Youth Orchestra of Northern Alberta
Coliseum Station, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Address detailsIn the station on the north side of 118 Ave.
Date & Time
Monday, March 21, 2016
3:15 PM – 3:30 PM
This performance is past.
Orchestra
InstrumentViolins
ProgramMinuet no. 1 from Notebook for Anna Magdalena, Minuet no. 2 from Notebook for Anna Magdalena, Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
WebsiteYouth Orchestra of Northern Alberta – Sistema (YONA-Sistema) is a program offered by the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. This program is modeled on the ground-breaking El Sistema project in Venezuela which uses music for social change and teaches the values of unity, harmony, and mutual compassion.
Five days a week, for almost three hours each day, 53 students receive group instrument lessons, led by qualified teachers, at no cost to their families. In this caring environment, students are given nutritious snacks, homework help, and engage in free play and physical activity, and are then bussed safely home.
Another twenty-six students meet once per week in a “YONA Explorers” program, building their musical and social skills in an introduction to the YONA philosophy.