OPE, Orquestra Pedagógica Experimental, is an orchestra of NEOJIBÁ’s central nucleo in Salvador, Brazil, which meets both at Teatro Castro Alves and a neighboring school. Students ages 6-13 come from all over Salvador and are accepted to this particular program by audition.  Creating an audition based, top-level nucleo in a program with five different satellite sites offers opportunity and motivation for dedicated students. OPE unites the youngest and hardest working musicians in NEOJIBÁ who rehearse in the same majestic house at their mentors -The Youth Orchestra of Bahia, not to mention the State Symphony, Dance and Theater Companies. For more information about NEOJIBÁ, visit http://www.neojiba.org