Six students from the Euro option in the 1st year of the Bac Pro CVPM program have just completed a commissioned project for the city of Alytus, Lithuania. Accustomed to hosting Lithuanian students for Erasmus internships in Aurillac, the Saint-Géraud high school sent two professor-emissaries to establish a lasting connection with this European partner.more information in this article).
Bruno Verger and Eve Derdaele brought back this collaborative project from a prestigious classical music festival, organized annually by the municipality of Alytus.
Classical music: A complete change of pace for Saint-Géraud's professional programs, more accustomed to the powerful sound of electric guitars (La Coopé, le Sismographe, Hibernarock...) than to the refined and well-tailored aesthetic of string quintets... But it takes more than that to deter us, and the challenge was met with considerable brilliance, as evidenced by the results achieved after fifteen intensive days.
However, let's clarify that the students weren't listening to Mozart and Schubert while working: it was actually Radiohead and Rammstein that accompanied the elegant layouts composed for Alytaus, using Didone fonts and period engravings. You can't change your stripes!
