The Sistema Fellows Program is a professional training program designed for ten postgraduate musicians and music educators who are passionate about creating careers for themselves that connect music, youth, and social change.
Between September and May, the Sistema Fellows engage in an intensive curriculum that includes leadership, communication, non-profit strategy, funding, operations, evaluation and assessment, and educational philosophy and policy. The learning is a combination of classroom seminars and experiential work in the field. In the fall semester, Fellows spend four weeks in residence at El Sistema-inspired programs of their choosing across the US. There is also a month-long residency in Venezuela in the spring semester. To put their learning into practice, Fellows are required to spend the subsequent year serving the emerging field of El Sistema-inspired initiatives.
Based at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, the Sistema Fellows Program is tuition-free and includes a monthly stipend for living expenses. The program is limited to 10 participants each year.
Application deadline is February 8, 2013. To apply, visit http://necmusic.edu/sistema-fellowship.
Posted February 5, 2013
