The Secret

The secret of the Jostiband Orchestra remains a mystery. As the largest music group of mentally handicapped in the world, this group from Zwammerdam has been playing music with great success for more than almost fourty years.
The orchestra gives concerts, performs abroad and no one is able to put into words how and why the Jostiband Orchestra manages to stir up so much enthusiasm and emotion.
First and foremost are the orchestra members themselves who, in spite of their handicap, play music full of passion. They generate amazement and admiration on the part of the audience. In addition to this is the effect of the music they play, and music remains a mysterious art form.

The mentally handicapped evidently know how to stack emotion upon emotion with their musical performance and the Jostiband Orchestra knows and makes use of this great secret. That the musicians are surrounded, supported and coached with affection by an entire team is no secret. Perhaps that is the secret of their success.