Events
An important fundraising vehicle for AIM is the recurring event Quem Canta Ajuda Criança. The essence of the event is to turn a Jam Session for music enthusiasts into a big charity party for the seeing public, in which the totality of the funds raised are destined to the remuneration of teachers and the buying of musical instruments used in the classes delivered to the children and adolescents helped by AIM. In other words: good music, good company and lots of fun aimed at a single goal: help others!
Quem Canta Ajuda CriançaThe first edition of Quem Canta Ajuda Criança was a huge success! It took place on November 6th, 2010, in the Bleecker Street Music Bar (www.bleeckerst.com.br), joined 23 amateur musicians on stage and nearly 450 guests, and the funds raised were entirely used to implement AIM’s first music initiation and education program, developed for Associação Maria Helen Drexel (www.helendrexel.org.br). |
Quem Canta Ajuda Criança 2The second edition of Quem Canta Ajuda Criança also exceeded all expectations! It happened on August 5th, 2011, at Teatro Mars, with the participation of 25 amateur musicians on stage and about 800 guests, and raised funds continue to be fully utilized in implementing AIM’s musical initiation and education programs Check out here the pictures and videos of the event QCAC2. |
Quem Canta Ajuda Criança 3Following the success of its first and second editions, Quem Canta Ajuda Criança 3 got an awesome upgrade. We received a very special guest to jam with us: honorable Xandão from O Rappa. He attended our jam playing amazing solos in Hey Joe. Both guitars used by Xandão and his guitar tech Alexandre Duayer, customized by Fabio Ema, were donated for our charity auction, towards AIM. The funds raised during the event were fully utilized in implementing AIM’s musical initiation and education programs. QCAC3 happened in October 2012, at Na Mata Café. There were 25 musicians on stage to an estimated audience of 450 people. The band Rock Beat, with former Beatles4Ever musicians, closed the event. |
Quem Canta Ajuda Criança 4The fourth edition of Quem Canta Ajuda Criança began with a live presentation of a Kids Band formed by School of Rock and AIM students. They played Legião Urbana’s Que País É Esse and Raul Seixas’ Metamorfose Ambulante. Our special guest in 2014 was the illustrious Fernando Deluqui, RPM's guitarist. He played in the last jam with angry solos in Chuck Berry’s Johnny B. Goode and RPM’s Rádio Pirata. With all the amateurs musicians on stage, he also played Pharrell Williams’ Happy and The Beatles’ All You Need is Love, followed by Hey Jude. Fun fact: it was Deluqui’s first time playing with Johnny, Fabinho, Gui e Vitão. Deluqui and his wife Virginia followed the whole event capturing photos and videos to his TV program Deluqui Nau, where he dedicated one episode about the event, about AIM’s history and the charity auction with exclusive autographed items such as Gene Simmons’s Cort GS Guitar Axe II autographed by himself and Tommy Thayer. We also received our friends from Esquenta89, a program at 89 a rádio Rock. .The funds raised during the event were fully utilized in implementing AIM’s musical initiation and education programs. The QCAC4 happened in August 2014, also in Na Mata Café. There were 30 amateur musicians on stage divided into six unusual bands for an approximate audience of 450 people. Thais Piza and band closed the event with an exciting setlist bringing the best of pop-rock music. Order now your DVD with all the performances and backstage scenes from QCAC4: contato@aim.org.br |
Quem Canta Ajuda Criança 5Roll the drums for QCAC5! To attend our next event, send us an e-mail to contato@aim.org.br. |
Field trip to Phoenix Instruments factoryOn February 26th 2015, AIM organized a tour to a musical instruments factory for students of Associação Maria Helen Drexel that receives music lessons by School of Rock Sao Paulo, AIM’s partner for music initiation and education projects.Students met the production and painting/finishing of bass drums, tambourines, snare drums, cajons, rebolos and other percussion items, and finally the strings’ instruments and the luthier room. Also a music class was improvised with the Phoenix showroom’s guitars. Read the full story at Guitarload (in Portuguese only). Sponsored by: School of Rock, Phoenix Instrumentos, Cisco do Brasil e Fábrica de Vídeo |