ProductUpdated on 6 February 2024
A replicable model of an inclusive youth choir making music incorporating sign language
About
The White Hands Chorus Nippon (WHCN) is a music programme run by El Sistema Connect, an NGO based in Japan. It is an inclusive music choir that consists of deaf children, children with visual and intellectual disabilities, as well as children without disabilities. The choir, supported by the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, combines a singing group and a gestural group that perform together and express themselves in sign language. WHCN offers free weekly lessons, organizes professional performances across Japan, and has grown from 35 members in 2017 to 98 members in 2023.
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Organisation
Japan