The 2021 Grand Rally for Music Education: Celebrating the Joys and Benefits of Music Education

The 2021 Grand Rally for Music Education celebrates the enduring joys and benefits of music education now and in all times and a shared commitment to advocate for music education.

The Grand Rally presents international opera star Renèe Fleming in conversation with music researcher Dr. Nina Kraus of Northwestern University AND Gustavo Dudamel, artistic and music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic with Liliana Morales, Microbiology and Sociology student at the University of California San Diego and alumna of YOLA (Youth Orchestra Los Angeles), Maestro Dudamel’s El Sistema-inspired education program. Gather to share their personal and professional journeys and their lifelong commitment to music as essential to learning, our lives and communities.