John Lennon Tour Bus to stop in Vancouver

John Lennon Tour Bus to stop in Vancouver
This is an opportunity for students to work with music industry recording professionals
Wednesday, August 24
Vancouver School of Arts and Academics
3101 Main Street, Vancouver 98663

Students and teachers from Vancouver and Evergreen school districts will have the unique opportunityto board the John Lennon Tour Bus, a recording studio on wheels, when it stops here on Aug. 24. Sixstudents will be selected to work with tour bus professionals to produce and record a music videocomposition. Up to 60 additional students and/or teachers will participate in free training sessions using state-of-the-art industry equipment.

Production project: Six spots are available for students to produce a music composition and video. Selected students, chosen through an application process, will work with the tour bus creative team in this free all-day session.

Training sessions: Three sessions (lasting 2.5 hours each) will take place in the VSAA technology lab. Students and teachers will train on ProTools recording software, Sibelius music composition software,and Avid Media composer video production software. Sessions are free and open to 20 participants each.

The production project and the training sessions will take place on Aug. 24 at Vancouver School of Arts and Academics, 3101 Main Street, Vancouver 98663. The school entrance is on F and 31st streets.

For application information or to register for a workshop, contact VSAA teacher David Tang at
david.tang@vansd.org

The John Lennon Tour Bus provides free hands-on programs to millions of young people across the country. Working together with educators and some of the biggest names in music, the Lennon Bus encourages students to play music, write songs, shoot digital photos, engineer recording sessions, and produce video products using the latest audio, video, still camera and live sound equipment.

For more information go to: http://www.lennonbus.org/
or
http://www.lennonbus.org/press/JLETB_2011_Overview_Press.pdf.

Press release courtesy of Vancouver Public Schools at vansd.org