Music Education – Transforming Children’s Lives

Across the planet, social initiatives rooted in the teaching of music have shown the powerful impact that this form of creative expression, collective engagement and personal development can have on the lives and futures of children and youth. The programs presented in this panel hail from diverse cultural and social environments, and address different needs and challenges among the students they serve. Despite these differences, our speakers will draw upon their lived experience, and that of their students, to identify the common threads that make their work successful, impactful and life-changing, with lessons that can benefit children and communities everywhere.