Mitrovica Rock School students to rock
Skopje - for the fourth time!
The last week of August, 24 Rock
School students and their 12 teachers from North and South Mitrovica will
rock Skopje - together.
2011
Skopje Summer School
Every year, the Rock School invites 24 of its students
and all teachers for a rock and roll summer school in Skopje,
the capital of neighboring Macedonia.Throughout the
year, the divide in Mitrovica forces Rock
School students to learn
and rehearse in separate locations, one on each side of the
city. At the Summer School, they join forces
and work towards a major outdoor concert.
Rehearsing, recording and
performing Throughout the week, the
participants will be coached by the Rock School's teachers from
Mitrovica and trainers from the Fontys Rock Academy in the
Netherlands. They will follow an intensive program that includes
five days of band practice, recording and performing.
Final concert - August 26 On Friday
August 26, the week will culminate in major outdoor concert in the
Skopje City Park. Details will be posted soon. Come one, come
all!
Summer School
band MostUra rocking Skopje in 2010 The name MostUra combines the
Serbian and Albanian words for "bridge" ("most" and "ura")
**NEW**
Rock School's "A-Team" This year, a
new band will be part of the Summer School: the Rock School's
A-Team. The A-Team is formed by three of the best students from the
Rock School's South branch and three of the best from our North
branch.
The A-Team is
currently writing songs together online, which will be
recorded in Skopje. In September, they will travel to the Netherlands
together to perform at IKV Pax Christi's event The Night of Peace.
Partners The Mitrovica Rock School
is a long-term project of Musicians without Borders, Community
Building Mitrovica, the Fontys Rock Academy and IKV Pax
Christi.
Civil - Center for
Freedom The Skopje Summer School is carried out
in partnership with the Skopje-based organization Civil, a
long-standing partner of Musicians without
Borders.
Donors The 2011 Skopje Summer
School is funded by the Embassies of Finland, the United States,
Norway and France in Pristina.
The Mitrovica Rock School is
financially supported by the Social Transformation Program (Matra)
of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign
Affairs
