FALL SEASON BEGINS SEPT 3RD WITH SHOW WEEKEND FEBRUARY 1 & 2ND! PLEASE SAVE BOTH DAYS UNTIL FURTHER DETAILS.
>> ENROLL HERE
ROCK LEGENDS
Throughout the history of modern music, certain individuals have risen to the status of Rock Legend. From searing-hot guitar leads to power-house vocal melodies, this show will have it all. This show will be featuring music from legends of all instruments including the likes of Eddie Van Halen, Angus Young, Pat Benatar, Jimi Hendrix, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Dave Grohl, Freddie Mercury, Sting, and Ann Wilson.
Rehearses on Mondays 5:30 - 7:30pm starting September 9th
_ _ _ _ _ _
TRASH POP
This creative show will be taking famous songs of Pop artists and bands from recent decades and reworking them musically in a rock style like punk, metal, and reggae. Music is not always about who is performing the song, but the song itself. By reimagining these songs, the students have the opportunity to see a song in its most stripped down form before we build it back up again. An open mind and collaboration with each other and the director will be essential for this unique show!
Rehearses on Tuesdays 4:30 - 6:30pm starting September 3rd
_ _ _ _ _ _
CLASSIC R&B
Classic R&B is one of the most educationally important shows in the curriculum, as this music laid the foundation for virtually all of the Rock and Roll and Pop music that came after. While R&B has been used to refer to many different styles of music, the time period covered in this show is the 1950s and 1960s, when black artists blended blues and jazz traditions with Afro-Cuban rhythms and began achieving mainstream success. Artists such as Fats Domino, Ike and Tina Turner, Little Richard, and Etta James became international stars and paved the way for legends like Motown’s Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, and The Supremes, and Stax’s Otis Redding and Wilson Pickett. This show features a lot of spotlight vocal parts, and presents opportunities for all instruments to develop their sense of groove.
Rehearses on Wednesdays 6 - 8pm starting September 4th
_ _ _ _ _ _
METALLICA VS. EMO
Get ready to head bang and melt some faces! In this show, we wil explore classic Metallica hits/deep cuts paired with moody anthems from the early to mid 2000's. This show will feature the Metallica catalog and compete for head banging and stellar wailing from other artists such as Lamb of God, Killswitch Engage, Atreyu, Hawthorne Heights, My Chemical Romance, Paramore, Fall Out Boy and more.
Rehearses on Fridays 5 - 7pm starting September 6th
_ _ _ _ _ _
INDIE ROCK
Indie Rock emerged as a genre in the 1980s as a response to the highly polished music of the '70s and '80s. The origin of the Indie movement can be traced back to the year of 1977 when the Buzzcocks self-published their Spiral Scratch EP. The band’s rejection of the typically major label-generated approach to the recording and distribution of music earned them their independent, or “indie”, status. As other bands adopted the Buzzcocks’ DIY ethos, the movement grew, and Indie Rock came to describe a particular sound that came from small post-punk labels of the early 1980s. In the '80s, bands like REM, The Pixies, and The Meat Puppets were known for putting musical experimentation before commercial goals, and gained popularity through college radio. In contrast with the synth-heavy pop music of the day, those Indie bands continued the emphasis on guitar that earlier Rock and Punk music popularized. In the '90s, the influence of Grunge helped usher in an era of commercialization in the Alternative genre. After many influential Indie acts achieved great commercial success, “Indie” soon began to describe artists who clung to their independent status and refused to sell-out. The music industry began to market any music that embraced a retro, guitar-centric sound as “Indie” as well. Through the 2000s, groups like the White Stripes, Jet, and The Strokes released garage-twinged music that received a massive amount of radioplay. The Indie Rock Show will give guitar players a look into unconventional chord voicings and manipulating guitar sounds with effects. Keyboardists, too, will enjoy applying more sound patches into the songs’ soundscapes. The rhythm section of bassists and drummers will be challenged by the diversity of playing styles of which Indie Rock is known for. This fun and musically varied show is a great choice for all experience levels.
Rehearses on Saturdays 3 - 5pm starting September 7th