Playing for their lives
Subtitle: the global El Sistema movement for social change through music
By: Tricia Tunstall and Eric Booth
Contributors: Booth, Eric, author
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780393245646
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Social aspects; Instruction and study; Influence; Music and youth; Music; Fundación Musical Simón Bolívar
Other titles: Global El Sistema movement for social change through music; Sistema movement for social change through music
Description: "An eye-opening view of the unprecedented global spread of El Sistemaintensive music education that disrupts the cycles of poverty"--Amazon.com.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references, web resources, and index.
Table of contents: title: What is El Sistema? To play and to struggle : El Sistema in Venezuela; title: The global spread of the El Sistema vision; title: Understanding El Sistema : a few key ideas; title: Key elements of the El Sistema learning environment. Radical inclusion; title: Ensemble learning; title: Peer learning; title: Music as passion and expressivity; title: Intensity; title: High musical aspiration; title: Family and community involvement; title: Overview of a movement. Different cultures, different needs; title: Following the money; title: Connecting the dots; title: What we can learn from El Sistema; title: A reflection and a celebration; title: Appendix I. Directory of El Sistema-inspired programs; title: Appendix II. A short list of recommended useful resources; title: Appendix III. Defining an El Sistema-inspired program.