All of our children receive music lessons here at SALEM. Those who want to can learn an instrument. Currently we offer guitar, ukulele, piano and drums lessons. Our teacher Luis teaches them music with a lot of love and fun. Luis is from Venezuela and has been in Mindo for seven years now, five years…

To bring you closer to SALEM’s music program, we sat down with a young musician to tell us about his personal musical experience in SALEM. Sitting in front of us is Sebastian. Hi Sebas. As one of the oldest stars of SALEM, you are no stranger to the musical project. Tell us a little about…

In order to develop a feeling for music that children and young people cannot develop at school, our music teacher Luis takes on this task. The missing music classes at school are held with each age group once a week at SALEM. During this time they talk together about the structure of music and play…

After many weeks and months of practicing and rehearsals our young artists gave their all and presented their work at a special concert here at SALEM. The evening started with the beginners guitar group followed by the choir. The newly formed dance group, decked in special costumes and lit by torchlight provided the highlight of…

Our first donation to the Viva La Musica music program came from the local community in Mindo. The donor, who wishes to remain anonymous, wrote us this letter: Dear SALEM Ecuador After attending the Christmas market I felt very moved to contribute to your music program Viva La Musica. I was in the front row…