As announced in the previous newsletter, the "La Girafe Lyrique" association is gearing up for the sixth edition of its Venite Cantemus initiative, which will see 700 singers performing en masse at a concert in aid of the Institut Pasteur, held at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris on June 21, 2026.

This year, the association that funds medical and participatory research on mental illness has decided to support the CONTEXT project led by Thomas Bourgeron and his team.

A total of 29 Institut Pasteur staff will be adding their voices to the massed choir and singing in aid of research.
 

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Come along to two open rehearsals in the CIS before the concert on June 21: save the date!

With preparations for the concert on June 21 in full swing, La Girafe Lyrique will be coming to the Institut Pasteur for two rehearsals that will be open to the public, on Monday May 18 and Wednesday June 10 at 6pm in the CIS. 

Those who attend the rehearsals will have the opportunity to see a massed choir of more than 200 people from Greater Paris – including your colleagues! – together with the conductor and the official musicians.  We hope that lots of you will take the opportunity to come along and hear Handel's Messiah in May and June.

The newsletter team will keep you posted about this unique musical project, which will also feature in a new episode of the in-house podcast "En immers(i)on"! Watch this space!