“A luthier for every nucleo”Here is a link to Ellen Pfeiffer's blog which details a 2008 visit to Venezuela by a delegation from the New England Conservatory. In particular, her reporting from Venezuela got my attention when she featured a visit to the "Luthier Academic Center" which is a training school for the many, many luthiers who are essential to building and maintaining the thousands of instruments needed by El Sistema.
NEC is currently developing a one-year Boston-based post-graduate training program to catalyze the creation of future leaders for El Sistema-like nucleos, first in Boston and then further afield. Learn more here. -Heath Marlow, CMW staff |
