Rock & Pop Center St. Gallen before opening
With the Rock & Pop Center (RPC), the teaching of modern music styles in St. Gallen is getting its own home. The city's music school wants to promote talented young people in a more targeted way in the Spartenhaus.
The RPC is housed in a specially converted former primary school building in the Lachen district. The concept by St. Gallen architect Daniel Cavelti includes two concert halls, rooms for band lessons and rooms for individual lessons. Sound systems and sound insulation were designed by specialists.
All classrooms are connected via encrypted Wi-Fi with broadband internet access, have an acoustic listening station and are set up for audio streaming via AirPlay. A dedicated server with a learning platform serves as a central data repository for digital teaching materials. An iMac is also available as a mobile multimedia station.
Information, know-how and tips are to be collected in one place in the Spartenhaus, where they will be available to all participants at all times and where exchange and creative competition will be encouraged. A team of specialist teachers from the city's music school will continuously teach, encourage and support the up-and-coming talent. Swiss show business greats will also pass on their own experience in workshops and special courses.
The RPC will open on Saturday, August 31, 2013 at 5 p.m. with a ceremony and an official opening of the building. Among others, Swiss guitarist Slädu, drummer and multi-percussionist Orlando Ribar and bassist Daniel Ziegler will perform. During a concert lasting around two and a half hours, various student bands, the Big Band of the Music School of the City of St. Gallen and projects by the teaching staff will also be presented.
