Cultural exchange in Berlin 2023

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Students from Roma Rock School, Mitrovica Rock School, and Fontys Rockacademie have came together in Berlin for an exciting week of music and fun!
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During the week, Rockacademie students were serving as dedicated band coaches, guiding and supporting their fellow musicians.
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The cultural exchange was facilitated by Clash Exchange & Learning and provided an opportunity for participants to delve into the history of this formerly divided city. Drawing inspiration from their travel experiences in Berlin, the bands were actively engaged in songwriting, allowing their surroundings to influence and shape their songs. The results were showcased in performances on the streets and at one music school.
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Training week at Fontys Rockacademie

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Did you know that nearly all our projects center around training? Since we work with highly skilled musicians in our program countries, most training focuses on how musicians can use their skills for social change.
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From 8th till 12th of May, teachers and student-trainees from Roma Rock School together with our partners Mitrovica Rock School attended a training week at Fontys Rockacademie in Tilburg, the Netherlands, as part of our Music Connects project.
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The training week focused on innovative teaching methods and demand-driven learning but also included outings to Rock City Institute in Eindhoven and Fontys’ Curiosity Café. Our participants had the opportunity to learn from some of the best educators in the field and exchange ideas and best practices with their peers.
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We can’t wait to apply what we’ve learned to our classrooms.

Balkan Trafik Festival 2023

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“Roma Rock School welcomes young Roma musicians through its doors. The rockers merge alternative music with traditional Roma melodies to create Roma rock songs. Their common goal: to rock out and play loud!”

This was the caption for Roma Rock School on portals in Belgium this weekend. We are honored and pleased to say that together with our partners from Music Connects – Musicians without borders, Mirtovica Rock School, Fonty Rock Academie and Clash!, on 28th of April, we got to play at one of the most famous Balkan music festivals in Europe – Balkan Trafik Festival.

In the last week of April Balkan Trafik Festival took place, bringing artists from all over the Balkans to the center of Brussels. This year, our students together with the students of Mitrovica Rock School and Rock Academy joined the line-up as part of our project. Joined as two bands, they met for the first time in Skopje in December for a weekend filled to the brim with rehearsals, then saw each other again in Brussels four months later. In the days leading up to the festival, they rehearsed for their performance and explored Brussels together during downtime. Finally, on the last day of the festival, they took the stage and showed the audience what they can do..

This are our students together with people who make all this happen ❤️
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You can watch the whole performance here.
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