2016 is gonna ROCK!

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Happy New Year to all our rock stars, their fans and families. We are currently registering for Session 2 – private, group and band lessons from February through the end of June. We have openings but don’t delay as they fill up quickly.  Want to join our tween/teen band? Ages 11-16 welcome. Practices are on Thursday nights at 7:30pm. Lots …

Thank you & happy holidays! 

Cathy HallesseyBlog, News

To all our music families who dropped off their Session 2 payments before the holiday break – THANK YOU! Our early bird promotion period is now over. Registration for Session 2 (February through June) will be open to the public as of January 1st. If you haven’t contacted us and saved your rock stars’ lesson times please let us know ASAP. …

Registration for Session 2 underway!

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We hope all of our rock stars are LOVING their lessons and will be continuing with us after the big rock show on January 24th! Registration is now underway for our winter/spring session February 1/16 through June 30/16. You can email your intent to continue lessons on the same time and day. We prefer to collect post-dated cheques for Session …

Vote for us for your chance to win $3,000

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U-Rock Music School has been nominated as Ottawa’s top music school in the 2016 Top Choice Awards, and we need your help to win. Vote for us by visiting topchoiceawards.com/vote before February 1 and completing a short voting form. You’ll be automatically entered in a draw for $3,000. The Top Choice Awards recognizes companies that go over the top to ensure customers …

U-Rock Music School Singers Sweep Prizes at CPFM

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(Stittsville) Young singers from U-Rock Music School in Stittsville swept all four prizes at the Carleton Place Farmer’s Market Vocal Competition today, taking away $1,000 in cash prizes. This year’s winner is Sarah Culbert, 13, who performed “If I Was Your Man” by Bruno Mars. She won the top prize of $500 for her flawless vocal rendition that captivated the …

U-Rock Music School Open Mic Events

Cathy HallesseyBlog, News

We are excited to offer our talented rock stars regular performance opportunities at various locations every month from now on. Given the amazing success of our singers & guitarists at many local competitions recently, we felt it was time to give everyone even MORE stage time. To accomplish this, in tandem with our own bi-annual school concerts, U-Rock Winter Concert: …

Fall Session now FULL – There’s gonna be noise!

Cathy HallesseyBlog, News

With an unprecedented full school capacity of 83 students plus a waitlist, we are VERY excited to start week 2 of our Fall Music Session. All programs, including vocals, guitar (acoustic and electric), ukulele, drums, bass, U-Rock Kidz Band, U-Rock Teen Band and our new all-girl band, The Roxies, are now all fully booked for the current session. Thank you for …

U-Rock Students to Perform at BBQ Saturday, Sept. 12

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All students wanting to show off their mad skills this Saturday are welcome to join us at Par La Ville Park in the Fairwinds Community (not far from our school, see site map link below) at 11am. Please bring your own backing tracks (MP3 player or iPhone with the at the park with a full PA, lights, two microphones and a …