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Orchestra Program Seeks To Enrich Lives of At-Risk Kids
Dantes Rameau had some convincing to do when he approached 10-year-old Donnell Fulton about trying out a new instrument. “Would you like to try the trombone?” Blank stare. “Have you ever seen a trombone before?” […]
Atlanta Music Project’s Executive Director, Dantes Rameau, awarded $25,000 for AMP!
Yesterday our Executive Director, Dantes Rameau, has been awarded $25,000 from AOL’s 25 For 25 Grant Program. The program awarded $25,000 each to 25 artists, journalists and innovators. Dantes’ application was chosen from over 9000 […]
The Atlanta Music Project announces its launch!
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 […]
Manga African Dance, Inc. to lead AMP students in African Drum and Dance workshop!
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 […]
Atlanta Music Project unveils its new logo!
Our logo represents everything we are about: “Young people playing music.” See it here on our Facebook Fan Page!
The Atlanta Music Project raises over $19,000 on Kickstarter.com!
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 Abreu Fellows Graduate! What Next!?!
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 […]
El Sistema in the USA: The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra OrchKids Program
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 […]
“Seminario en Los Llanos”
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 […]
Photo: Essay: Introduction to El Sistema in Carcas
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 […]
The Abreu Fellows at TED 2010
This trip lasted barely two days and it went by very fast. The reason the Abreu Fellows (5 out of the 10 of us) were in Long Beach, California was to perform a number on […]