“Katie Wyatt first fell in in love with classical music when she joined her school’s orchestra in third grade,” report Charlie Shelton and Frank Stasio on Monday (7/10) at North Carolina radio station WUNC. “Wyatt played the viola and appreciated being part of a group that created art together. … As a part of the Youth Orchestra of the Americas, Wyatt performed in Venezuela and learned about El Sistema, a program that offers classical music training for children whose economic circumstances might otherwise make it hard for them to participate. … Wyatt was inspired to start a similar program back in North Carolina…. In 2010, Katie Wyatt co-founded Kidznotes, an offshoot of El Sistema that works with public schools in the [North Carolina] Triangle to recruit children for classical musical training…. Today Wyatt is the executive director of El Sistema USA, where she helps support programs like Kidznotes across the country.” Included is an interview with Wyatt, in which she speaks about the mission of El Sistema founder José Abreu, studying the viola, working with the Chicago Symphony and meeting cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and her participation in the League of American Orchestras’ Orchestra Management Fellowship Program.
http://wunc.org/post/fostering-community-through-classical-music-meet-katie-wyatt
Posted July 13, 2017
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