LE BOEUF SUR LE TOIT

What LE BOEUF SUR LE TOIT does

Le Bœuf sur le Toit is a non-profit association (association loi 1901) founded in 2005 that operates a community music and art school serving the Haut Sundgau population of the Communauté de communes du Sundgau in the Grand Est region of France. From its single premises at 48 rue du Château, Ferrette, the school delivers individual instrument lessons of 30 minutes per week covering violin, flute, trumpet, trombone, clarinet, saxophone, classical/electric/bass guitar, piano, and drums/percussion, supplemented by mandatory musical formation training and a set of collective workshops: a youth orchestra, a contemporary music ensemble, a classical guitar workshop, a string instruments workshop, and a vocal workshop. Theater courses (1 hour 30 minutes per week) are offered as a secondary art discipline for children and teenagers, with an end-of-year performance. Children from age 5 are admitted through a dedicated musical awakening program.

The association runs on a recurring subscription-style revenue model built around a €20 annual family registration fee plus monthly course fees, payable via 9-month direct debit from October to June, with a 3% discount for quarterly or cash settlement. Enrollment is direct-to-consumer and conducted in person at the school; marketing is local, relying on the musique-et-art-ferrette.fr website, Facebook, YouTube, and an email newsletter. School management, content delivery, and student enrollment are operated through the Opentalent software platform. The association does not sell or license any product or service beyond its instructional offering and is supported financially by the Communauté de communes du Sundgau, the Collectivité Européenne d'Alsace, and Crédit Agricole, while the Ville de Ferrette provides premises and concert venues free of charge. Graduating wind and percussion students are routed into the Société de Musique Concordia of Waldighoffen, with which the school maintains a core strategic partnership.

Governance rests with a five-member committee (President Jean-Pierre Krick, Vice-president Jean-Pierre Burger, Secretary Virginie Kauffmann Weigel, Treasurer Mario Weigel, Assessor Danièle Fünfschilling) under artistic director Thierry Kauffmann and administrative/financial manager Brigitte Richart. The organization is community-rooted rather than venture-backed, with no disclosed funding rounds, no M&A activity, and no plans for geographic expansion beyond Haut Sundgau.

Name

LE BOEUF SUR LE TOIT

Legal name

LE BOEUF SUR LE TOIT Ecole de Musique et d'Art Ferrette-Waldighoffen

Website

https://musique-et-art-ferrette.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Le Bœuf sur le Toit is a non-profit music and art school association founded in 2005 in Ferrette, France, offering individual instrument lessons, collective workshops, and theater courses to children and adults of the Haut Sundgau community.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Music & Arts Education

NAICS

Fine Arts Schools (611610)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Private Music Lessons (Instrumental) (EDAMANAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Group Music Classes & Ensembles (Band, Orchestra, Choir) (EDAMANAC), Early Childhood Music Education (Ages 0–7) (EDAMANAD)

Keywords

• Music school
• Music education
• Theater classes
• Arts education
• Instrument lessons

Headquarters

HQ city

Ferrette

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership and Course Fees: Annual registration fee of 20€ per family, with individual instrument courses (30 min/week), group courses (1 hour/week), and theater courses (1 hour 30 min/week). Payment options include 9-month direct debit (October to June) or quarterly/cash payment with 3% discount.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Le Bœuf sur le Toit is a non-profit music and art school association offering individual instrument lessons (30 min/week), group collective practice workshops (1 hour/week), and theater courses (1h30/week) to children from age 5 and adults in the Haut Sundgau region. Students receive individual lessons complemented by musical formation training and ensemble workshops, with wind and percussion students progressing to the Concordia orchestra of Waldighoffen upon completion.

Product overview

Le Bœuf sur le Toit is a non-profit music and art school founded in 2005, offering a comprehensive arts education program primarily focused on music with secondary theater offerings. The school provides individual instrument lessons (30 min/week) complemented by mandatory musical formation training and/or participation in collective workshops (1 hour/week). The core products include individual music courses (violin, flute, trumpet, trombone, clarinet, saxophone, classical/electric/bass guitar, piano, drums/percussion), musical training (formation musicale), and various collective practice workshops including youth orchestra, contemporary music ensemble, classical guitar ensemble, string instruments workshop, and vocal workshop. Theater courses are also offered as a separate art discipline. The school's collective practice offerings are designed to develop adaptability skills within ensemble settings, with students encouraged to progress to the Concordia wind band orchestra in Waldighoffen upon completion of their training.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cours individuels de musique
• Formation musicale
• Orchestre des jeunes
• Atelier musique actuelle
• Atelier de guitare classique
• Atelier à Cordes
• Atelier vocal
• Eveil musical
• Cours de théâtre

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Société de Musique ConcordiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Concordia orchestra of Waldighoffen is the backbone of the music school. Many students who train in wind or percussion instruments join the Concordia orchestra upon completion. The school's youth orchestra performs at Concordia's annual concert. Concordia's rehearsal hall serves as an overflow classroom.
• Ville de FerrettecoreOthersThe city of Ferrette provides premises for the music school free of charge, as well as the old tribunal hall and Halle au Blé for auditions and concerts.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Musikschule (German municipal music schools network): Network of publicly-funded municipal music schools across the German-speaking border region (including nearby Baden-Württemberg). Highly comparable as subsidized community music schools offering instrumental lessons and ensembles, and a relevant alternative for families in the cross-border Sundgau.
• Conservatoire de Colmar: City-level music conservatory in nearby Colmar offering individual and collective music education with multi-cycle curriculum. Comparable in pedagogy (instrument lessons, ensemble practice, music formation) and serves the same Haut-Rhin department, providing a regional alternative.
• Conservatoire à rayonnement départemental de Mulhouse: Larger municipal music conservatory in Mulhouse, the regional capital closest to Ferrette. Offers comparable instrument and ensemble instruction across a wider geographic catchment, representing a direct alternative for Haut Sundgau families willing to travel and a benchmark for institutional scale.

Broad incumbents

• Conservatoire de Strasbourg: Large city-level conservatory offering music, theater, and dance instruction across all ages. Shares Le Bœuf sur le Toit's pedagogy of instrument lessons plus ensemble practice, but operates at city-scale with formal conservatoire grades (cycles) and represents an aspirational standard for the smaller Haut Sundgau school.
• Berklee College of Music: Large global music education institution. While vastly different in scale, it represents the broad-incumbent music-education category and illustrates where ambitious Le Bœuf sur le Toit graduates might progress toward higher music studies.
• Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris (CNSMDP): France's flagship music and dance higher-education institution under PSL. Comparable as a French music education entity focused on instrumental and ensemble mastery, though operating at the opposite end of the scale spectrum (elite post-graduate).

Direct peers

• Société de Musique Concordia de Waldighoffen: Community wind band (harmonie) in Waldighoffen that is both Le Bœuf sur le Toit's primary pipeline partner and a comparable community music organization in the same Sundgau ecosystem. Comparable in mission (amateur music-making and ensemble training) and geography, but focused on wind/percussion ensemble rather than individual tuition.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses2 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks3 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCJzVHV5ubCgw81WiIrEDx1A
• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/le-boeuf-sur-le-toit

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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