We had 2 wonderful concerts today! It was such a musical marathon! and we can’t believe we actually all made it in a 40°C heat wave!!! 

The diversity of the program was so amazing. From classical to jazz, folk to rock and heavy metal, and of course, some Christmas songs. We even did Pink Floyd’s The Great Gig in the Sky!!! 

Congratulations to all the students who performed at the Concerts!! All the kids were absolutely amazing today and we are so proud of you all!!!

Check out more photos at our school facebook page!

Wishing you all a Wonderful and Blessed Christmas!!!

This Over 30’s Band Workshop band “3 Shades of Grey” was a great success!

“3 Shades of Grey” have been practicing every Friday night for the past few weeks and delivered a great concert tonight!

Here is one of the band members’ e-mails:

“Thanks again for a fantastic workshop and a really fun night performing to our family and friends. Having messed around for years at home on acoustic guitar, the chance to play electric guitar in a band was completely new to me and I was amazed we were able to learn so many songs in such a short time. 

I also really enjoyed getting together every Friday night and looked forward to it each week. I hope you run this again soon and encourage any other adults considering it to come along and ‘live the dream’ too.” ~ Mike Goodman

3 Shades of Grey are:
Mike Goodman - Guitar
David Ryan - Drums
Craig Ryan - Vocals & Guitar
Nick Read - Bass

Check out more photos at our school facebook page

If you are interested in participating in our next Over 30’s Band Workshop, it will start from Friday 8th February 2013.

For more info, please Contact Us

This holiday’s band was a great success!

“Voo Doo Chain” arose from the ashes to annihilate and devour all in their path. (Well......it seemed that way.) What a powerhouse trio these 13 year olds turned out to be. Definitely the coolest band to emerge so far from our band workshops.

Check them out at our school facebook page:

★ Recording Session
★ Photoshoot

Congratulations to all the students who performed at the Term 3 Spring Concerts!! YOU ROCK!!!

Special Congratulations to:

Achievement Award for Most Improved Students:
Maddison Maxwell / Piano
Luke Denniss / Guitar
Arianne Yates / Vocals
Sean Jackson / Drums

Best Performance Award:
Ryan Newling / Piano
Jamie Goodman / Guitar
Kate Fullbrook / Vocals
Connor Tennyson / Drums

★ A BIG Congratulations to our piano student Sophie's achievements in the past 2 weeks ~

• Won a massive $$$ prize at Ourimbah Talent Quest Seniors
  
• Free recording time from Kimcumber Idol
  
• Featured artist in School Spectacular

Keep up the great work ~ We are all very proud of you!!!

Congratulations to all the students who performed at the Term 2 Winter Concerts!! YOU ROCK!!!

The Piano & Flute Concert was a great success! It’s so good to see our students perform live. We are so proud of you all. It just keeps getting better and better every time. Pu-Yu is so good with the students and it really shows, and a big Thank You to Mr. Christian Marsh for doing such a great job of judging the concert and giving such a wonderful, supportive, and constructive speech. Much appreciated.

The Guitar & Vocal Concert was a lot of fun. It’s always a challenge with guitar and vocals, but as usual, our students rose to the occasion and we’re very proud of each and everyone of you. Well done.

The Drum Concert was a blast. The best drum concert so far and really looking forward to the next one. It’s great to have a live venue in the school where students can get up on stage in front of an audience and make some noise. Keep up the good work.

Special Congratulations to:

Felicity McWhirter / Piano
Luke Denniss / Guitar
April Peters / Vocals
who won the Achievement Award for Most Improved Students.

Felicity McWhirter / Piano
Jade Peet / Piano
Connor Worth / Guitar
Jazz Barnes / Vocals
Brad Hughes / Drums
who won the Best Performance Award.

A hand-picked group of internationally recognised guitarists from across the globe will join forces this Autumn to weave some memorable musical magic. Featuring Michael Fix, Andrea Valeri, Nick Charles and Robbie Long.Ok Fellow Bohemians!.

