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2025/26 : In Lyon (France), Therapeutic Music Concerts for Vulnerable Youth


Children in medico-educational institutes (IMEs), pediatric hospitals, shelters, and refugee reception centers often face emotional, social, or medical challenges.

Through regular concerts, this program aims to create spaces for sharing and cognitive stimulation while encouraging socialization and emotional expression, particularly for young people with severe illnesses or disabilities.

Every month, through its musical interventions, the Résonansemble association creates enriching experiences that promote comfort and well-being.

This approach aims to build deep and meaningful intergenerational bonds through music, thereby improving the quality of life for individuals facing health or life challenges. These sessions help build supportive communities where music and musicians act as a bridge between patients, their families, and healthcare staff, fostering a better quality of life and lasting mutual support.

La Fondation La Petite Etoile is a partner in this project, which aims to organize concerts that reduce anxiety and pain by creating regular moments of well-being for vulnerable youth and their caregivers. The goal is to transform care environments into spaces of human connection and sharing through the power of music.

Locations : IME Jean Bourjade in Villeurbanne (children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities), Institute of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology (IHOPe) in Lyon, Maison du Répit (Respite Home) in Tassin-la-Demi-Lune, and Forum Réfugiés in Lyon.

Total Budget : € 20,000

Co-participants : Fondation La Petite Etoile, Résonansemble Association, Music teachers, City of Lyon, Emergences Foundation.

Funding provided by Fondation La Petite Etoile : € 5,000

Children in medico-educational institutes (IMEs), pediatric hospitals, shelters, and refugee reception centers often face emotional, social, or medical challenges.

Through regular concerts, this program aims to create spaces for sharing and cognitive stimulation while encouraging socialization and emotional expression, particularly for young people with severe illnesses or disabilities.

Every month, through its musical interventions, the Résonansemble association creates enriching experiences that promote comfort and well-being.

This approach aims to build deep and meaningful intergenerational bonds through music, thereby improving the quality of life for individuals facing health or life challenges. These sessions help build supportive communities where music and musicians act as a bridge between patients, their families, and healthcare staff, fostering a better quality of life and lasting mutual support.

La Fondation La Petite Etoile is a partner in this project, which aims to organize concerts that reduce anxiety and pain by creating regular moments of well-being for vulnerable youth and their caregivers. The goal is to transform care environments into spaces of human connection and sharing through the power of music.

Locations : IME Jean Bourjade in Villeurbanne (children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities), Institute of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology (IHOPe) in Lyon, Maison du Répit (Respite Home) in Tassin-la-Demi-Lune, and Forum Réfugiés in Lyon.

Total Budget : € 20,000

Co-participants : Fondation La Petite Etoile, Résonansemble Association, Music teachers, City of Lyon, Emergences Foundation.

Funding provided by Fondation La Petite Etoile : € 5,000