U-Rock vocalist, Seojin Kim, age 12, recording a song in Korea

Cathy HallesseyBlog

One of our best young singers, Seojin Kim, 12, is currently living back at home in Korea where she’s still singing away. Seojin recently spent time in a recording studio and we can’t even begin to tell you how proud we are of her accomplishments. She lived and attended school in Stittsville for two years, in order to improve her …

Announcing our Kids-Rock March Break program

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We are excited to be offering a March break program for the first time ever. Our Kids-Rock March break program lets your budding rock stars experience playing in a real rock band. Kids aged 7-14 will get to try drums, bass, acoustic and electric guitar, singing and also form a real band. They’ll learn about reading music, basic instruction on a …

Featuring: The Beetle Squishers

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In a cool Stittsville basement, eight young musicians aged 12-16, came together to form a rock band, calling themselves The Beetle Squishers. The name is a nod to their two music teachers/coaches who front popular Ottawa Rock band, SpiderKillers. The band has been given a huge challenge: learn two classic rock songs as a group in only four practices and …

U-Rock students enter international competition

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Two U-Rock vocal students have entered an international singing contest sponsored by the UK’s Vocal Council. The students applied by submitting a video of their performance. Karolina Moo, 12, entered Mon Histoire from Les Misérables. Abigail Moffitt, also 12, sang Wrecking Ball, which she performed at a recent showcase in Ottawa. The contest closed on January 15 and was open to all …

ROX, our music school mascot loved the makeover!

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A special glam session is planned for all of our rock stars on the day of our 1st Winter Concert, on Sunday, February 1st. Natalie Boutros Fares of Reflections II Salon (across from Bed, Bath & Beyond on Hazeldean) has made us a fabulous offer – just for U-Rock students who want to get their hair and makeup done before …

Share the love…share the savings

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When you introduce a new student to our school, you will get a discount on future lessons. Build up credits for school merchandise, or put them towards future lessons. Each successful referral has a $20 value.

Less than one month ’till SHOWTIME

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U-Rock Music School’s first winter rock show will be held on Sunday, February 1st at The Brass Monkey, and we can hardly wait to see our stars perform. Media has been invited to this event, so your rockstars could end up in the paper or on the radio after the show. We have been very fortunate to get amazing coverage …