Beyond Culture is the initiative of our MwB Bosnia Director Baya Corlija who recognised the need for local artists to work in communities to explore the shared roots of traditional folk culture in a positive way. Music and culture is often adapted by people with nationalist ideals as a way to create strong identities and to divide people and Musicians without Borders feel it is essential to offer an alternative future that connects people in a positive way.
Working in partnership with Muzicari bez Granice (MwB Bosnia-Herzegovina) we are working with communities all over Bosnia to share and celebrate the rich and diverse cultural influences of Islam, Judaism, Orthodoxy, Christianity and Gypsies through a creative programme of learning through workshops and performances.
The project, funded by the UN has two strands: Access to Culture and Arts for Understanding
Through Access to Culture we will deliver over 200 singing, percussion, traditional instrument and dance workshops with people who do not have regular access to arts activities, particularly women, children, young people, returnees and disabled people in 10 different areas.
A team of local artists will train emerging artists to work with groups using singing, dance and percussion for psycho-social aims such as reducing stress, improving physical and mental health, socialising, reducing isolation, sharing culture in a positive way, creating and expressing together and connecting people from different communities. The artist team will also receive training in cultural mediation.
Arts for Understanding will bring together some of the best musicians in the country to perform a concert programme reflecting the shared cultural and musical influences through traditional folk, classical, jazz, rock and hip-hop. Traditional instruments such as diple (bagpipes), def (drum), saz, gusle and guige(stringed instruments) will play alongside our fantastic wind ensemble Winds of Change and other specially invited guests.
Beyond Culture is the initiative of our MwB Bosnia Director Baya Corlija who recognised the need for local artists to work in communities to explore the shared roots of traditional folk culture in a positive way. Music and culture is often adapted by people with nationalist ideals as a way to create strong identities and to divide people and Musicians without Borders feel it is essential to offer an alternative future that connects people in a positive way.
Working in partnership with Muzicari bez Granice (MwB Bosnia-Herzegovina) we are working with communities all over Bosnia to share and celebrate the rich and diverse cultural influences of Islam, Judaism, Orthodoxy, Christianity and Gypsies through a creative programme of learning through workshops and performances.
The project, funded by the UN has two strands: Access to Culture and Arts for Understanding
Through Access to Culture we will deliver over 200 singing, percussion, traditional instrument and dance workshops with people who do not have regular access to arts activities, particularly women, children, young people, returnees and disabled people in 10 different areas all over Bosnia-Herzegovina.
A team of local artists will train emerging artists to work with groups using singing, dance and percussion for psycho-social aims such as reducing stress, improving physical and mental health, socialising, reducing isolation, sharing culture in a positive way, creating and expressing together and connecting people from different communities. The artist team will also receive training in cultural mediation.
Arts for Understanding will bring together some of the best musicians in the country to perform a concert programme reflecting the shared cultural and musical influences through traditional folk, classical, jazz, rock and hip-hop. Traditional instruments such as diple (bagpipes), def (drum), saz, gusle and guige(stringed instruments) will play alongside our fantastic wind ensemble Winds of Change and other specially invited guests.
We hope to be working in partnership with Playing for Change to create 2 music videos with musicians from all over Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Musicians will re-interpret Bob Marley's song 'i dont wanna wait in vain' and a traditional sevdah song 'grana od bora' connecting people across the country to spread a message of peace and positive change.
The music videos will be shown as part of the final concert performance of Beyond Culture in the beautiful city of Mostar in December 2011.
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