Mission

To systematize music education and to promote the collective practice of music through symphony orchestras and choruses in order to help children and youngsters to achieve their full potential and to acquire values that favor their growth and have a positive impact on their lives in society.

Vision

The State Foundation for the National System of Youth and Children’s Orchestras of Venezuela (FESNOJIV - Fundación del Estado para el Sistema Nacional de Orquestas Juveniles e Infantiles de Venezuela) is an organization committed to social development through an innovative and hope-instilling music education program, distinguished by its excellence and for having a positive impact on the communities where it is implemented.

Philosophy

As a seedbed for thousands of Venezuelan youngsters, the State Foundation for the National System of Youth and Children’s Orchestras of Venezuela is bearing fruit: those Venezuelan youngsters who go through El Sistema fulfill their dreams of personal and professional realization through music. These young musicians provide a daily example of self-improvement and vitality to their fellow Venezuelans. The fruit of their effort attests to the struggle engaged in to make the so-called Venezuelan music miracle endure and extend to other spheres of culture.

Music is not only the product of the talent and virtuosity of its creators; it is the reflection of the soul of the peoples and, in this case, is the outgrowth of an education program that over the past 33 years has spread beyond our borders and has surpassed all expectations.

In the past, art was a matter of minorities for minorities; then it became a matter of minorities for majorities. Nowadays it is a matter of majorities for majorities and a key element to educating and allowing people to integrate successfully into society.