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Article: Announcing the Launch of El Sistema USA and Its First Initiative, the Abreu Fellows Program.
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- May 6, 2009
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NEW YORK, May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- El Sistema, the internationally acclaimed Venezuelan program that uses music and orchestral participation to help children achieve their full potential, is coming to the United States.
Organizers of the TED Prize announce the launch of elsistemausa.org and its first initiative, the Abreu Fellows Program. This initiative is inspired by El Sistema ("the system"), created by Dr. Jose Antonio Abreu, the visionary Venezuelan musician, economist, and reformer, whose work has opened up the world of music and personal accomplishment to some 250,000 Venezuelan young people.
In February, 2009, Dr. Abreu, the winner of one of three ...