Kaboom is the first and only production-based education platform for students
Current Productions
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WEST AFRICAN PERCUSSION
West African culture and music expert Valerie Naranjo works with Kaboom students to arrange and record select songs from a unique repertoire. Each piece features global sound while employing the use of rare rhythmic instruments and technique. After learning the music, Kaboom students help lead public school workshops to educate young musicians. These programs are documented on film to spread information and to use as an educational resource in school music classrooms across the world.
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AD MUSIC +SOUND
Studio Orchestra and Composition Team students partner with national advertising agency Yessian to distill a creative brief into persuasive commercial music. Working with company executives as the client, Kaboom students write, arrange, perform, and record original music that will be featured in a national brand’s multi-channel and multi-media advertising campaign.
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DOWNTEMPO TRIPHOP ALBUM
Multi-Platinum producer Michael Bradford joins the Kaboom Studio Orchestra to perform and record a never-before-experienced mashup of electronic and traditional orchestral instruments. This Downtempo Triphop Album is a relaxing, atmospheric series of tracks that celebrates the dichotomy found between digital and analog sound. The texture and character created in the music is translated into an accompanying music video.
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DOCUMENTARY
What is life on the road like? Kaboom students share their experience with our documentary film making team as they embark upon a multi-state tour. Viewers get an up-close look as student musicians deliver powerhouse performances, develop new friendships, and overcome all the challenges that come with fast-paced music production.
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TOUR
Students embark upon a 4-state, 8-venue, 12-day tour, performing tunes from their album with The Accidentals. Rocking an array of venues including outdoor amphitheaters, music festivals, and popular theaters the Studio Orchestra performs to sold out crowds while learning to navigate life on the road. Additionally, musicians acquire new skills like stage management and audio engineering as they bring the tour to life with their peers.
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STUDIO ALBUM
The Kaboom Composition Team and the Kaboom Studio Orchestra are working with Billboard-chart topping band The Accidentals to produce an album of new tunes. Thoughtful arrangements and textured playing join emotional lyrics and soulful performance to make these recordings some of the most favorite we’ve ever produced. The album was be released digitally in 2022.
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ANIMATION
Kaboom students are producing an animated short with Emmy® award-winning composers, animators, and script writers. Julie Bernstein, Steven Bernstein, and Paul Rugg teach students how to write the script/story board, perform the voice-overs, score the music, create the animation, and so much more. We’ll submit the finished product to animation festivals and for award opportunities.
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IMPROV ALBUM
Kaboom is partnering with Mike Garson, David Bowie’s pianist, to create new music and record the orchestral tracks on an album.
Students follow the album through the composition of new charts, they lay down orchestral tracks, audit the engineering and mix process, and help take the product to market.
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VIDEO GAME
Kaboom students are producing an animated short with Emmy® award-winning composers, animators, and script writers. Julie Bernstein, Steven Bernstein, and Paul Rugg teach students how to write the script/story board, perform the voice-overs, score the music, create the animation, and so much more. We’ll submit the finished product to animation festivals and for award opportunities.
Unlike traditional groups, Kaboom students work hand-in-hand with professionals to make real products.
