Soma Children's Orchestra and Chorus
Organization information
Friends of El Sistema Japan
Location: Chiyoda-ku, Japan
Summary
This project, the first El Sistema-inspired program in Japan takes place in Soma, Fukushima, one of the disaster areas of the East Japan Great Earthquake and Tsunami in March 2011, and serves the area's children who have been affected by that great tragedy by instructing and engaging children in a classical orchestral and chorus music education programs inspired by Venezuelan El Sistema's core values, such as teamwork, peer learning and joy.
Project locations
Japan