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What an amazing Spring Rock Academy on the Mornington Peninsula and in Melbourne, if you missed it, the only thing you can do is make sure you don’t miss joining in for summer.
The Videos of those shows will be released on YouTube on Sunday, October 20 and 27 respectively.
Now into our tenth and biggest ever year, we are more excited than ever by the talents, enthusiasm and hard work of our Young Lions (as Phil loves to call them).
If you’re aged 12-19 years old and keen to write, rehearse, record and perform music, then Rock Academy is the place for you. Now in our 10th year of rocking, you’ll meet like minded teenagers to write, jam and perform with and create networks that may last a lifetime.
There are limited numbers, so be quick and lock in your place.
Week One
Week Two
Rock Academy is the most unique band initiative ever created with all creative decisions made by the participants, no pre-approved song lists to choose from, choose what you and your band mates want to play to amaze your friends and family at the end of week show on a fair dinkum Melbourne Rock stage.
So if you haven’t been to Rock Academy before it’s time to step up and rock.
The lowdown
On Monday, we kick it off with a spotlight session, where everyone gets to play, meet each other, and mingle.
The mentors will construct the bands and then you’ll head off to a rehearsal room with your bandmates and start working up a cover song, get creative, and feel free to bend the genres and the rules.
On Tuesday morning we kick off with a Songwriting workshop led by our amazing mentors, getting you started on your way to writing your original song. After the workshop, you’ll join a different band and with your new bandmates head to your rehearsal room to co-write your original song.
On Wednesday morning we have some instrument workshops with specialist pro players, and then it’s back to rehearsals of originals and covers.
Thursday is a day to polish both your cover and original, and get to the finer points of each song in readiness for the live performance.
On Saturday you’ll be on stage at one of Melbourne’s great band rooms in front of an adoring audience.
Mentors for our 38th Rock Academy in Melbourne will be led by the irrepressible Phil Ceberano and the awesome Craig Johnston (aka Delsinki).
Fees for the week are $575 (incl gst), payable either wholly, or in two parts – deposit ($200) and balance ($375).
Book Now & Get Loud!
Bakehouse Studios
Mon-Thu, 10am-4pm
27-29 Hoddle Street, Richmond
access via Little Hoddle Street)
The Gershwin Room @ The Espy
Each Saturday, 1.30pm
11 The Esplanade, St Kilda
Again we’ve been blessed with some amazing musicians as mentors for Rock Academy 38. Week One will be led by Craig Johnston (DELSINKI) with Nkechi Anele, Emilee South and David Seedsman, while Week Two will be led by Phil Ceberano joined by Maddy Herbert (Velvet Bloom), Penny Ikinger and Lucas Harwood (King Gizzard and the Wizard Lizzard).
We acknowledge that our events are staged on the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung, peoples of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to their land and waters, their ancestors and their elders—past, present and emerging.