Acclaimed acoustic guitarist Michael Fix – recently named as one of Australia’s Top 25 Guitarists of All Time by readers of Guitarist Australia magazine – will be joined by his Italian protégé, and one of the brightest young stars on the European stage, 21-year-old Andrea Valeri for a series of very special concerts.

Also taking part in several of the inaugural Acoustic Guitar Spectacular shows are Melbourne-based player Nick Charles – described by The Age as “Australia’s virtuoso of acoustic roots and blues”, a two-time Australian Flatpicking Guitar Champion and multi-instrumentalist Robbie Long and internationally acclaimed flamenco virtuoso Andrew Veivers.

Each concert has been structured so that each player will featured as a solo artist in the first half, and all players will share the stage in the second half, allowing plenty of opportunity for spontaneity and improvisation.

This is a rare opportunity to see such a wealth of amazing musical talent on the one stage. In particular, it’s a unique chance to see one of the rising stars of the global guitar scene as he embarks on his first tour of Australia.

“I’ve been touring internationally since 2004, and every year I meet incredible guitar players who blow me away.” said Michael Fix.

“I've been looking for an opportunity to bring some of these people to Australia, and I’m thrilled that the first such guitarist will be Andrea Valeri. He's only 21, and I believe he has what it takes to become one the world's great players.”

“I urge people to check him out online, and see him in concert, not just to admire his technical excellence, but to be touched by his beautiful original tunes, as well as his smooth Mediterranean charm!”

“I would love to see the Acoustic Guitar Spectacular become an annual event, and I hope to bring many more of the world’s great players to Australia over the next few years.”

The Acoustic Guitar Spectacular 2012 will feature 10 shows in New South Wales and Queensland. Don't miss this one-off opportunity to see these incredible players in action!

For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/acousticguitarspectacular

Our teachers Craig & Pu-Yu will be performing with Dr. Goodvie this Sunday afternoon. Please come join us if you feel like to have a musical Sunday afternoon!!

Here is the newsletter from Dr. Goodvibe ~

Ok Fellow Bohemians!

The Weather Man say's the Sun shall shine......

Sun 15th April again at Kantara House, 1:30 ~ 5:00pm. The next big funky full new Goodvibe band gig grooving up all the new ones from "The New Bohemia" as well as a few of the old fav's of course. I just love the opportunity to get the full band together and get really funky so bring your dancing shoes! 

Check out the updated website, you can see all the videos and buy the new CD now! www.doctorgoodvibe.com

Kantara House is a beautiful place to have an afternoon gig with under cover seating and a rainforest setting with gardens for the kids to play while you relax and get into the music,food and drink available at the bar.

Pre-book $15 or $20 at the door.

Kantara House, 431Avoca Drive, Green Point, for bookings: (02) 4369 1528

Hope to see you there, 
Edu Valk

Just a quick thing you can do to further the Vibe,
Vote for us in the music OZ awards, here’s the link, click on and scroll down and click submit, they will then send you an email and then you click the link and that sends your vote.

Very convoluted!  I knowwww but that's the way of it it seems.

Join some of the Coast’s top musicians for an afternoon and evening of soul food.

Get the feet tapping and the heart opening with the talent of Dexter Moore, Paul Robert Burton and Dr Goodvibe with a few surprises in store!

Our teacher Craig Ryan will be in the band on the drums and percussion, and Pu-Yu will be on flute and also playing some solo piano during the break.

Music with spirit combines these great local artists with messages of conscience, information stalls, markets, movie screenings and other community inspired activities to assist us to become self-empowered and informed.

Be a part of something GREAT!! All weldome. Proudly supporting OUR LAND OUR WATER OUR FUTURE.

“Be the change you want to see in the world” ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Where: Kantara House
When: Sunday 25th March, 2:00pm ~ 8:00pm

For more information, please visit: www.ourlandourwaterourfuture.org

Congratulations to all the students who performed at the Term 1 concert! YOU ROCK!!!

"Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt." 
~ William Shakespeare