Mission

Music for Bulgaria is a non-profit organization. Our mission is to grow music culture by making music education more accessible and providing artists with innovative career opportunities.

Through our projects we help people grow both as musicians and as individuals. Music develops numerous valuable skills such as creativity, self-awareness, discipline, communication, critical thinking, and many others. We are giving our all to share this opportunity for personal growth with as many people as possible.

History

Rockschool

RockSchool is a community uniting all people who want to learn music and develop as artists. We offer innovative educational methods through online lessons, mentorship, scholarships, workshops, and on-stage experience. We also provide free education for people with disabilities or people coming from vulnerable groups. 

We teach drums, guitar, keyboard, singing, bass, heavy vocals, violin, flute, saxophone, accordion, bagpipe, audio production, composition, songwriting and more.

Music lessons 133 000+
Free lessons for people from vulnerable environment 6 150+
Concerts 430+

The Stage

The Stage is a venue hall where we organize unique music-themed parties during which children are introduced to music through learning games.

At The Stage we also host workshops, rehearsals, small concerts, and other educational or artistic events. We rent out the venue for free for charity events and experimental projects we want to support.

Rehearsals 11 700+
Musical birthdays 1 100+
Events and workshops 200+

Urban House Studio

Urban House Studio welcomes artists in a homelike atmosphere and provides professional audio recording and production.

Our studio is the first to provide scholarships for the recording and music production of talented musicians and bands.

We also produce audio materials for radio and television - movie soundtracks, ads, multilingual dubbing, jingles, voice-overs, audiobooks and others.

Produced artists 370+
Scholarships for sound recording 70+
Productions 1 000+

KMK Records

KMK Records adopts the "label as a service" model, which allows musicians to have access to quality label services without signing a contract.

The purpose of the label is to support Bulgarian music artists and help them develop their potential. We provide a variety of services that enable artists to enhance their brand, create quality audio or video products and promote their music online.

KMK Records also organizes the program “Music Accelerator”, through which talented bands and artists are provided with free audio and video production of a single, a photoshoot and mentorship on music business and marketing topics.

Produced artists 370+
Artist Scholarships 40+
Productions 1 000+

Advantages

Music for Bulgaria Foundation Other Music Centers
Free scholarships for talented students
Complete cycle of opportunities - lessons, rehearsal, participation, recording, production
Free lessons for people from vulnerable environment
Scholarships for free audio production
Paid gig opportunities
Free production of music videos
Publicity on social channel with 50 000+ audience
Opportunities for on-stage experience
Discount cards for dozens of partners
Audio production lessons
Strong networking opportunities
Access to music workshops and lectures
Songwriting lessons
Access to a concert venue
Online lessons

Social projects

  • See Through Music
    The project created an adapted music education program for children and youths with impaired vision. The project became the winner of The Change competition 2018/2019 and received the European citizen award 2020.
  • RockSchool on Wheels
    An initiative that addresses the lack of access to music education and the cultural isolation, in which many children and young people from small towns live. We are turning a specially equipped bus into a traveling music academy, which will organize free music workshops in public spaces.
  • Music Accelerator
    Program for the development of young Bulgarian musicians and the creation of quality original music. Selected Bulgarian artists acquire business skills and promote music online and record their own songs in a studio.
  • Music for the Ukrainian kids
    We provide free music lessons to Ukrainian children and young people to help them overcome the trauma of war and integrate easily into the new social environment The project received the European Charlemagne Youth Prize 2023.
  • Make Music Day Sofia
    Make Music Day is an annual one-day event featuring free live music performances, music lessons and other music events around the world. Music festivals like this are held on June 21 in more than 1,000 cities.
  • RockSchool Education Scholarship
    Until now the project has provided more than 40 students with full educational scholarships lasting 6 months, including 48 lessons and over 90 hours of rehearsals
  • A Song Away
    The project transformed the city parks of Sofia into artistic spaces by organizing a number of free acoustic concerts and musical workshops on the premises
  • Audio Production Scholarship
    The project provides talented artists with the opportunity to record and produce their music for free in a professional recording studio. 15 bands and artists participated in the first edition of the program
  • Music Revolution
    The project provided free audio production for the singles of 18 talented Bulgarian artists and publication of the songs on the double-sided CD compilation - Music Revolution
  • The Music and Me
    The project provided children from a vulnerable environment with free music lessons through workshops carried out at key city locations
  • The Art of Being a Musician
    The project provided 10 lectures for advanced musicians on key topics including copyright, publishing, promotion, branding, musical industry roles, soundcheck and more.

