Led by Nick Phaneuf and Mike Effenbeger, both of Tan Vampires fame, PMAC rock bands provide opportunities for teen and pre-teen musicians to learn how to run their own band. PMAC rock band is not just for guitarists, bassists and drummers - we welcome wind and string instruments too! And for younger children who want to learn rock and pop in a group, we now have Junior Rock Explorers.
In Fall of 2014, PMAC launched its first songwriting band. Though bands have always written original music at PMAC (see Summer Recording info below), this band is entirely focused on composition.
Every summer, each band in PMAC's Rock Workshop records one original tune along with performing two other covers. One of PMAC's longest standing youth programs, Teen Rock Camp started as a two-week workshop in the summer of 2005. As our 10th Rock Anniversary approaches, the rock program has truly flourished into something wonderful - a year long program that has been fine-tuned to specific age groups, types of rock and more. We now offer two weeks of Summer Teen Rock, along with one week of a junior rock camp (for our mini-rockers), weekly rock bands that meet during the semester, pre-teen rock ensembles and junior rock ensembles. Not only do these ensembles help kids practice their own skill set, but it is an environment where they learn to work closely with others.
We encourage all families who are interested in PMAC Rock Band to talk to Katie, Mike Effenberger, and Nick Phaneuf. We are always looking for new young players to join PMAC bands!
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