For those of you not familiar with TED, it is a wonderful resource site filled with incredible videos and speeches on a wide variety of educational topics.  Each year the TED Prize is presented to several innovative thinkers who are given $100,000 and one Wish To Change The World.  The video pasted below is a high definition video clip of a youth orchestra from Carracas, the conductor of which is a student of Jose Abreu, creator of El Systema, a national music education program in Venezuela that has garnered incredible reviews.

I have just added a large collection of musical instrument repair and maintenance videos to our video collections here at MusicEdMagic.  These videos come from respected instrument suppliers and information services such as the Woodwind and Brasswind, Expert Village, and others.  Visit the Music Ed Videos section on the site to see the complete category listings.  Many of these videos are excellent supplimental materials to give to beginning students or students that are switching from instrument to instrument.

Note:  For users that are behind a firewall that blocks YouTube content, consider using a service such as YouConvertIt to download YouTube videos directly or to have them sent to you via email.