News – Mitrovica Rock School

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

July 11, 2019/0 Comments/in Interview, Latest News, Music Connects /by Marina Milentijevic

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/in Interview, Latest News, Music Connects, Program, Video /by Marina Milentijevic

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, 2019/0 Comments/in Interview, Latest News, Music Connects, Video /by Marina Milentijevic

“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, 2019/0 Comments/in Interview, Latest News, Music Connects, Video /by Marina Milentijevic

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

Rock and roll helps us rise above the political madness: interview with Liza and Emir

April 29, 2019/0 Comments/in Interview, Latest News, Program /by Marina Milentijevic

By communications trainee Marina

Emir and Milizza are the directors of Mitrovica Rock School. They work hard in the office scheduling programs and activities. Both Emir and Milizza are very busy people, but they gave up some of their time for an interview to tell us about their job, the Rock School, plans for the future and many other things. Read what they had to say down below!

“People here are more invested in the people around them”

April 2, 2019/0 Comments/in Interview, Latest News, Music Connects, Program /by Marina Milentijevic

Communications trainee Marina interviewed Fontys Rockacademie students Eefje Wevers and Bo Knippels (Netherlands) on their experience in Mitrovica

ElectraHeart: “Girls run everything!”

March 4, 2019/0 Comments/in Latest News, Music Connects, Program /by Marina Milentijevic

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, 2019/0 Comments/in Music Connects, Program /by Nehmi Klaassen

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.