The Symphony

One of our “rocks” this year (or one part of our mandate) is to learn more about the culture in which we are living. Music is a huge part of life here. The more we learn, the more we are impressed with the value that is placed in the music program here for the youth of this country as well as the diversity of music that Venezuelans love.

This afternoon we went with another Venezuelan family to the symphony of the youth orchestra. It was the boys’ first experience and it had been a long time since I had had the pleasure of listening live to such a high quality orchestra. I’m not sure of how frequent but at least a couple of times a month, they have free concerts and by the diversity of people I saw tonight, people love to come out to support the youth of Venezuela.

During one piece, they had a special guest violinist who has played all over the world and the composer of the piece was actually in the audience!

While we there, we met another family that we know! In a city this huge, it is always a surprise for us to actually run into people we know!   We are so thankful for these opportunities to learn, experience and enjoy more of life with people. (and of course keeping working on our spanish!)