Kelsey Milian: Silver Knight Award Honorable Mention
Miami Music Project alumna Kelsey Milian received honorable mention for the prestigious 2016 Silver Knight Award for Social Sciences. In 2010, Kelsey joined the Doral Chapter, Miami Music Project’s first official site. She became an active member of the children’s orchestra and then in 2013 joined Miami Music Project’s advanced Youth Orchestra. Currently, Kelsey returns to the Miami Music Project…
Fantastic Season Finale 2016
Each year, Miami Music Project honors outstanding musicians from four chapters: Liberty City, Little Havana, Little Haiti, and Doral. On Saturday, June 4, 2016, all musicians will reunite once again and showcase their talent which also includes an award presentation. Awards created by children will give musical honors to those with the highest excellence in their curriculum. The following shows…
MusicLab Performance at New World Center
Since October 2015, Miami Music Project Leaders Orchestra has worked with New World Symphony Fellows face-to-face to improve their musical abilities for the New World Symphony MusicLab initiative. The workshop series took place at Citrus Grove Middle School, home to our Little Havana Chapter.
Introduced during New World Symphony’s 2009-10 season, MusicLab brings the New World Symphony Fellows…
Crescendo: The Power of Music
On Sunday, May 1st at 1:00 pm, the New World Symphony will host a special film screening, Crescendo: The Power of Music. Directed by Jamie Bernstein, daughter of American composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein, the film captures the global effect of El-Sistema. The event features a special performance by Miami Music Project students and Fellows of the New World Symphony, followed by Q & A…
You’re Invited To Our 2016 Open House
Join us for our annual open house at all four chapters in April 2016. We invite family and friends to join us and have the opportunity to meet with our Teaching Artists, staff, and students. The open house will include in-class demonstrations and a brief overview of the curriculum. Dates and locations are listed below. We look forward to seeing you!
Monday, April 11, 2016, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm…
Leaders Orchestra Side By Side Concert at FIU
On Sunday, April 17, 2016, the FIU Distinguished Conductor Series will feature Miami Music Project Leaders Orchestra and Florida International University Symphony Orchestra with Conductor Maximiano Valdes.
The side-by-side performance will feature Wagner's Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Numberg. The concert will take place at The Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center Concert Hall…
Avner Dorman To Conduct Workshop at the Little Haiti Chapter
The Arsht Center has invited Israeli-born composer Avner Dorman to work with young musicians from all over Miami-Dade County in advance of the world premiere of his latest composition “Siklón,” which was created for the Arsht Center’s 10th Anniversary and will be performed by The Cleveland Orchestra.
Dorman's works utilize an exciting and complex rhythmic vocabulary, as well as unique timbres…
You’re Invited to our 2016 Spring Concert Series
Miami Music Project, Miami's only El Sistema-inspired program presents its 2016 Spring Concert Series. This annual event is a four-concert series highlighting nearly 500 students from first grade and up. The first of the four performances will take place Saturday, March 12, 2016, at 1 pm at the Manuel Artime Theater. This performance will celebrate the community of Little Havana which is home to…
Stéphane Denève To Conduct Leaders Orchestra
Through the collaborative efforts of the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County's Education Department and Miami Music Project, Philadelphia Orchestra Principal Guest Conductor Stéphane Denève will conduct our Leaders Orchestra. On Thursday, February 25th, 6pm at Citrus Grove Middle School, our Little Havana Chapter, Denève will inspire our orchestra’s advanced…