RIDE THE LIGHTNING TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE UMC!!!

On Friday, February 5^th 2010 at 7:30pm, the Uptown Music Collective will present, “Ride the Lightning; A Tribute to Metal” at the Community Arts Center in Williamsport, Pa. The concert, a fundraiser for the non-profit school of music, will feature music from historically important and highly influential metal bands from Metals golden era.

Some of the Bands that will be featured in this show include Metallica, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, and Black Sabbath to name a few.

Ride the Lightning,” the Uptown Music Coll ective’s tribute to Metal will focus on the bands that introduced and influenced change within the genre Throughout the years, Metal has gone through a myriad of changes and given birth to many sub genres such as thrash metal, black metal, death metal and glam metal. Each of these have their own specific characteristics, while retaining the original Metal sound at their core. Metal has become one of the most popular forms of the rock genre forming cult like followings of fans and influencing new bands and new sub genres to this day.

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 EVOLUTION OF ROCK: 1951-1991  

The 12th Uptown Music Collective Major Performance was a rousing success. The Evolution of Rock: 1951-1991 failed to break the target of a 1000 people through the door but it succeeded in every other way. It was a commanding performance by a great group of young performers who put on an entertaining and at times, an awe inspiring show.

 Kids Guitar Class Rocks the Recital

It's a performance maxim never to follow kid or animal acts, and you can clearly see why in these clips from last weeks general Uptown Music Collective recital. These kids tear into their tunes and rock the house. The Kids Guitar Class is a group class for students under 12. This class has been working together for two years under the tutelege of Hunter Wentzler.

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