How music connected people in 2019

January 9, 2020/by Admin

We start the new year by reflecting on the lessons we learned over the past year.

The July training week through the eyes of Jana, our new communications trainee

November 13, 2019/by Admin

Hi! My name is Jana, I’m the new communications trainee at Mitrovica Rock School. I’m also a drummer at for the band Algorithm and a huge fan of Pink Floyd. I’m here to tell you about the July training week. It was my first time in a mixed band, so I was very excited for the training and rehearsals throughout the week. At first, my band was called ‘band 3’, but we ended up calling ourselves Algorithm.

Friends behind the camera: Interview with Music Connects filmmaker Stuart Jolley-Socea

July 11, 2019/by Wendy Hassler-Forest

Stuart is a filmmaker and video producer from England, an interviewer, and a massive music fan. One of the founders of Hatched-MV, a music video and documentary production duo, Stuart has supported the Mitrovica Rock School by producing the video for Proximity Mine’s Set Me Free, and is now working on the feature documentary Music Connects: The Real School of Rock.

“Music is the best tool for breaking stereotypes and prejudice”

June 5, 2019/by Wendy Hassler-Forest

An interview with Roma Rock School founder Alvin Salimovski

“We were always proud to be part of the Rock School”: interview with MWB’s Wendy Hassler-Forest

May 3, 2019/by Wendy Hassler-Forest

“The town is made by its people and for that Mitrovica is probably my favorite place to be. “

“Nothing was the same”: singer Ilda talks about joining the Rock School

May 1, 2019/by Wendy Hassler-Forest

“I made friends for life. The guy that scared me the first day is now like my older brother.”

ElectraHeart: “Girls run everything!”

March 4, 2019/by Wendy Hassler-Forest

By Mitrovica Rock School communications trainee Marina

ElectraHeart is a mixed band from Mitrovica Rock School. They consist of five members: singer and songwriter Rina, guitarist and backing vocalist Tringa, Jelena, who plays bass in this band, guitarist Egzon and drummer Baton. They are a dream team of talented and musically educated young Mitrovica people whose dreamy pop rock sound is incredibly fresh and recognizable.

Mixed Rock School band releases debut album

February 15, 2019/by Wendy Hassler-Forest

PRESS RELEASE

Originally posted on musicianswithoutborders.org

AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS
12 January 2019

Southeast Europe’s first rock school, the Mitrovica Rock School, is excited to announce the release of the debut album “Voices” from the band High Frequency. Made up of Albanian and Serb youth from the divided city of Mitrovica and a lead singer from Skopje, Macedonia, the album is the first from an ethnically-mixed band to come out of the school, since its founding in 2008.