Spotlight project
Les Talens Lyriques teamed up with the association Les Fripons, which specializes in audiovisual awareness and media education, for a project that is as creative as it is educational! Together, they guided students through the creation of original podcasts, inspired by the ensemble’s music as well as all the discoveries made throughout the program: meetings with musicians, trips to the opera, in-class concerts…
Five classes joined the adventure!
Two 8th-grade classes from Jean Perrin Middle School in Paris and three high school classes from Guillaume Apollinaire High School in Thiais took part in the project. Each class produced two episodes, enriched by their musical experiences and emotions. Once completed, the episodes are published on ARTE Radio’s audioblog, as part of the collection “Les Rendez-vous lyriques.”
Discovering their voice
Throughout this journey, the students learned how to use their voices, control their breathing, and play with the rhythm and musicality of speech. The goal: to captivate the listener! Intonation, articulation, and expressiveness were at the heart of this introduction to the art of speaking… like a true mic professional!
The heart of educational project
Artistic practice
A vibrant and participatory immersion in the world of baroque music through vocal and instrumental practice, writing workshops or even wild violin making: each year or establishment has its own project!
The Talens Lyriques's flagship project : the orchestra class
For the past ten years, Les Talens Lyriques has been introducing non-musician students to orchestral practice through long-term instrumental training (generally lasting three to four years).
Les Talens Lyriques trains non-musician pupils to play in an orchestra by providing them with a musical instrument (strings, brass, percussion, keyboard) for 3 to 4 years. Pupils benefit from two hours a week of collective learning led by our cultural mediator and musicians from Les Talens Lyriques, during school time.
In 2023-2024, Les Talens Lyriques have completed a 3-year cycle with pupils from the Anton Makarenko school in Ivry-sur-Seine. They will have taken part in the orchestra class from year 4 to year 6.
In 2024-2025, a brand new orchestra class emerged at the lycée Guillaume Apollinaire of Thiais (94).
The objective for the Talens Lyriques is to claim loudly that it’s never too late to begin learning music !
A year with schools' pupils
At the heart of the Talens Lyriques orchestra
Guided rehearsals
At their school or in the concert halls themselves, students are plunged into the heart of the orchestra during guided rehearsals specially for them by our cultural mediator. They learn to recognise the different instruments, discover musical works and the demanding work of an orchestra.
Concerts in class
These small-scale concerts with Talens Lyriques artists provide an opportunity for direct exchanges between students, teachers and artists. Presented by the Talens Lyriques cultural mediator, the concerts help to prepare the pupils for certain repertoires, composers, instruments or works that the pupils can then rediscover by attending our concerts or performances. These in-class concerts break away from the codes of the classical concert, establishing a close relationship and dialogue during these privileged moments between the artists and the pupils.
Instruments presentations
The Baroque music period is full of unique instruments, some of which have been forgotten or have evolved into different forms over time. These workshops give students the opportunity to see, hear, and understand the history of the key instruments of this era: the viola da gamba, harpsichord, traverso, violin, oboe, and more. Musicians from Les Talens Lyriques take part in these sessions, presenting their instruments, explaining their evolution and playing techniques, and demonstrating them in class.
Other educational actions
Discover the t@lenschool project, which aims to introduce non-musicians to musical theory and practice through the use of digital tools, and the musical project led by Talens Lyriques for the benefit of patients at the Clinique de la Toussaint in Strasbourg.
