Term 4 2024 News

Hello everyone,

We’re thrilled to share some recent highlights and achievements from our talented students and community. Here’s what’s been happening:

🎤 Term 3 Concert – A Rockin’ Success!

A huge congratulations to the 26 students who performed at our Term 3 Concert on 15 September! The event was an incredible celebration of music and talent, with students and families coming together for an unforgettable experience. We can’t wait to see how everyone grows in the coming year!
 

🏆 Victorian State Instrumental Championships Finalists

A round of applause for Winston Tan, Jacob Lee, and Enzo Xie, who represented us brilliantly at the Victorian State Instrumental Championships on 13 October!

• These incredible students made it into the top 20 of their age categories in Victoria—a huge accomplishment!

• Special shoutout to Jacob Lee for placing 2nd in Victoria in the Year 7-9 category. 🎉

You make us so proud! Check out their happy smiles!
 

🎓 Rockschool Exam Success

Well done to all the students who took part in this year’s Rockschool exams! Preparing for video exams requires dedication and focus, and we’re so proud of your hard work. Keep rocking!
 

🎹 Beginner Piano Milestones

A big round of applause for our beginner piano students who completed their Primer A piano books: Bao Hoang, Charlotte So, Chloe Phuah, and Aiden Xia!

It’s amazing to see students practicing consistently, developing sight-reading skills, and playing fluently. Bravo, Bao, Charlotte, Chloe, and Aiden!
 

🌟 Special Achievements

Here are some standout accomplishments from our students:

• Hans Pan – Achieved Distinction in ANZCA Grade 3 Guitar.

• Dylan Lennox – Scored 75 in his VCE Unit 2 Music Performance Exam for Guitar.

• Kyle Su – Took his talent to the streets, busking at Macedon Square with friends.

Amazing work, Hans, Dylan, and Kyle! Keep shining!
 

🎹 Welcome, Felix!

We’re delighted to introduce Felix, who will be joining us as a piano teacher on Saturday mornings starting in 2025. Felix is not only Justin’s father but also his former piano teacher, and he has kindly stepped in to help during our busy times.

Please join us in giving Felix a warm welcome to the community!
 

As we wrap up the year, we’d like to wish everyone a wonderful Christmas and a relaxing summer break. Thank you for being part of our vibrant and supportive music community—we look forward to seeing you again in 2025 for more music, learning, and fun! 🎄☀️

Stay safe, enjoy the holidays, and happy practicing! 🎵✨

Team Rock
Felix, Justin, Liam, Mari, Ned, Ollie, Stella

🌟 ROCKSCHOOL ROCKSTARS 2024 🌟

Congratulations to all our amazing rockstars who submitted their videos for the Rockschool exams this year! Your dedication and hard work have been truly inspiring.

And for those still preparing—keep practicing over the summer! You’re on the path to success, and we can’t wait to see your progress. 

🎉 Our 2024 Rockschool Stars:

Aarav Singh – Grade 3
Angela Lazarou – Acoustic Grade 2
Aquila Jarski – Grade 3
Ekansh Goel – Grade 4
Enzo Xie – Grade 4
Josh Tan – Grade 3
Leo Zhu – Acoustic Grade 1
Raphael Zhou – Grade 3
Zara Sathananthan – Acoustic Grade 2

Well done, everyone! Keep rocking! 🤘

🎁 HOLIDAY SPECIAL: GUITAR CLEANING & RESTRINGING

Give your guitar some love this holiday season! 🌟

We’re offering a special rate of $60 (normally $75) for a professional guitar cleaning and restringing service. It’s the perfect way to keep your instrument in top shape for the new year!

📞 Contact Justin at support@leadersofrock.com to book your spot!

📅 IMPORTANT DATES

🎄 TERM 4, 2024

• Ends: Saturday, 21 December 2024

🎸 SCHOOL HOLIDAY BAND PROGRAM

• Date:  Wednesday,15 January 2025

• Interested? Register here for more information: Sign Up Here

📆 TERM 1, 2025

• Starts: Tuesday, 28 January 2025

• Ends: Saturday, 5 April 2025

End of 2020 Newsletter

To all our families and students at Leaders of Rock

We made it!

Thank you so much for all of your support this year.  

We’ve surpassed many challenges together, from online learning to returning face-to-face.

We will look back on 2020 as a year where we grow stronger together in our passion for music, and all the memories and lessons we learned during an unexpected year.

I personally want to thank each and every one of you for believing in our music lessons and our music teachers at Leaders of Rock. Also, to all those who have worked with us as teachers, Fabio, Noah and Evelyn, you have my utmost respect and trust, and I can’t thank you enough for all you’ve done for this learning community.

Together, we’ve kept the flame of music alive, whether it’s attending a guitar lesson, performing keyboard at an online concert or preparing to sing in front of others.

Well done!

We all deserve a well-earned rest and recovery during this Christmas break.

Updates:

• Term 1 dates starts from Monday 25 January 2021 to Saturday 3 April 2021

• Reports and videos of the November online concert will be posted shortly via email.

• We are open for holiday lessons – Monday 11 January 2021 – a great way to get back into learning music before the term starts. Some students will also be contacted to have their make-up lessons before Term 1 2020. Please reply back to this email if you too would like to start earlier 

• Expressions of interest are open for a Holiday Band Program – Saturday 16 January 2021 and Songwriting Program – Saturday 23 January 2021. These are just one-day programs where you work with our teachers on rehearsing 2-3 songs with other like minded musicians (Band) and learn some technology and tools to write 1 song (Songwriting). Please reply back to this email if you’d like to know more about this    

• Online and face to face lessons are both available in 2021 and beyond. I’ll assume everyone is going face to face in the studio, but please let me know if you prefer the online format for Term 1 2020 and beyond.

We wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!  

Let’s Rock 2021!

Team Rock

Justin, Fabio, Noah

Term 4 2020 - Music Lessons Update

Dear family of Leaders of Rock,

What a wild year we have experienced as a music school community!

On behalf of our teachers, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all of you for your ongoing support of our music school.

The students, teachers and families in this community helped propel me through some very uncertain times this year, and I truly thank you for showing up, having fun on your instrument, and sharing this journey of learning music with Leaders of Rock.

With a new term comes a new easing of restrictions.

As the roadmap states for creative studios, we are allowed to open on a restricted capacity from October 19.

Please find below updates to our music lessons in Term 4 2020:

• Term 4 2020 starts on Monday 5 October - Friday 18 December 2020 and includes a concert via Zoom. Bookmark the dates in your calendar on our events page.

• Monday October 19 - Term 4 Week 3 - is the expected return for face-to-face music lessons at Leaders of Rock studio, provided that there are 5 cases of COVID-19 or less over the period of 14 days in Victoria. This means that the start of the term will be online lessons for all students. Students can also choose to remain online for the rest of the year past October 26. If this seems like your preferred option, please email me back.

• We will first operate with a COVID-19 safe plan that is identical to our response during our 1st wave of easing restrictions. Summary: take off shoes, wash hands, maintain distance during lessons, wear masks, stay in car during drop off and pick up (parents). A staged approach (one room open at a time) will be considered closer to the date. Read more above.

We look forward to seeing you all energised and ready to rock Term 4 2020 - just like you have in so many terms this week!

With gratitude,

Justin, Noah and Fabio