Plans to establish an online mentoring programme, linking ABYSO players with music professionals from partner organisations, have been brought forward in light of the restrictions on gathering for rehearsals and travel caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The ABYSO has been developing plans for Virtual Mentoring to support its existing educational Read more…
Five ABYSO string players have completed the first phase of an intensive 10 week-long teacher training programme with music educator Hazel Ross. The course, organised and sponsored by the Global Leaders Program, a strategic partner of the ABYSO, covered a wide range of theoretical and practical approaches to effectively teaching Read more…
The ABYSO percussionists held their first training session with Raul Vergara, Co-Founder of the Global Leaders Program. Raul was to visit Antigua in March to participate in Playing to Inspire 4 but had to abandon this trip due to the restrictions on travel imposed around the world to tackle the Read more…
The ABYSO was presented with a beautiful cello by Alison Cox OBE on behalf of the Toby Davies Trust. Alison shared that her dear friend Paula Hart, the mother of Toby Davies, heard about the vision in Antigua and Barbuda to develop a first-class youth symphony orchestra and selected the Read more…