Chris Anderson (TED curator/owner):
Dear (Twitter) friends,
I ask you to consider joining me in a noble experiment to prove the transformative power of music. If we're successful, an amazing musician, supported by us, will be trained for a year to lead a music program similar to the world-acclaimed El Sistema youth orchestra program of Venezuela. Consider that a few years ago many of the children you just watched were living in poverty in Venezuela. Music changed their lives and also impacted the lives of the communities they live in.
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http://tedchris.posterous.com/lets-sponsor-an-el-sistema-usa-music-fellow