All ages welcome (even college kids) and encouraged to sign up!
July 15 -26, 2013 at Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield, MA
Students, alums, and future music industry professionals, it’s that time of year again! Rock On! Summer Workshops this season will be from July 15th to July 26th- two weeks of remarkable music education and experience in being in a performing rock band!
Sign up for Rock On! Summer camp NOW with ALL of your friends and be sure to catch some awesome masters in action!
Blues guitarists Andrew Cohen, Tyler Fairbank, and Arthur Holmes will join singer/songwriter and slide guitar specialist Robin O’herin for technique classes and workshops on The Blues: The Roots of Rock and Roll.
Andrew Cohen will spend the entire two weeks at Rock On and is looking forward to forming a blues band with students, and says he’ll throw a little jug band in there too!
Drummers Chris Mattoon and Jerry Giguere will explore the rhythms of the world with Dr. Eddie Ade Knowles of RPI. Listen to Dr. Knowles interview with Alan Chartock and Joe Donahue on WAMC Radio @ http://www.hass.rpi.edu/pl/news-s17/?objectID=1374
Drummer Brandon Lewis, a Rock On alum and a graduate of the Collective in NYC, will teach Beat Making Workshops with singer/ percussionist Carmen Estevez and saxophonist/music producer Troy Simms of the Brooklyn Gypsies.
Brandon will demonstrate the use of Ableton Live, loop-based software music sequencer and digital audio workstation for OS X and Windows. Live is designed to be an instrument for live performances as well as a tool for composing, recording, arranging, mixing and mastering. It is also used for beatmixing of tracks by DJs, as it offers a suite of controls for beatmatching, crossfading, and other effects used by turntablists, and was one of the first music applications to automatically beat match songs.
The Brooklyn Gypsies bring a blend of jazz fusion, afro latin, flamenco, reggae, dance electro, and blues to their work. Check it Out!
July 15 -26, 2013 at Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield, MA
July 29 – Aug 2, 2013 at Russell Sage College, Troy, NY (1 week only)
The Rock On Summer Music workshop in the Berkshires is designed for young players of ALL levels – whether they are at beginner, intermediate or advanced skill levels. All levels participate fully in the Rock On experience. Register for 1 week or 2!
For students who are at the beginner level, or who have less than a year of training, we offer a program that will increase their musical knowledge as well as their playing and performance skills.
A typical day at Rock On includes workshops, instrument training, guest master classes, daily ensemble rehearsals and repertoire class. And it’s a LOT of fun!
The repertoire class will consist of pre-selected music that will prepare students to perform together with interns and instructors at the Rock On Concerts are held each Friday during the workshop.
The beginner students take part in all scheduled activities and workshops, including meeting with guest instructors and performers.
Students work together as a team in rehearsals and classes to learn to help create musical friendships and promote a feeling of community and belonging, and to develop a musical-social network. Part of the lesson plan will be learning the fundamental skills of their respective instruments as well as basic performance and stage management skills.
All instruments are welcome in the workshop-guitar, bass, drums & keyboards to cello, vocals, horns and more. Instrument classes will run approximately one hour.
Rock On Young Musicians Workshop runs from 11:30am to 5:00pm Monday through Friday each week it is offered.
Students may bring their own lunches or eat in the cafeteria during lunch break.
Presented in conjunction with Berkshire Countryfest and the Cultural Resources Foundation
Rock On! is celebrating its 10th anniversary with Play it Forward, a special concert at the Colonial Theater on October 19th to benefit the Rock On! Scholarship Fund.
While touring with the multi-platinum selling band Boston, Barry and Sib rocked arenas around the world and played on the band’s first two albums, Boston and Don’t Look Back. When released, Boston was the fastest selling debut album of all time.
Based at Berkshire Community College since 2002, Rock On has emerged as one of the region’s most effective youth mentoring programs. It has become an integral part of Pittsfield’s cultural renaissance with a stage at Pittsfield’s 3rd Thursday celebrations and a downtown home at the First United Methodist Church.
Tickets on sale now at The Colonial Theater box Office or Online:
RockOn Summer 2012
Learn to play in a band. Develop your skills in a concentrated musical setting. Study with Jay Fruet, Chris Mattoon, Andy Kelly, Vikki True, Charlie Tokarz, Dan Broad, Jeff Link, Ted Pierce, Ben Kohn, Robin O’Herin Jerry Giguere, and Mary Verdi.
GUEST ARTISTS -2012 – Master Classes
RockOn is pleased to announce the 2012 Guest Artist lineup – Pat Pattison, an internationally renowned professor of songwriting whose former students at Berklee College of Music include John Mayer and Gillian Welch; Steve Adelson, one of jazz music’s finest Chapman stick players; Frank Bellucci, an outstanding performer, educator, and clinician endorsed by Sabian Cymbals, DW Drums, Vic Firth Drumsticks, and Evans Drum Heads, and Barry Goudreau, former guitarist with the band Boston. All guest artists will teach master classes, coach bands, and participate in Rock On’s ‘Concert at Noon’ series which is free and open to the public.
Download RockOn 2012 Registration forms from the link below, fill out the forms and send them to us!
Blues guitarists Andrew Cohen, Tyler Fairbank, and Arthur Holmes will join singer/songwriter and slide guitar specialist Robin O’herin for technique classes and workshops on The Blues: The Roots of Rock and Roll.
Lewis, a Rock On alum and a graduate of the Collective in NYC, will teach Beat Making Workshops with singer/ percussionist Carmen Estevez and saxophonist/music producer Troy Simms of the Brooklyn Gypsies.
