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In the photo above are Jason,
age 8 (left on guitar) and Sky,
aged 9 (right on lead vocals)
of Rok Skool band Eridge
Station. The band performedLiving On A Prayer by Bon Jovi
for Kool Yool 09.
WHAT A PERFORMANCE!Crikey Mikey, one of Rok Skools bands,
performed alongside 250
fellow students at Rok Skools annual Christmas Show, Kool Yool
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ROK SKOOLNewsletter - Winter 2010
Tunbridge Wells Edition: no. 3
Happy New Year and welcome back toRok Skool. As many of you
know, we finished
2009 on a real high, with over 250 Rok Skool
students taking part in our annual Christmas
show - Kool Yool 09. The show was staged
over two nights and despite the snow, our
students performed to a sold-out
theatre of over 250 people per
night. This was Rok Skools
best show to date, setting the
standard for all future
performances! Well done to
everyone who performed and
for those behind stage who
helped make these concerts
run so smoothly -they were truly
memorable shows.
We have an exciting term ahead of us at
Rok Skool. For those of you who are new or
who are contemplating joining in the future,
performance is core to the Rok Skool
experience. We stage concerts throughout the
year because they give our students somethingto work towards and
an added incentive to
practice. The concerts are great fun and reward
our students for all of their hard work and
practice - both while at Rok Skool and at home
between sessions. We encourage all of our
students to take part in our shows and
experience the thrills and challenges that go
hand-in-hand with performing live.
This term, we will be staging a concert at
The Forum in Tunbridge Wells on Saturday 27th
February featuring bands, vocalists and
musicians from Rok Skool at Bean.
Tickets are 5 and profits from
ticket sales will be donated to
The Soup Bowl, a local
organisation that providesfood to the hungry and
homeless of Tunbridge Wells
and the surrounding area (see
back page for more information).
This term we are also running in-
school band workshops at Bennett
Memorial for a select group of Year 8 and Year 9
students. Rok Skool is looking to run similar
workshops at other local primary and secondary
schools, so let us know if you think your school
would benefit from the Rok Skool Experience.
We still have a limited amount of
availability for new students wishing to join Rok
Skool for this term. If you are interested, please
do not hesitate to contact us on tel: 01892
829004.
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Joe has been playing music all his life. Growing up with a
recordingstudio in the house, he mastered all the essential rock
instruments
and became an accomplished studio engineer. By fourteen he
was
playing in bands and writing music, and signed his first
publishing
deal before he was 20.
Joe has a degree in music technology and has worked as a
studio
producer, arranger, musical director, and teacher ever since,
apart
from a short spell as a radio DJ on Heart FM.
Along with teaching, Joe also runs The Amy Winehouse Experience,
a
tribute band that has played from southern Spain to the northern
reaches of
Finland and Estonia. Joe also performs throughout the South East
with the band
Orchard Road, alongside his family members Herry, Leon and
Rory.
ROK SKOOL AT THE FORUM
On Saturday 27th February
from 2pm - 4pm, Rok Skool
will be staging a concert at
The Forum in Tunbridge
Wells. Profits from the
concert will be donated to
The Soup Bowl, a localcharity that serves food to
the hungry and homeless from
Tunbridge Wells and the
surrounding area. Tickets
are 5 and can be purchased
from 1st Feb. at Bean on St.
Johns Road or at The Forum
on 27th Feb.
JOIN A ROK SKOOL BAND & WELL GET YOU PERFORMING!!Rok Skool
runs bands for students aged 9 yrs and older, with most of our band
members aged between 11 - 16 yrs. While some of our students
want to become rock stars, most are just looking for a fun way
to learn to play music as part of a band. Our aim is to make Rok
Skool bands available
to as many people as possible - so we run bands for students
covering a wide range of experience levels. Joe Kaye, Senior
Instructor at Rok Skool at
Bean reinforces the point I cannot stress enough, that you dont
have to be a superstar to join a Rok Skool band. Dont get me wrong,
we have some
experienced and talented musicians at Rok Skool, but we also
have a large number of students who have played for one or two
years and have joined
Rok Skool because being part of a band is a fun and sociable
experience and a great way develop musically. At the moment, we run
7 bands in
Tunbridge Wells and 25 bands across our two locations. To join
one of our bands, you simply have to sign-up to Rok Skool. However,
once you have
joined, you are committing yourself to attending weekly
supervised band rehearsals and practicing at home between sessions.
Our bands perform in
live concerts staged by Rok Skool and record songs in-house (Rok
Skools band room is equipped with recording equipment). Joe Kaye
comments,
Performing live and recording are great learning experiences
that really motivate students to practice hard. As an instructor it
is really satisfying to see
how much a student improves and develops musically once he or
she gets inspired - and that mostly comes from being in a band.
Anyone interested
in coming along to a trial band session should contact Rok Skool
on telephone: 01892 829904.
VOCAL COACHINGDue to high levels of demand, Rok Skool is
extending vocal coaching to include Tuesdays
Due to increased demand,
we will be extending our vocal
coaching to include all day on
Mondays and Tuesdays as well
as Saturday mornings.
As reported in our previous
newsletter, Muriel Leadbitter
(aka Mo) joined us as vocal
coach from Rok Skool in
Haywards Heath. In addition
to teaching, Mo has been
performing and touring with
bands for over 30 years andshe is currently lead vocalist
for
Keef, one of Rok Skools adult
bands.
Like all of Rok Skool
activities, vocal coaching is
available for people of all ages.
While learning to sing your
favourite songs, Mo will teach
you essential breathing
techniques, vocal warm up
exercises and how to take care
of your singing voice. She will
also work with you to enhance
your singing voice and improve
your confidence. You will also
learn important performance
skills that will come in handy
when you are given the
opportunity to perform live atone of Rok Skools many gigs
and concerts (if you so wish).
Trial lessons are available.
For more information contact us
on telephone: 01892 829004.
Rok Skool
at Bean
Tel: 01892 829004
Email: [email protected]
68 St. Johns Road
Tunbridge Wells
www.rokskool.net
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