JULY 12, 2018....SORRY FOR THE DELAY.....WE ARE HERE!!!!!
OPEN HOUSE JULY 15, 1:45-5 pm!!!
FTATRA has been up and running and kicking butt, sorry we didn't catch up on here!!
As you know, we were facing some adversity with health issues with one of our founding instructors, He is on the mend, and we thank you for your prayers and support.
Our new session starts July 15, and kicks off with a gig at Market Square on the 18th!
A photo gallery page is going to be added to this site to catch everyone up!
In the meantime, feel free to check out all the recent accomplishments at our Facebook page www.facebook.com/ForThoseAboutToRockAcademyPittsburgh/
David and Cathy with Julie Michael helping out are looking forward to seeing our current and new students!
OPEN HOUSE JULY 15, 1:45-5 pm!!!
FTATRA has been up and running and kicking butt, sorry we didn't catch up on here!!
As you know, we were facing some adversity with health issues with one of our founding instructors, He is on the mend, and we thank you for your prayers and support.
Our new session starts July 15, and kicks off with a gig at Market Square on the 18th!
A photo gallery page is going to be added to this site to catch everyone up!
In the meantime, feel free to check out all the recent accomplishments at our Facebook page www.facebook.com/ForThoseAboutToRockAcademyPittsburgh/
David and Cathy with Julie Michael helping out are looking forward to seeing our current and new students!
September 13, 2015- A letter posted by one of our parents on Facebook:
Randi Jensen Livengood
September 13 at 8:52pm · For everyone who knows what a struggle it has been with Alex the past few years ... You know he has fought to get barely Cs &D's in school... To even pretend to want to participate in anything that involves actual HUMANS.... For several months, I was worried he was so depressed and wouldn't even try to do anything at all.. He felt like he was worthless ... And couldn't do anything right BC of the ADHD...
And now he has found his 'thing'.... His guitars and the For Those About To Rock Academy. These are his people.. Seeing him on Sundays after lessons, smiling and happy... Actually talking and joking with the other kids....
Watching him up on stage,jamming on his guitar, makes me so happy I can't even describe it...
My happy baby boy is back...we still struggle but he is back....
THANK YOU... David Granati, Joey Granati and Cathy Witters-Stewart....
Randi Jensen Livengood
September 13 at 8:52pm · For everyone who knows what a struggle it has been with Alex the past few years ... You know he has fought to get barely Cs &D's in school... To even pretend to want to participate in anything that involves actual HUMANS.... For several months, I was worried he was so depressed and wouldn't even try to do anything at all.. He felt like he was worthless ... And couldn't do anything right BC of the ADHD...
And now he has found his 'thing'.... His guitars and the For Those About To Rock Academy. These are his people.. Seeing him on Sundays after lessons, smiling and happy... Actually talking and joking with the other kids....
Watching him up on stage,jamming on his guitar, makes me so happy I can't even describe it...
My happy baby boy is back...we still struggle but he is back....
THANK YOU... David Granati, Joey Granati and Cathy Witters-Stewart....
September 1, 2015-For Those About Rock Academy will play the Hard Rock Pittsburgh for a benefit show...details soon!
July 29, 2015- For Those About To Rock Academy opens the
2015 Holy Trinity Festival
at 7pm as special guests for the Cathy Stewart Band!
2015 Holy Trinity Festival
at 7pm as special guests for the Cathy Stewart Band!
July 18. 2015- Founder Joey Granati interviewed on Musician's Hotsheet by Vinni Belfiore...Granati Brothers Go Back to the Future
Founders Joey and David Granati scheduled to play at Van Halen's show July 28th at First Niagara Pavillion!!!!
May 29, 2015- FTATRA instructor David Granati inducted to Musician's Hotsheet's Pittsburgh GUITAR WALL OF FAME! See article HERE!!
Or copy and paste this link: http://www.musicianshotsheet.com/news-reviews/main-stage/302-guitarwalloffame.html
May 3, 2015- FTATRA ROCKS 25000+ RUNNERS AT THE DICK'S SPORTING GOODS PITTSBURGH MARATHON!
Or copy and paste this link: http://www.musicianshotsheet.com/news-reviews/main-stage/302-guitarwalloffame.html
May 3, 2015- FTATRA ROCKS 25000+ RUNNERS AT THE DICK'S SPORTING GOODS PITTSBURGH MARATHON!
April 6, 2015-Spring is in full swing at For Those About to Rock Academy! We played a benefit, Rocked the Beaver County Maple Festival once again, are playing the Loft at 1876 Sunday April 12, April 26 (first day of new session) a short 30 min show at Harmony Ridge, May 3 the Pittsburgh Marathon, Still working on the Hard Rock, and May 24th, Jergles! Looking forward to making even more great music with one of the finest classes we have had to date! New faces welcome and encouraged!
January 2, 2015: Scott Mervis mentions the For Those About To Rock Academy in an article in the Post Gazette..."• Two of the Granati Brothers, David and Joey, played against type with “Alien History,” the debut album from their lush ambient/electronic project The 4th Dimensional Beings. They also took the Ambridge-based For Those About to Rock Academy to Woodstock as part of a Bethel Woods Center for the Arts outreach program."
December 24th, 2014: For Those About To Rock Academy performs LIVE on KDKA Radio 1020 for the annual Seven Fishes Broadcast! Here is the Academy, preparing for the singing of a special version of We Wish You a Merry Christmas along with local music celebrities to start the morning!
October 26, 2014-For Those About To Rock Academy begins YEAR ROUND instruction with a new format! These students are READY TO ROCK! Join us! Space Available!!!!
October 21-26-Vinni Belfiore of Musician's Hotsheet posts a 3 part article on For Those About To Rock Academy's Trip To Woodstock and the historic return of Michael Shrieve to the site for the first time since 1969. No subscription required....
Back To The Garden Michael Shrieve Goes Back To The Garden A Second Solo At Woodstock:
October 24, 2014- Beaver County Times Scott Tady runs article about For Those About To Rock Academy's Trip to Woodstock...subscription required :( sorry folks....not our call....
OCTOBER 20, 2014- Scott Mervis of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette posts blog about the For Those About To Rock Academy's Trip to Woodstock!!!! CLICK FOR ARTICLE!
OCTOBER 19, 2014- Sanatana's Michael Shrieve speaks to students of For Those About To Rock Academy and Project: Identity on how he became Santana's drummer. This was an historic moment, for this was the first time Michael has revisited the site since 1969!
OCTOBER 19, 2014- For Those About To Rock Academy and Project: Identity perform TOGETHER on the original site of the stage for the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival held in 1969...with the PERFECT SONG....A Little Help Form Our Friends....and "Woodstock"...
October 19, 2014.....For Those About To Rock Academy is the very FIRST rock school to ever visit and collaborate with the Bethel Woods Education Program! They have graciously provided an unbelievable opportunity for their and our students to learn first hand what it was like to play at Woodstock from Santana drummer Michael Shrieve! This is truly an historic journey we are making. The history of the future of rock n roll is happening NOW! With a little help from our new friends at Bethel Woods....Woodstock, here we come!