| Mitrovica Rock School
Rock’n’roll in a divided city
Before the Kosovo
war, Mitrovica was a center for rock music in the region. The
conflict has left the city’s Serb and Albanian communities divided
by the river Ibar, and has destroyed the city’s rich cultural life.
Two locations, one school
At
the Mitrovica Rock School, experienced local musicians train
young rock stars on both sides of the river, bringing
them together for annual Summer Schools and connecting
them online. Teachers from the two sides work together
the year round to establish the Rock School as one of
the city’s first shared institutes and to restore
Mitrovica’s rock music tradition.
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"The Rock School makes all of us forget
the problems of Kosovo, and we have the chance to talk
and chat with the other students from the other part of
town."
"Our parents didn’t have the
chance to speak with them or to meet them, and now we do and it is
great."
Vesa (drummer, 14) and Visar (singer, 15), two
students of the Mitrovica Rock School.
2010 Skopje Summer School
The
last week of August 2010, 24 Rock School students from North and
South Mitrovica will travel with their ten teachers to neighboring
Macedonia for a week of intensive training, rehearsing and
performing. Students form mixed bands and work together towards a
major outdoor rock concert, giving Skopje music lovers a proper
taste of Mitrovica rock'n'roll.
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The Mitrovica Rock School online
For photos, videos, student accounts and news about the Rock School, check out the following websites:
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More information:
Wendy Hassler-Forest,
w.hassler-forest@musicianswithoutborders.nl
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