Sunstate Orchestral Program Plays on Despite Challenges
It’s modeled after El Sistema, a successful music education program in Venezuela. “It’s been really difficult but the first thing that came to mind was play and fight on,” said program director Francisco Diaz. When the world shut down in March due to COVID-19, the group had to get creative by doing lessons and rehearsals on Zoom. Students and instructors alike found healing through music in such a difficult time. “The solitude wasn’t as hard as it could have been those first three months (with) the instruments, the music, the art,” Diaz said. Considering many of the ki...
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