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Music Loves Autism

Dates

Prices

Free admission

Location

Athens

Time & Date

Day
Time
Venue
Day
Saturday
Time
10:00, 12:00, 16:00
Venue
Special Kindergarten and Primary Schools in Attica and the Periphery, Onassis Stegi

Information

Addressed to

Kindergarten and Primary School Students

Dates

Workshop cycles for 2019:
Saturdays 9, 16, 23 & 30 November and 7 & 14 December
Children 5-7 years old: 10:00-12:00
Children 8-11 years old: 12:00-14:00
Teens 12-16 years old: 16:00-18:00

Workshop cycles for 2020:
Saturdays 15, 22 & 29 February and 7, 14 & 21 March
Children 5-7 years old: 10:00-12:00
Children 8-11 years old: 12:00-14:00
Teens 12-16 years old: 16:00-18:00

Sundays 16 & 23 February and 1, 8 & 15 March
Children 5-7 years old: 16:00-18:00
Children 8-11 years old: 18:00-20:00

Cost

Free admission

Application and Selection Process: Applications can be submitted to the email address education@onassis.org.
Deadline: October 15, 2019. Responses will be sent by November 1, 2019.
For non Athens-based programs, applications are submitted by the Principal/Director of each school unit.

How can the key of G Major “unlock” the emotions and skills of children on the wider autism spectrum? A music workshop for children and their parents, which frees communication, using notes and rhythms.

For the seventh year in a row, Onassis Foundation’s educational program “Music Loves Autism” brings mixed groups – children with or without autism spectrum disorders and their parents – in touch with music. In this case, the communication language consists of music notes, sounds, and rhythm, whereas piano, pipes, or the sax become the communication media.

Listen, see, and enter this specially designed music game with all your senses. Musicians and educators are by your side, to adapt all music activities to your own desires and capacities. In this workshop, sounds and musical instruments help each kid to release their feelings and develop their social skills. The aim is for kids that belong to the wider autism spectrum to finally express their creativity and integrate into the team, through the experience of togetherness.

The art of music transcends verbal communication, travels for the fifth year in new destinations in the Greek periphery, and enhances everyone’s access to education and play.

Photo: Stavros Habakis

Credits

  • Pianist

    Thodoris Iosifidis

  • Specialist Educator

    Georgia Papamichail

  • Pianist

    Christina Papandreou

  • Pianist

    Spiros Souladakis

  • Specialist Educator

    Dimitra Toka

  • Saxophonist

    Dimitris Tsakas

  • Saxophonist

    Guido De Flaviis

  • Head Of Concept Design

    Christina Panagiotakou, Head of Educational Programs

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.

Experiential Workshops for Educators

Experiential workshops for educators will be held during the program. Each workshop consisting of a two-hour stand-alone session.

Wednesday 20 November 2019
17:00-19:00 & 19:00-21:00

Wednesday 26 February 2020
17:00-19:00 & 19:00-21:00

Place: Onassis Stegi

Reservation and more info: Τ. 210 3713000

Booking required, at education@onassis.org

Booking requests will be treated on a first-come first-served basis.

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