Host: Sistema Cyprus

Sistema Cyprus aims to provide all youth with free music education through orchestras and choirs and to promote respect and recognition of vulnerable population groups from society. The organization builds healthier communities by investing in the development of youth as ambassadors of peace, hope, and understanding of diverse cultures and beliefs.

DENMARK, AARHUS

Field Host: MusikSak

MusikSak offers free string orchestral training for children 7-15 years of age at a local school in the western part of Aarhus, Denmark. It is an important platform for promoting dialogue between the local community and immigrant families from the Middle East and Eastern Europe.

DENMARK, AARHUS

Field Host: Center for Music in the Brain

The Center for Music in the Brain is an interdisciplinary research center at Aarhus University and the Royal Academy of Music in Denmark. It studies how music is processed in the brain and how this can inform our understanding of brain functioning in general. It uses advanced scanning methods and behavioral measures to investigate music perception, action, emotion, and learning.

GERMANY, DRESDEN

Field Host: Musaik

Musaik – Grenzenlos musizieren e.V. is a social music project in a district of Dresden called Prohlis. It uses music as an instrument for social change, to promote integration, and to show children and young people new perspectives. The lessons are held in groups, which encourages essential social skills like endurance, tolerance, and patience.

GERMANY, BERLIN

Field Host: Mit Mach Musik

Founded in 2015, Mit Mach Musik is an organization aimed at creating musical ensembles which serve as a key to integration and cultural development in the Berlin, Germany area. Every Summer, Mit Mach Musik hosts a summer camp to offer students concentrated working time and has recently featured chamber music and eurhythmics.

GREECE, ATHENS

Field Host: El Sistema Greece

El Sistema Greece provides free music education to children in the country’s refugee camps. It is a tailored educational program designed to develop memory, language, and musical skills, which aid integration into European societies and enhances the students’ confidence and self-esteem. Sharing the stage with local children builds a way for successful integration in refugees’ new home country.

GREECE, THESSALONIKI

Field Host: Thessaloniki Concert Hall

Thessaloniki Concert Hall is a performing arts center in Thessaloniki, Greece. It has two buildings: M1, with a 1400-seat auditorium; and M2, with smaller spaces. It hosts musical and cultural events.

ISRAEL, HAIFA

Field Host: Peace Drums

Since 2013, Peace Drums has been breaking down barriers of fear, mistrust, and hatred between Jewish and Arab youth and their families in the Haifa region through shared social and musical activities and performances. Frequent and ongoing lessons on the steel drum, rehearsals, social events, local performances, and international tours have already forged numerous friendships between the students and their families – friendships that have continued among those who have graduated from the program.

ITALY, LUNIGIANA

Field Host: Lunigiana International Music Festival

The Lunigiana International Music Festival is held in the medieval town of Fivizzano, Tuscany. Singers, pianists, string players, and harpists are invited from all around the world for 10 days of intensive work with well-known artists.

JAPAN, KANAZAWA

Field Host: Machiya Juku

Machiya Juku is a wellness studio and cafe in Kyoto, Japan. It is located in a renovated machiya (traditional townhouse) built in the early Showa period. It offers various classes and workshops on Japanese culture and health.

LIECHTENSTEIN, VADUZ

Field Host: Academy for Impact Through Music

The Academy for Impact through Music (AIM) is a global innovation program initiated by the Hilti Foundation. It aims to enrich the field of music for social action by providing training, leadership, and impact labs for teachers and programs that use music to empower young people and tackle social inequality.

PAKISTAN KARACHI

Field Host: Karachi Biennale Trust

Karachi Biennale Trust is a non-profit organization that promotes creativity, innovation and criticality in the visual arts. It organizes the Karachi Biennale, a showcase of leading artists in Karachi and beyond

PHILIPPINES, BATAAN PROVINCE

Field Host: Jose Depiro Youth Orchestra

Jose Depiro Youth Orchestra provides an after-school program for inner-city children, serving approximately 80 students, ages 8 – 24, in locations around Dinalupihan.

PHILIPPINES, BATAAN PROVINCE

Field Host: Jose Depiro Center for the Arts

The Jose Depiro Center for the Arts reaches out and gives opportunities to youth without opportunities. Through the power of music, youth coming from the villages of north Bataan, guided by MSSP, develop their talents.

PHILIPPINES, CEBU CITY

Field Host: Classical Youth Orchestra

Classical Youth Orchestra works with students from ages 7-18, from a variety of different social and cultural backgrounds with the goal of helping them achieve their full potential through learning and performing orchestral masterworks. The organization provides musical training and performances opportunities both locally and abroad.

PHILIPPINES, MANILA

Field Host: Heritage Conservation Society

The Heritage Conservation Society of the Philippines is a non-profit organization that aims to protect and preserve the built heritage, cultural and historical sites and settings of the Philippines. It conducts advocacy, education, and policy reform activities.

PORTUGAL, NATIONWIDE

Field Host: Orquestra Geração

Orquestra Geração is a project centered on action and social development through music. The project aims to develop children’s and youth orchestras in schools, contributing to a more harmonious growth of children and young people, broadening their life prospects, and promoting greater social mobility.

SPAIN, CANARY ISLANDS

Field Host: Orquesta Filarmonica Juvenil de Tenerife Miguel Jaubert

Launched in 2012, the Orquesta Filarmonica Juvenil de Tenerife Miguel Jaubert offers middle and high school-age students the opportunity to perform in an orchestral setting. The orchestra gives free concerts to the community, including concerts at children’s hospitals. Theater students sometimes join the performances, combining acting with music.

