Activities

The Music Workshop aims to create an expressive, free, and personalised space for older teens, where the pleasure of making music together is the primary requisite.

Concerts

During the Music Workshop, the many educational and communicative capacities that music offers are harnessed so that people who have disabilities can form relationships. The teaching method is unique, in that the music lessons are very similar to those that are normally offered to students without disabilities, and the music therapy models used for specific disabilities are not implemented.

The main instrument is the piano, which is used as a harmonious and melodic sound base that allows all instruments to be imitated. The chosen didactic method is for the students to learn the music by heart rather than reading it, as the work is based on listening. 

During the lessons, any personal and spontaneous input from the kids participating in the orchestra is welcomed and accepted.

An improvement in the participants' autonomy and self-esteem can clearly be seen by everyone involved; for example, they gain more tolerance in handling frustrations as well as a more dynamic ability to manage relationships and new situations.

The orchestra is composed of 34 students, and performs in concerts held at the Conservatorio Cherubini (Cherubini Conservatory) in Florence every year, as well as in a variety of other musical contexts, including collaborations with other youth orchestras.