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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RTL radio spotlights A violin can change the world
Marie Guerrier, the education reporter for France’s popular RTL radio station, visited Sarcelles several times to immerse herself in A violin can change the world.…
Our program kicks off in Toulouse
The Vareille Foundation is delighted to announce that 2 schools in Toulouse have joined A violin can change the world. On Monday, October 4, 2021,…
Albert Camus students featured on France 2’s Télématin program
On September 28, 2021, Télématin journalist Carole Tolila visited Albert Camus Elementary School in Sarcelles to meet with teachers and students in our A violin can change the world program. Her…
Back-to-school training
Training for both classroom teachers and violin teachers is critical to the success of our A violin can change the world program. That’s why we…
Back-to-school concert in Dugny
On September 2, the children in our A violin can change the world program kicked off Dugny’s first morning of classes with a back-to-school concert,…