Since 2010, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra has held more than 100 meetings a year with thousands of students in some 20 elementary schools in Jerusalem and its environs.

Really?! This has been one of the best kept secrets!

Not only that: For many children, these meetings provide them with their first opportunity to observe a bow as it moves gracefully over a violin or to hear the glorious golden sounds of trumpets and horns. Children who otherwise might never have encountered classical music at all, and certainly never at such a high level – and it is constantly growing wider.

Now that you know – it is time to say: This is not enough. With the existing resources we can give the programs to 20 schools only. However, our musicians and the orchestra are prepared to double the program – 200 meetings in 30 schools! We would triple the number of children and families exposed to the program!

This is the reason that we are turning to you today and asking that you make a contribution: Your contribution reaches the children who really need it, and by doing so you strengthen Jerusalem, and its future generation.