Several styles of the traditional music of Venezuela, such as salsa and merengue, are common to its Caribbean neighbors. What music gives him remains indelibly part of who he is forever," Abreu said. For several years, he served as a member of the Venezuelan Congress before returning to academic life to teach economics and planning. His blindness didn't stop the orchestra from letting him be as much a part of it as any other kid. The two concerts mark the culmination of a ten-day residency. It doesn't matter where they come from. "A regular kid who will play in two or three years, we make it happen in three, four months," Elster told Simon. Born in 1939, Abreu earned his economics degree at 22 and his piano diploma three years later. The earthly payoffs are familiar, too. Classic FM Requests "Yeah. Hugo Chavez probably, or oil, or baseball? Allegro03. "We are literally begging all over the world, everyone who has a penny who can give us to buy a string violin, a trumpet, shoes. By the age of five, Dudamel had begun studies with the National System of Youth and Children's Orchestras of Venezuela (popularly known as El . Venezuelan star conductor Gustavo Dudamel has confirmed media reports that his US tour with Venezuela's National Youth Orchestra has been cancelled. It was National Prize of popular music of the INAVI with his valse Nora. Acclaimed at performances at the Proms and the Edinburgh Festival in 2007, the orchestra has just completed a week-long residency at the Salzburg Festival where Alan Yentob met them, Gustavo. In a similar vein, there is also neo-folklore, which takes traditional music and arranges it in an electronic style. The philosopher-theorist Boethius translated into Latin and anthologized a number of Greek treatises, including some on music. In the second half, Dudamel directed his orchestra through an immense performance of Strauss's Alpine Symphony. Dominican merengue, Cuban and Colombian Latin pop acts such as Billo's Caracas Boys, the Porfi Jimnez Orchestra and Los Meldicos. 2. He says that 8 percent of the program's teachers have recently left Venezuela to seek a better life in other countries. Every day after school throughout Venezuela, you can see kids practicing. [19][pageneeded] In ancient India, memorization of the sacred Vedas included up to eleven forms of recitation of the same text. El Sistema says 980,000 children and young musicians are currently part of its programs throughout Venezuela. The system sent him here to work as an apprentice, learning how to build and maintain organs. Lars-Erik Larsson: Music for String Orchestra (album)Orebro Chamber Orchestra (orchestra/ensemble)Duration: 10:29. They played their final concert on Tuesday 26 June. Nationalism, high culture, oil wealth, endemic poverty and social mobility can be found in many countries. He placed discipline above all else, and behind the vibrant show, El Sistemas leading ensemble became known privately as the Venezuelan Slave Orchestra. Before you get started, think of what you already know about ancient Greece and music. But Abreus creation is arguably the most remarkable program of all in a country whose principal exports include oil, drug trafficking, beauty pageant winners and four San Francisco Giants. The fragments have been dated to 2750BCE and some are now located at the University of Pennsylvania, the British Museum in London, and in Baghdad. Everybody love music.". As the director of El Sistema, Abreu was . Succeeding the music of prehistoric societies and lasting until the Post-classical era, major centers of Ancient music developed in China (the Shang, Zhou, Qin and Han dynasties), Egypt (the Old, Middle and New Kingdoms), Greece (the Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic periods), India (the Maurya, Shunga, Kanva, Kushan, Satavahana and Gupta dynasties), Iran/Persia (the Median, Achaemenid, Seleucid, Parthian and Sasanian Empires), the Maya civilization, Mesopotamia, and Rome (the Roman Republic and Empire). Tensions between El Sistema and Venezuelan officials developed in 2017. [2] Singer, composer, investigator, painter and writer. Expect the unexpected, as Bojan ii and AAM open the baroque eras musical jokebook for an evening of novelties, parodies and flights of fancy by Biber, Schmelzer and their contemporaries. Dudamel and his orchestra are passionate champions of music by South American composers. Enveloped in aphorisms of almost Zen-like elusiveness, such as tocar y luchar (perform and struggle) and ser no ser todava (to be and not yet to be), El Sistema is not easy to explain to an outsider. The Top of Asian Ancient Music Zen for Happiness, Traditional Believings, Celebrate Life & Love. Stories of salvation and breathtaking musical performances have seized the popular imagination and elevated El Sistema into a global phenomenon. Popular music, Rafael says, wouldn't work. El Sistema. Bright Cecilia. Programs from Seattle to South Africa match El Sistemas