Best School of the Rockin'est
Fourteen years ago, long before Jack Black scolded those private school kids for not getting the Led out, session musicians Steve Gibson and Jeremy Steinkoler founded Bandworks, an institution that has since helped countless kids, teens, and adults from San Rafael to San Jose live out their dreams of playing their favorite songs to audiences outside their own living room. Since Bandworks' initial sessions in a single room in Berkeley, the program has expanded to four recording studios, fourteen summer camp locations, and fifteen after-school programs throughout the Bay Area (much appreciated in this age of school arts cutbacks); the organization has even put on shows in Ireland, courtesy of U2's the Edge. You don't need to be a guitar whiz and go through tense auditions to enroll in Bandworks - snobbish Juilliard it ain't. Nor do you even need to play guitar, drums, or any other standard rock instrument. Everyone from young Hendrixian prodigies to beginner flutists, violinists, and conga players is welcome.
(510) 843-BAND
