Symphonic Ecole de Musique

Haiti is considered the most underprivileged country in the Western Hemisphere and one of the most impoverished in the world. Despite their conditions, Haiti has a few music organizations that promote music as a way to empower their younger population. Symphonic Ecole de Musique, founded by Haitian violinist Angelo Saintelus, provides music education at a very low cost, and organizes a summer festival each year. In 2017, our Co-Founder, Jesus Saenz, visited the festival and spent several days working with its students. Symphonic Ecole de Musique is the program that inspired Musicians for the World to come into existence.

Ecole Musique Jerusalem

Founded 2016, this program aims to assist young individuals in learning music as a way to combat juvenile crime in Haiti. Jerusalem emerged as a temporary tent community for those who lost their homes in the infamous 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Today, Jerusalem is populated by about 300,000 people who, many of which, are living under precarious conditions. Lack of employment, basic services, and gang violence are among the issues facing this community today.

 Trinidad and Tobago

The Trinidad and Tobago Youth Philharmonic

Trinidad and Tobago is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Trinidad and Tobago’s capital, Port of Spain, has a population of only 37,000 people. Here, The Trinidad and Tobago Youth Philharmonic (TTYP) exists, which is the largest of the few fully symphonic orchestras in the English-speaking Caribbean; TTYP is also the only Youth Symphony Orchestra in all of Trinidad and Tobago. It was founded in 1999 by Kenneth Listhrop and, over the last 20 years, it has had an average of 200 students.

TTYP seeks to promote a greater awareness and appreciation of symphonic music through a rich variety of concert genres, including but not limited to classical, jazz, pop and Caribbean music year round.