dedication and purpose, but nothing matches its scale.Project 113, Buskaid and Community MusicWorks are islands of private support in a sea of public default only aggravated by mandated priorities that leave school music programs far behind. At the age of 17, double bass player Edicson Ruiz became the youngest-ever member of the Berlin Philharmonic. Gustavo Matamoros is a renowned Venezuelan composer dedicated to the experimentation with sound and its relationship with the human mind and culture. The much-loved Terfel was given a standing ovation following his powerful performance. in london england as the world's first period-instrument classical music orchestra that is rated #1 by classical music audiophiles. A Passion for Kids Dudamel is a champion of youth music, not only in his native Venezuela, but in schools and rehearsal rooms across the world. Income inequity is startling even by Latin American standards. "Do you think that the system is changing Venezuela?" Now it's full. George Frideric Hndel (1685 - 1759)The Complete Grand Concertos in Seven Parts12 Concerti Grossi, Op.6 HWV319330The first published by subscription in London by John Walsh in 1739.Concerti Grossi No.5 in D major, HWV32301. The success of alumnus such as Edicson Ruiz, a bass player who auditioned successfully for the Berlin Philharmonic at 19, and Dudamel, conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic since he was 26, have only added gloss. Allegro03. The title has been held since 2019 by an ensemble of 8,097 musicians from St. Petersburg that performed the Russian anthem that same year. No one," he said. Eduardo Mendez, newly named executive director of the National System of Youth and Children's Orchestras of Venezuela better known as El Sistema, or The System, speaks during an interview at an auditorium in Caracas, Venezuela, March 26, 2018. In the world of classical music, the Simon Bolivar National Youth Orchestra is unique. He studied music from an early age, becoming involved with El Sistema, the famous Venezuelan musical education programme, and took up the violin at age ten. Institutes of higher learning that specialize in music or have a music department include Universidad de las Artes, whose music department is the former Instituto Universitario de Estudios Musicales; Universidad Central de Venezuela, which gives diplomas in music performance and postgraduate degrees in musicology, including doctorates; Universidad Simn Bolvar, whose music department awards Master of Music degrees in several areas including composition, conducting, and music education; and Universidad de los Andes. Dudamel was to lead the series of performances. It became known as El Sistema. Dudamel is now Principal Conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and next year becomes Music Director of the LA Philharmonic. At the pinnacle of the system stands the Simn Bolvar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela under its music director Gustavo Dudamel who is himself a product of the Sistema. In Venezuela, it's often the same thing. Audio clips: Traditional music of Venezuela. Although the ancient literature states its beginnings, the origin of the guqin is still a subject of debate over the past few decades. (Ariana Cubillos/AP) Article Geoff Baker is professor. These more experimental fusion artists combine rumba, Latin jazz, joropo, salsa, Venezuelan traditional chants and other forms of Latin American music. But all that comes at a price. Largo05. Grave03. Another very popular music in Venezuela is the Gaita Zuliana. True. As correspondent Bob Simon first reported in April, it's called "el Sistema" - "the system" - and it's all about children, about saving them - hundreds of thousands of children - through music. Foreign players from the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic and the Leipzig Gewandhaus have come to see and coach. [20], The Ntya Shastra is an ancient Indian treatise on the performing arts, encompassing theatre, dance and music. Like Opus 118, Buskaid and Community MusicWorks, El Sistema targets the marginalized and underserved. Another imported genre is Cuban-American salsa, which has produced several domestic superstars, including Oscar D'Leon. Venezuela entered the Guinness Book of World Records for "the world's largest orchestra" after 12,000 local musicians performed Tchaikovsky . Pop-out player. The choral work is very good, as one would expect from this source. Rubn Cedeo, composer of folk and children's music of Venezuela, he appears in the Venezuelan music encyclopedia. Widely portrayed as a revolutionary social project, El Sistema in fact echoes well-worn and in some cases distinctly tarnished thinking about music education and social development. It was written at an uncertain date in classical India (200BCE200CE). Whatever we can help this kid," Elster told Simon. Ancient music refers to the musical cultures and practices that developed in the literate civilizations