Layla Velez, 15, practices during a dress rehearsal Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024, at the Roosevelt Elementary school in Allentown. The students are part of El Sistema, a program through the Allentown ...

The soft strains of an old English Christmas carol called “Down in Yon Forest” filled the auditorium of Roosevelt Elementary School in Allentown on Wednesday night, teased from the violins and cellos ...

Allentown Symphony Orchestra has received a $30,000 grant to support El Sistema Lehigh Valley. its inner-city outreach program for young musicians. The grant from the League of American Orchestras ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The music program known as El Sistema -- which for 32 years has brought ...

Eight first-graders from Eastlawn Elementary School take violin lessons in the fellowship hall at the First Reformed United Church of Christ in Burlington on Saturday mornings. “Who can tell me the ...

At the center of the documentary Children of Las Brisas are the young musicians of El Sistema, the extraordinary, publicly financed, voluntary sector music-education program founded in Venezuela in ...