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Music in the Andes

Music Project at San Luis School in the village of Maras

In 2014, we initiated our music project at the San Luis Gonzaga School in Maras in the Cusco area, in cooperation with the professional local artist Narciso Choque. Children attending this school have low economical resources. Parents of the children of the school work mainly in agriculture. During the music classes, the children are taught all the disciplines of music and art. With this project, we can support the children in developing their talents and creativity. Learning to create and appreciate music and art is very important to the development of children as they grow up. The project has grown over the past years and we are very happy that we had come to the point that we are able to distribute musical instruments to the school and started teaching the children how to play the instruments. Nevertheless, more than it being a project it is also an exchange. The project stimulates environmental awareness. During the classes the children learn songs about the significance of the environment and as a compromise for the music classes and instruments the children promised to keep the surrounding area of the school, their town and the environment clean.