of the ancient world. "Absolutely," he said. But it's part of the poverty.". Yet within two years of its creation in a Caracas parking garage, Abreus orchestra had leveraged an international competition victory in Scotland into public funding. Some of these musicians are recruited from a comprehensive orchestral training and music education program known in Venezuela as El Sistema ("The System"). Orchestras consisting of exceptionally decorated instruments, notably one discovered in 1978 in the tomb of the Marquis Yi of the former Zeng state (Hubei Province, 5th century B.C. "It's completely different than when you hold a gun," Lennar replied. Allegro06. A half-century later, it occurred to Jos Antonio Abreu, a young Venezuelan petroleum economist with a diploma in piano performance, that children could play in an orchestra without being middle class. As a conductor, Abreu epitomised the autocratic maestro. Carnegie Hall was the last stop on the orchestra's first American tour, and a long way from its home in Venezuela. These types of ancient instruments have been uncovered around the world, with some of the oldest known examples coming from Vietnam.The lithophones from Vietnam are called Dan Da and consist of 11 large stone slabs, positioned vertically close to one another. Fellows first study El Sistema at home, then in its Venezuelan habitat. Though extremely diverse, the music of ancient civilizations is frequently characterized by monophony, improvisation and the dominance of text in musical settings. Yes, its a model, said one, of absolute tyranny: a society where someone will always be telling you what to do. As one Venezuelan musician told me, if they want to copy El Sistema in Scotland, they need to shout at the kids and tell them theyre useless. Music accompanied many areas of Roman life including the military, entertainment in the Roman theater, religious ceremonies and practices, and "almost all public/civic occasions."[25][26]. He continued his education at the Latin . Download 'Mazurka in Bb major Opus 7 No.1' on iTunes, The Simn Bolvar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela made an exciting return to Royal Festival Hall with their charismatic conductor Gustavo Dudamel as part of the Southbank Centre's Sounds Venezuela. Like Dudamel became music director El Sistema in 1999, aged only 18. Trumpeter Paola Chistoni says the system teaches kids a lot more than how to play an instrument. As se escucha la Marcha Eslava de Tchaikovksy pic.twitter.com/PnnDENPDY2, "Just a preamble to what will be the show this Saturday #13NOV when 12 thousand musicians of the National System of Orchestras and Youth Choirs of #Venezuela will break the Guinness record as the largest orchestra in the #world. Fourteen double-basses brought the beating heart to Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra during the performance at the Royal Festival Hall. Keep supporting great journalism by turning off your ad blocker. Back in Venezuela, Lennar will be responsible for maintaining the organ in the system's new headquarters. E l Sistema started out in 1975 as a youth orchestra for mainly middle-class music students. Andante larghetto, e staccato (01:03:26)02. teleSUR/MS, Get our newsletter delivered directly to your inbox. Simon asked. Allegro05. Dudamel told Simon. In the world of classical music, the Simon Bolivar National Youth Orchestra is unique. Its roots go back further still to the Spanish conquest of the Americas, when missionaries used education in European music as a means of converting and civilising the indigenous population. Simon asked. Allegro, ma non troppo03. John Williams conducting a birthday surprise for Gustavo Dudamel is too much for our, Watch Global Goal concert hosted by The Rock, starring Gustavo Dudamel, JNai Bridges, Download 'Mazurka in Bb major Opus 7 No.1' on iTunes. Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky's "Slavonic March" is the orchestral composition selected to be performed by Venezuelan youthand children in Saturday's concert. The Suzuki method made its U.S. debut in 1964, when a show-and-tell by 10 small Japanese youths and their 10 small instruments set an Oberlin Conservatory audience on their ears. L30C 5200. Enter your email address to keep up-to-date with the AAM. The earliest substantial musical document, found in 1892, preserves part of a chorus from the Athenian tragedian Euripides' Orestes of 408 BC. For more than 30 years an extraordinary music project has been running in Venezuela in an attempt to transform the lives of the nations poorest children. photo source: Wikipedia The name "lithophone" is used for any musical instruments made of rocks that produce musical notes when struck. Mendez said Dudamel will continue to be El Sistema's creative director. News: Venezuela's El Sistema music scheme is 'model of tyranny', UK academic says. Musette04. So you cannot be walking around here by yourself. This made music evolve from