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Podcast: Art Works Podcast
Episode: Transforming Lives Through Music: Shanna Lin and the Paterson Music Project
Description: Director of Education and Violin/Viola Teaching Artist at the Paterson Music Project (PMP) Shanna Lin gives us the program's history: it’s an El Sistema-inspired program established in 2013 with 32 second graders and now serves over 500 students from 25 schools in Paterson, N.J. PMP offers after-school programs four days a week and on Saturdays, including string orchestra, concert band, guitar, jazz, hand drumming, keyboard, and choir and provides instruments to students at no cost.We discuss the principles of El Sistema. Started in Venezuela about 50 years ago as a social impact program, it uses music education to te...