Sistema Toronto

Sistema Toronto provides musical and intellectual opportunities to children in vulnerable communities, with the end goal of transformative social change. We build stronger communities by enabling at-risk children to overcome poverty, grow, and thrive as engaged citizens and future leaders.

Sistema Toronto is first and foremost a social development program, using ensemble-based music education to transform the lives of at-risk children. Sistema Toronto students work together for 10 hours of weekly instruction. They learn strings (violin, viola, cello, or double bass), percussion, choir and Music & Movement while developing important life skills like problem solving, empathy, and self-advocacy.

Our Mission
Sistema Toronto is an intensive social program transforming the lives of children through ensemble-based music.

Our Vision
Through the global language of music children grow to realize their full potential as engaged and responsible citizens.

At Sistema Toronto...
We are a team;
We always do our best;
We always help each other.