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Empowering or Boring? Discipline and Authority in a Portuguese Sistema-Inspired Orchestra Rehearsal

El Sistema orchestras may be "transformative" and produce positive changes in the lives of young participants, but there are also negative aspects to discipline and authority that may lead to exclusion. This article positions itself within the current debate on Sistema by treating symmetri...

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Published in:Action, criticism, & theory for music education criticism, & theory for music education, 2017-10, Vol.16 (2), p.144-172
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