Biography
Short Biography of the Sarajevo Drum Orchestra
Sarajevo Drum Orchestra is mainly world music percussion ensemble established in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina in the year of 1997 with the experience and reputation of playing on every major festival in Bosnia and in the region…
S.D.O. is consisted of musicians from various ethnic and/or religious backgrounds.
From being pupils to becoming trainers Sarajevo Drum Orchestra (S.D.O.) grew into strong children animation team using creative music workshops with accent on community building and special needs care in the society. Since the beginning this group of people was invited by large number of NGO’s projects involved with children, youth and special needs care together with experts in Music Therapy therefore gaining expertise in that field.
Work experience with children without parent/s, special needs persons and cerebral palsy youth from ex-Yugoslavia region within the programme of music creative workshops in classrooms or on children camps.
Year of 2000 represents the beginning of strong partnership with Musicians without Borders in Netherlands and S.D.O all of whom endorse the same goals. Since then numerous workshops were carried out together especially in the refugee camps & settlements in eastern Bosnia.
Additional trainings and seminars using music as powerful tool to help needs in society were attended in Netherlands (May 2003) and Bosnia Herzegovina (November 2003).
Workshop leaders from Sarajevo Drum Orchestra were carriers of the Musicians without Borders Project “BH Samba Summer 2004″.
At last, S.D.O. members gather in team within Muzičari bez granica BiH / Musicians without borders Bosnia Herzegovina.
Additional Brazilian percussion training to SDO ws team was given by Master Sherwin Kirindongo.
▼ Short description of main in Brazilian percussion performances of SDO
• Numerous samba parades and performances were previously carried out within the activities of
Sarajevo Drum Orchestra (related info also on: www.drum-orchestra.co.ba)
• 1999 World peace conference „Haggue Appeal for Peace“, Largest international peace conference in history, Haggue, Netherlands
• 1999 “3rd Assembly of UN of the Peoples” Peace March Perugia – Assisi, Italy within the programme of
• Millennium Samba Parade in celebration of New Year 2000 in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
• Samba Parade on First International Music Conference of Musicians without Borders “Singing the Bridge / Raspjevani Most” in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, October 2003.
• Samba Community Workshop & Samba Parade in celebration of “Planet Earth Day” organized by Peace Flame ’94 in Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2004.
• “Culture days” in Srebrenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2004.
• Samba Performance & Samba Parade for Opening Ceremony of 10th Sarajevo Film Festival in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 20th of August 2004.
• 2000, 2001 and 2006 EXIT festival Novi Sad
• 9th,10th & 13th Sarajevo Film Festival Samba parade
• 1st International Jazz Festival Sarajevo 1997, Sarajevo, BiH
• International Theatre festival MESS … 2006, 2005
▼ Professional education of SDO team members
1996-1999 Community Music Sarajevo: Piter Vilk, Bennet Hog, Eugeen Skeef (UK), informal education on using music, especially percussion to normal development of adolescent with accept on peace and team building
1998 Pavarotti Music Centre: dance and movement course by Roxana Pope (UK), Mostar, BiH
1998-2007 Dr. Nigel Osborne’s education on Music Therapy and assistance in MT
2000 Musicians without Borders (MWB): non-verbal musical communication
2000-2005 Musicians without Borders – trainers on using percussion instruments as musical tool with healing power for individual, team and community building: Carlo, Sherwin Kirindongo, Chriss Coley, Ferdinand Boonekamp, Sarajevo, BiH
