Outreach

Educational outreach and cultural mediation are at the heart of the Quatuor Anches Hantées’ artistic activity, inseparable from its stage presence.

Whether through instrument workshops, didactic concerts for young and old alike, Music and Theatre workshops, Music and Movement workshops, or clarinet and chamber music masterclasses, the relationship with its audience takes on meaning beyond the concert itself, and these encounters build unexpected bridges.

The Quatuor Anches Hantées performs for all audiences. Hard-to-reach communities hold a central place in its cultural outreach, which extends to community centres, facilities for people with disabilities, correctional institutions and hospitals.

Among these, one audience holds a particularly prominent place: audiences with specific sensory needs, and in particular the deaf and hard-of-hearing community.

Storm of Strauss –educational concert

Discovering the instruments, a repertoire that varies from period to period and from inspiration to inspiration, the secrets of the quartet and of chamber music… Young and old will know everything!

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Masterclasses –Clarinet and Chamber music

For a day or a weekend, students will have fun playing together, experimenting with their power of communication and the possibilities of influencing each other. The Quartet emphasizes listening as a tool among others to play together, communication through playing, choice of phrasing and colors, sound as expression.

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Deafness and accessibility

Music at Your Fingertips

The Quatuor Anches Hantées performs for all audiences. Hard-to-reach communities hold a central place in its cultural outreach, which extends to community centres, facilities for people with disabilities, correctional institutions and hospitals.

Among these, one audience holds a particularly prominent place: audiences with specific sensory needs, and in particular the deaf and hard-of-hearing community.

Vibrating vests
Sensorial capsules

Thanks to equipment capable of amplifying and transmitting the vibrations of the on-stage instruments to the audience, the quartet’s members can offer workshops and concerts aimed at deaf, blind, and neurodiverse adults and children. Furthermore, the multisensory approach, through the integration of tactile stimulation (via vibrations), amplifies the effect of music on the brain, enhances neuroplasticity and facilitates the formation of new neural connections.

For which audiences?

  • Deaf and hard-of-hearing
  • With ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder)
  • Visually impaired
  • With motor and cognitive disabilities

Technical note: The quartet tours with vibrating vests and sensory capsules, which are lent for these events. This setup requires a technician and the necessary equipment to capture the live sound using microphones and a basic mixing desk.

Cultural
actions
in progress and to come

The QAH is continuing its third season of school-based residency at the Fraternité and Jeanne Gallèpe schools in Romainville (93).
The program includes musical discovery workshops, clarinet trial workshops, story-inventing through music workshops, and the creation of a performance combining ceramics (imaginary instruments), writing, and stage presentation, in partnership with Art en partage.
This wonderful project is supported by the City of Romainville, the Pavillon de Romainville, the Cité éducative, the Fondation La Poste, the teaching staff, the Mandela Center, and the Romainville Conservatory, and will benefit more than 400 students, from preschool (Petite Section) through 5th grade (CM2).

For 2026/27, it is on its home territory in the Aude region, with the EANM Chaminade and several of its partner structures, that QAH will attempt to co-write a performance with adults with disabilities.
A project rich in possibilities, guided by the principles of encounter, tolerance, and resilience. Music in a priority urban neighborhood, inclusive in every respect, aimed at breaking down barriers.