Emulating “the system,” the classic music education program that was so successful in Venezuela, Corinne Bouygus de Gobbie and her husband, film award-winning Sergio Gobbi, have developed the musical talents of Dominican children by giving them a chance to play musical instruments and learn the classics. The system is known to turn children who have never played an instrument into good musicians in less than two years.
The instruction is backed by Fundacion Fiesta Clasica, a nonprofit, that currently serves 200 children and would like to serve more, but needs more support. The classes take place on Monday through Friday from 2:30pm to 7:30pm at the Benemerita y Respetable Logia Cuna de America II in the Colonial City. The program already has the support of leading contemporary music composer and musician Juan Luis Guerra, and outstanding Dominican classic violinist, Aisha Syed Castro.
As reported in Diario Libre, the program is not a music conservatory, nor a music academy. It is a social program that began with 10 children from the barrio, then 15, then 20 and now 200. Dominique Mey, vice president of the foundation, says that if they had more space they could give instruction to more children.
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Diario Libre
25 June 2018
