This weekend, 85 musicians from San Diego’s Youth Symphony and neighboring Sinfónica Juvenil de Tijuana packed the Epstein Household Amphitheater on the College of California, San Diego, for a historic efficiency.
“No matter where you’re from, music can be something that unites,” mentioned Lilian Franqui one of many musicians breaking down obstacles.
San Diego’s Youth Symphony and neighboring Sinfónica Juvenil de Tijuana packed the Epstein Household Amphitheater on the College of California, San Diego, for a historic efficiency.
When she was 7 years outdated, Franqui picked up a violin at an instrument “petting zoo.”
Now, greater than a decade later, she’s planning to make a profession in it.
The efficiency was a part of an effort to bridge communities by means of creativity and innovation throughout this yr’s “World Design Capital” designation.
“You may not understand each other. Speak the same language, but you know, the same notes you can play the same,” Sophia Getman, a Sinfónica Juvenil de Tijuana member, mentioned.
Nevertheless it’s not all the time in tune – or straightforward.
San Diego’s Youth Symphony and Sinfónica Juvenil de Tijuana carry out on the Epstein Household Amphitheater on the College of California, San Diego.
Some performers from Tijuana waited at the very least three hours to cross the border to rehearsal.
“It’s been a learning lesson for many of the students in the San Diego Youth Symphony certainly, because, for a lot of them, you can easily take for granted driving to rehearsal, coming to rehearsal, and making music, and maybe it’s a 20-minute car ride or a 30-minute car ride, but for some of the musicians that have joined us, it can, it can be an all-day ordeal,” mentioned Sameer Patel, conductor and inventive director of the San Diego Youth Symphony.
This distinctive collaboration has culminated in a particular composition known as “Ilimitados”, which means limitless.
“Limitless is symbolic of hope, of opportunities,” Anthony Kim, concertmaster for the San Diego Youth Symphony. “In regard to the border region, I hope this helps instigate peace and unity.”
Patel hopes it hits the appropriate notes and resonates far past this stage.
“Music is about the greatest expression of our common humanity, and I think when we have a piece of music like this and opportunities to come together that showcases our common humanity, that you know, you can see that that there’s little that actually separates us,” Patel mentioned.
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