It’s a bit chaotic in the band room of the Guillermo Tomas music school, on the outskirts of Havana, where scores of young players tune up their instruments, ready to learn some new music. Troy Andrews, aka Trombone Shorty, the busy New Orleans musician, is sitting on the front row to take in the performance.
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American schools require no more than 45 minutes of music education a week, and most of that is just fumbling with plastic recorders. If you look 90 miles south, you’ll find a country that treats their music department the way Texas treats youth football.
University of Minnesota and the National School of Public Health of Cuba (ENSAP) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Tuesday with the aim of strengthening their academic and research ties,
Wisconsin Coalition to Normalize Relations with Cuba 