15 years of experience

The City of Differdange, also known as the City of Blues, created 15 years ago the Differdange School of Blues. Since then, the school has been offering blues lessons with professional musicians and teachers from the local and regional music scene.

The Differdange School of Blues counts every year around 80 participants. During several months, they work on songs provided by Remo Cavallini, leader of the School of Blues, and perform the music skills they attained at the Blues Express Festival in July.

The purpose of the Differdange School of Blues is to make music together and have fun while learning the basics of the blues pattern. Since the creation of the school, we have been assisting in the emergence of new blues band formations. Another goal is to ensure continuous training for already confirmed musicians.

Mission

The Differdange School of Blues has following missions:

- familiarize the participants with the blues
- provide a professional setting for beginners or confirmed musicians
- play together and have fun!

The Differdange School of Blues is open for everybody, the only requirement is to have a basic knowledge of any kind of music. The program of the school is diversified and doesn't focus on musical theory but is based on learning-by-doing. The idea is to present other aspects related to music, such as musical composition, sonorous research and interaction with the various actors of the cultural scene.

Program

For the next sessions from January to July 2021, a program of 4 workshops and 2 group lessons will be offered.

There are two types of programs: beginners and advanced

The beginners lessons will be held on January 31 and Aprvil 18, 2021.
The advanced lessons will be held on February 7 and April 25, 2021.

The teached instruments will be divided into two groups.

Group 1: vocals, piano, harp harmonica (13H00 - 15H45)
Group 2: electric guitar, electric bass, drums (16H00 - 18H45)

The lessons are organized to prepare the participants for their final performance which will take place during the Blues Express Festival 2021, if the sanitary provisions allow it.

The final group lessons will take place on June 6 and July 4, 2021.

The group lessons for beginners will be between 13H00 and 15H30 and the advanced lessons between 16H00 and 18H30.

The Blues Express Festival 2021 is scheduled for July 10, 2021. By default, an alternative will be considered to allow students to produce somewhere else.