SPAIN, CASTELLÓN

Field Host: Asociación Cultural Carpe Diem Enharmonia

Through its chamber music orchestra Carpe Diem, the Asociación Cultural Carpe Diem Enharmonia seeks to share high-level classical music with underserved communities and small villages of the España vaciada. With a mixed group of professional and student musicians, the organization promotes cultural exchange through its initiatives.

SPAIN, MADRID

Field Host: Acción Social por la Música

Acción Social por la Música serves the Madrid community, especially vulnerable populations, using music as a tool for social transformation and human development. The organization aims to generate structural changes which favor equality of opportunities, integration of diversity, and individual and collective empowerment of families and communities.

SPAIN, MADRID

Field Host: Inspiration Persona

Through master classes, pedagogical workshops, and community engagement concerts, Inspiration Persona connects artistic change-makers with the global development of communities with the vision of creating a better world.

SWITZERLAND, LUCERNE

Field Host: Lucerne Festival

Lucerne Festival is a classical music festival in Lucerne, Switzerland. It was founded in 1938 by Ernest Ansermet and Walter Schulthess. It produces three festivals per year: Summer, Forward and Spring.

UNITED KINGDOM, LONDON

Field Host: Amber Trust

The Amber Trust provides musical opportunities for blind and partially sighted children, as well as children with more complex needs, via its Music Awards and Music Services.

UNITED KINGDOM, LONDON

Field Host: Center For Music Ecosystems

The Center for Music Ecosystems is a nonprofit organization that conducts globally relevant research on how music can help solve problems at the local, national, and global level. It supports communities to understand, advance, and enrich their music ecosystems and their economic and social development.

UNITED KINGDOM, SUFFOLK

Field Host: Pro-Corda

Pro Corda is one of Europe’s leading music organizations and it operates the International Chamber Music Academy for young musicians. An educational charity established in 1969, its mission is to provide musical training for a wide range of young people through ensemble training and performance specializing in chamber music.

UNITED KINGDOM, WARWICK

Field Host: Armonico Consort

Armonico Consort is a chamber choir and orchestra performing over 40 concerts annually across the UK and internationally. It is also active in the field of education, creating new ensembles in schools and offering after-school development opportunities for children and young people while also training teachers as choir leaders.

AUSTRALIA, MELBOURNE

Field Host: The Song Room

The Song Room is an Australian education organization that provides arts learning programs for children experiencing disadvantage. It works with schools and communities to improve student outcomes and engagement.

GHANA, ACCRA

Field Host: MATIC Music Club

The MATIC Music Club of Accra is an after-school and weekend program that works to engage growing children in the creative arts, as well as giving them the opportunity to explore themselves and their abilities through music. Students are taught by experts from Ghana and abroad, teaching them about music together with African cultures.

ESWATINI, MBABANE

Field Host: Africa Ntjilo Empowerment

The Through music education, Africa Ntjilo Empowerment empowers African children and youths as global citizens and community leaders. In partnership with international musicians, we now train eSwatini youths as professional music teachers and orchestra players and nurtures children through quality orchestra music education

KENYA, NAIROBI

Field Host: El Sistema Kenya

El Sistema Kenya (ESK) is a youth music project targeting underserved communities in Kenya’s Kawangware, Juja, and Waithaka slums. ESK incorporates traditional Kenyan folk tunes and classical music with the ideals of El Sistema to create educational opportunities for underprivileged children, enhancing creativity, individualism, teamwork, and critical thinking to help broaden local youth’s education and leadership skills.

KENYA, NAIROBI

Field Host: ZanArts

ZanArtts is a high school located in the hearth of Nairobi, that provides arts education to high school students, including Visual Arts, Dance, Music, Media Arts, and Theatre.

NAMIBIA, WINDHOEK

Field Host: Youth Orchestras Of Namibia (YONA)

Youth Orchestras of Namibia holds the vision to transform the lives of youth through music. The YONA movement is inspired by the Venezuelan El Sistema model – a national system of youth orchestras and choirs advocating for social change. It aims for every child in Namibia to access quality music education regardless of faith, financial standing, gender, race, or tribe.

NEW ZEALAND, AUCKLAND

Field Host: Mixit

Mixit Auckland is a non-profit organisation that empowers young people through creativity. It runs free and fun workshops every Saturday where anyone can join and express themselves through various art forms.

TANZANIA, ARUSHA

Field Host: Project Shine International

Project Shine International’s programs provide resources and professional development for teachers, consulting services for arts organizations, and cultural exchange programs, additionally partnering with organizations abroad to offer camps, workshops, and classes to communities that do not have access to arts education programs.

TANZANIA, ARUSHA

Field Host: Arusha Meru International School

Located in the foothills of Mount Meru, the second largest mountain in Tanzania, the school offers an international curriculum serving 245 students from ten different nationalities ranging in ages from 3 to 12. Music is part of the core curriculum.

UGANDA, KAMPALA

Field Host: Architects of Music

Established in 2018, Architects of Music is a year-long program combining regular weekly activities, intensive holiday camps, and regular performances inside and outside the community. The organization provides a high-quality intercultural music education experience that empowers young people and develops their skills for a successful future.

UGANDA, KAMPALA

Field Host: Brass for Africa

Brass for Africa is a charity that provides music and life-skills education to over 1500 disadvantaged children and young people in Uganda, Rwanda and Liberia. It was founded by Jim Trott MBE, an airline pilot who donated 30 brass instruments to an orphanage in Uganda.