El Sistema: Changing Lives Through Music


	El Sistema: Changing Lives Through Music

allenmarkowski

4-21-2008 3:15 PM

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allenmarkowski says:

This is something I really believe in & have been working hard at the last few years in the area where I live. I think its absolutely tragic that millions of kids in our country have no musical education or training.

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4-28-2008 10:39 AM

allenmarkowski

Go to the site for the video. Somehow it didn't clip it.

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