We’re shaking up our annual “Party Like a Rock Star” event, and bringing it to Mardi Gras!

Come join us for a night of fun at the amazing Bell Event Centre while benefiting the Music Resource Center – CIncinnati!
Tickets include open bar (beer and wine), lite bites, live music & mardi gras beads!
When: Friday, Feb. 24th, 8pm
Where: The Bell Event Centre, 444 Reading Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Scroll down to purchase single or VIP tickets via Paypal.  Get your ticket before Feb. 17th!
**This is a 21+ Event**
Highlights

• $50/person ($15 is tax-deductible) OR Purchase a VIP Booth (See below)
• hor’dourves, beer, wine
• VIP Booths available
• Awesome Silent Auctions
• Live Music by: Burning Iris, PLUS performances by MRC Teens

MRC members—interested in learning more about how you can copyright and protect the music you make?
Do you want to know how royalties and CD sales translate into income?  Join us Wednesday, February 15 at  5:00pm.  Lawyer and local musician, Sean Rhiney, will provide an overview of the copyright process and give examples of how you can start protecting your music—and earning an income with it.

Sean Rhiney is a locally based lawyer and musician. In 2002, he co-founded the Midpoint Music Festival – an annual international event that brings hundreds of cutting edge artists to Cincinnati each September.  In addition to playing music, he has written about national and local artists for CityBeat and Cincymusic.com for ten years. He is currently the Director of Xavier University’s Center for Community-Engaged Learning.

Where: At MRC
When: Thursday, Jan 26th, 5:30pm
Open to MRC members: Our first Music Video Workshop is coming to a close and the participants are ready to premiere their work! Each teen participating in the workshop learned about:

• shooting digital video with different cameras
• creating storyboards,
• video editing & sequencing

…plus, working with a green screen to create special effects! The workshop is the first opportunity for MRC teens to make a complete, professionally shot and edited video to the original music they make every day at the Center. We’re excited to see the finished products they’ve worked so hard to complete!

A snapshot of Yung Tye's video "On My Grind". The video features use of the green screen and other effects (look, there's three of him!)

We’re pleased to announce the completion of our latest studio, the Fame Track II Digital Project Suite.  This digital production studio is open for our more advanced, Fame Track II Members only.  The studio has an iMac outfitted with Garageband as well as the more advanced Logic Pro.  Before this studio’s completion, our advanced students had only experienced Logic in our Multi-Track Studio, which requires staff supervision to use.  Now, on their own time, Members will be able to get personal hands-on experience with the more advanced and powerful tools that Logic Pro has to offer.

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We are very pleased to have helped complete a studio at MRC so that more teens can continue to be educated and inspired through music and to allow more teens a safe alternative for after school activities.

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—Donors of Fame Track II Digital Project Suite

As with our other Digital Project Studios, members will also be able to sign out microphones and make recordings in the studio.  On top of all that, the studio has visual perks like artistic lighting and sleek new furniture.  Says Audio Instructor Max Raphael, “This studio is a great addition for our members.  It has more perks than just advanced software.  It’s a quiet, exclusive space, with a calm, creative, even professional atmosphere.  Our goal was to make this studio feel special and unique, so that members really feel like they’ve earned something by working to get on Fame Track II.”

“This studio is a motivator for people to actually continue onto Fame Track II,” says Ellen, a Fame Track II Member.  ” I have some friends who are excited to get their quizzes done so they can experience the awesomeness of the Yellow Studio!”

Both staff and members are looking forward to seeing the learning potential and quality of productions improve thanks to this new facility.

Just this past sunday, July 31, MRC appeared on “Around Cincinnati”, a weekly show on the city’s NPR Affiliate 91.7 WVXU.  Guests on the show are MRC’s Executive Director & Founder Karen D’Agostino, Program Manager Josh Elstro, and recently-graduated member Devonte Roach.  During the program, almost 15 minutes running time, WVXU’s Jim Stump talks with each guest to learn about MRC’s program from each of their perspectives.  You can play the full interview by clicking the link below.

The Music Resource Center Cincinnati would like to thank WVXU, Lee Hay, and Jim Stump for the opportunity to come on the air, and we hope you enjoy the clip!

Click To Play The Interview

A recent graduate of Purcell Marian and MRC, Devonte Roach has been featured on Cincinnati.com in a video interview and article! In his interview, shot at MRC, Devonte talks about his life with music and moving on to Berklee College of Music in Boston this Fall—the most prestigious contemporary music college in the country.  Once there, he will be studying vocal performance and composition.  We are sad to see Devonte leave but are very proud of everything he has accomplished, and excited to see where his amazing passion and talents take him!
See video below. The full article has been featured on Cincinnati.com and The Cincinnati Enquirer!

Thanks to everyone who came to support our teens as they performed at our June Recital and dinner.  And hats off to our members who put on a great show!  The event saw recitals from our students taking private lessons, with a variety of performances from classical vocal to piano to violin!  Other teens involved in music production here at MRC livened up the show with performances of their original songs over their own beats.  After the music, members, staff, and family and friends sat down for a home-cooked meal!

We hope we see you at the next MRC recital—stay tuned for future MRC events!

Join us for some fun and great music this Saturday, June 11th.  ”MRC Out Loud” is an outdoor concert featuring Live Original Music from 5 very talented bands. This is a fundraiser to help raise money for the Music Resource Center of Cincinnati.  Sorry kids, for 21 and over only!

For band lineup, see poster below!

Location: The Sandbar
4609 Kellogg Avenue
Cincinnati, OH

Starting this monday, June 6th, we will be shifting our hours to 1:00pm – 6:00pm. We will still be open our regular days: Monday – Thursday. This means waiting less time in the day to get into the studios.  Also, members will be able to get a free lunch nearby at the Evanston Pool just before MRC opens! (Get more details at MRC)  Feel free to contact us about any questions and concerns.
*If you’re currently signed up to take weekly music lessons, please contact us to change your lesson times.

Thanks—MRC Staff

Dear MRC members, friends and supporters: Please stay tuned as we determine the date for our Year-End Recital. This will be a fun evening of performances from our members—from our instrumental students to rappers and singers with original songs! The performance will be during the second week of June—Check back soon for the exact date or feel free to contact us about it!