simply hearing music and transmitting it orally, to keeping records and personal interpretations of musical themes. Bradley asked. I think we are helping a lot, and the orchestra now is a symbol of the country. . Allegro03. In Chinese literature the guqin dates back almost 3,000years, while examples of the instrument have been found in tombs that date back to about 2,000years ago. Abreu, a 69-year-old retired economist, trained musician, and social reformer founded "the system" in 1975 and has built it with religious zeal, based on his unorthodox belief that what poor Venezuelan kids needed was classical music. It's totally different from the metallic feeling of rock music and heavy feeling of classical music. A musical family. Maduro asked Dudamel to "not attack those of us who have been crucial to the expansion of the [musical] movement.". Not surprisingly, the system's need for all kinds of instruments is enormous. Since then, El Sistema has grown to a network of almost 200 so-called nuclei, a staff of 1,000, an army of teachers and 300,000 participants. Andante05. Terfel delivered Abendlich Strahlt from Wagner's Das Rheingold. Perhaps the most typical Venezuelan music is joropo, a rural form which originated in the llanos, or plains. Prominent musicians of El Sistema are Gustavo Dudamel director of Los Angeles Philharmonic, Rodolfo Saglimbeni was appointed Principal Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra of Chile, Jos Luis Gomez director of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Payare director of San Diego Symphony, Glenn Garrido director of the Houston Latin American Philharmonic, and doublebassist Edicson Ruiz who at age 17, became the youngest member of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Their sound might be a little rough, but what they lack in experience the kids make up for with enthusiasm. No one who wants in is turned away, and motivated players move up in a network that includes 60 children's orchestras, 200 youth orchestras, 30 adult orchestras, and peaks in the Simn Bolvar. Admission Fee. But to my surprise, Venezuelan musicians and cultural observers told me privately about a different Sistema, one that bore little resemblance to the heart-warming story told by the institution itself and the international media. In 2009, at Abreus request, a national center for an El Sistema USA was established at the New England Conservatory in Boston, with a one-year program. The concert will take place at 5pm local timeinVenezuelan Military Academy, an open space to avoid health risks amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and the live stream on teleSURtv will begin at 4pm local time. "We have cases with kids with big problems. Take Lennar Acosta, who 60 Minutes first met eight years ago when he was serving time in a juvenile detention center in Caracas. Reports that El Sistema grads are more likely to finish school and go to college, and that they comprise 75 percent of Venezuelan medical students, are entirely plausible. Nearly 300,000 kids like Paola are in "the system." The catchily-titled Fundacin del Estado para el Sistema de Orquestas Juveniles e Infantiles de Venezuela the Sistema for short has been using classical music to tackle the social problems of a country where 60% of the population live below the poverty line. And they love it.". [24][pageneeded][19][pageneeded], Most guqin books and tablature written before the twentieth century confirm that this is the origin of the guqin, although now it is viewed as mythology. GigueConcerti Grossi No.8 in C minor, HWV32601. Bryn was dressed as a warrior, complete with fur cloak, horned hat, eyepatch and spear. The second concert took place on Tuesday 25 June as part of the Shell Classic International series. Allegro03. In the future, a million. Enter your email address to keep up-to-date with the AAM. The four spears have been temporarily exhibited at the National Museum in Canberra in 2015 and 2020 as part of two exhibitions on Aboriginal encounters with settlers, and since then the institution has worked to return Aboriginal heritage to its traditional owners. The Symphonies 39, 40 & 41 (2xLP, Gat) ditions De L'Oiseau-Lyre, ditions De L'Oiseau-Lyre. