Describe the main features of the measure/initiative:
Main aims:
Realising individual potential; strengthening children and young people by giving them the opportunity to be on stage; enabling societal and city-district development through music
Expected results:
Initiating and realising close, daily presence and collaboration for professional ensembles in and with schools; designing and implementing an inclusive music project with children, young people and their families in disadvantaged neighbourhoods; using this to give children self-confidence and respectful recognition; establishing high-level music as part of neighbourhood culture and as an engine for change
Target groups:
Pupils of Ibn Khaldoun middle school in Tunisia and their families; the school’s socio-cultural environment; the wider Tunisian public via communication in the media
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What are the results achieved so far through the implementation of the measure/initiative?:
Ibn Khaldoun middle school in Manouba, Tunisia, with over 400 pupils, identified as a rehearsal base for the Tunisian National Orchestra; relaxed, voluntary daily exchange facilitated between pupils and professional musicians; Melody of Life performed annually in Tunis and Bremen, and a Community Opera performed in 2019; foundation stone laid in January 2020 for a new rehearsal space and concert hall at Ibn Khaldoun middle school