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Preparing for Burley Oaks Primary School Demo
Posted: 17/05/16
We had a great evening last night preparing for the Burley Oaks instrument demonstration. I put two of my very talented students together. Jack is playing two fantastic pieces that he has mastered, As he was playing these my younger student started to watch and copy. Jack then observed this and moved instantly from student mode to teacher mode and […]
Read more »Outstanding Exam Achievements
Posted: 14/04/16
Congratulations to Jack Hendy and Gareth Allatt on their fantastic Easter session Rockschool exam results. Jack passed his Rockschool Grade 6 Drum exam with 90/ 100 a Distinction. Gareth passed his Rockschool Grade 8 Bass Guitar exam with 93/100 Distinction. Jack is now proceeding straight to grade 8 and Gareth has already begun work on his professional Rockschool level 4 […]
Read more »Check out one of our 4 year olds drumming with his older brother
Posted: 15/03/16
It was a great lesson last night where one if our accomplished Year 4 drummers Reece was drumming with his younger brother who is only 4 years old. Here we see great timing and drumming on a range of different drums. Another little superstar in the making!
Read more »Tracking the Progress of Learning in Ilkley
Posted: 11/02/16
Here we see how well the students that we are tracking this term are doing. They are working hard on their pieces, some in preparation for Summer exams, some in preparation for GCSE performance exams some in preparation for our showcase in June and some in preparation for the demonstrations we will be giving in schools during the Summer term. […]
Read more »Jack Working Hard for Grade 6
Posted: 09/02/16
Jacks’s grade 6 Drum exam is imminent and he is almost there with all his pieces. Here he is playing. Where did that little Year 4 boy go that I first started teaching all those years ago? Jack has a truly professional attitude to his Music!! Good luck for a great mark Jack!!
Read more »Ilkley Students Continue to Make Amazing Progress
Posted: 02/02/16
Check out a range of music lessons taking place in Ilkley filmed last week. Go to ‘Track Student Progress’ to see the great work.
Read more »Summer Term Teaching Dates Available
Posted: 02/02/16
The teaching dates for the Summer Term in all of our schools are now available to view. To see these please proceed as follows: 1. Go to the Learn to Rock homepage: www.learntorock.co.uk 2. Click on Parents (information for parents) 3. In the left hand menu click on ‘What’s on at Your Child’s School?’ 4. Then enter the full name […]
Read more »Ilkley Students Continue to Make Amazing Progress in Lessons
Posted: 21/01/16
Have a look at some of the recordings from this week. Our Ilkley students are making amazing progress each week. Here we have some great examples of performance work from our students in years 5 to 10.
Read more »Gareth Grade 8 Bass looms closer!
Posted: 21/01/16
As Gareth’s (Year 12) Rockschool Bass grade 8 exam looms close we have been making musical sense of one of his improvised solo’s. The solo in ‘Dark Matter’ from the grade 8 syllabus is particularly challenging in attempting to make the solo sound fluid and musical whilst concurrently demonstrating a range of solo techniques, finger style, slap, chordal work in […]
Read more »Reece is Grooving
Posted: 12/01/16
Reece had a fantastic lesson yesterday we asked Tom our tutor to come and groove with us. Reece made sure Tom understood the groove first!! Fantastic drumming by an 8 year old!! Check out these great fills using alternate bass drum and toms.
Read more »Reece is Grooving
Posted: 12/01/16
Check out Reece grooving with Tom our tutor. Reece is using some excellent alternate bass drum and Tom fills.
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