We’re hiring!

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U-Rock Music School is looking for a fun piano teacher to work two evenings a week. Come work for the music school kids love!

It’s official: We’re Ottawa’s best

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We WON! THANK YOU for choosing U-Rock Music School as the Top Choice Music School of 2021! “What an exciting and suspenseful journey it has been to be part of the 2021 Top Choice Awards Survey! The results are finally in and… WOOHOO! We are happy to announce that U-Rock Music School has been crowned Top Choice Music School of …

Look … we’re famous!

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Well, sorta famous. Stittsville famous anyway. U-Rock is featured on the cover of the current issue of Stittsville Neighbours, a magazine serving several communities in town. The story covers our love of music, of teaching and how our school has grown and evolved during its 25 years of operation. Readers will discover the fascinating details (ha!) of our personal music …

Shout Out for BOB

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U-Rock Music School is proud to have written and produced an original song, Shout Out, to be used in a fundraiser supporting Ottawa students in need. Big congrats and thank you to our students Abby, Keira, Savannah and Mason, who participated in the production. The fundraiser, for Bridges Over Barriers. runs until November 29. Bridges Over Barriers is part of …

Your support means survival to us, thank you

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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 …

Announcing @Home Sessions

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On March 23, we’re launching our @Home sessions to help keep you sane in these crazy times. We know it’s no fun to be stuck at home. So we’ll be announcing fun activities every day and getting your participation…it’s gonna be EPIC! Music is one of the best ways to help your child cope with stress, so we want to …

March Break & Covid-19

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U-Rock Music School will be closed from March 14-22. We will be resuming lessons after March Break. However, if you or your children have traveled or have any health concerns we will be providing private lessons, via Skype or FaceTime, in order to help reduce in person contact. Stay safe rock stars.

NEW: Holiday Sparkle Show

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Need a little jingle in your bells? U-Rock Music School will will ring in the holiday spirit at the grand opening of Wildpine Residences on Sunday, December 15th from 3pm-6pm. More than 50 of our amazing music students will take part in this festive event and compete in a first ever Battle of the Bands, to fill your hearts with …

Wow! Sonia wins 3 Joey Awards

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So proud of Sonia Chirila for her triple win at the Joey awards in Vancouver. Sonia won best featured actress in a commercial (age 12-15), best featured actress in a feature film for her performance in Pet Sematary AND the big surprise…most promising performer!  Sonia, a former vocal student at U-Rock, was a crowd favourite at our concerts for several years …

U-Rock student wins at the fair

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We’re super proud of our student, Katelyn Forsyth, 12, who won a first-place award at Richmond Fair’s Rise2Fame talent contest. Katelyn sang an original song and played the piano to win the variety/dance category. Her win marks the third straight year that a U-Rock student has won one of the competition’s major awards. Last year, jack Bayley, 11, won the …