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, The Academy Of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood, Jaap Schrder -. Some singers, such as Adilia Castillo, Lorenzo Herrera, Simon Diaz, Mario Suarez, Edith Salcedo, Magdalena Sanchez, Rafael Montao, Reyna Lucero, Cristina Maica, Jos Catire Carpio, Cristobal Jimenez, Juan de los Santos Contreras (El Carrao de Palmarito) and Reynaldo Armas have maintained a huge following over the years. Xi'an had 40 orchestras playing Tang court music in 1950. Cost is only $35 for all five classes. These events combined music with the video and performance art of Venezuelan artists such as Luis Poleo, Frank Wow, and Sony. The modern revival of The Academy was . Free shipping for many products! Mendez said the program must overcome Venezuelas severe economic crisis. AllegroConcerti Grossi No.4 in A minor, HWV32201. How an Orchestra saved Venezuela's children, Dangerous Liaisons: When Akram met Juliette, Oliver Sacks: Tales Of Music And The Brain, A Trip To Asia: On The Road With The Berlin Philharmonic, A Wild Sheep Chase: In Search Of Haruki Murakami. But he's always on the phone, looking for additional funding. International Study Group on Music Archaeology, Musica Romana: Ensemble for ancient music, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ancient_music&oldid=1138049649, The Natyashastra also suggests the notion of, This page was last edited on 7 February 2023, at 19:31. CARACAS, Nov 14 - Venezuela on Saturday attempted to break the Guinness record for the world's largest orchestra, as 12,000 musicians played a classical piece together for more than five minutes. Academy of Ancient Music (AAM) is an orchestra with a worldwide reputation for excellence in baroque and classical music. Suzanne Duryea, a staff economist at the Inter-American Development Bank, says the bank has calculated a yield of $1.68 in social dividends for every dollar of the $150 million it invested in El Sistema in 2007. Who made El Sistema happen has been clear from the beginning. The URL has been copied to your clipboard. MenuetConcerti Grossi No.1 in G major, HWV31901. Presto04. What probably does not come to mind is classical music. A project called The Big Noise has just started on the Raploch estate in Stirling putting classical string instruments into the hands of every child in their first year at primary school. In the Venezuelan Andes, the Venezuelan bambuco is a local variation of the bambuco. It's really good because not only do they learn a daily routine - but they also learn another culture," she said. Discover the influence of the ancient Greeks on classical music, opera and modern jazz; and join contemporary Greek musicians and scholars as they discuss cultural and historical influences that have contributed to the music of Greece today. Fundacion Bigott has also produced groups such Un Solo Pueblo, Huracn de Fuego and Grupo Madera. Musicians at the wake for Jos Antonio Abreu, the founder of Venezuela's youth orchestra program known as El Sistema, in Caracas in 2018. propaganda n. ideas or statements that are often false or exaggerated and that are spread in order to help a cause, a political leader, a government, etc. And their orchestra is about the exuberance of youth. Asked how that's done, he said, "We work hard. Three complete hymns by Mesomedes of Crete (2nd century CE) exist in manuscript. Orchestra VIAF ID: 208716258 ( Corporate ) Permalink: http://viaf.org/viaf/208716258 Preferred Forms Other forms of Venezuelan folk music are tensively recorded and researched due to the work of Caracas-based Fundacin Bigott. Simon asked. For more information, or to sign up for classes, call 610-499-4279 or visit . Founded by harpsichordist Christopher Hogwood in 1973, it was named after an 18th-century organisation of the same name (originally the Academy of Vocal Music). The earliest material and representational evidence of Egyptian musical instruments dates to the Predynastic period, but the evidence is more securely attested in tomb paintings from the Old Kingdom (c.25752134BCE) when harps, end-blown flutes (held diagonally), and single and double pipes of the clarinet type (with single reeds) were played. By Josephine Joly with AFP, AP Updated: 23/11/2021. Alfredo del Mnaco, who founded the Venezuelan branch of ISCM, is considered the pioneer in electronic music in Venezuela[1] having released Estudio electrnico I para cinta in 1968. That's not all he learned. The Natya Shastra is based upon the much older Natya Veda which contained 36,000 slokas. Violinist Alexis Crdenas has graduated from the Sistema to an international career as a soloist. Today, its aiming at one million participants in Venezuela alone and, Jos Abreu, founder of Venezuelan El Sistema youth orchestras, dies, Time to take a stand for Venezuelas El Sistema. By 1998, when Chvez won the presidency, El Sistema had not only survived, but flourished under as many as 10 regimes from right to left. Most of those positions have been filled with younger musicians. Andante.05. Using historically-informed techniques, period-specific instruments and original sources, we bring music vividly to life in committed, vibrant performances. Top ways to experience Dayan Naxi Ancient Concert and nearby attractions Eat Your Way Through Yunnan's Tea & Horse Road, from Dali to Lijiang, 8-day Trip 9 Bus Tours from $2,200.00 per adult Flexible Lijiang City Highlights Private Day Tour with Lunch 1 Bus Tours from $199.74 per adult (price varies by group size) Venezuelas gross national product per capita is barely a fifth of what it is in Japan and the United States. Dudamel conducted the performance without a score. ElSistema: can