SHEKEL - Inclusion for People with Disabilities The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance Perach national program for social impact 2.
The Israel Integrative Orchestra in cooperation with the Shekel College – SHEKEL - Inclusion for People with Disabilities, The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, Perach national program for social impact, The American Center. 3.
Sima and Simcha’s violin 4.
I am Sima Kogan, 5.
aged 40-plus, 6.
and I’ve been playing the violin since I was six. 7.
That means I’ve been playing violin for over 40 years, and 8.
I’ve been here with the Shekel orchestra since last November, 9.
from the beginning of this [academic] year. 10.
I’m Simcha, a second-year student here at the academy, 11.
studying viola and classical performance. 12.
I’m 21. 13.
I also joined the orchestra in November together with Sima, 14.
and as soon as we saw each other… 15.
- Yes, we jumped up! Simcha, Sima! 16.
We were extremely excited and could both also communicate 17.
in Russian, and I feel that we’ve connected 18.
and I’m very, very happy that I joined, and thanks to this 19.
I’ve met Sima and other enchanting people. 20.
I’m a violin teacher 21.
and I also teach the recorder. 22.
I am employed as a recorder teacher at a school, which keeps me busy, 23.
Where I teach three classes. 24.
We are playing works by Johann Sebastian Bach, 25.
“The Inventions.” 26.
Very famous and very good compositions 27.
- and very difficult. And we succeed 28.
Yes, they’re not simple 29.
and I really enjoy playing with Simcha, 30.
but not only with her, with many other people 31.
and with another band. 32.
I think that in reality, 33.
the most important thing is that thanks to the music, 34.
we’ve got to know new people, to express ourselves. 35.
She plays the viola, a kind of larger violin, 36.
- That’s right 37.
which is played like a violin, 38.
and I play the violin. - Yes. 39.
[Sima and Simcha in unison:] And they combine very well. 40.
[Laughs] We even give the same replies together. - and that’s real fun. 41.
- So how long have you been together in the orchestra? - Since the second of November 42.
Today’s the first of March, so four months already. 43.
Sima has lots of knowledge, 44.
most definitely about the music that we play. 45.
She’s very clever. 46.
That is, she wants to say that it’s not only about the notes themselves, 47.
it goes beyond that. 48.
It’s not just about notes, but something beyond that. - Right. 49.
I feel a great honor to play with this orchestra 50.
in our ensembles the way we do, 51.
that I got into an ensemble, 52.
that I’m accepted 53.
exactly as I am now. Unfortunately, 54.
For half a year I’ve had a disability. 55.
before that I was at the Academy of Music 56.
I finished a year ago. 57.
I completed a degree on the recorder. 58.
For four years I did a doctorate on the baroque recorder, 59.
and now I’ve been disabled for half a year 60.
but I still continue to work. 61.
The orchestra gives me the right 62.
to continue with my music, with my performance, with my instruction. 63.
It gives me a great push for the whole week, 64.
I come here on Tuesday – after that the whole week goes smoothly, 65.
like butter. 66.
I joined the Perach project after my friends who told me all about it, 67.
a friend of mine also played here last year. 68.
At first I just said I’d tick it off 69.
and then go… 70.
but it is alot more than just another project 71.
or a Perach subject or something like that. 72.
They say it’s to get some grant and that’s all, 73.
but it goes far further… 74.
Conductor: Ido Marko Project Coordinator: Atara College Principal: Nitzan Project Management: Shoham Community Unit Manager at Academy of Music: Yael 75.
Content: Nitzan and Shivi Logistics: Tzuf Educational Accompaniment: Haella Professional Accompaniment: Pnina Management: Ariel Nevo 76.
Produced by the Shekel College Filming and Editing: Hussam Abu Diab Production: Lea Practical Production: Atara