INSPIRATIONAL: Venezuela's top youth orchestra (El Sistema)...

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El Sistema is a publicly financed music-education program in Venezuela known for rescuing young people from extremely impoverished circumstances and environments of drug abuse and crime. The conductor is Gustavo Dudamel, himself a product of the El Sistema and recently named the Los Angeles Philharmonic's music director.

Trust me... Watch this TED video and be ready to be humbled and inspired the next generation! Turn up your speakers...

Gustavo Dudamel and the Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra: A musical sensation from Venezuela

The Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra contains the best high school musicians from Venezuela's life-changing music program, El Sistema. Led here by Gustavo Dudamel, they play Shostakovich's Symphony No. 10, 2nd movement, and Arturo Márquez' Danzón No. 2.

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1. MUST SEE!

I'm sorry I didn't describe this video well enough to get some replies. Perhaps, I could have added a picture...

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2. I know a few people who took part in this program

and are now amazing musicians.

Shades of Vivaldi and his orphan-girl orchestra. Thanks so much for posting this!

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3. I just learned about the El Sistema program...

...I'm embarrassed to admit.

It's too bad most Americans think Venezuela is an honorary member of the Axis-of-Evil and run by that evil-doer, Hugo Chavez. I'm sure their brains would melt if they watched this video and tried to reconcile it with what they've been told.