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U-Rock is excited to announce the resumption of in-person lessons effective August 17th. The announcement that the Ottawa area is moving into Phase 3 enables us to accept students at our regular location. We have implemented measures to ensure the safety of our students, including hand sanitizing stations and physical distancing guidelines. We will also sanitize all surfaces between students. …
Two of our young stars raised $450 for children’s mental health with their front porch performances last Thursday night. We’re very proud of our students Kate and Lia. The Stittsville Front Porch Concert Series is an opportunity to enjoy free live music around Stittsville while supporting Crossroads Children’s Mental Health Centre. Neighbours are encouraged to perform live music from their …
We were interviewed by consultant Dave Simon recently so he could tell his listeners about our unique and fun business model. Our discussion is featured in the current Music Lessons and Marketing podcast, which Simon manages and hosts. Check it out here:
Congratulations to all our award winners for 2020: 5 year achievement awards 2020: Aidan MacLeod, 14 Avery Rumsey, 12 Catherine Hnatiw, 17 Kiara Marsden, 13 Kyler Villeneuve, 16 Lindsay Côté, 13 Matt Dunn, 15 Phinley Agate, 13 Rowan Hendrick, 13 M.A.R.S. (Most Awesome Rock Star) Awards Winners 2020 New performers of the year: Mason Hartwick, 12 Daniel Meisenheimer, 10 Fiona …
U-Rock Music School is now registering for fall/winter 2020-21. We offer vocals, guitar, bass, drums, piano, ukulele, mandolin and banjo. Plus our famous groups: The Roxies (age 7-11), The Crushers teen band (age 12-17), and Pop Patrol (age 5-6) ALL lessons are offered both online or in-person, it’s entirely your choice.
We are PUMPED! U-Rock’s Keira Dixon, 14, is now an international YouTube star with her original song featured today on Kids Around the World!! We are so proud of you! And thanks for the awesome shout out to your teachers too. Keira’s interview is near the 8-minute mark of the video.
To all our U-Rock Families, We hope your family is safe and well, given what we are all facing. We wanted to take a moment to thank you for your on-going support, you cannot imagine how much this means to us right now. This week’s transition to virtual lessons has been challenging for all of us, we are incredibly grateful …
Welcome to U-Rock’s Stuck @Home Sessions for March 26. Today we feature videos from Kaitlyn, Mason and Kate. Good job guys! Keep them coming. Our new video challenge: wacky song lyrics. Use this lyric generator to come up with lyrics, and set them to music – you can make up the music or use a popular song: https://www.song-lyrics-generator.org.uk Record your …
Welcome to U-Rock @Home for March 24. Today we have some great videos from Kaitlyn, Avery and Kyle. Today’s challenge: Interview your pet, family members or favourite thing in your house. Make whatever or whoever you choose the star of the video. Dress them up, ask them awkward questions and create a famous personality of them in your video. Also..songs! …
WELCOME TO THE U-ROCK @HOME SESSIONS Episode one: March 23, 2020 U-Rock @ Home Sessions exists to help our fans and families survive their time together at home. Every day, we’ll post fun activities for you and your families. Record them and send us the videos. We will include them in our daily YouTube show. The challenges for today: Songs! …
