The awesome end of year concert at Sir David Brand School with Music Rocks Australia has hit the newspapers.

Twelve of the 43 participants took to the stage and the results were ground-breaking. A fitting showcase of the work the young people with autism, cerebral palsy and many other difficulties overcome to shine.

The Guardian Express article is below.

To read the full article please go to http://www.communitydigital.com.au/olive/ode/GuardianExpress

Hollywood bound… 19yo Trent Carroll will leave this month to study a 2 year music degree on guitar at the famous Musician’s Institute  in Los Angeles. Jeff Buckley, Paul Gilbert, John Frusciante, Jennifer Batten (Michael Jackson’s Guitarist), Justin Derrico (Pink’s guitarist) and Robben Ford to name a few, are those that have studied at what is the most famous contemporary music school in the world.

In 2008, Trent was in one of two song-writing Music Rocks Australia groups at Trinity College and performed original material in the very first ‘big’ MRA concert at the Astor Theatre. The following year Trent joined the original Music Rocks All-star band where they performed their final gigs before members went on to WAAPA and TAFE music courses.

When Music Rocks first met Trent he had a shaved head in preparation for brain surgery and even the day after surgery had already forced his parents to bring his guitar bedside for him to continue his passion. Recently in his own words, Trent again used music as his ‘medicine’ to cope with the passing of his mother from cancer, who he described as his best friend in life. Guitar and music have been the vehicle for Trent triumphing over his adversities. A big part of Trent’s triumph has been to become a truly awesome guitarist and now he will take his musical career to the next level in Hollywood.

Music Rocks Australia wishes Trent every success in the U.S.A. Below is the front page of the recent Stirling Times with Trent front and centre…

This week the Community Newspaper group have reported on the pioneering work of  Music Rocks Australia and the impact we are having in the comunity, amongst educators and musicians and for our awesome young people. A big thank you to MRA All-stars Rio Tana and Luke Kersey for being a part of the photo shoot last week… Very handsome boys, I’ll let them tell everyone what we were talking about when the photo was taken… A shame too they used the foyer photo instead of the studio photo with light and smoke machine provided by Kosmic Stay tuned to the Eastern Reporter and the Stirling Times in particular for more Music Rocks Stories. Below are two of the articles.

Get your face-paint and your hair gel ready!!! The Term 2 performances now have a date and a venue!

“Music Rocks the Civic” and “MRA All-stars Players Choice” Concerts will occur in the awesome band room at the Civic Hotel in Inglewood (981 Beaufort Street), on Sunday the 3rd of July. The main session for school based groups will start at 1.30pm with doors opening at 1.00pm. The All-star session will begin at 3.30pm with doors opening at 3.00pm. All first session attendees are welcome to the All-star session at no extra cost and this will be the chance for everyone to see the most elite MRA musicians and their music.

Tickets will be available from your Ensemble Directors   in your weekly rehearsals – Adults will be $10, Children $5 and door tickets will be available at $15 and $10 respectively

For our school based groups this will be the first concert for 2011 and the first taste of performance and what it’s like to be a Rock Star. Invite the whole family and friends and make a day of it at the Civic with food and drinks available

Dean

Congratulations to Caitlin Robinson (year eight) from Morley SHS….

the winner of the Early Bird Music Rocks Sign up for 2011. The Zoom Q3 Video and Audio Recorder prize donated by Kosmic Sound is awesome and we are expecting some professional videos of rehearsals and performance now from you Caitlin in 2011. Can’t wait to make a start in 2011 and thank you to all our Early Bird musicians – you guys will have first crack at time-slots in 2011