Youth Rock Camp
Youth Rock Camp (previously called Girls Rock Camp) is an intensive one-week day camp offered to youth ages 10-18, where campers of all skill levels have the opportunity to learn guitar, bass, drums, vocals, or other instruments. Campers will also form a band, write an original song, and perform at the final Showcase for friends, family, and fans! In addition to all this, campers
will have the opportunity to meet other girls, trans and nonbinary youth, musicians, and mentors, and participate in enrichment activities such as workshops on media literacy or screen-printing. welcomes campers that identify as female, trans, and gender expansive. Adult Rock Camp
Adult Rock Camp (ARC) is a weekend day camp in Providence, RI that provides an opportunity for women, trans, and non-binary individuals 18+ to let loose for a long weekend and play music together. Adult Rock Camp was formerly called “Ladies Rock Camp”, but the name was changed to better reflect its participants. It is an intensive, three-day music and mentoring program for women, trans, and non-binary adults. The “grown-up” version of the summer camp for youth, the program brings together folks from different walks of life and all levels of musical experience for a long weekend of instrument lessons, songwriting, band practice, and workshops, all culminating in a showcase concert at a professional music venue. NO PRIOR MUSICAL EXPERIENCE IS NECESSARY!! Group Music Lessons
You can rock out all year long with RIOT RI’s Group Lessons! Group Lessons are taught by our experienced instructors at our space at 763R Westminster Street in Providence. Classes run in the winter/spring and in the fall. We are currently offering group lessons for youth and adults in vocals, guitar, bass, keyboard, drums, and ukulele for the Winter 2020 session. Classes start the week of February 3rd and run for 10 weeks. During COVID-19 all group lessons will be hosted online via zoom, free of charge! Band Booster
Band Booster is a program where bands can learn how to be bands! Bands get a weekly practice time at our space (gear included!) and learn how to practice effectively, record their music, book shows, and promote themselves with the support of their own experienced band coach, who helps them reach their goals. Participants learn to screen print, and create merch for their band! RIOT RI partners with New Urban Arts, using their recording studio for students to create a final product at the end of the session that they can use to book shows moving forward. They also have the opportunity to take part in a stop-motion animation, music video class. At the end of the session, they showcase their songs for friends and family at a community concert. Band booster is free to attend, but students must apply as a group of 2 or more. Some previous experience playing your instrument is recommended, but not required. Gear Loan
All participants and volunteers are welcome to borrow our music gear year-round for a small deposit, which they get back when the instrument is returned. By offering this service, we seek to provide access to instruments beyond the program environment and allow participants to continue to practice at home. We currently have over 100 instruments loaned out in the community. Gear loan of any specific instrument is subject to availability. During COVID-19, instruments are rented out at zero cost! Changing Our Tune
Using the Green Dot Program, RIOT works with venue owners, bookers, and staff, along with bands and audience members to mitigate sexual harassment in the Providence Music Industry. Through cohort conversations, and bystander training, RIOT has begun the work of preventing harasment in our local venues from the root. RIOT will publish a list of approved, trained venues on a website which you will be able to find at Changingourtune.org, along with a summary of the data found through our community survey. Un/Learning the State We’re In
We are running a four-week-long “mini course” that will briefly cover (in order):
-the history of policing, incarceration, and the criminal justice system
-intersectional forms and structures of oppression
-abolition and transformative justice
-response, resistance, action
We have several reasons for running this mini course:
-Gender justice can’t happen without racial justice (and vice versa)
-Many folks never learned these histories
-Learning these histories and thinking about how they flow into our current day allows us to understand our world - and how to change it - more deeply
-There are a ton of resources out there, of course, but it can be overwhelming to know how to start
-Learning together and engaging as a group can give us the tools to begin to work against harmful systems, stereotypes, and social norms
