The recently-concluded first year of the New York Philharmonic–Shanghai Orchestra Academy and Residency Partnership included the first-ever Young People's Concert in China, with music by Very Young Composers of Shanghai and New York City. But New York Philharmonic educational contributions around the world this summer didn’t stop there!
From Shanghai, Vice President, Education, Theodore Wiprud and two New York Philharmonic teaching artists — Katie Kresek, violin, and Stephen Dunn, trombone — went to the Philippines to visit Ang Misyon, one of the newest and fastest-growing disciple organizations of the famous El Sistema program in Venezuela.
This informal delegation spent time with Orchestra of Filipino Youth, the flagship youth orchestra of Ang Misyon, as well as nine satellite sites in impoverished urban and rural settings. They worked with kids ages 6 to 20 on musical technique, interpretation, and practice habits, and met with faculty to learn more about their challenges and needs.
Here are a few photos:
(Photos: Theodore Wiprud)
