Each account is limited to one registration.
Eating and drinking are prohibited inside the rehearsal room. Water is allowed—please bring your own bottle.
Video recording and photography will be conducted by Weiwuying strictly for the purposes of documentation, cultural promotion, and non-profit use.
Participants are required to sign the Portrait Right Agreement to consent to the use of their likeness.
After registration, please complete the payment within the payment deadline specified in the Weiwuying official website registration system; if payment is not made by the deadline, the system will automatically release the spot.
Refund Policy: Participants must contact the organizer to request a refund (learning@npac-weiwuying.org). The email timestamp will be used as proof. Refund requests must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. on January 14, 2026. A 10% handling fee will be deducted from the registration fee. Late requests will not be accepted.
This event is not eligible for Weiwuying membership point accumulation. Thank you for your understanding.
The National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying) reserves the right to alter the program. For updated information, please check on the Weiwuying website.
For inquiries, please contact the International Forum Team, Weiwuying Learning and Participation Department at learning@npac-weiwuying.org.
[2026 International Forum and Workshop on Creative Engagement] Professional Development Workshops––Session III
Music as an example of collective cultural cooperation: the key to improving society
A lecture workshop of El Sistema's collective music practice for young people, showing how such a practice and methodology - of young people making music together - helps aid social development, the acquisition of excellence and more healthy engaged communities.
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Time: Sunday, January 25, 2026, 10:00– 16:30
Lunch break: 12:30–14:00(please bring your own lunch).
Place: Weiwuying Rehearsal Studio
Host: Marshall Marcus ( Founder & President, Sistema Europe; Executive & Artistic Director, European Union Youth Orchestra)
Maximum number of participants: 30 participants
Target Participants: Everyone interested in learning how the techniques of the global El Sistema social action music programme can aid community development and the development of young people, particularly teachers, programme leaders and cultural practitioners from both private organisations and public institutions.
Note: this approach is relevant not only for those within the music world, but for anyone using cultural practice as a means for community and societal development.
Language: English with consecutive Mandarin interpretation
Registration Information and fee
Registration Period: Monday, November 17, 2025 – Monday, December 29, 2025, 23:59
Registration process: Register on the official website → Make payment → Check registration status on the website → Complete registration.
Fee: NT$1,600
Host
Marshall Marcus ( Founder & President, Sistema Europe; Executive & Artistic Director, European Union Youth Orchestra)
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Marshall Marcus has been involved in the world of music since the 1960s, and as a violinist, programmer, writer, teacher and broadcaster has worked in more than 70 countries across 5 continents.
He founded Sistema Europe, Sistema Africa, the SERA Archive, the "Towards 2030" programme and La Orquesta Barroca Simón Bolívar de Venezuela, and was Co-founder of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
Marshall is currently focused on the way musical and cultural activity help develop young people from all of the diverse areas that make up contemporary society, seeing culture as one of our best "engines" for global exchange, learning and peace.
Sistema Europe
Founded in 2012, Sistema Europe is a network of European organisations and individuals carrying out activities true to the principles of Venezuela's famous music for social action programme, El Sistema. The Network consists of more than a hundred programme centres in around 30 European countries. As part of the international Sistema movement, Sistema Europe assists its programmes in positively transforming the lives of children, young people and their families in communities from every section of society through the practice of orchestral and ensemble music-making.
The programmes use orchestral and other music activities as powerful agents of development, inclusion & integration; provide access for young people with the least resources and the greatest need; foster stimulating learning environments enabling children to swiftly progress towards excellence; ensure high quality immersive, intense and joyful teaching, including peer learning and regular performances; and deepen connections to community networks, developing the Venezuelan núcleo model.
Hotel Partner
Just Sleep - Kaohsiung Zhongzheng
For reservations, please contact the booking team at
E-mail: snail.chen@justsleephotels.com / yb.sales@justsleephotels.com
TEL：(+886) 07-9723565 #8301 / #8304
Address: No. 134, Zhongzheng 1st Road, Lingya District, Kaohsiung City 802, Taiwan.
