About Us
Mission
- To provide an enthusiastic orchestral program for Florida State young students, offering high quality musical instruction, using standards that will give them the necessary skills to build a strong foundation in their musical growth.
- To offer many performance opportunities, master classes, lessons and ensemble settings, which will enable students to build self-confidence, discipline, commitment, social skills, and other fundamental values essential to every child’s development.
- To forge social integration through music by creating a path for young people to become sensitive, responsible and creative human beings.
- To develop several dimensions such as technical, ethical, moral, artistic, psychological, human, spiritual, social, dialogic, scientific and educational.
Vision
To become a musical education standard model for all United States of North America, that serve as a tool to connect governments and public and private organizations, to spread and facilitate music education and all the collateral benefits throughout.
What is El Sistema?
Established in 1975 by José Antonio Abreu, El Sistema is Venezuela’s national system of youth orchestras serving each year more than 500,000 children, over 80% of whom live in poverty.
El Sistema-inspired programs are now operating in more than 50 countries around the world, and there are nearly 111 affiliated programs in the United States. Sunstate Orchestral Program is the first in Tampa Bay Area. All faculty of Sunstate Orchestral Program are musicians of El Sistema in Venezuela.
Studies have shown that participation in El Sistema programs improves children’s outcomes in school attendance, academic performance, and even general health and wellbeing. Venezuela’s flagship program has positively impacted the lives of over 2 million children.
For a thorough description of El Sistema in Venezuela, please visit El Sistema USA.
“Music saved my life and has saved the lives of thousands of at-risk children in Venezuela. Like food, like health care, like education, music has to be a right for every citizen.”
