The Baltimore Sun from Baltimore, Maryland

Publication:The Baltimore Sun

Location:Baltimore, Maryland

Sunday, October 19, 2014 Page:A1

....Adan was given a tiny replica violin. The state-run System has since its inception in 1975 trained 2.5 million youngsters, mostly from low-income backgrounds, including Gustavo Dudamel, the renowned conductor of The Los Angeles Philharmonic. "A child who takes up a musical instrument is a child who will never raise a weapon," said Leonardo Mendez,