Country/Rock Band Coming to Medford High

Carter Twins to Perform for Fine Arts Department Benefit Concert Friday, February 12

The Medford Public Schools Fine Arts Department is proud to announce a benefit concert for senior scholarships, featuring the Carter Twins and Medford’s Michael Maloney, on Friday, February 12, 2010 at 7:30PM at Medford High School’s Caron Theatre.

Come on out and enjoy young, up and coming talent while supporting senior Fine Arts students! All proceeds from the concert will go towards senior scholarships.

“We really wanted to do something special for our seniors. The proceeds from this concert will go towards providing scholarships for college,” said Richard Trotta, Director of the Media/Technology and Fine Arts Department for the Medford Public Schools.

The concert is generously being sponsored by Brookline Bank, Medford Rotary Club, Warren Ramirez, Bates Insurance Agency, and Hyatt Place Medford.

After performing hundreds of live gigs while juggling a busy high school schedule, the Carter Twins burst onto the country scene in 2008 after a chance meeting with an MTV executive in Los Angeles, who ultimately led them to Country Music Television (CMT). The brothers recently completed high school and moved to Nashville to pursue their music career full time under the development of CMT Music and Meteor 17.

The Carter Twins were in the select nomination group for this year’s CMT awards, being in the nomination pool for Best New Duo as well as breakthrough Video of the Year.

The twins’ band includes Brandon Hasinger, electric guitar, Brian Howell, bass guitar, and Tommy Perkinson, drums.

Michael Maloney, Vice President of Medford High School’s Class of 2008, is currently a sophomore at UMass-Boston, where he is a double major in Health Science and Music. Featured on WBZ’s Jordan Rich Show, Michael has taught four workshops at Citi Center (formerly the Wang Theatre), and regularly performs at local nursing homes. He will be backed up by Woburn’s Nate Rohr on drums during the concert.

Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. Click here to order tickets.

Tickets are also available in the Media Department at Medford High School. Contact Allison Goldsberry at 781-393-2239 or agoldsberry@medford.k12.ma.us.

Tickets are going fast and might not be available at the door, so order now! There is a limited number of seating available in the Caron Theatre.

About the Carter Twins
www.cartertwins.com

Growing up in Akron, Ohio, 19-year-old twins Josh and Zach Carter were surrounded by music from the time they were born. Their mother worked in country radio and encouraged their interest – Zach stole time at her piano, while she taught Josh “Stairway to Heaven” on the guitar.

The family recently relocated to Nashville from South Carolina so the twins could pursue their music career full-time under the development of CMT and Meteor 17. Still settling into their new digs, Josh and Zach spent the summer working with some of Music City’s best songwriters and crafting as many as 60 songs in just six months. Their debut album has collaborations with Charles Kell, Tia Sillers (“I Hope You Dance” and numerous #1 hits) and a host of other top tunesmiths.

Their first single, “Heart Like Memphis,” garnered national attention, making them one of the fastest-rising new artists on the digital charts. The Carter Twins are outselling over the current country chart titles on downloads, out streaming nearly all new country acts on My Space, out searching over half the current country acts on Google – thus showing they totally connect with audiences, both on the radio and live.

Their album, set for release in early 2010, is being produced by Frank Rogers, Billboard magazine’s #1 country producer of the Year (25 #1 singles). Their touring agent is CAA Nashville chief Rod Essig and the rest of CAA who are deeply involved working on all aspects of the twin’s multimedia career. Their media and career direction is being helmed by Spencer Proffer and his staff at Meteor 17.

The Carter Twins were in the select nomination group for last year’s CMT Awards, being in the nomination pool for Best New Duo as well as Breakthrough Video of The Year.

About Michael Maloney
www.myspace.com/michaelmmusic

Michael Maloney, Vice President of Medford High School’s Class of 2008, is currently a sophomore at UMass-Boston, where he is a double major in Health Science and Music. Featured on WBZ’s Jordan Rich Show, Michael has taught four workshops at Citi Center (formerly the Wang Theatre), and regularly performs at local nursing homes. He will be backed up by Woburn’s Nate Rohr on drums during the concert.

Maloney might be best known around town as the kid who beat out 80 other entries and won $5,000 in WROR’s “Townie Tunes” contest in 2007 with his “The Long and Winding Road to Medford” parody of the Beatles’ hit song.

Maloney, a lifelong musician and avid Beatles fan, is a member of St. Joseph’s choir and his many musical talents include singing and playing the drums, violin, ukulele, and piano.