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From Orchestra to Big Band: Jazz with Our Young Leaders
Courtesy of our generous donors and friends at Ronnie Scott's Charitable Foundation, British jazz great Pete Long got our Young Leaders to put down their music, be a Big Band and try out some improvisation. Shouting out for women in jazz,
A dream team of teachers and mentors
Our dream team of teachers and mentors did an outstanding job inspiring, guiding, learning and leading by example. This year’s teaching team hold posts at, have recently graduated from or perform with the following impressive organisations and institutions: Orquestra Geração (Sistema
Music to inspire and empower the Sistema England Young Leaders
The Young Leaders Orchestra focused on four pieces during the Sistema England camp at Shrewsbury School in August 2016. We wanted repertoire that, first and foremost, the musicians would love, and secondly that would serve as ‘musical passports’, enabling the
Developing young leadership
Alongside ambitious music-making, the Young Leaders programme aims to help participants explore how they can develop leadership qualities and other transferable skills. The following aspects from the 2016 Young Leaders Camp give a feel for how we want the programme to evolve. Peer teaching - We
Students from In Harmony Newcastle Gateshead join the Sistema England Young Leaders Orchestra!
In the final week of August a group of our most committed students were invited to a week-long youth orchestra camp organised by Sistema England. The Young Leader’s Orchestra brought together young people from In Harmony and El Sistema-inspired projects
Sistema England Young Leaders expand forces to 60
‘An orchestra is one family, one person almost, with all these different sections – the brain, the lungs, the skin, that brings a human together – that’s the orchestra.' Daniel, The Nucleo Project, Young Leader 60 young musicians from Sistema programmes