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►2026 International Forum and Workshop on Creative Engagement
[2026 International Forum and Workshop on Creative Engagement] Professional Development Workshops––Session III
Music as an example of collective cultural cooperation: the key to improving society
A lecture workshop of El Sistema's collective music practice for young people, showing how such a practice and methodology - of young people making music together - helps aid social development, the acquisition of excellence and more healthy engaged communities.
More about
Time: Sunday, January 25, 2026, 10:00– 16:30
Lunch break: 12:30–14:00(please bring your own lunch).
Place: Weiwuying Rehearsal Studio
Host: Marshall Marcus ( Founder & President, Sistema Europe; Executive & Artistic Director, European Union Youth Orchestra)
Maximum number of participants: 30 participants
Target Participants: Everyone interested in learning how the techniques of the global El Sistema social action music programme can aid community development and the development of young people, particularly teachers, programme leaders and cultural practitioners from both private organisations and public institutions.
Note: this approach is relevant not only for those within the music world, but for anyone using cultural practice as a means for community and societal development.
Language: English with consecutive Mandarin interpretation
Registration Information and fee
Registration Period: Monday, November 17, 2025 – Monday, December 29, 2025, 23:59
Registration process: Register on the official website → Make payment → Check registration status on the website → Complete registration.
Fee: NT$1,600
Host
Marshall Marcus ( Founder & President, Sistema Europe; Executive & Artistic Director, European Union Youth Orchestra)
|
Marshall Marcus has been involved in the world of music since the 1960s, and as a violinist, programmer, writer, teacher and broadcaster has worked in more than 70 countries across 5 continents.
He founded Sistema Europe, Sistema Africa, the SERA Archive, the "Towards 2030" programme and La Orquesta Barroca Simón Bolívar de Venezuela, and was Co-founder of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
Marshall is currently focused on the way musical and cultural activity help develop young people from all of the diverse areas that make up contemporary society, seeing culture as one of our best "engines" for global exchange, learning and peace.
Sistema Europe
Founded in 2012, Sistema Europe is a network of European organisations and individuals carrying out activities true to the principles of Venezuela's famous music for social action programme, El Sistema. The Network consists of more than a hundred programme centres in around 30 European countries. As part of the international Sistema movement, Sistema Europe assists its programmes in positively transforming the lives of children, young people and their families in communities from every section of society through the practice of orchestral and ensemble music-making.
The programmes use orchestral and other music activities as powerful agents of development, inclusion & integration; provide access for young people with the least resources and the greatest need; foster stimulating learning environments enabling children to swiftly progress towards excellence; ensure high quality immersive, intense and joyful teaching, including peer learning and regular performances; and deepen connections to community networks, developing the Venezuelan núcleo model.
Hotel Partner
Just Sleep - Kaohsiung Zhongzheng
For reservations, please contact the booking team at
E-mail: snail.chen@justsleephotels.com / yb.sales@justsleephotels.com
TEL：(+886) 07-9723565 #8301 / #8304
Address: No. 134, Zhongzheng 1st Road, Lingya District, Kaohsiung City 802, Taiwan.
More
►2026 International Forum and Workshop on Creative Engagement
Each account is limited to one registration.
Eating and drinking are prohibited inside the rehearsal room. Water is allowed—please bring your own bottle.
Video recording and photography will be conducted by Weiwuying strictly for the purposes of documentation, cultural promotion, and non-profit use.
Participants are required to sign the Portrait Right Agreement to consent to the use of their likeness.
After registration, please complete the payment within the payment deadline specified in the Weiwuying official website registration system; if payment is not made by the deadline, the system will automatically release the spot.
Refund Policy: Participants must contact the organizer to request a refund (learning@npac-weiwuying.org). The email timestamp will be used as proof. Refund requests must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. on January 14, 2026. A 10% handling fee will be deducted from the registration fee. Late requests will not be accepted.
This event is not eligible for Weiwuying membership point accumulation. Thank you for your understanding.
The National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying) reserves the right to alter the program. For updated information, please check on the Weiwuying website.
For inquiries, please contact the International Forum Team, Weiwuying Learning and Participation Department at learning@npac-weiwuying.org.
