news and events

Jan 2010

Post by Noel Wentworth :8 months since an update. Wow...

Highlights? June we did a tirbute to the Rolling Stones at the community theatre for a SOLD OUT audience og 860+ people. With the help of Interior SAvings and Ex Nihilo Vineyards we raised $8190.00 for the Kelowna General Hospital's childrens ward. ROCK!

July I headed off to LA for a bit of a family/buisness trip. Got the chance to visit NEVERSOFT in Woodland Hills, CA where they make the Guitar Hero Game. They said they'd love to see their art come to life for our next show in March.

September was a bit of a crazy time as I started to write out all the parts for our next show, a tribute to Guitar Hero. Long process and trying to learn a new peice of software on top of the work load managing the school.

October we had Victor Wooten here to do a Bass clinic for us. He's quite possibly the nicest person I've ever met as well as one of (if not the) best bass players in the world. The clinic was of course sold outas well.. Gave me and everyone else a positive experience all the way around.

Gearing up now for rehearsals for our Guitar Hero show. Tickets are now on sale at Ticketmaster under ROCK HERO Live! Interior Savings, K96 , and Allegra printing are on board as sponsors for the show!!!

Catch up with me on Facebook under Noel Wentworth and the Wentworth Music Education Centre!

April 2009

Post by Noel wentworth: I'm going to make up for lost itme here. with some commonly asked questions .

Time flys! So much has happened since October. The school broke 480 last month. Our tribute to Bryan Adams was a great success. 780 people in the audience. Quite honestly our best show yet musically and visually. We got Bryan's co writer Jim Vallance involved. Jim is a absolute gentleman. I hope one day he takes me up the offer for Dinner. He gave us a great video introduction and signed lyric sheets for us from the songs he wrote with Bryan. Patrick Steward drummer for the Odds, Mathew good, Wide mouth mason, and the Adams songs Kids wanna rock and Summer of 69' came and gave a drum clinic and music work shop for our students in November. Pat ROCKS! Our concert also raised nearly $6800 for the Kelowna general hospital childrens ward. The cheaue presentation will be April 30 at the 99.9 Sun FM have a heart radio-thon. Planning is well underway for our tribute to the Rolling Stones June 27th at the Kelowna community theatre. We have had record students sign up in the first month or so. (160 was the last count). Tickets will be on sale through ticketmazster April 30th. I'll see if i can post a link if I get a moment. I'm really hoping I can get the Stones invoved somehow. I've got some lines in the water. We'll see what happens.

Life is good. Busy..but good. I'd rather have it that way. No time to write music at the moment. Way too much happening at the school. I miss it terribly. I get to pass on my experience though and have created something that is not available in this form anywhere else. That's pretty big.. I join the Instructos and students for a few songs in the shows...that's enough for now. The arena gigs are my favorite. What a rush! You know It surprises me daily how much excitment is happing surrounding my vision. It took a few years for me to convince people this was going to change everything but it finally has happened.. The countless cards i get and TV and newspaper media is so appriciated. I clip, frame and diplay each and every one proudly. I walk the halls at the school and remind myself almost daily why I'm doing these insane projects. We have a winning team here who totally gets it. I coun't do it witht them. I am truely grateful The future holds some great things. I can't wait to tell you all what I will be working in the near fututre. Wheels are in mothin for projects that will span the next year and a half. It's going to make you laugh and make you wonder why it's never been done before. Ha ha - The irons hot i tell ya.

OCT 2008

The Wentworth Music Education Center reaches new milestone

Noel is very proud to announce that his music school is now 450 students strong. Thanks goes out to all the Wentworth Music staff, teachers and administration for the marvelous job of going above and beyond for their clients. We have created something that isn't available anywhere else.

Check out Noel's performance at the BC summer games as Gene Simmons character in KISS. click the KISS picture at the bottom of this link

Sept 2008

Has it been that long since we updated! Noel Has been Very VERY busy . Highlights from this year are:

Feb.: Under Pressure - A tribute to Queen. 729 people. We raised $2400 for the Children's ward at KGH.

Feb.: Noel and The Wentworth Music All Star band (made up of students from Wentworth Music Play The Kelowna Memorial Arena for 2000 screaming girls! Rock and Roll!

April : Noel Complete Wentworth Music's web site. you can see it here www.wentworthmusic.ca

May : Wentworth Music All stars perform in the Rutland Maydays Parade. Made local and provincial TV and Print news dressed up as KISS.

June - Shout it out loud a tribute to KISS. Noel partners with Interior Savings credit Union for a fantastic event. 130 pint sized versions of the band KISS performing 19 of their greatest hits. Noel worked 3 months on his costume.

July : Noel and the Wentworth Music All Stars play the Canadian National Vintage Car club rally.

July : Noel and the Wentworth Music All Stars play Prospera Place, Our second arena of the year. This was the highlight to date of Noel's performing career. What a rush! 5000 people. See the video at www.wmec.ca.

August: Interior Savings and Wentworth Music present a cheque for $3400 to the KGH children's ward. Noel dressed up as Gene Simmons shakes things up a little and walks the halls at KGH after the presentation..He made allot of people smile that day and at very least gave people something to talk about

September: Noel unveils 2 months of hard work with 5 new studios at Wentworth Music Education Centre. Noel spent his entire summer on this project. Simply put. "it's one classy place to come take lessons"

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