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    • Puppet workshop for the children of Gaza
    • Drama Workshops towards a nonviolent culture, Ramallah, 2008
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Kosovo, july 2018: Music camp

The making of a musical with Romani and Ashkani children (8th – 15th July 2018) with Jonas students from Geneva.Project Tranzit, Loyola College, Prizren/Kosovo. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Camp, Geneva, Special project, Switzerland ·

April 2017, Haifa: Children’s Festival

«Seeing Classical Arab Music» was the theme of a multicultural project in Haifa/Israel, directed by Pablo Ariel. Actors from Zikrit performed with the Tarshiba Classical Arab Orchestra in hebrew and arabic at The Galilee Multicultural Theater, Haifa. The Jonas Foundation was a part of it and brought cultures together! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Special project · Tagged With: Haifa, Israel, Near East

January 2017, Geneva: A-Level school project: «Blues»

«Blue — Music of Hope» An original production, music and drama by Sébastien Loyo, created as graduation paper «Matura», A-Level «Music». Theme: The development of Afro-American society in the XIXth and XXth Century / The Civil Rights Movement under Revd Dr Martin Luther King. High School «André Chavannes», 1209 Geneva (Director: Roland Jeannet) … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Geneva, Special project, Switzerland ·

Août 2015, Marseille: Ateliers participatifs

Partenariat «Fondation Jonas» avec «YesWeCamp»: Projet «Caravanade» > Construction et animation d’un atelier photo > Atelier participatif pour enfants Participation: une quarantaine de jeunes http://caravanade.org … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Special project · Tagged With: Marseille

Septembre 2014: Video now available

The film of the musical « Jonah and the Whale » (Peter Rayner) is now available! To order: info@jonasfoundation.org … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Geneva, Special project ·

July 2013, Kent: Summer event in the countryside

On the invitation of Christchurch in Southborough (Kent) the Jonas Foundation Music Project spent a day in the countryside celebrating the beginning of summer by participating at a special choral event together with the choir of Southborough Primary School. Both choirs performed songs about the  theme «summer», and the concert reached its climax when both choir were joined together to sing the four part canon «summer is icumen in». The barbecue in the vicar’s garden after the concert was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Camp, Special project, UK ·

Looking back to our camps, musicals and trips: 1997–2011

Wonderful events took place. Camps, trips, tours, …: 1997: «A project week» in Frankfurt-Friedrichsdorf, Germany: «Noah One» 1998: The Swiss Church Music School at the Vatten Festival, Stockholm. «Noah Two», a musical. With the support of the French Protestant Church in Stockholm (Pasteur J.L.Martin). 1999: «Jonas», a musical, in Bioley-Magnoux (La Sarraz, StPrex, Gryon). 2000: «Joseph and his brothers», a musical, with children from England and Bosnia-Herzegovina (Gorazde and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Camp, Concert, Special project, Switzerland, UK ·

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News

  • Geneva: « Couronne des Rois musicale »
  • September 2025, Sicily: ‘Concerto Solidale’ at the Segesta Teatro Festival
  • Geneva: Fête de la musique
  • London: Trip to Eastbourne
  • Geneva: Early music and bardcore

Middle East

Drama workshops in Ramallah (Kathy Bergen, Faten Khoury) – Read more

Milman Center, Haifa

Musictherapy for children suffering from autism at the Milman Center, Haifa. Read more

Armenia: Integration of disabled children

The Jonas Foundation supports the project “Art for Inclusion” in Armenia. Documentary films: "I am a hero", "If you have wings" and "Only love". Read more

Paris-StDenis, France

The Jonas Music Class at Collège Pierre-de-Geyter, StDenis, France. Read more

London Music School

Read more about our music school.

Puzzle «Creation»

«The Creation», a painting in form of a huge puzzle! A piece of art put together by handicapped children and children from the Bernese Oberland (summer 2007). During the International Year 2008 of the Earth, «The Creation» was hosted by the International Airport Geneva at Gate A8. Read more

June 2006: UN Human Rights Council

Jonas Choir UN Geneva
19th June: The «Jonas Singers» sing with the «Petits Chanteurs de la Cathédrale» at the first Session of the Human Rights Council, United Nations, Geneva. Young singers from countries as varied as Iran, Zimbabwe, Angola, Rwanda, Cameroun, Bulgaria, Germany, United Kingdom, France and Switzerland, have been invited to sing at the first Session of the Human Rights Council.

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