A second chance
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!
The Fondation Jonas has supoorted a summer camp in july in Lyaskovets/Bulgaria.
20 children from 5 to 15 years spent a joyful time in a vacation center. Games, stories, singing, swimming, tasty food…
The camp was led by Revd Ivan Morunov and his wife Anna (Children’s Center “Bridge of Hope”).
It was a wonderful concert on 25 August in the garden of Bioley-Magnoux VD, Switzerland.
With Enrique Mejia, Elisa Primiceri and Océane Brigitte (photo: with Christine and Ulrich Sigwart).
Guests wrote to us: «The young artists impressed us! We wish them the career they deserve.»
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 fine picnic, despite everything a happy end of the semester!
Several students who are part of the Jonas project have just graduated with respectable degrees. And all of them have a clear career perspective!
Océane Brigitte, Recorder
Prof. Magali Dami – «First Class Honours».
Conservatoire Populaire de Musique, Geneva.
After her Master degree in History of Religions and Ethnology (University of Lausanne and Geneva), Océane is appointed as a research and teaching assistant in medieval history, Department of History at the University of Geneva.
Enrique Meija, Guitar
Prof. Alessio Nebiolo – «First Class Honours».
Enrique Meija obtains the Maturité Certificate – Bilingual Section – Mention “Bien”, Collège André-Chavannes, Geneva.
He ist admitted to the HEMU, enrolled in musicology, Faculty of Arts, Geneva.
Elisa Primiceri, Recorder
Prof. Ariel Rychter – «With Honours».
Elisa has been admitted to the «Certificat Supérieur» programme at the Conservatoire de Musique de Lausanne (recorder, Prof. François Mutzenberg).
Emmanuel Lopes is appointed sergeant
Emmanuel, who plays saxophone in the Jonas Project Geneva and has a commercial high school diploma, has decided to take a new step in the Swiss army. After his basic training, he was appointed sergeant in the medical forces.
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 physicist
Yassine, 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 Ngudiankama
Congratulations on the birth of Zurielle, daughter of Ngudi and Benedicte Ngudiankama!
Ngudi has been appointed to the position of Director of a care centre for children and young people in difficulty (UK).
Also in Kyrgyzstan we are able to organise small concerts again – even if it is «only» in front of the video camera. The students of the JONAS music project in Bishkek are playing the Komuz, one of the national instruments of Kyrgyzstan.