Tara Murray
A group of Brimbank and Melton teenagers were hitting the beats last week as part of a school holiday program.
The ON TRACK music school holiday program was brought back to the Tin Shed Community Youth Club, St Albans, giving more than 20 teenagers the opportunity to participate in the program.
Developed by the Mushroom Group and supported by the Victorian government, ON TRACK is a learning initiative developed for young people in the community in need of engagement during the school holidays.
Lead song writing mentor and artist Thando said the week provided a lot of good experiences for the high school students.
“It’s a creative outlet and an opportunity to let go of everything else in their lives. It lets them be kids and have fun.”
As part of the program, the children learn songwriting in the morning, before learning to put it altogether in a song, including using a DJ deck.
Thando said it was a good way of getting the kids to express themselves through music.
She said it was good to see children making friends outside their existing school groups.
“We teach them how to perform and they put on a showcase in front of the kids at the end of the week.”
Thando said this was the biggest group that they’ve had since the start of the program in June 2018.
