Tech professionals by day, rockers by night — on December 9 at the Great American Music Hall, they picked up their instruments and ventured onto the big stage to let their alter egos shine… for a good cause and the love of music. Silicon Valley Rocks 2009 brought together the Valley’s tech community — from VCs and entrepreneurs to bloggers and software developers — to raise money for Music in Schools Today (MuST).

HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL OUR SPONSORS, PARTNERS, AND SUPPORTERS FOR A GREAT EVENING. ON BEHALF OF MUSIC IN SCHOOLS TODAY, WE DEEPLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE NEXT GENERATION OF ROCKERS!

See our highlight reel! HUGE thank you to Beyond Pix for providing the video.

See our pics!

From Eva Blue

From Chela Shanti

From Ed Jay Photography

From Ken Yeung

Keep music in schools

All proceeds for Silicon Valley Rocks! will be donated to Music in Schools Today (MuST). MuST is the Bay Area’s answer to the crisis in music education. Despite extensive research indicating that music instruction supplies intellectual, emotional and physical components critical to children’s development, music and arts programs are often the first victims of budget cuts. MuST advocates for, supports and develops integrated, accessible, sustainable and measurable music-in-education programs that improve student achievement.