Applications are now open for Firebirds 2024 - 2025. Please contact us on firebird@aimpowers.org to ask for a Leaders Prospectus and the Firebird Prospectus.
Firebird Fellowship
The Firebird Fellowship is AIM's investment in teachers as the vital change agents for tackling inequality through music education.
What is the Firebird Fellowship?
40 teachers from pioneering music for social action programs commit to a 15-month learning journey to become outstanding teachers. They do it together - they are the Firebird Fellowship.
In a combination of interactive online and in-person learning, Fellows delve into the fundamentals of teaching, guided by expert coaches and international artists and supported by a global community of peers.
Hear from our firebirds

Adriana Medina, 2022
Barrios Orquestados

Aglaya González, 2022
Reina Sofia School of Music

Ana Gabriela Landaeta Ruíz, 2022
Sinfonia por el Peru

Arapuá Martins de França, 2022
NEOJIBA

Bella Lordelo Ramos, 2022
NEOJIBA

Bryce Tempest, 2022
Paterson Music Project

Carlos Arrivillaga, 2022
Sinfonia por el Peru

Clara Marimon Climent, 2022
Reina Sofia School of Music

Daniela Marques do Brito, 2022
Orquestra Geração

Duván Andrés Aristizábal, 2022
Iberacademy

Erika Gómez Salinas, 2022
Sinfonia por el Peru

Jamily Diwlay Santos dos Anjos, 2022
NEOJIBA

Jeremy Watson, 2022
Paterson Music Project
Jessie O'Hara, 2022
Tocando Music Project

Jorge Mario Herrera, 2022
Iberacademy

Juan Gonçalves, 2022
Barrios Orquestados

Kamarachi Tonny, 2022
Brass for Africa

Liliana Pessoa Albino, 2022
Orquestra Geração

María José Prioló Guzmán, 2022
Iberacademy

Mariana Herwans Matias de Oliveira, 2022
NEOJIBA

Mariana Jacinto Santos, 2022
Orquestra Geração

Mwebe Julius, 2022
Brass for Africa

Pablo Silva, 2022
Teatro de Lago

Raphael de Souza Elias, 2022
NEOJIBA

Samuel David Palomino Kingjler, 2022
Reina Sofia School of Music

Santiago Preciado Restrepo, 2022
Iberacademy

Sara Abreu, 2022
Orquestra Geração

Sasha Sanchez, 2022
Iberacademy

Sebastian Ostertag, 2022
Sistema Toronto

Sekiranda Mouris, 2022
Brass for Africa

Sonia Cáceres, 2022
Orkidstra

Stefan Lazarevic, 2022
Paterson Music Project

Tania Cantallops, 2022
Barrios Orquestados

Timothy Egan, 2022
Paterson Music Project

Zabdiel Hernández Sánchez, 2022
Reina Sofia School of Music

Alejandro Giraldo, 2021
Iberacademy

Andre Camacho, 2021
NUCLEO

Andrés Mejía Rojas, 2021
Iberacademy

Anton Clarke-Butler, 2021
NUCLEO

Carola Christ, 2021
Dream Orchestra
Christy Grace, 2021
BSO OrchKids

Daniel Bermúdez Tamayo, 2021
Iberacademy

Eleni Liora, 2021
El Sistema Greece

Felipe Muñoz, 2021
Iberacademy

Filipa Jordão, 2021
Orquestra Geração

Francis Gagliardi, 2021
El Sistema Greece

Giannis Ismirnioglou, 2021
El Sistema Greece

Hannes Schöggl, 2021
Superar Austria

Jacqueline Monteiro, 2021
Orquestra Geração
Kai Jack, 2021
Dream Orchestra

Leyre Foltmann, 2021
Acción por la Música

Margarida Abrantes, 2021
Orquestra Geraçao

Mollie Westbrook, 2021
BSO OrchKids

Mookho Rankala, 2021
Dream Orchestra

Natali Espinosa Herrera, 2021
Iberacademy

Oswin Carruido, 2021
Barış İçin Müzik

Pablo Parra, 2021
Accion por la Musica

Santiago Bernal Montaña, 2021
Iberacademy

Simge Günel, 2021
Barış İçin Müzik

Susana Rivero Cangas, 2021
Reina Sofia School of Music

Catherine Butler, 2022
Paterson Music Project

Nyombi Michael Feston, 2022
Brass for Africa
5 Pillars of Practice
5 Pillars of practice articulate key areas of growth that Firebird Fellows are looking to activate in their students. Not only do these pillars guide the Fellows’ approach to teaching, they also underpin AIM’s approach to training teachers, who need and deserve to experience the same transformational learning they want to bring to their music spaces.
Timeline and Milestones so far
Timeline

40 teachers from Music Programs around the world partner with AIM for the Firebird Fellowship
February 2024

2024 Firebird Fellows get started online
April 2024

Firebird Fellows in-person 2 week Residency 2024 in Lisbon
August 2024

Music Program leaders gather as a Leaders Circle
April 2023

Firebird Fellows begin their teaching and action research
September 2024

2024 Firebird Fellows start online
May 2024

Firebird Fellows graduate and pass the flame to the 2025 cohort
July 2024

Alumni Program starts for 2024 cohort
August 2023