Musicians wihout Borders 10-year anniversary

03/14 The MwB ten-year anniversary concert was a big success. An audience of over 200 heard top musicians involved in all MwB projects perform everything from popular Balkan ballades to Janis Joplin. One of the performers was Haytham Safia. 

Day out to the playgroud

March 6th. Fourteen amazing trainees took almost 100 children from their camps to a playground in Beit Jalla. The children met each other, made music, danced and had lots of fun. The children had a wonderful day on the playground. The initiative for this event came from Mohammad, Dia', Ahmad, Yousuf, Bassam, Anas, Hisham (Dheisheh), Ramzi, Ahmad (Aida), Khaldoun, Naji, Osama, Bob and Merna (al-Azzeh).

Thanks to Prelude Foundation (www.preludefund.org) for making this trip possible.

preparation second trainig week

On Saturday 21 February 2009 I will leave together with Jane de la Fosse for the second training week.
Jane will be busy with another part of the project and I will be busy with the training itself.
In October 2008, Marijke Sherwin and I gave the first training week together, this time most of it I have to do alone. There will be a few presentations given by others.
Marijke and Sherwin, I will miss you that week!
Yesterday, Marijke and I prepared the training and now I have all confidence for it will be a succes.
Five days working with a very nice and concerned group of trainees.
I am looking forward.

Otto

Nice to see that things are working here!! Now I have to check out the way to use this!!! Anyway, let's keep in touch and good bloggings!!!!

greetzz Sherwin

Pictures from the first training in October

Launch of weblog

Hello all!

Welcome to this weblog. I'd like to invite you all to visit this blog and share your ideas, experiences and expectations of the training and workshops. If you have any story or pictures you'd like to share (of yourself, Aida, Al-Azzeh, Dheisheh, workshops with kids, anything), please post them!

If you haven’t been invited yet and you’d like to join this blog, send me an email at m.smedema@musicianswithoutborders.org and I’ll send you an invite.

I'm looking forward to seeing you all online!

Marijke