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Orquestra Gera\u00e7\u00e3o strives to bring about, through collective musical practices, the social inclusion and social mobility of children and teenagers experiencing educational and social vulnerability. The data collected include semi-structured interviews with three OG mentors, one of whom currently serves as the OG director, the OG sub-director, former national coordinators, the current national coordinator, and school coordinators, as well as observations of music classes, orchestra rehearsals and intensive summer internships. We briefly describe the project before detailing the organization\u2019s identity and the profile of its music teachers in a narrative highlighted by the actors\u2019 own words. Finally, we analyse the OG through the lenses of two different and yet complementary conceptual frameworks: Mintzberg\u2019s organizational typology, and Cultural-Historical Activity Theory, as expanded and applied by Engestr\u00f6m. 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