Have you ever heard of El Sistema?  What about the Suzuki Method?  If you have heard of the latter, but not El Sistema, then you definitely need to check out this episode.  There is a music education movement called El Sistema that came out of Venezuela.  It has changed the look of classical music in many ways including the typical ethnicities you see performing classical music, as well as the way that we perform and consume classical music.  Xochitl Tafoya, a music educator based in Northern California was an El Sistema fellow which means she went to Venezuela and learned from the founder of El Sistema as well as studying the methodology of El Sistema through New England Conservatory.  Go listen to her unique experiences both with El Sistema as well as in the classical music world.

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