The Youth Rock Orchestra

If you ever want to experience the beautiful talent of 100's of students Rockin your world !You will go see the Youth Rock Orchestra with the Mark Wood Experince. This is an absolute gotta see event. You will not be disappointed. If you haven't seen them next year you must. Come show your support of music in our schools. You will walk away knowing music programs must be kept in schools. You will never see more talent on one stage in your entire life.

I look forward to this concert every year and this years was great. The kids really get into the music. I enjoyed it even more than last years concert. Its fun to see the kids expressing themselves through their music.

I attended the Youth Rock Orchestra event with my daughter and we loved it. I was so impressed with the skill and performance of these high schoolers! Mark Wood, Laura Kaye, and Elijah Wood have created something spectacular and chosen to share it with the world. Awesome. Saw so much of TSO in their performances and I do love TSO. It was wonderful! There seemed to be a few mic problems for the student singers.

The entire event was AMAZING! I was stunned by the talent and hard work of Mark Wood and the students in the show. I would definitely go to another YRO concert! You should try it--you won't be disappointed.

This was our fist time attending the Youth Rock orchestra and we both wish we had started attending years sooner. The kids are amazing. The time and effort they put into the concert tells you how much they love their music. The individualizm you see on stage was so refreshing. Their performance was utterly amazing. This will be an annual event from now on.

It was a good show. It started 10 minutes late. I greatly appreciate the efforts of those who worked so hard to bring it to Little Rock and put it on, it was not exactly what I and my children expected. I came because I knew a student who was going to perform. This young man opened the show and so I was encouraged in the beginning. I was disappointed when that trend did not continue. Although some students were brought up to play on center stage, it was more in a backup role. Only two students from the choir got to sing all night. Most of the "vocal" parts were either played in Mark Wood's electric violin or sung by the lead singer in clothing that was inappropriate for a youth event in my estimation. She was a good singer but she dominated and I was there to hear the students. I will tell others they may want to go see this while making sure they know what it is like. I and my children will probably not come back unless it becomes more of a youth showcase, instead of Mark Wood and Friends.

ONLY NEGATIVE - Ticketmaster needs to be more aware of this venue... we were given "best available" seats when purchased online and they were in the middle of the first row. The stage was actually higher than eye level from where we were sitting and we could not see one single performer in this amazing group of kids unless they got up and came to the very front of the stage (and then our view was still blocked by monitors and speakers on the front stage). The show was not sold out so a couple of us moved to some empty seats further back and I was BLOWN AWAY at the accomplishment of these kids! They obviously were given a HUGE dose of confidence which actually brought a tear to my eye more than once. What Heather Izzbell and Mark Wood do with these amazingly special musicians each year is nothing less than life-changing. My kids LOVED the show and so did I.

Amazing talent right in our own back yard! Wonderful young musicians and singers! A great family experience.