El Sistema USA Launches At New England Conservatory

This is the famed Venezuelan music education program championed by Gustavo Dudamel, the new conductor of the LA Phil.

The plan is for the conservatory to train at least 50 people, starting with the first class of 10, over five years to open music educational centers  in parts of the United States where children couldn't normally afford instruments.


Read more, from the Boston Globe 10/23/09