Milestones
Since 2018
Drum workshop with a group of refugees with hearing impairments organized by the social service of the Housing Office of the City of Cologne in cooperation with “ArtAsyl Köln” and the “Network for Refugees with Disabilities”.
2018
Drum workshop in “Family Games Festival” organized by the Diocesan Center | St. Georg Cologne
2017
Music workshop: The Goethe-Institut Kraków and the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra invite hearing-impaired children to the “Feel the Music” workshop.
Music workshop with young refugees with hearing impairments organized by the social service of the Housing Office of the City of Cologne in cooperation with “ArtAsyl Köln” and the “Network for Refugees with Disabilities”.
2016
Workshop in the Pop-Kulturraum, Cologne
Music education workshops based on the musical project FEEL SOUNDS for students and teachers at universities in Cologne, Nuremberg, Berlin and Hamburg.
2009-2016
Support from the Deaf Center, Cologne
2015
Workshop in the Pop-Kulturraum, Cologne
Participation in the conference "Inclusive Education", of the Ministry of Education, Bonn
2014
Workshop at the UNESCO Conference - Summit “Inclusion - The Future of Education”, Bonn
Appearance on the DAY OF THE OPEN MONUMENT at the Carthusian Festival, hearing and deaf community, Cologne
SECOND GERMAN TELEVISION on ZDF children's programs "1, 2 or 3" and "tivi"
2013
Workshop in the Caritas-Bugs Cafe and performance in the Arkadas Theater Cologne. Financial support from the Dr. Best foundation
Participation in the DAY OF ENCOUNTER, Tanzbrunnen Cologne
Report by the KIRAKA editorial team in WDR 5
2012
Workshop in the deaf center and public appearance at Arkadas Theater Cologne Interview about FEEL SOUNDS on WDR5 RADIO
2011-2014
Financial support from the State Music Council of North Rhine-Westphalia
2011
Workshop in the deaf center and public appearance Arkadas Theater Köln AG in the deaf school Johann-Joseph-Gronewald, Cologne
2010
Workshop in the deaf center in Cologne.
Winning the competition: 2nd PRIZE “COLOGNE INNOVATION PRIZE DISABLED POLICY 2010” and public appearance
Workshop: A HOUSE FULL OF MUSIC project with 10 deaf and 10 hearing students in the Johan-Joseph-Gronewald School, Cologne. | Financial support from the Dr. Best foundation
2009
FEEL SOUNDS starts with a workshop in the deaf cultural center KZG and a public appearance in the Arkadas Theater in Cologne
Workshops
Who is FEEL SOUNDS for?
Children, adolescents and adults interested in music. Deaf, hard of hearing and hearing people aged 3 to 99 years
Group size
10 to 20 participants
Workshop formats
Formats vary between day workshops, weekend workshops, 14-day courses, or weekly courses.
Seminars
Yma América offers seminars in which you can Concept of feel sounds
presentation
Each workshop ends with a public performance and the support of professional musicians in a theater. This performance strengthens the self-confidence of the deaf and hard of hearing and gives them a "face". Prejudices and fear of contact are reduced by making their rhythmic abilities visible and audible. The project thus makes a special contribution to the social acceptance of people with disabilities or people with different capacities in the sense of inclusion.
Feel Sounds projects
Yma America
Eintrachtstrasse 61
50668 Cologne