A violin can change the world
We created A violin can change the world to help as many disadvantaged children as possible. Our goal is to help them perform better in school by teaching them to play the violin—a challenging instrument—through regular, consistent instruction.
This sweeping experiment, launched in 2015 in Switzerland and in 2017 in France, will reach more than 5,000 students in 49 schools by the fall of 2021.
We co-created the program with national education officials in France, canton-level authorities in Switzerland, and our partner towns. We’re now working with education authorities to hand off the program and help them to deploy it on their own by 2025.
Fast facts: Fall 2021
young violinists
violin teachers
schools in France
schools in Switzerland
children helped by 2025
A violin can change the world
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Project fundamentals
schools
in disadvantaged areasstudents
ages 4 to 8violin teachers
are highly qualifiedteaching method
is age-appropriate3 group classes
a week, during the school dayviolins
each child has their own instrumentopen classes
family members are welcomeevaluation
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Swiss radio showcases A violin can change the world
🏫 Radio journalist Jihane Bergaoui recently visited Albert Camus Elementary School in Sarcelles to report on A violin can change the world for Radio Télévision…
Year-end concerts and graduation ceremonies in 2022
🎻 June was an exciting month for A violin can change the world. For the 5,000 students enrolled in the program in France and Switzerland,…
A visit to the NeuroSpin laboratory
On Wednesday, June 1, representatives of the French education system and the Vareille Foundation visited NeuroSpin, a neuroimaging laboratory in Saclay, a southwestern suburb of…
Creil students receive their violins
On Thursday, April 7, the 62 preschoolers in the moyenne section at Louis Pergaud and Pierre de Ronsard primary schools gathered with their families in…
France 2 spotlights A violin can change the world
In early April, Jean Jaurès school in Garges-lès-Gonesse welcomed France 2 journalist Benjamin Muller from La Maison des Maternelles, a family-centered television show on France…