VIENNA — Immigrant children in Austria are being given singing lessons organised by the Vienna Boys choir as part of a project to encourage integration through music.
The idea that started as a pilot scheme three years ago has now grown so popular that more than 600 children across the capital Vienna are now getting free singing lessons.
The project is also open to Austrian children from poor families who would otherwise be unable to support the after-school singing lessons, which are usually paid as an extra to the main school tuition. The project is now so popular that in the Austrian capital’s 10th district – which is a section of the city heavily populated with immigrant families – a special singing academy is now being founded.
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