2002 War Child & MT University in USA: Music Therapy course, Mostar, BiH
2003 MwB, NL: Brasilian workshop course by Titia, Utrecht, NL
2003 War Child, Kosovo: exchange visit training WS etc, Kosovo
2004 MwB, NL: Oto de Jong, seminar about creative music WS, Tuzla, BiH
2004 MwB, NL: MT, Reconciliation through Music, Marching drums, Brazilian Percussion etc.
on 2nd International Music Conference in Utrecht,NL
2005 War Child: Music Therapy consultations, Music Centre Pavorotti, Mostar, BiH
2005 War Child: Music therapy course with MT from USA, Mostar, BiH
2005 War Child: NGO management course, Mostar, BiH
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2005 War Child: Creative workshop course, Mostar, BiH
2005 MwB, NL: Brazilian Music WS with Sherwin Kirindongo & F. Boonekamp (NL), Sarajevo, BiH
2006. MwB, BiH: PR and Communication by Steve Ellis, UK
2006. MwB, BiH: Project Cycle Management by Dr prof Kasim Tatic, ecc, BiH
2007 MwB, BiH: Arts2Bussiness by Fund for Arts and Culture, USA …
▼ Short description on SDO Work / Workshop leading experience
1997-2007 engaged in „non violent conflict resolution“programmes in BiH and region. camps
1997 Centre for Selfreliance & Community Music Sarajevo: music performance pressing government reaction to build ramps on pavements for for special needs disabled people in wheelchairs, Sarajevo, BiH
1997-1999 Youth centre France Libertes „Joker“: Music workshops on percussion, Sarajevo, BiH
1997-1999 Community Music Sarajevo: MT for special needs people with mental and physical disabilities in their Home in Pazarić (near Sarajevo), BiH
1997-1999 Sunflower: creative music workshops with children. Sarajevo, BiH
1997-1999 Youth Club “Plavi Cvijet”, Creative Percussion WS, Gorazde, BiH
1997-1999 Euroclub DIA Barcelona, Sarajevo: support to music workshops, Sarajevo, BiH
1998-1999 Youth NGO Mladi most, Mostar, BiH: Intern. Summercamp music workshops with youth,
Cooperation between music and theatre, Obonjan Otok mladosti, Croatia
1999-2006 War Child Netherlands through Pavarotti MC and later Educon, Mostar: Project Blindschool: 7 years of working experience in Centre for blind & visually impaired children & youth, Sarajevo
1998 Firefly, Brcko: Music creative workshops together with students from UK, Brcko, BiH
1998 Pavarotti Music Centre: WS in PMC every weekend and concerts at the end of every month in cooperation with PMC and its musicians, Mostar, BiH
1998 Radio-Club “Plavi Radio”: crossed the political “border” of west Mostar to play a concert that was broadcasted live through this radio, Mostar, BiH
1998 PMC: reconciliation Music WS in Ljubinje, BiH
1998 cooperation with a theatre group from Banja Luka and winning the first prize for Theatre Music at the 1st Int.Theatre Festival, BiH
1998 YPGD, Vukovar:, Ex-yu youth reconciliation summercamp “Tresnja”, M WS & concert, Cro.
1998 Nadace Cesta: arts and music WS and concert in Tabor, Czech Republic
1998 War Child, NL: Workshops & interactive performances took place in four of the largest
Asylum Seeker Centres in Terschelling Island, Eindhoven, Naarden and Middelburg, with refugees from all over the world. Among numerous performances in Holland DO played live at VRPO Ikon National Radio. Hadlining the drum and percussion event day DO recorded a CD of their live performance within Slagwerk ’98 in Rotterdam, “Ahoy” national music exposition.
1999–2005 Global Children Organization, USA: Int. Summer camps, camp programme and creative music and workshops for orphan & social care children. Island of Badija, Croatia
1999 3rd World peace conference „Haggue Appeal for Peace“, Haggue, Netherlands
1999 3rd Assembly of the United Nations „UN of the Peoples“ Tavolla della Pace: Performing, community WS with approximately 60 children, Sardegna, Bolzano, Perugia, Assisi, Italy
1999 Schuller Helfen Leben: Project Neighbourhood day, Sarajevo, BiH
2000 Schuller Helfen Leben: Project Experiment Theatre & Music, Sarajevo, BiH
2000 The STAGE: Performing on Stop Drugs Campaign, Sarajevo, BiH
2001 Sunflower: Music workshops for preschool and school children, Sarajevo
2001-2003 MwB, NL: Percussion WS in Refugee camps and settlements around Tuzla, BiH
2002 Amici dei Bambini: music creative workshops to children in need with performance to audience from Centre for special needs children “Vladimir Nazor”, Sarajevo, BiH
2003 Schuller Helfen Leben: project “part not apart” inclusion of special needs blind and visually impaired children to Amici dei Bambini & Sunflower children
2003 Int. Woman Club, Sarajevo: coordination & workshop leading, special needs children performance resulting contribution to centre for blind and visually impaired children & youth
2003 MITA Group: team building corporate music workshop with Braz. Perc., Sarajevo, BiH
2003 Schuller Helfen Leben: inclusion of blind and visually impaired children with youth from both BH entities through Percussion WS, Sarajevo, BiH
2003 Peace Flame ’94: creative WS in Visce refugee settlement, BiH
2003-2004 Woerkgroup NL: summercamp various WS with Srebrenica & refugee children, Kladanj, BiH
