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We are humbly thankful. We’ve received two consecutive nominations at U-Rock for the 2017 & 2016 Top Choice Awards for Best Music School in Ottawa. Although we won’t bug you to vote for us we are extremely grateful for this honour. Thanks for believing in what do! This is our fourth business award nomination in less than a year. We …
Happy November! This is Help Your Star to Shine month at U-Rock. Parents play an integral role in the success of their musical offspring. Remind your young rockers to practice every day and they will amaze you at our next show. Even 15 minutes of daily practice will make a HUGE difference in your child or teen’s ability to progress …
It’s not every day that a local radio DJ stops by on his Harley to say hello and bring us some cool swag from Ottawa’s new rock radio station, Rebel 101.7. Darryl Kornicky had some great swag for us and loved our ROCKMOBILE and he proceeded to take a selfie with Brian. Happy Friday everyone, our radio is always tuned …
We have a crazy fun fall/winter season of live shows coming up: Our now-famous Open Mic events at Hurley’s Neighbourhood Grill in Stittsville will start with a Haunted Halloween Open Mic Party – on Saturday, October 29th from 7:30-9:00pm. Costumes encouraged 🙂 Christmas Open Mic show on Sunday, December 18th from 2pm to 3:30pm will feature The Roxies Christmas Concert, …
Two of our amazing vocal students have placed in the top 25 for this year’s Ottawa Idol competition. Sarah Culbert, 14 and Briana Kelford, 14 were selected from more than one hundred video finalist and then auditioned in person in the final cut for this year’s competition. Two other very talented U-Rock singers, Andrew Waines, 19 and Samantha Clarke, 13, …
Playing music is awesome, fun and rewarding. Learning to play music, however, can be hard work. Here are some tips for success if you are enrolling you child in music lessons. You can skip down to the next section During lessons, if your child or teen is already attending lessons with us: Before enrolling Assess your child’s readiness. We find that …
That’s my favourite question – ever! We always recommend that our families compare us to other music schools. Why? Because we are very different, and we think being different ROCKS. At U-Rock, your stars will get the royal treatment. Their lessons are personalized to suit each student’s needs and skill levels. We don’t offer a one-size-fits-all program. It just doesn’t …
Here’s a sampling of the great pics of the performers at our end-of-year show in June. More photos are available on our FaceBook page at www.facebook.com/urockschool.
Does your child love hip hop, electronic dance or pop music? He or she will love our latest program: B Electric! Contact us to register. Class is limited to six students. B electric: Electronic Music Production for Kids Ages 9-13 This 12-week program will teach your budding writer/composer how to create cool music tracks like the ones they know and love. …
Yesterday we were not only proud to watch 45 of our 75 students perform so brilliantly on stage, but we were extra proud to give out some very well deserved achievement awards. 5-Year Achievement Award: Liam Marelic (15), guitar Our new MARS (Most Awesome Rock Star) awards are based on a combination of most improved technical skills, constant willingness to …
