Simón Bolívar String QuartetAs Venezuela's El Sistema continues to grow and influence music education efforts worldwide, the development of a touring string quartet will surely be of interest to those who are inspired by CMW's chamber music based model. Created from within the National System of Youth and Children Symphony Orchestras of Venezuela (the new name for El Sistema), the string quartet is made up of members of the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra. This group "arose from the need of its members to come into contact with chamber music and the wealth of resources it can offer, which benefit not only its musicians, but also the children and young people who make up" El Sistema. A stated goal of the Simón Bolívar String Quartet is "the development of a network of string quartets in Venezuela and South America, with the purpose of propagating chamber music among children and young people in Latin America." |
