Expanding leadership skills in Juja

One of the aspects of music education that we use extensively in our classes is leadership. If you learn two notes, you can teach those notes to someone who does not know those two notes! Here, our Juja students are in action, leading a group violin class:

Youth Orchestra of the Americas Partnership

El Sistema Kenya meets the YOA Orchestra of the Americas! This month we welcome Global Leader, Kate Maloney, who is helping us expand our teaching practices in Juja and Waithaka!

L-R: Brenda, Bernadette, Mumbi, Kate, Karis

Kate working with one of our students at Tegemeza

New location in Waithaka

More growth for El Sistema Kenya as violin and viola lessons take off in Waithaka-Kawangware at the Tegemeza school! Form 2 and 3 students in our newest location join the ESK family, showing both excitement and great potential as the team looks forward to continued progress.

New location in Juja

We are excited to announce that we have expanded to a second location, partnering with Pendo Amani School and El Sistema Sweden in Juja! Here, our teachers have begun teaching a small class of violins and our newest addition: flute!

Giving Tuesday

Today is Giving Tuesday! Take a minute to check out our funding options page on our website and see how you can help support us!

Fundraising Concert Tonight!

El Sistema Kenya's fundraising concert is tonight at ISK at 6:30pm. We are not explicitly selling tickets but are accepting donations with a recommended entry fee, so please feel free to donate what you can! We are looking forward to performing pieces by Shostakovich, Schubert and Mozart! If you cannot attend but would like to contribute to our fundraising to help us continue teaching children in Kenya, please message us!

Fundraising Concert Postponed due to Pope's Visit!

Due to Pope Francis' visit to Kenya this week, we have moved our fundraising concert from Thursday the 26th to Monday the 30th. Same time (6:30pm), same location (International School of Kenya). Bring your friends and enjoy some good food, great string quartet music, and a talk about El Sistema! If you can't make it, please do share our poster and concert information with those you know who may be interested. Also, the entry fee is a "suggested donation." You may donate any amount you would like to this wonderful cause!