Support us

Help people from a vulnerable environment to keep their music education!

Since the beginning of February, we started raising funds in order to provide 10 full scholarships for music education, including 48 hours of lessons and over 90 hours of rehearsals. Our goal is to raise BGN 10,000 and provide at least 10 scholarships!

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People Love Us

This is the place to send your kids to learn about rock music and life. The people are very friendly and very well organized. They have very good teaching staff and a great atmosphere. Student concerts are organized, which is very important and useful for the students themselves. I recommend this place to anyone who wants to study and play rock music.

Angelina Lyakova Parent

Great place to learn music and expand your network of contacts. I definitely recommend Rockschool to anyone who wants to start learning an instrument - the teachers are great and the choice of musical instruments is great.

Biya Carvalyo Student and Musician

Through music, you can express every emotion, every feeling. Through it, you can learn and share. A universal language through which you can speak to anyone, even if it is not of your nationality, even if you cannot see it! Congratulations that the music is with you!

Yana Lipovanska Friend

My kid has been "in the arms" of Rockschool for 3 years now. He began learning the guitar, driven by the typically childish urge to imitate what he saw and liked. After three years, music is not just another area to explore, as it was in the beginning - it is now an integral part of his life! <3 🤘🎸

Elena Stoimenova Parent

A place to express yourself and share your interests, to get to know the world of music and have a good time with cool people.

Nikolay Stanev Musician

Rockschool is probably the most unique place I've ever been to! This is a place where everyone can be themselves and express themselves in their own way. A place that most people call home.

Lazarina Popova Volunteer and Student

There is no other such place! All are correct and friendly, with a professional and human attitude. Teachers are great - they give you freedom as an artist and give you the opportunity to develop the best of yourself. They approach teaching with patience and attention.

Borislava Yordanova Volunteer and Student

Rockschool is the place where I met a lot of smart people and made close friends. The teachers are very cool, friendly and always smiling. The people on the team are always there to make customers happy and to deal quickly with everyday tasks and problems. If you love music and play (or want to play) an instrument - this is your place!

Konstantin Agov Student

Great place to listen to live music, attend classes and express your creativity. The team is made up of great professionals who know what they are doing. I would recommend it to every musician and every music lover.

Hristina Ganeva Musician

The rehearsal hall is large and has great equipment and sound. The people who work there are really nice and always smiling. The best place for music in Sofia!

Roza Bozhinova Artist

Awesome place! Extremely nice people and very good professionals who will surely inspire you and you will leave smiling with high spirits! I recommend it to everyone.

Anna Kirilova Student

Hello. I would like to say a huge thank you to the Rockschool team - great professionals with huge hearts. On 16.02. in the party hall of the restaurant Corso, in Sofia, my friends and I organized a charity party to help Vili Dimitrova, who suffers from a rare disease - Friedrich's Ataxia, which immobilizes her. Rockschool immediately responded to our invitation to get involved and help Vili together. Huge thanks to their student Polina Tsaneva, who with her great vocal abilities and great performance, raised everyone to their feet. I am convinced and believe that in the future we will continue to help people in need!

Mariyana Stefanova Friend

This is the most unique place in the world if you want to play music and create a band. The place and the people here are unique and if you come you will not regret it!

Dimitar Doychev Artist

Awesome! Gives opportunities to young people and encourages them to socialize in person.

Donrina Terpesheva - Angelova Parent

Amazing place! I had the pleasure of rehearsing there. The people on the team were very kind and the equipment was professional. I really recommend it to every musician in the area.

Anthony James Musician

Rockschool is a wonderful place full of positive energy, amazing musicians and a great mood! I recommend it because you learn not only about music, but also about yourself and others ... 🌻🌲

Rada Ilieva Student

A wonderful place where the music process goes smoothly! Great atmosphere and a team of professionals who do their job with pleasure.

Maria Zhekova Volunteer

Super cool place, with quite strong and quality sound. The employees are very positive and willing to help and will take care of everything to make you have a good time.

Ivan Todorov Student

Very nice place, carrying the spirit of rock, filled with wonderful people!

Mariana A. Parent

When it comes to music - one of the places worth visiting!

Polina M. Student

I like everything you do - the lessons, the concerts, the volunteering, the atmosphere!

