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El Sistema: Orchestrating Venezuela´s Youth
Geoffrey Baker
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Description for El Sistema: Orchestrating Venezuela´s Youth
Hardback. The Venezuelan youth orchestra program known as "El Sistema" has garnered global renown through its claims to use classical music education to foster social inclusion. Yet, it has been the subject of surprisingly little scrutiny and genuine debate. Num Pages: 376 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; AVGC; AVRB; JNU; YQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 242 x 33. Weight in Grams: 616.
The Venezuelan youth orchestra program known as "El Sistema" has attracted much attention internationally, partly via its flagship orchestra, The Simónn Bolivar Youth Orchestra, headed by Gustavo Dudamel, and partly through its claims to use classical music education to rescue vulnerable children. Having been met overwhelmingly with praise, The System has become an inspiration for music educators around the globe. Yet, despite its fame, influence, and size - it is projected to number a million students in Venezuela and has spread to dozens of countries - it has been the subject of surprisingly little scrutiny and genuine debate. ... Read more
The Venezuelan youth orchestra program known as "El Sistema" has attracted much attention internationally, partly via its flagship orchestra, The Simónn Bolivar Youth Orchestra, headed by Gustavo Dudamel, and partly through its claims to use classical music education to rescue vulnerable children. Having been met overwhelmingly with praise, The System has become an inspiration for music educators around the globe. Yet, despite its fame, influence, and size - it is projected to number a million students in Venezuela and has spread to dozens of countries - it has been the subject of surprisingly little scrutiny and genuine debate. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
616g
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199341559
SKU
V9780199341559
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About Geoffrey Baker
Geoffrey Baker is a Reader in the Music Department at Royal Holloway, University of London. His books include Imposing Harmony: Music and Society in Colonial Cuzco (2008), which won the American Musicological Society's Robert Stevenson Award, and Buena Vista in the Club: Rap, Reggaetón, and Revolution in Havana (2011). He has also created a series of ethnographic films about childhood ... Read more
Reviews for El Sistema: Orchestrating Venezuela´s Youth
Geoffrey Baker has done real service to all of us who think about issues of music education, and indeed of education, far beyond the ES project.
Felicity Laurence, Music and Letters
Felicity Laurence, Music and Letters