Miami Beach Rock Ensemble
Nov 21, 2025
Starting: 12:15 PM
Student musicians take the stage as the Miami Beach Rock Ensemble brings more than 50 years of music education and performance legacy to the Miami Book Fair.
Founded in 1972 at Miami Beach Senior High School by music educator Doug Burris, the ensemble made history as the nation’s first high school rock band program. Today, under the nonprofit Young Musicians Unite (YMU), it continues to train and inspire young performers, sound engineers and stage crew through hands-on experience in live music production. Their performance blends classic and contemporary rock, showcasing the skill, collaboration and creativity that define Miami’s youth music scene.
The Miami Beach Rock Ensemble performs at Off the Shelf at Miami Dade College’s Wolfson Campus on Friday, November 21 at 12:15 p.m. as part of the Miami Book Fair lineup.