Hi all! Sadly we had to cancel our 2020 shows and shut down operations. We had hoped to open back up in the Summer of 2021 but the darn delta variant put a stop to that… so now we’re targeting January of 2022 to resume our ensembles. Meantime please hang tight and continue to rock on!
Videos
Several CROCK teams entertained their friends, family and more at the Volcanic Theatre for their Fall 2019 Season Finale. Extraordinary work by these fine young musicians! Here’s some highlights:
Crock drummer Steven George was invited to perform with Olivia Knox at the Bend Roots Festival in 2019. Check it out:
The CROCK team hit the stage at the Deschutes County Fair this year for some performance fun. Check it out:
Several CROCK teams jammed out at the Volcanic Theatre for their Summer 2019 Season Finale. These young, talented musicians featured some great vocals, drums, guitar, & bass playing. Here’s some highlights – and what a great crowd (thanks Jean & Rod):
For our Spring 2019 Season Finale we had several CROCK teams jam-out at the Volcanic Theatre. These young student musicians did an incredible job showcasing their performance skills in vocals, drums, guitar, bass, violin, & conga playing. Here’s some highlights:
Once again, several CROCK teams rocked out for us at the Volcanic Theatre for their Winter 2018 Season Finale. Fabulous show! Here’s some highlights:
Several CROCK teams entertained their friends and family at the Volcanic Theatre Sunday night for their Fall 2018 Season Finale. The kids put-on a great show! Here’s some highlights:
Once again two CROCK teams rocked the Volcanic Theatre Sunday night for their Early Summer Season Finale in June. For this session we were fortunate to have a professional videographer to capture and edit the entire event. So enjoy these longer videos. These young, talented musicians continue to showcase their schooling in vocals, drums, guitar, bass, & conga playing. Here’s the two reels:
For our Spring 2018 Season Finale we had three (yes 3!) different CROCK teams jam-out at the Volcanic Theatre. These young student musicians did an incredible job showcasing their performance skills in vocals, drums, guitar, bass, violin, & conga playing. Here’s some highlights:
Two CROCK teams rocked the Volcanic Theatre Sunday night for their Winter 2017 Season Finale. These student musicians could give us all lessons in vocals, drums, guitar, bass, & conga playing. Here’s some highlights:
Two CROCK teams rocked the Volcanic Theatre Sunday night for their Summer 2017 Season Finale. Set one featured Everybody Talks, The Middle, Beverly Hills, Follow you Down, Big Yellow Taxi, Black or White, and Perfect. Set two featured Some Nights, The Twist, People Get Ready, Wagon Wheel, Waiting on the World, I Lived, and Valerie. These young, talented musicians took us to music school with some great vocals, drums, guitar, bass, & conga playing. Here’s some highlights:
Crock Bass guitarist Christian George is nearing graduation, so the Crock directors and friends got together to do some studio recording for his college applications. Special thanks to Georges Bouhey on Keys and Carl Lindgren on Drums!
Crock bassist Christian participated in a week-long jazz music camp put-on by Mel Brown and friends at Western Oregon University. The camp featured a week of music instruction, jazz combos, and in general some fun music schooling with great musicians and music teachers in Oregon. The week culminated with live performances on various stages as featured in the following clip.
Crock bassist Christian participated in a week-long jazz music camp put-on by Steve Owen and his colleagues at the University of Oregon. The camp featured a week of fine music instruction, jazz combos, and in general some excellent music schooling from great musicians and music teachers in Oregon. The week culminated with live performances as featured in the following clip.
Here’s some highlights of the Central Oregon Community College’s Jazz Big Band performing for their Summer 2015 semester finale. Check out Crock bass guitarist Christian George on the frettless! Special thanks to their music instructor Warren Zaiger.
Here’s a clip from the annual Bend High School “Mr BHS” competition featuring Crock guitarist Damon keeping the rhythm to an Elton John classic. The performance went on to win Mr Central Oregon as well! Congrats Max, Damon, Michael, and Jake.
Here’s some highlights from the Bend High Vocal Jazz Dynamics troupe during their Spring 2015 Performance concert. Several of the CROCK team playing in the ensemble – and once again, special thanks to their music teacher Luke MacSween.
Here’s some highlights of the Central Oregon Community College’s Jazz Big Band performing for their Winter/Spring 2015 semester finale. Check out Crock bass guitarist Christian George on the frettless! Special thanks to their music instructor Warren Zaiger.
Here’s a clip from the Bend High Vocal Jazz Dynamics troupe during their Winter 2014 Performance concert. Several of the CROCK team playing in the ensemble – and once again, special thanks to their music teacher Luke MacSween.
Here’s some highlights of the Central Oregon Community College’s Jazz Big Band performing for their fall 2014 semester finale. Check out Crock bass guitarist Christian George on the frettless! Special thanks to their music instructor Warren Zaiger.
Here’s a clip of the the Bend High Vocal Jazz Dynamics Troupe with Crock members Damon and Christian carolling in downtown Bend for the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremonies. Another great evening in Bend, Oregon.
Crock members and students of the Bend Student Jazz Ensemble performed and participated in a music teaching workshop featuring some fine improvisation instruction and music schooling from members of King Louie’s Portland Blues Review III. Special thanks to director Georges Bouhey for orchestrating the event. Here’s a clip of these fine students:
Here’s a clip from the Bend High Vocal Jazz Dynamics troupe during their Fall 2014 Performance concert. Several of the CROCK team playing in the ensemble – and Damon pulls a killer guitar solo. Special thanks to their music teacher Luke MacSween.
CROCK members got some guitar music schooling at the Fall Festival in Bend, Oregon. Nice work by the Scott Pemberton Trio!
Members of CROCK and the Bend Student Jazz Ensemble tore-up the Black Butte Porter stage at the Bend Roots Festival with the Jazz Bros! Special thanks to Mark Ransom for the invitation and all his efforts in fostering the festival – and for joining the band on stage for some rippin blues! And thank you Deschutes Brewery for the venue and the beer!
Here are three songs featured by these talented musicians:
CROCK member Christian joined musicians Georges Bouhey and Andy Armer in downtown Bend to play some Jazz for the monthly first Friday artwalk. Yet another great night of jazz music with some of the best music teachers in Bend, Oregon.
Crock members Damon & Christian participated in a week-long jazz music camp put-on by Steve Owen and his colleagues at the University of Oregon. The camp featured a week of fine music instruction, jazz combos, and in general some excellent music schooling from great musicians and music teachers in Oregon. The week culminated with live performances as featured in the following clip.
The Bend High Vocal Jazz Dynamics troupe wrapped up their year with a pot-luck at the Bend Park and Rec pavillion. Several of the CROCK team playing in the ensemble – and once again, special thanks to their music teacher Luke MacSween. The first tune is called Out of The Woods by Nickel Creek featuring some superb work by guitarist Damon George. And the following is a highlight reel of the remainder of the songs they played for the audience.
Members of the CROCK team, the Bend Student Jazz Ensemble, and the Bend High Vocal Dynamics Troupe put together some simply fantastic performances to kick-off another great (AND FREE!) Jazz At The Oxford music teaching and music instruction workshop featuring internationally recognized jazz vocalist Mary Stallings. Special thanks to Ms Stallings for offering some great perspectives on her career in music, and to producer Marshall Glickman, director Georges Bouhey (filling-in for Max on drums who was out sick), the Oxford Hotel, and ALL the Jazz At The Oxford sponors!
Here are the four songs featured by these talented, young, student musicians:
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