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    • «Musik, Theater, Freude» – SOS Children’s Villages, Berlin
    • Camps for children with special needs in Armenia
    • Puppet workshop for the children of Gaza-City
    • Drama Workshops towards a nonviolent culture, Ramallah
    • Dance and drumming classes for youngsters who have been traumatised by violence, Tel Aviv
    • Music therapy for children with autism, Haïfa
    • Russia, St Petersburg
    • Madagascar, Africa
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Events & camps

August 2014, Scotland: Summer camp

9-16 August 2014, Scotland.
The making of a musical “Jonah and the whale” – film –
With Stephanie James, Ruth Bonuccelli, James Bush, David Bach

May 2014, Switzerland: String and recorder workshop

8-11 May 2014, Bioley-Magnoux/Switzerland.
String and recorder workshop. Teacher: Yu-Wei Hu.
With Ruth Bonuccelli, Miriam Schild.

July 2013, Switzerland: Summercamp

Bioley-Magnoux.
«Le chantier de ma vie!»
With Stephanie James, Ruth Bonuccelli, Gaëtan Da Cruz, Flurin Maron.

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 very well received by everyone! (Photos to follow)

April 2013, Switzerland: Easter Workshop

Bioley-Magnoux.
Teachers: Sue Klein – Felix Buser –
With Stephanie James, Ruth Bonuccelli.

August 2012, Switzerland: Musical camp

In Randolins/St.Moritz.
«La Création» – a musical tapestry and reflexion. With dance and music. Children and young people from: Caucasus, London, Berlin, Geneva, Paris-StDenis, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Concerts: St.Moritz-Village (choral open air), Sils-Maria (choral open air), St.Moritz-Randolins (dance and musical performance).

April 2012 – Ardoch Centre, Ardoch, Loch Lomond: Choral Easter Worksho

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Eighteen choristers from London enjoyed a wonderful Choral Easter Workshop in the beautiful surroundings of Loch Lomond.
Singing and hiking kept the participants busy and happy.
Towards the end of the week, the choir gave a concert. Local farmers and residents of Loch Lomond listenend with great pleasure to the young people who have been singing with all their hearts.
A contribution has been offered to a local project.
It has been a great week!

October-December 2011: Sensations of Sound

A cooperation with Action Dog and the National Deaf Children’s Society.
«Music making is not just about hearing alone. It includes touch, tempo, movement, expressive sign language, drawings, words and so on. It means that those who are without good hearing can have access to these elements and enjoy performing without sensory boundaries.

Christmas at Covent Garden

For three months we were to prepare a piece to perform at Covent Garden with the theme of Christmas in the piazza. Organised by Action Dog, we would spend the following weeks working alongside children with hearing impairment, composing, designing and drawing up our vision of what Christmas in Covent Garden would mean. Finally the day arrived.
It was a cold winter afternoon. We arrived and rehearsed for our performance.
… This was it. After three months of working on it we performed it.
… The melody, the sound, was expressed by one of the workers of Action Dog with the flow of her hands so that everyone could hear the music, see the music, feel it, even those who otherwise would have been unable to do so.
… I can only imagine what it must have been like for these children to have been able to compose. They managed to compose a whole piece and perform it, despite having difficulties hearing. Many probably won’t be able to believe it, they might even be confused as to how, but they did it.» / Rocio Bruna (17 yrs)

 

Looking further back to our Camps, Musicals and trips. Wonderful events took place. Camps, trips, tours, …:

2011: Musical and Trekking Camp, Switzerland

«Crossroads», a musical. «On the move» or trekking camp.
From the Swiss Alps to Lake Léman.
Concerts: Krattigen, Gstaad, StLégier, Bioley-Magnoux.
Children from Europe and the Caucasus.

2010: Music Camp, Switzerland

Music Camp in Bioley-Magnoux and Simplon Hospiz. Children from London and Europe.

2009: Musical Camp, Switzerland

«Aline, ou la princesse qui s’envola», a musical, Bioley-Magnoux. Children from Europe and the Caucasus.

2008: Music Camps, Switzerland

«Mon chemin de vie» at Simplon Hospiz, Valais (2008) Children from London and Geneva.
Music Camp in Basel, Switzerland: concert at StPeter’s Church.

2007: Musical tapestry and dance, Switzerland

«Dialogue», a musical tapestry and dance, with children from London, the Caucasus and Europe. In Aeschiried and Simplon Hospiz.

2006: Music Camp, Switzerland

Music Camp in Basle, Switzerland: Concert at St.Peter’s Church.
Choral tour to Geneva: Singing at Cathédrale StPierre and at the United Nations: First Session of the Human Right’s Commission.

2005: Musical Camp, Switzerland

«Joseph and his brothers», a musical – Children suffering from hearing impairment, from Montenegro and children from Switzerland and England (Aeschiried)

2004: musical Camp, Switzerland

«Jericho or a story of walls», musical, with children from London, in Aeschiried.

2002: Musical at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival

«William Tell, a musical», Edinburgh Fringe Festival with children from England and Switzerland.

2001: Film production, Finland

«Under the Surface», film (Peter Rayner), in Finland. With inner city children from London.

2000: Musical Camp, Switzerland

«Joseph and his brothers», a musical, with children from England and Bosnia-Herzegovina (Gorazde and Zenica). In Bioley-Magnoux and Hospice du Grand-StBernard.

1999: Musical Camp, Switzerland

«Jonas», a musical, in Bioley-Magnoux (La Sarraz, StPrex, Gryon).

1998: Musical, Stockholm

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).

1997: Project week, Frankfurt, Germany

A project week «Noah One», in Frankfurt-Friedrichsdorf, Germany

News

  • Carolina: Master’s thesis!
  • 4th February, Gstaad: Fundraising Concert
  • Océane Masters degree and Prix Arditi!
  • Jerusalem: Jonas Alumni at the «Alleluia» festival
  • Jonas student at the Davidsbündler Music Academy in The Hague

Special piano concerts – CD available


The CD of a concert of Rati Skhirtladze’s (13 years) and his teachers Natia Beraia Taktakishvlili and Dachi Taktakishvili is available – order here: info@jonasfoundation.org
The concerts took place in Switzerland (Berne, Bioley-Magnoux, Geneva) from 12th to 15th March 2015.
On the program: Liszt, Chopin, Ravel, Lagidze.

Donations

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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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