El Sistema is a publicly financed, voluntary sector, music-education program, founded in Venezuela in 1975 by Venezuelan educator, musician, and activist Jose Antonio Abreu.
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16 Facts About El Sistema
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El Sistema began under the leadership of Jose Antonio Abreu with 11 students in an underground parking garage.
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In November 2014, British music scholar Geoffrey Baker published a newspaper article and a book that disputed many of the claims made by and about El Sistema and suggested that much of the publicly circulating information about the program was hyperbolic or simply false.
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El Sistema was finally obliged to acknowledge the issue, and several overseas affiliates issued critical public responses.
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El Sistema USA is a membership organization, which supports and encourages more than 80 El Sistema-inspired programs throughout the United States, a number which are growing rapidly.
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In 2011, Longy School of Music of Bard College, Bard College, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic formed Take a Stand to promote and support the El Sistema-inspired music education movement in the United States.
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El Sistema-based programs exist in almost every province of Canada, with over 20 programs in existence and more being started each year.
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El Sistema Kingston is a program based at Molly Brant Elementary School in Kingston, Ontario.
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El Sistema NB is generously supported by the Province of New Brunswick and many individuals, businesses, charitable foundations and others.
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El Sistema Toronto was founded in 2011 by businessman and community activist Robert Eisenberg.
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In Harmony is a British government-led music education and community development project which is based on El Sistema It was begun in 2009 with Julian Lloyd Webber appointed chairman of its steering group.
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