School of Rock
Posted by hungrymonkmusic on June 21, 2008
We’ve just finished our first week of Summer Music Camp. This year our first offering was School of Rock. We had Young Monks Camp from 9am to 3pm each day for our young students (ages 5 to 12), and it was a great success. We put together 3 bands: The Rebel Hounds, The Skeleton Keys, and The Tears of Blood. Despite the name, that last group consisted of 5 well behaved and talented young girls who sang some great old rock ‘n roll tunes. These morning classes not only performed in groups, but also made band posters and T-shirts, learned lots of great rock tunes, watched some classic rock movies (Hard Day’s Night, Help, The Song Remains the Same, School of Rock, etc.), and generally had a creative week of music making.
In the afternoon, a slightly older group of teenagers put together a rock band they called “Something Relatively Different”, and worked up a bunch of tunes all on their own. Whereas the morning groups get lots of help and instruction and generally have some teachers or interns helping out, the afternoon group is on their own. And they rocked the house! Three guitars, bass, drums, and piano, with several different vocalists played through Johnny B. Goode, Twist and Shout, Same Old Song and Dance, Sweet Home Alabama, and Love Song.
Also, special thanks to our interns who really help out both the students and the teachers. More to come.
