Page 18 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • May 1, 2013 Midland Park The Midland Park High School Band program with support from the Midland Park Elementary PTA and the Midland Park Performing Arts Parents recently hosted Break of Reality, as guests of the Midland Park School District. While in the district, the group performed two workshops with the students at Highland School. These assemblies focused on the origin of the rock cello group and concepts of music and composition. Later that evening, Break of Reality performed a concert for the Midland Park Community. The partnership between the Midland Park High School Band Program and Break of Reality will continue. In the fall, The Marching Band will be perform the work “Anodynia” that was composed and performed by Break of Reality. Members of the rock group are serving as consultants to the MPHS Marching Band as the show is designed and performed. Midland Park will be the first band ever to perform Break of Reality’s music on the marching field. A founding member of Break of Reality, Patrick Laird, is a 2003 graduate of Midland Park High School and the MPHS music program. Break of Reality is a cello rock band originally formed at the Eastman Cello rock band appears at district’s schools School of Music in 2003. The band is filling concert venues around the country with fans eager to hear their original music and interpretations of music by Tool, Metallica, and System of a Down. Their sound is cinematic, subdued, and heavy all at once, and their live audiences are equally diverse. Their fans are also aficionados of Led Zeppelin, Radiohead, and Yo-Yo Ma. Break of Reality has given hundreds of performances across the country at performing arts centers, colleges, rock clubs, and music festivals such as South by Southwest in Austin, Texas. Along with performing, the group’s original music has been featured in national television programs, including Dateline NBC and America’s Investigative Reports on PBS, which went on to win an Emmy. Through their affiliation with Pandora Radio, Break of Reality’s music has been streamed by millions of listeners around the U.S. The band’s three albums, “The Sound Between” (2006), “Spectrum of the Sky” (2009), and “Covers” (2012), have sold over 40,000 copies worldwide. The band is committed to music education, having performed at hundreds of Break of Reality performing for Midland Park students. public schools across the country, encouraging music students to explore all types of genres on their instruments. The band is also committed to music entrepreneurship, and has developed the Break of Reality DIY Lecture Series, which was designed to empower budding classical musicians with practical, real world music business knowledge. For more information visit www. breakofreality.org.