The mission of the World Music School is to let people discover how fun it is to make music. And that must also remain affordable for everyone, says Hein. “Every week about 500 people arrive at our locations in Haarlem and we also visit 500 people in daycare centers, schools and retirement homes. We are also in the umbrella and the slaughterhouse for example.”
Saxophone
The World Music School had the necessary setbacks in the last fifteen years. For example, the organization came to the mall financially in heavy weather due to a forced relocation in the shopping center. “The new building is twice as expensive as the previous one,” says Hein. “The municipality now pays half of the rent, I hope it will stay that way. Ultimately, we have to move again if this part of the shopping center is also demolished.”
The theft of no fewer than sixteen saxophones was a nasty disappointment. “We quickly knew who had done it. I called in a private detective. That boy even tried to sell the loot through my own regular saxophone dealer. Unfortunately, the police left it and we didn’t get them back.”
Donated instruments
Fortunately, the World Music School also receives many instruments as a gift from people who have stopped making music. Hein: “Often that is about people who can no longer play due to physical complaints. It is a shame if you can no longer make music. We want to see what the possibilities are to make music in a different way. We will talk about that on Monday evening from 7.30 pm in the Koepel during the conversation ‘Mens, music and possibilities for limitations.”
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