Music for the Masses

Gentle readers, we have always known music reaches across borders of cultures and languages. There is a wonderful music program which started in Venezuela and has received worldwide acclaim. It is called El Sistema. The Great Gustavo Dudamel,who was born into poverty and hired, at 26, to lead the Los Angeles Orchestra, is a product of that program. He is determined to spread that love of music to children in the U.S.

While I admire the profound impact of music in these children's lives, it is the music for the deaf and impaired children which rivetted my attention.

My own deaf daughter (she has a cochlear implant)loves music, is in her third year singing in the school choir and writes her own songs. I remember seeing all the deaf children at her former schol in St. Louis (St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf) with ear buds, plugged in like other kids.

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