TOOWOOMBA teen Jenyu Shaw is shaking up the belief that all teenagers are game-playing couch potatoes.
The 16-year-old Concordia Lutheran College student is organising the Toowoomba Youth Charity Concert.
It is the second time he has staged the youth-focused event.
"Last year I was practising for my exam and thought it would be good to be able to play for an audience," Jenyu said.
"There were other musicians in the same boat and I also thought we could raise some money."
The inaugural concert raised more than $1600 for the group, Jubilee Ministries, to help fund programs for the disadvantaged.
This year, World Vision will benefit from the concert.
"People definitely think that teenagers just sleep and play games," he said.
"But I know a lot of people my age who have done heaps."
Jenyu's instruments of choice are the piano and the trombone.
He, along with six other performers, will present a 10-minute piece for the concert.
"There are different people performing this year," he said.
"We have people from different schools and groups.
"The whole concert has been organised by teenage kids, and on the day, the ushers and crew are all going to be teenagers from Toowoomba.
"I have been around to many of the eisteddfods and invited some of the best youth musicians from Toowoomba to play."
Source: http://www.thechronicle.com.au/story/2012/09/29/teens-to-stage-concert-and-prove-their-point/
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