Petya Nakova Student

Rockschool is the most wonderful opportunity to touch the vastness of music and start to get to know and create through it.

Sofia Dzhaleva Student

The perfect place for musical, moral and spiritual improvement!

Kalin Velchev Artist

Awesome place! Casual and fresh people, always ready to meet the different!

Isti Staynova Parent

A unique place combined with style and everything a real musician needs. :)

Alexandar Sabev Artist

Great place for all kinds of events - from concerts to children's birthdays!

Ivan Atanasov Student

The place is unique, the people - wonderful and nice, the atmosphere - great and cozy!

Stefi Stefanova Student

An inspiring scene for musicians and artists. I recommend The Stage with two hands!

Yasen Damyanov Student

Amazing, great, unique place!

Liliya Gurova Student

Great place with a very creative atmosphere! We visited it on a different topic from the music - as a shared meeting place for NGOs, with a positive and fruitful attitude towards the environment and society and we were pleased to find continuity and willingness to contribute from the team of The Stage! We congratulate them for their work and hope to have the opportunity to visit "The Stage" again soon!

Hristo Aumomaril Friend

The place, the people, the tools, the attitude ... everything in The Stage is great!

Mira Manolova Artist

Congratulations! Create a lot of joy, emotions and success for blind children in your program. It is with great pleasure that I supported you!

Emil Asenov Friend

Nice place. Can't wait to come back to Sofia to do more playing!!

Luke Fouler Student

Cool place to learn to play bass. I recently celebrated my 13th birthday there and it was a lot of fun.

Iliyana Mihaylova Student

You are great!!!

Kosyo Manov Student

Great place with friendly people and lots of options for rehearsals and lessons.

Alexandrina Gesheva Student

Rockschool is an amazing place! The people here are kind and always ready to help!

Lorka Odajyan Student

One of my favorite places! I recommend it to everyone who wants to play music ❤️

Elitsa Dark Student

Awesome place, awesome people, awesome music, awesome idea!

Ivan Popov Artist

Positive! Motivated! Wonderful! Thank you!

Katerina Hadzhieva Parent

Many dedicated and heartfelt people work there!

Jimmy Sobara Artist

In my eyes, it's just a musical paradise.

George Vachkov Volunteer

Wonderful young people!

Elka Kirilova Student

An experience that's worth it!

Tony Grozdanov Student

This is a place for anyone looking for comfort through music.

Stoyan Orsov Student

Unique place!!!

Aneliya Krumova Student

There is no better place! Great atmosphere and unique professionals!

Petya Valkova Student

I recommend! A big deal!

Desislava Pancheva Student

A place for music, friendships, and rehearsals. I recommend it to anyone who wants to be closer to music and express themselves through it. <3

Eric Schwartz Musician

The place is great! Extremely nice young people, the experience is great! 😊

Bistra Takeva Student

A great place with a great team! 🙂

Stany Boyanov Student

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Team

  • Melina Founder & CEO

    Melina is the founder of Music for Bulgaria Foundation. She provides direction for growth and is actively involved in all operational processes. She is the lead guitar player of Grimaze and founder of the fastest growing platform for musicians - Drooble

  • Boyan Marketing Manager

    Boyan is responsible for project management, sponsorships, improvement of operational processes and others. He also plays the guitar

  • Rosie Booking Manager

    This charming lady is Rosie. As part of RockSchool, she is transformed into a community manager and a schedule manager. She started singing lessons with us years ago and her passion for music has grown. This is where she finds her band Time Jugglers.

  • Sasho Booking Manager

    Sasho enters our school as a drummer. Since then, he has contributed to the community and was chosen to be part of the team, as well as to teach drums during our musical birthdays. He plays in the band Time Jugglers.

  • Philip Booking Manager

    Philip is the person who manages the schedule and takes care of all daily operational processes. He plays in two bands - Grimaze and Time Jugglers. He also teaches bass at RockSchool

  • Ivaylo Designer

    Visual problem solver, turning elements into pieces of art. Working with an endless flow of creative energy. Loves mountains and photography

  • Bobby Software Architect

    The one manifesting ideas into reality with absolute excellence. Always keeping the team’s spirit up with groovy music and disco from the 90’s. Plays ukulele and sings

  • Devora Booking Manager

    Although she is not a musician, music is her constant companion in other creative pursuits such as writing a fantasy book series and drawing the characters in her books. She likes to listen to punk rock, jazz or electronic music.