2003-2006 War child UK & Accord Int.: prof dr Nigel Osborne Summer camps, music therapy project with British Music Students, War Child Kosovo team and Sarajevo and Mostar M WS teams and PMC MT team for persons with cerebral paralyze in Pula and people with special needs from Mostar in Puntizela (Hrvatska) and Kakrinje (BiH)
2003 Peace Flame ’94, Tuzla: “Annual celebration of Tuzla city” WS & parade, Tuzla, BiH
2004-2005 Educon, Mostar: Seminar on creative school activities for teachers, Mostar, BiH
2004-2007 Star Network of World Learning, team peace building music workshop, Sarajevo, BiH
2004 MwB, NL: leading roll in organising 1st Int. Music conference in Sarajevo, BiH
2004 MwB, NL: massive Brazilian percussion workshop and parade on annual Folk Festival leading int. traditional folk dance groups during Bascarsian night festival, Sarajevo, BiH
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2004 MwB, NL: Musicians without borders samba summer 2004 samba WS and parade with percussion enthusiast and musicians from Banja Luka, BiH
2004 MWB, NL: Brazilian percussion Music WS Team B. for “Pontanima”, Jahorina, BiH
2004 MWB, NL: M WS & parade for musicians of diff. ethnic background, Srebrenica, BiH
2004 Conscientious Objection NGO: Food not Guns-World peace day, performance, Sarajevo,BiH
2004 BHT documentary of Centre for blind and visually impaired children and youth,Sarajevo, BiH
2004 MwB, NL & SDO: performing for Campaign for reconstruction of Youth Centre Sarajevo, BiH
2004 Peace Flame ’94, Tuzla: “Earth Day” Music Community and Peace building workshop on Brazilian percussion instruments with ensemble of 70 participants, Tuzla, BiH
2004-2005 Youth Centre Livno: youth ecology volunteer camp with M C WS with B. perc., Livno, BiH
2004-2006 Wings of Hope: Int. summercamp massive WS for 50 people with performance, Igman, BiH
2004-2006 Kid’s Festival: Creative Music WS with Brazilian instruments for 3000 children, Sarajevo, BiH
2005 World harmony Run, Sarajevo, BiH
2005 Proni, Osijek: team building workshop on Brazilian percussion instr., Osijek, Croatia
2005 MwB, NL & Accord Int. UK: Project Rhythmic Realities & Rhythms of the World, percussion, dance, theatre, applied arts WS and performance with children from 3 experimental elementary schools from Sarajevo lead by MT expert Dr. prof Nigel Osborne, Sarajevo, BiH
2005-2006 Educaton for Peace: peace/team building music workshop, Sarajevo, BiH
2005 MwB,BiH: Training & WS with percussionist Sherwin Kirindongo, Sarajevo, Livno, Igman,BiH
2006 Forum Bosna: summercamp “cuprija” M WS with B.perc. and parade in Stolac, BiH
2006 Sarajevo Winter Festival: organized Brazilian percussion WS for 40 youth enthusiast leding into Sarajevo winter festival parade, BiH
2006 Banja luka Scouts NGO: Braz. WS to scouts from former Yugoslav republics, BiH
2006 SOS Kinderdorf: creative M WS and performance for children without parent/s, Sarajevo,BiH
2006 Proni, Brcko: team building music workshop & parade, Brcko D.C., BiH
2006 PROI: Race against drugs, Sarajevo, BiH
2006 Amici dei Bambini: project learn to make and play Brazilian percussion ensemble instruments, Sarajevo, BIH
2006 MwB, BiH & Accord Int. UK: Project Song from BiH and the World, percussion, song composition, dance, drama WS and performance with children from 3 experimental elementary schools from Sarajevo lead by MT expert Dr. Prof. Nigel Osborne, Sarajevo, BiH
2006 EUPM: Anti-drug campaign, Sarajevo, BiH
2007 Johnson Wax Adriatic Region for LORA, BiH team building corporate WS with Brazilian percussion, Neum, BiH
2007 Johnson Wax: Spring camp 2007, peer integration of special needs children, Lead by Musicians without Borders BH, Puls team
2007 FICE (International Federationn of Educative Communities UNESCO/UNICEF/ECOSOC/EUROPEAN COUNCIL) Children rights congress,WS & Performance with youth, Budapest, Hungary
2007 Dance Club Romatic: WS & Parade for BH Quadrille dance competition for Guinness World Records:
2007 MwB, BiH: Project “Acoustic ecology”, percussion, song composition, dance, drama WS and performance with children from 3 elementary schools and school for blind and visually impaired children and youth from Sarajevo lead by MT expert Dr. Prof. Nigel Osborne, Sarajevo, BiH
2007 PACT-USA: Children summercamp samba WS & performance with Korcula, Croatia
2007 10th international festival of friendship: samba WS & parade with children, Gorazde, BiH
2007 “Eko festival 2007” samba WS & parade with children and youth in Backa Palanka, Serbia
2007 Forum Syd-Balkans Programme–former Proni -project: ”FORA’07” WS & parade samba with 50 children & youth in Brcko BiH
2007 OBN: “Zvijezde plesu – show”– performance- children and adults in the whole region had a chance to see Sarajevo Drum Orchestra performing through the whole serial of entertainment programme broadcasted in the West Balkans region, Sarajevo, BiH
2007 “10th Anniversary of “Centre for Cultural Dialogue – CKD” for region””– performance for Opening and Closing Ceremony in BiH Parliament, Sarajevo, BiH
… and numerous activities, parades, performances, tours up-till-today in 2007 in whole region and abroad.
