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2012 Winter E-Newsletter
Maestro Abreu Receives Gifts From AMP A big moment for AMP! On January 30, 2012 Atlanta Music Project Choral Teaching Artist, Aisha Bowden and Atlanta Music Project Executive Director, Dantes Rameau, had the honor of […]
The Game Changers…
It is now midnight…I’m all packed for our trip tomorrow, but can’t sleep due to excitement. Not because this is my first trip to Los Angeles…not because we are flying on my favorite airline of […]
Atlanta Symphony Musicians visit AMP
We’ve started off 2012 with a bang! Two days ago six extraordinary musicians from the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra came to the Atlanta Music Project’s Gilbert House site to do a workshop with our students. The […]
AMP’S 11 HIGHLIGHTS OF 2011
2011 has been a great year for the Atlanta Music Project! From student performances and media attention, to Teaching Artist performances and community support, we are thankful for the opportunities that have been afforded to […]
What’s Been Happening at AMP’s Coan Site?!
As many of you know, the Atlanta Music Project launched a second site in the fall of 2011. Once again we partnered with the City Of Atlanta Recreation Centers. AMP’s second site is hosted by […]
Become An AMP Concert Sponsor!
Get your business out into the community! Contact the Atlanta Music Project today to sponsor an Atlanta Music Project concert! Next sponsorship opportunity is December 14, 2011. Click on the picture below to see the […]
This Thanksgiving: Why Our City’s Underserved Children Are Thankful for Music Education
Entrepreneur Al Meyers was attending a TED conference in Palm Springs in 2009 when a presentation by TED Prize winner and Venezuelan conductor and economist Jose Antonio Abreu sparked an idea. During his speech, Abreu […]
VIDEO: AMP Teaching Artists Do TEDxPeachtree 2011
TEDxPeachtree has been a strong supporter of the Atlanta Music Project since before we even existed. At TEDxPeachtree 2009, Stanford Thompson was able to excite the audience about the possibility of El Sistema coming to […]
Atlanta Music Project: A Dream Realized
I remember the day I first learned of El Sistema. It was during a normal meeting of music teachers in D.C. when Ben Hall (Director of Music for D.C. Public Schools) mentioned this amazing music program […]
An AMP Solo at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Today was a great day! I’m very proud of one of our students, violinist Chantania Shackelford, who performed a solo at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s Board Of Directors meeting. The president of the Atlanta Symphony […]
Abreu Fellows Spread Their Wings
What a whirlwind! After weeks and weeks of discussions, workshops and seemingly endless days together – the Abreu Fellows have parted ways to see El Sistema in action. We have been given four weeks to […]
The Ensemble Newsletter – November 2011
A newsletter for the U.S. El Sistema Movement. Download your copy of the newsletter here!
Bits and Pieces of our Journey – New York City!
On October 6, 2011, the Abreu Fellows made their first overnight trip together – and what better place to venture than the Big Apple! We had a wonderful time – presenting at the Change Influencers […]
Field Trip to Grassroots Grantmakers Conference!
Last Wednesday November 2, 2011, the Community Foundation For Greater Atlanta invited our students to perform at the Grassroots Grantmakers Conference in downtown Atlanta. Led by Jessica Sherer, our Flute Teaching Artist and Gilbert House […]
AMP@CoanRecCenter Students Moving Fast!
Check out this video of one of our Coan Rec Center students. This video was taken by our one of our Viola Teaching Artists, Dr. William Johnston, who is also Principal Viola of the Atlanta […]