Youth Church Orchestra Aims to Help Musicians of Color — VOA Learning English

Article · Language: English · Level: hard · Author: VOA Learning English · ≈ 4 min · 670 words

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For more than two years, Ebonie Vazquez searched to find a music teacher of color for her son, Giovanni. He is 11 years old and loves to play the violin. Now, she has found that teacher at New Hope Presbyterian Church, a Christian religious center, near Los Angeles, California.

Chineta Goodjoin, a Black pastor, leads New Hope. She started a string orchestra at the church in April to help children of color have a better chance to learn classical music.

Goodjoin and the orchestra’s leaders think it is important for the music teachers to look like their students and share similar life experiences. That is why the orchestra’s director, Charles Dickerson and all its music teachers are people of…

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Deepa Bharath wrote this story for The Associated Press. Andrew Smith adapted it for VOA Learning English.

Source: learningenglish.voanews.com/a/youth-church-orchestra-aims-to-help-musicians-of-c

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