The Atlanta Music Project announces its launch in a press release today. Our El Sistema program site is located in Southwest Atlanta in the Perkerson Park neighbourhood. There are spots for 40-50 participants. We are […]
Atlanta’s own Manga African Dance, Inc. is leading AMP students in a workshop of African Drum and Dance, which will culminate in a performance. The idea behind this workshop is to give our students their […]
The Atlanta Music Project to Provide a 5-day-week Symphony Orchestra and Choir Program Aimed at At-Risk Youth The timing couldn’t be better for the arrival of The Atlanta Music Project, a groundbreaking youth music program […]
Our logo represents everything we are about: “Young people playing music.” See it here on our Facebook Fan Page!
On June 28, 2010 the Atlanta Music Project announced an online fundraiser on the popular Kickstarter.com. The goal was to raise $15,000 in 70 days to cover the cost of music instruments, sheet music and […]
The Sparkplug Foundation, a NYC-based family foundation, supporting innovative initiatives in music, education, and community organizing has awarded a grant to The Atlanta Music Project. The grant will provide seed monies for instruments, sheet music, website development and marketing efforts.
Graduation Day. Just like that, a whole school year has flown by and my Abreu Fellowship colleagues and I have graduated. And we’re now on to the reality of leading El Sistema programs outside of […]
Back in May 2010 each Abreu Fellow interned at an El Sistema-inspired program somewhere outside of Venezuela. The idea was to experience how a program took its understanding of El Sistema concepts and applied them to […]
After spending most of the last three weeks in small groups, the Abreu Fellows are back in Caracas. This week is Holy Week in Venezuela, so most of Caracas is on vacation somewhere along the […]
In the days prior to arriving in Caracas chaos reigned in my life: too many things to do before leaving and not enough time to do them all. People often asked me if I was […]
