
About The Abrams Brothers: The Abrams Brothers, fourth-generation musicians who haved toured together for almost a decade, have become Canadian festival favourites. In 2005, the Ontario group became the youngest Canadians to appear on Nashville’s iconic Grand Ole Opry. They’ve also toured Europe, and have performed several times for the Jacob’s Ladder Folk Festival in Israel. In 2006, the band received the Daniel Pearl Memorial violin, awarded to especially gifted young musicians. In 2009, the band released Blue On Brown, an album of songs by Arlo Guthrie and Bob Dylan. The legendary Arlo Guthrie said they were “way too young to be playing that good.” The video for the band’s cover of Coldplay’s “Viva la Vida” made a splash on CMT in both the U.S. and Canada, and in 2010,The Abrams Brothers released a video on CMT for the single “Mermaid Town”. The release of their first single, “Nothing At All,” to Canadian radio in 2011 launched the band on a tour on country radio and the CBC. The Toronto Star raved, “The Abrams Brothers have been blowing away audiences with their virtuoso playing and effortless harmonies, drawn on a long family tradition of bluegrass and folk music.” With the release of Northern Redemption, The Abrams Brothers – John, James and cousin Elijah – make a transition from the music of their roots to their own distinct, high-energy, "Newgrass" sound. |

| The 9th Annual SASS Gala and SASS Live Song Contest Finals will take place on Saturday evening, June 9, 2012 7-10 p.m. at Donald Wilson Secondary School 681 Rossland Rd. Whitby, ON Admission is $ 5 Three SASS students will be performing for ART WITH A HEART's Benefit Concert featuring the superb saxophone stylings of Matthew James, on Saturday evening, March 24, 2012, 8 p.m., at Oshawa's Regent Theatre. Contact www.theregenttheatre.ca to purhcase tickets on-line for a worthwhile charity and a spectacular concert. 50 free tickets were given out to the November 26, 2011 Women's Blues Revue concert courtesy of the Share the Music Program. Visit our gallery to see photos of this memorable event. Special thanks to Laraine Herzog & Lucy Grzegorczyk. Check back regularly for the latest bulletins on upcoming events with the School Alliance of Student Songwriters. You may now also ask to join the new S.A.S.S. facebook page to receive automatic posts on upcoming SASS events |

Our names are Kaitlyn and Evan, and we are the 2010-12 SASS Youth Executive Presidents. When you see us at this season's SASS events, please feel free to speak with us about your ideas for strengthening our young artists' community. Looking forward to meeting you this year. Our next monthly SASS Revue will be at 7 p.m. on Friday, February 3, 2012 at The Music Scene 1150 Champlain Court, Whitby (Head South on Hopkins to the 401. The Music Scene is located just West of the AMC Theatres.) Please contact Darlene Voogt at sassocvi@hotmail.com 3-4 days ahead to sign up to perform at this SASS community monthly event. Notes for new teen participants: You are welcome to enjoy our free events. We encourage a supportive musical community to remain and listento one another for the full 1 1/2 - 2 hours. Free, light refreshments will be also available. SCHOOL SASS RECITALS! February 16, 2012, from 7-9 p.m., Mrs. Voogt welcomes you to O'Neill Collegiate on Mary Street in Oshawa for a regional SASS recital in O'Neill's spacious school auditorium. Please e-mail sassocvi@hotmail.com to ask Mrs. Voogt to add your name to the program February 23, from 7-9 p.m. Artemis invites you to Donald Wilson S.S., 681Rossland Rd., in Whitby, to hear students from SASS and the Wilson Spoken Word Club perform at our Coffee House. |
| This year's SASS Song Contest again on an open theme, will close on April 12, 2012 Entry is free but limited to one original song per student. We thank our prize sponsors whose logos appear on our home page.Details of prizes to follow Please send an entry form (available by clicking on this link) mp3 of your song melody, along with an e-mail identifying your name and school and typed copy of your lyrics to: sass@sasscanada.net or deliver a CD, entry form, and lyrics to D. Artemis Chartier at Donald WIlson Secondary School, 681 Rossland Road., Whitby, ON . |
| The Abrams Brothers are appearing in a concert to benefit SASS on Thurs., May 24, 2012 at 8 p.m. To watch The Abrams Brothers music videos and tour their web site, click on this link: http://theabramsbrothers.com/video/ On-line tickets are available through www.theregent.ca From Feb. 14-21, up to 100 SASS students and their families who write sass@sasscanada.net to request a special code can obtain tickets for only $20. The other seats will be sold to the general public beginning in mid-February for $25 - $35. Proceeds from this concert will help SASS continue to offer over 100 annual songwriting workshops, as well as recordings, Massey Hall trips, a song camp, song contest, recitals, interactive web site and other services to support our young writers' community, offered for the ninth season free of charge to youth in over 25 Ontario SASS clubs. Selected top winners of the 2012 SASS Song Contest will be honoured at this concert winning a place on stage in the May 24, 2012 Abrams Brothers' pre-show. |