Following on from the work it has been doing for the last 9 years with young people from vocational high schools, the Concert de la Loge wants to develop the project in the direction of inclusion.

After integrating classes of allophone pupils enrolled in the UPE2A (educational unit for newcomer allophone pupils), the ensemble now wants to open up to pupils enrolled in regional establishments for adapted education (EREA).

These establishments cater for pupils with serious educational or social difficulties, or those with disabilities.

Hip Baroque Choc 2025 will include a class of students with cognitive or mental function disorders, who are supported by the MAVIP scheme to help young people with disabilities find employment.
These are mainly students with autism or Down’s syndrome who are following a course in the hotel and catering industry.

These students will benefit from a number of specially adapted workshops led by artists trained in this type of specific intervention. This work will culminate in their participation in the Hip Baroque Choc show to be presented in May 2025, in which they will each perform a dance or percussion piece. The aim of the work carried out will be to ensure that their participation is on an equal footing with that of the other pupils from participating vocational high schools.

Le Concert de la Loge is joining forces with Cafés Joyeux to offer workshops and musical encounters linked to catering, culminating in a filmed presentation.

Based on the observation that people diagnosed with mental disorders are two to three times more likely to be unemployed than the rest of the population, Cafés Joyeux is proposing to provide a solidarity-based response by employing and training people with autism or Down’s syndrome.

The Concert de la Loge will offer a series of meetings and workshops for three groups of team members in training, specially adapted to their needs.

This group will also take part in percussion workshops using kitchen equipment and utensils, as well as voice workshops to overcome speech difficulties through singing.

This group of team members will therefore be involved in a creative process with musicians that will culminate in a collective and participative creation designed to produce a film clip.

In partnership withthe Festival and the City of Saint-Denis, the Concert de la Loge will be offering an inclusive educational project during the 2025/2026 season.

This project will be aimed at young people with disabilities from the town of Saint-Denis, and in particular at pupils enrolled in ULIS (Unités localisées pour l’inclusion scolaire).

The pupils concerned have cognitive, motor, hearing or visual impairments or associated disorders (multiple disabilities or disabling illnesses).

From October 2025 to June 2026, musicians from the Concert de la Loge will lead a programme for around a hundred young people with disabilities. These young people will take part in instrumental, vocal and physical workshops on percussion, voice and hip-hop dance, led by artists trained in this type of specific intervention.

This work will culminate in a public performance as part of Hip Baroque Choc show, in which the students will take part on an equal footing with other young people involved in the project.

The aim of all these initiatives is to promote the inclusion of this disadvantaged audience, introduce them to baroque music and encourage them to take a creative approach.