the controversial music project bring harmony to Venezuela? Will be more. Various reconstructions and restorations of the instruments have been attempted, but it was observed by many that none have been completely satisfactory. Nanjing Dynasty Orchestra, Wang Jian-Yuan. [14] The notation in the first tablet was not as developed as the notation in the later cuneiform Hurrian tablets from Ugarit, dated by Kilmer to about 1250BCE. BBC Radio 3 Audio (60 minutes): Afro-Venezuelan music of the coast. It has long posed problems for interpretation, mainly owing to its use of quarter-tone intervals, which have seemed to suggest an alien melodic sensibility. Its ironic, then, that El Sistema has been championed internationally by the liberal cultural establishment. Dudamel is expected to lead several concerts in Venezuela in August and September. Larghetto, e piano04. #Venezuela: Vea cmo se afina la orquesta ms grande del mundo. "Tell me what it was like the first time you picked it up to play it?" Venezuela's National Orchestra System rehearsed Friday for a concert composing of 12,000 musicians with which it will try to break the Guinness world record for the largest orchestra in the world this Saturday. The National Youth Orchestra shows the flag every time it travels abroad. "And that is what's happening in Venezuela. Within a year, he was taking them on tour. He may become a doctor, or study law, or teach literature. They played their final concert on Tuesday 26 June. And they change their life with music.". Academy of Ancient Music presents a journey through one of the dominant genres in music since the mid-17th century: the trio sonata. ", Venezuela's Youth Orchestras Seeks Record with 12,000 Musicians. "A child's physical poverty is overcome by the spiritual richness that music provides.". 60 Minutes caught up with him one morning recently on his way to work, in Germany. In Venezuela: The arts. It's so much in demand, it's on the road more than most professional orchestras. This is how to listen to Tchaikovsky's Slavonic March.". The network has given children in poor neighborhoods a chance to study classical music. By the time they're six or seven-year-old veterans, they're playing in orchestras. His work The Principles of Music (better-known under the title De institutione musica) divided music into three types: Musica mundana (music of the universe), musica humana (music of human beings), and musica instrumentalis (instrumental music). Capriccio Espagnol. Selected in 2009 by TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design), his 18-minute presentation has been viewed on YouTube over 60,000 times. Five years later, the trainees were ready to train the next generation themselves. It's like the flag.". When the detention center started an orchestra, Lennar tried the clarinet. Like Suzuki, El Sistema echoes with reminiscences of the Enlightenment and even Platos The Republic, where arts education is civic education and the link between great music and good people is a truth as self-evident as the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. [citation needed], Ancient Greek musicians developed their own robust system of musical notation. "Eight hundred thousand children have passed through the system in 32 years," he told Simon. As an encore the orchestra played Elgar's Nimrod as a tribute to a London audience, Dudamel said, that is now part of the Simn Bolvar Symphony Orchestra Of Venezuela's history. The first semblance of a modern orchestra came in the early 17th century when the Italian opera composer Claudio Monteverdi formally assigned specific instruments to perform his music. Itll be organised, of course, because you have someone with lots of power who tells you exactly what to do, and you keep your mouth shut, end of story.. performs a sold-out show at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Kennedy Centers Concert Hall. 12 mil nios y jvenes de @elsistema se juntan para interpretar la Marcha Eslava de Piotr Ilich Tchaikovscky. Its a traditional drills and skills program: hierarchical, teacher-centred, focused on repetitive learning and performance. Jose Enrique Sarabia also known as "Chelique," who was already internationally known for producing songs since the late 50s like "Ansiedad," helped by other gifted musicians, recorded and released a record in 1971 through a private press titled: 4 Fases del Cuatro - Msica Venezolana desarrollada Electrnicamente por Chelique Sarabia (4 Phases of Four - Venezuelan Music Electronically Developed by Chelique Sarabia). I mean, it's music. The Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea and the Academy of Ancient Music return to Cadogan Hall to continue their Easter cycle of JS Bachs choral works. Two-year-olds start learning the basics, like rhythm, and the language of music. Definitively, Venezuela's National System of Junior and Children Orchestras and Choirs is far more than just an artistic education program.