On Friday, September 26, 2025,* hundreds of thousands of students from Quebec and French-speaking Canada will kick off the 29th Journées de la culture by performing Haut les cœurs!, an original composition proposed by Sarahmée and the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, conducted by Rafael Payare.
Discover the video for the song Haut les cœurs!, produced by La Fabrique culturelle de Télé-Québec in the fabulous setting of the Maison symphonique de Montréal.
Register now to join the fun!
On registration, you will receive by return e-mail the access path to the tools page containing everything you need (mp3, sheet music, etc.) to make the activity a success! If you don’t receive this message: look for it in your spam folder and identify it as a legitimate e-mail with the Never block sender option.
*This date is suggested but not mandatory. Celebrate when it’s convenient for you!
Haut les cœurs!, it’s a song…
- … easy to learn, in less than 4 weeks;
- … to be performed as you wish: on the sung or instrumental version, a cappella, on Orff instruments, ukulele or with the full orchestra!
- … with original choreography by PPS Danse;
- … accompanied by multiple scores and a complete pedagogical guide, full of ideas for classroom activities, in September and throughout the year!
Thank you
Une chanson à l’école is produced by Culture pour tous thanks to the support of ministère de la Culture et des Communication, with the support of Centrale des syndicats du Québec and in collaboration with l’Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and La Fabrique culturelle de Télé-Québec.
Distribution partners: Alliance chorale du Québec, Association canadienne d’éducation de langue française (ACELF), L’École en réseau, Fédération des Associations de Musiciens Éducateurs du Québec (FAMEQ), Fédération canadienne des enseignantes et des enseignants (CTF-FCE), Fédération culturelle canadienne-française (FCCF) and Fédération nationale des conseils scolaires francophones (FNCSF).