2025 – Instrumentarium Visit Through the Eyes
As part of the 2025 Rencontres de l’Illustration, organized by the Strasbourg Libraries, illustrator Hélène Bléhaut led a graphic reportage workshop, initially planned at the Hautepierre library. At the initiative of Camille Latham, head of the Hautepierre Library, the workshop was exceptionally held in our instrumentarium. On Saturday, 22 March, six participants explored the space by drawing instead of listening. Their sketches were later compiled into an illustrated journal and exhibited at the library, providing a unique perspective on the venue.
2025 – Plic Ploc, Nursery Rhymes with the Hautepierre – Cronenbourg Early Childhood Center
The team from the Hautepierre, Cronenbourg, and Poteries Early Childhood Centers aimed to highlight the work of childcare assistants by creating a book-and-CD of nursery rhymes sung by them and the children they support. Les Percussions de Strasbourg participated in two songs on the CD, based on well-known nursery rhymes: the very famous “Petits Poissons dans l’eau” and “Plic Ploc”. These two songs provided an opportunity as a pretext to make percussion music together with the children (ages 0–3) through musical awakening activities and practice workshops for adults. Arranged by Enrico Pedicone, the joint recording sessions resulted in two beautiful audio works that capture wonderful moments of sharing.
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2024 – La Mini-Fête Sauvage, with Rosa Parks School
In December 2024, at Théâtre de Hautepierre, students from Rosa Parks School performed on stage with two musicians from Les Percussions de Strasbourg. Following the La Fête Sauvage ciné-concert presented at Théâtre de Hautepierre on 14th November 2024, Les Percussions de Strasbourg invited two 5th-grade classes to perform the music and sound effects for three short animated films in real time. The students participated in three sessions in the instrumentarium to rehearse and prepare for this cine-musical performance. To close the event, the group Mineral Square, composed of Théo His-Mahier and Enrico Pedicone (members of Les Percussions de Strasbourg) and Raffaele Renne and Guido Pedicone, performed an educational hard rock – stoner concert!
2024 – Touring with Us!
This project was co-developed with Centre Socio-Culturel Le Galet as part of the Ville-Vie-Vacances program. It involved the AJFH67 women’s futsal team during the spring break. The stay revolved around the concert on 27 April 2024 at Le Lieu Unique in Nantes: a “carte blanche at the Musica Festival” event, where Les Percussions de Strasbourg performed a tailor-made program with the ensemble LoveMusic. We notably performed Persephassa by Iannis Xenakis, a piece that had been the subject of a workshop with participants at our facilities beforehand. On site, we spent time together between musicians and football players, which led to very interesting conversations, documented here in this video ↓
2022 – Concert-Workshop “Random Space Music” (with the Musica Festival)
Designed in partnership with the Musica Festival, the concert-workshops allow participants to engage with a musical work through listening, discussion, and practice. During this 1.5-hour small-group concert, students first discover an excerpt of a piece and then, guided by the performers, explore its secrets by playing percussion themselves. Under the direction of two musicians from Les Percussions de Strasbourg, participants—both young and adult—have the opportunity to practice simple playing techniques observed during the concert. These experiments make the participants active creators and provide intense moments and emotions each time. Presentation dossier (+).
2020 – Concert-Workshop “50 Cymbals” (with the Musica Festival)
In 2020, the concert-workshop featured an inspired version of Ryoji Ikeda’s work performed by Les Percussions de Strasbourg at the Musica Festival opening: 100 Cymbals. Ten percussionists play 100 cymbals arranged in a 15m × 15m square. Throughout the piece, the musicians move among the cymbals, using different sticks and techniques to create varied colours and sounds.
During the workshop, 50 cymbals were played first by two Percussions de Strasbourg percussionists, then by the participants. After the concert, participants were divided into two groups and given superball mallets to join the performance, guided by a percussionist. At the end, participants could take their superball mallets home to continue exploring sound. The workshop is also accessible to people with disabilities, allowing them to fully feel the vibrations among the cymbals.
The workshop is also accessible to people with disabilities, with adaptations allowing them to fully feel the vibrations among the cymbals. Presentation dossier (+).
