Netherlands Wind Ensemble to Bethlehem with MwB

From 6 to 8 May, the famed Netherlands Wind Ensemble (NBE) will visit Bethlehem, bringing workshops and concerts to children in MwB's Music Bus Goes Middle East program.

Working with children of Bethlehem
The NBE extended a planned tour to Jordan to visit the West Bank, working with MwB and local partner Holy Land Trust to bring a musical celebration to the children and youth of Bethlehem.

Training Palestinian youth
MwB and Holy Land Trust have cooperated since 2008, training talented Palestinian youth as workshop leaders, organizing music activities for children in the camps, villages, orphanages and hospitals of the West Bank. The program reaches thousands of children every year.

MwB and the NBE
The Netherlands Wind Ensemble and Musicians without Borders have worked together for more than 6 years. In post-war Bosnia, the NBE worked with MwB to support the winds department of the Music Academy in Sarajevo, offering master classes, workshops and performances.  NBE musicians created Winds of Change, an interethnic wind ensemble for talented young Bosnian musicians, and then invited them to perform in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.

Whirlwind tour
In Bethlehem, the NBE will perform with talented young Palestinian musicians. For the children, the NBE will give a workshop and a presentation. MwB's partner Holy Land Trust is organizing the whirlwind tour.