Haitian Orchestra Institute Inc

The Haitian Orchestra Institute (HOI) is an advanced musical training platform that enables over 100 of Haiti’s most talented and dedicated musicians/teachers to receive intensive orchestral and instrumental training from Musicians of the Utah Symphony (MOTUS) and Utah Symphony Music Director Thierry Fischer. Begun in 2017, the program is entirely free to all of the Haitian participants, including travel, room and board. In 2019, the HOI officially became a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

MOTUS, in partnership with Building Leaders Using Music Education in Haiti (BLUME Haiti), created the HOI to act as a conduit between the highest level music training traditions available in the United States and Europe and some of the most accomplished classically trained musicians in Haiti. Because many of the participants in the Haitian Orchestra Institute are teachers in their respective communities, their experience at the HOI creates an extraordinary ripple effect and has already had a pronounced impact on the study of classical music in Haiti.

BLUME Haiti, through the network of schools, teachers and students that the organization serves, identifies the most capable and talented musicians from across Haiti who are then invited to participate in the HOI. As a major American orchestra, the Utah Symphony is populated with highly trained professionals with exactly the skill set ideal for this project. All collaborating partners believe that involvement in the arts makes life better, and that music has as much place in a rural village as in a thriving cultural center.