Children with mental disability, together with their parents, create colourful melodies
The saxophone and the piano bring together musicians, children and grown-ups; they all become one big crowd and create shapes and colours while developing their skills and learning the basics of music.
Musical instruments can play yellow, green or purple notes, and make sounds that turn into shapes!
Children with mental disability, together with their parents, become one big crowd for a fourth year running, through the Onassis Foundation workshop “Come along, paint the notes!”
Guided by specialist educators and experienced musicians, we will get to know many different musical instruments and listen to well-known children’s songs and original melodies which we’ll turn into paintings.
Through play, the children develop their language, listening and motor skills, and improve their ability to keep things in order in an environment tailored to their needs, while at the same time understanding basic musical concepts like rhythm, volume, pitch and melodic line.
credits Eleni Pallé: Visual art therapist Wanda Panagiotou: Specialist educator Spyros Souladakis: Pianist Guido De Flaviis: Saxophone player
Suitable for children with mental disabilities and their parents.
Dates & Hours:
Workshop cycles for 2018 Saturdays 20 & 27 October and 3, 10, 17 & 24 November Children 5-7 years old: 16:00-18:00 Children 8-11 years old: 18:00-20:00
Workshop cycles for 2019 Saturdays 12, 19 & 26 January and 2, 9, 16 February Children 5-7 years old: 10:00-12:00 Children 8-11 years old: 12:00-14:00
Admission is free.
Terms and conditions: Each child to be accompanied by one parent only. In some cases, participation of first-degree relatives such as siblings may be allowed. The first meeting of each cycle to be attended only by parents who will be accompanying their children to the workshop. Participation in all meetings of each cycle is mandatory.
Place: Onassis Stegi
Reservation and more info: T: 210 3713000 Booking required, at education@onassis.org Booking requests will be treated on a first-come first-served basis.