The choir and music rehearsals for the musical «Captain Noah and his floating zoo» are progressing. The children are practising diligently and a beautiful stage set has already been created. Everybody is looking forward to the performance on 9th of July! … [Read more...]
London: Christmas concert
At last, a concert took place at St Matthew's Church on December 11th, featuring enthusiastic singing and performing.Parents only – no guests – lovely children! The majority of them are newcomers who have enrolled in September. They had learnt some parts from «Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo» (Joseph Horowitz): the Rainbow!There is hardly a better song than the happy «This is my Promise to you… the Rainbow overhead!»The singing ended with «Adorar el Nino, corremos Pastores». It has been … [Read more...]
London: Outing to Vauxhall City Farm
Vauxhall City Farm, a small animal park, is situated close to our Saturday meeting place (St Matthew's). A group of children went there for a short outing, accompanied by volunteers and Felix Buser, Stuart Whatton and Sue Klein. Despite the wet conditions, it was a pleasure! … [Read more...]
London: End of term concert
The normal school and teaching day at St Matthew’s came to an end with our-end of-term concert! The venue in the City of London was the delightful and intimate courtyard of St Vedast Church. Due to the special situation, the concert was not a public event. However, some parents of the children and young people were present. Unfortunately, several students who had been preparing intensively for the concert became ill (Delta) and thus could not participate. After the concert we enjoyed a … [Read more...]
London: Exams and Nominations
Christian, Grade 2, Clarinet: «Merit»!At the ABRSM exams (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Exams) Christian passed with «Merit»! Yassine has become a physicistYassine, as a young boy already in the Jonas Project London, has successfully passed his university degree as a physicist! Yassine is nominated MRI physicist at the Royal Marsden Hospital and Institute of Cancer Research London. Ngudi NgudiankamaCongratulations on the birth of Zurielle, daughter of Ngudi and … [Read more...]
London, july 2020: End of term concert in a video clip
It was a somewhat special end of term concert. Open air, in the beautiful Tibetan Peace Garden, with lots of space – but no audience invited! Due to corona restrictions, the concert could only take place in a mini group – almost without a direct audience. For you, the most important audience was a camera: So you can now, at any time, listen to the concert, including some city background sound. The spring semester is now over. With lockdown, online music lessons, improvisation: «What a term … [Read more...]
Coronavirus: Online teaching at JONAS music school
London Our online teaching program has started!Highly motivated pupils registered for lessons online. Cello, flute, recorder and music theory - the program will last until the end of the confinement period.An immense «Thank Youk» to the Teachers: Felix Buser, Sue Klein, Yu-Wei Hu, Peter Rayner!Warm congratulations to the students ! Tbilisi Dachi Taktakishvili and Natia Beraia Taktakishvili will give piano and singing lessons online until the end of the confinement period.Thank you ever … [Read more...]