ALTON College is opening its doors to up-and-coming rock musicians.

The Rock School venture is the first of its kind for the college, with the main aim being to give an opportunity for individuals and bands to get coaching in their instrument and advice on how to work on their sound and stage performance.

The Rock School course is a weekly two-hour session made up of one hour of instrumental tuition for electric guitar, bass, drums and keyboards, followed by an hour when all the musicians come together to form bands, putting the songs and techniques they have learned into practice.

For full story, see this week's Alton Herald.