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Playing for Their Lives: The Global El Sistema Movement for Social Change Through Music
Eric Booth
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Description for Playing for Their Lives: The Global El Sistema Movement for Social Change Through Music
Hardcover. An eye-opening view of the unprecedented global spread of El Sistema-intensive music education that disrupts the cycles of poverty. Num Pages: 432 pages, 16 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: AV; JFFA; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 255 x 36. Weight in Grams: 664.
Following Venezuela's El Sistema, activists from across the globe are founding intensive orchestra programmes for children in need. Tricia Tunstall and Eric Booth discover what makes this movement successful across radically different cultures, offering a new way to think about what energises people and communities towards positive social change.
Following Venezuela's El Sistema, activists from across the globe are founding intensive orchestra programmes for children in need. Tricia Tunstall and Eric Booth discover what makes this movement successful across radically different cultures, offering a new way to think about what energises people and communities towards positive social change.
Product Details
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
663g
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393245646
SKU
V9780393245646
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About Eric Booth
Eric Booth, one of 2015's Fifty Most Influential Leaders in American Nonprofit Arts, is a celebrated teacher, actor, writer, director, and businessman. A longtime faculty member at Juilliard and Lincoln Center Education, he is the author of The Music Teaching Artist's Bible and winner of America's highest award in arts education. Tricia Tunstall is the author of Changing Lives: ... Read more
Reviews for Playing for Their Lives: The Global El Sistema Movement for Social Change Through Music
Playing for Their Lives brings us the news that not only is it possible to change the lives of children through music-it's already happening on a worldwide scale. This book is an important call to action for people everywhere who care about using music to remake our kids' future.
Quincy Jones, music producer, arranger, and humanitarian Playing ... Read more
Quincy Jones, music producer, arranger, and humanitarian Playing ... Read more