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“Music for overcoming adversity”: meeting between musicians from Uruguay’s Sodre National Youth Orchestra and students from the University of Navarra

 

The University of Navarra Museum began its performing arts program with a pre-inaugural concert by the El Sodre National Youth Orchestra. Made up of more than 80 young people between the ages of 16 and 27 from the most vulnerable neighborhoods of Montevideo, this group of musicians embodies values such as the desire to excel, youthful spirit, tenacity, and teamwork, as well as the democratization of music and culture, values that it shares with the Museum.

 

On the morning of October 6, at the theater of the University of Navarra Museum, the Orchestra starred in the meeting-colloquium "Music for Overcoming," in which some of the members recounted their experiences to a group of people, including students from the University and the Conservatory of Pamplona. After performing "Conga del Fuego Nuevo" by Mexican composer Arturo Márquez, the orchestra's director and founder, Ariel Britos, explained the origin of this initiative, which aims to bring music to the poorest neighborhoods. The Sodre National Youth Orchestra stands as the pinnacle of Uruguay's System of Youth and Children's Orchestras, a social action program through music that has been expanding rapidly in the Latin American country for 18 years. "We seek to integrate all musicians; we are like a big family, and here it is not about being 'the son of', but about effort, work, discipline, and meritocracy," Britos emphasized.

 

 

“Music for self-development”: meeting between musicians from the Sodre National Youth Orchestra of Uruguay and students from the University of Navarre

 

The Museum University of Navarre began its performing arts program with the pre-inaugural concert of the Sodre National Youth Orchestra. Comprised of more than 80 young people aged between 16 and 27, originating from the most vulnerable neighborhoods of Montevideo, this group of musicians personifies values such as the eagerness to excel, young spirit, tenacity, and teamwork, as well as the democratization of music and culture, values that it shares with the Museum.

 

On the morning of October 6, at the theater of the Museum University of Navarre, the Orchestra took part in the "Music for Self-Development" colloquium-meeting, where some of its members spoke to a group of people, including students from the University and Conservatory of Pamplona, about their experiences. After performing "Conga del Fuego Nuevo" by Mexican composer Arturo Marquez, the director and founder of the Orchestra, Ariel Britos, explained that this initiative aims to bring music to the poorest neighborhoods. The Sodre National Youth Orchestra stands as the pinnacle of the Children and Youth Orchestras System of Uruguay, a social action program for music that has been rapidly expanding in the Latin American country for the last 18 years. "We seek the integration of all musicians, we are like a big family and here being the 'son/daughter of' does not matter; what matters is effort, work, discipline, and meritocracy," Britos highlighted.