This is the ninth year in a row that an amazing PFC Day event is organized by our team in Curitiba, Brazil. This year’s edition saw 10, 000 attendees throughout the day, 16 bands on stage, 40 volunteers as well as the participation of our music students from Cajuru. This year the event benefited from … Read More
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When Malian Music Meets Beethoven | Massani Cisse | Ecole de Musique de Kirina
Music teachers and students at Ecole de Musique de Kirina perform an interesting fusion of Malian music with the melody of Für Elise by Beethoven
Bringing Music Education to the Zaatari Refugee Camp in Jordan
Solutions to an Urgent Food Crisis in Bidibidi Refugee Camp
There is a food crisis in the Bidibidi Refugee Settlement where our program the Salam Arts Program is located. Monthly food rations distributed by multiple intergovernmental bodies have been reduced and now a large segment of the South Sudanese population has been cut off entirely. Our team on the ground has reported increased suicides in … Read More
New Music Program in Colombia
Aprile Zapata
Junior vocal teacher PFC Patagonia, Argentina : Paso Córdoba – Neuquen Aprile, who became a part of our music program in 2023, has brought a refreshing energy to our musical community. Hailing from General Roca, she learned about the school through her father. Aprile began her musical journey around the age of 14 but her … Read More
Joaquin Cofre
Junior Guitar teacher PFC Patagonia, Argentina : Paso Córdoba – Neuquen Joaquin is a young guitar player from General Roca, about 10 minutes from the Paso Cordoba School and draws upon his musical experience and personal journey as a guitarist to inspire and guide his students. While this marks his first official venture into teaching, … Read More
Boubacar Gouem and Nfaly Kouyaté | Kora Duo
Ecole de Musique de Kirina students, Boubacar Gouem and Nfaly Kouyaté perform a traditional malian song a a kora duet.
Master Musician Visits our Program in Eastern Nepal
Master musician Kiran Nepali took a visit to the Udayapur Music program in eastern Nepal to provide an amazing series of workshops to our students, in Gaighat and Tintale. Kiran comes from an ancestral family of musicians and plays the traditional nepali violin; the sarangi. His approach is to demonstrate how traditional music can be … Read More
Juan Carlos Asprilla Mosquera
Songwriting and vocal teacher Programa Musical Bogando Juan Carlos was born in Condoto-Chocó, Colombia. He is a normalista, a business administrator, holds a master’s degree in cultural and audiovisual management and production, and has studied Fundraising at the University of Los Andes. He has also received training at SENA, completed a diploma in music composition … Read More