Rock School News
All Stars at Colchester Arts Centre
Friday 24th February sees the return of the Schools Rock Prom 2023 and we're delighted to having bands representing both Colchester and Ipswich All Star Rock Schools perform. Taking place at Colchester Arts Centre, an amazing venue which has hosted a wide range of...
Your band starts here!
Sometimes it takes a new year to motivate us to do something we’ve always thought about but never got round to. Maybe it's the gift of a new musical instrument at Christmas, or listening to a new album by your favourite artist but there’s that time when you wish to be...
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas!
Whether you'll be rocking around the Christmas tree or relaxing with family this year, we just wanted to say thank you to all our students and their families for their hard work and support during 2022. We couldn't be more proud of the work our students have put into...
Book tickets for the All Star Rock School Christmas Concert 2022
We're looking forward to the Christmas Gig this weekend, taking place at The Constable Hall in the village of East Bergholt. Tickets are available for you to see our talented band of students live on stage on Sunday 4th December. We enjoy watching the students learn...
New location announced for Colchester sessions
All Star Rock School has found a new home in Colchester and we're looking forward to exploring even more music in the Church Halls at Wimpole Road Methodist Church. Our first session at Wimpole Road is on Tuesday 29th November and we'll be there every Tuesday during...
All Star Rock School Students Rock the Arts Centre
On Friday night bands from All Star Rock Schools senior sessions took to the stage at Colchester Arts Centre. Opening the show at the annual Rock Prom, bands from our Colchester and Ipswich schools set the tone for a fantastic night celebrating local young talent....
The Voice Kids Applications Open
It's that time of year again, the Voice Kids applications are open. As ever, the Voice Kids team are checking out our talented vocalists for potential applicants. Season 6 will be airing in 2022 so you've got until the end of October to get your application in....
First Gig of the New Term
We're back with a bang this term! One week in and our students were performing at their first gig and it was a biggie! The Colchester Senior band were invited to perform at the Anti Loo Roll Festival in Castle Park, also on the line up were Scouting for Girls, Jake...
All Star Rock School ‘in school’ sessions launch
When a school in Ipswich wanted an injection of fun and self-confidence for its pupils, All Star Rock School was the perfect solution. Here’s how our team got full marks from The Meadows Montessori School. The Meadows Montessori School is an independent day school...
All Star Rock School Reopens!
We are so excited to have reopened the doors of our Colchester and Ipswich Rock Schools this week. It was great to see our students playing together again and lots of new faces came along to join the bands. So many young people have started learning an instrument over...
The Voice Kids Auditions with All Star Rock School
The Voice Kids will be returning to our screens on ITV in 2021 and they've asked All Star Rock School to help track down super talented solo singers and duo’s who have what it takes to take over The Voice Kids stage. Applications are open for 7-14 year olds who want...
Songwriting with Jade North
During lockdown The Mercury Theatre in Colchester, launched a song-writing competition in association with Perfect Pitch and comedian and stage composer, Tim Minchin. The competition was looking for local, talented songwriters and we’ve caught up with one of the...
10 minutes with Sandcastle Jesus
We’re all about inspiring young people through music. We know lots of our students have aspirations of starting their own bands, so we thought it would be great to get some tips from a band on the brink of making it big. Charlie, Alfie, Fran & William are...
Music and your Mental Health
Whatever genre you’re into, music has been proven time and time again to benefit mental health. It can help you cope with tricky emotions and regulate the way you’re feeling throughout the day. Since it’s Mental Health Awareness Week, and we’re all about music, we...
Staying Safe Online While Livestreaming
staying safe online while livestreaming With many children services going online it’s important to remember the need to keep young people safe online. Livestreaming is a valuable medium to connect young people with educational and fun activities as well as keeping...
Rock School Goes Online!
All Star Rock School is launching Online School Sessions to help students keep engaged during school closures. Our team is committed to continuing to engage with students during these chaotic times. Although we’ve closed our schools for the time being in accordance...
Important Student Update – Coronavirus
Following the announcements yesterday we have taken the difficult decision to postpone all schools with immediate effect and until further notice. We have spoken with all our venues and they have committed to keeping our spaces open until such time as it is sensible...
Rock School Performs at Lion Walk Shopping Centre.
We would like to thank Martin Leatherdale and the team at Lion Walk Shopping Centre, Colchester, for all of their support in putting together the All Star Rock School 'Rock Up Shop!' Saturday 22nd February 2020. The event was a great success. We had 50 students aged...
Rock Up Shop – Colchester
Budding Rock Stars, we need you! All Star Rock School and Lion Walk Shopping Centre are excited to announce the first 'Rock Up Shop' Colchester session. On Saturday 22nd February 2020 we'll be taking over the Lion Walk Shopping Centre from 10am to 4pm giving anyone...
Rock Music Tuition the All Star Way!
It’s amazing what you can learn in hour... Take a look at our Chelmsford Rock School students after just over an hour of the first session - HERE! Here’s some of our new Chelmsford students performing after their first session at the All Star Rock School. Our Rock...
New Rock School Opens
On 10th January 2020 we launched our latest Rock School. The opening night of All Stars Chelmsford was a great success giving students a free taster session of what to expect from the weekly school sessions. Our amazing tutors, George our Drum Tutor, Adam our Guitar...
Gain Confidence Performing in a Band
Gain Confidence Performing in a Band Sat in your bedroom, playing your guitar alone? Have you got the voice to be a great lead singer but no one to perform with? Think you should be doing more with your music? Learning to play a musical instrument or hit the right...
Christmas Message from All Star Rock School
The Christmas season is the perfect time of year to let you know how much we appreciate everyone that has been involved with the launch of the All Star Rock School. It's been 3 very short months since we launched back in late September, during which time we've...
Rock School Christmas Concert 2019
On Saturday December 14th our students rocked to a sold out audience. We created our music schools to create to deliver engaging, fun spaces for students of all abilities to learn instruments, perform on stage and make great new friends. Saturday was the culmination...
Music Lessons are the perfect Christmas Gift
The Perfect Christmas Gift? Rock School Lessons! With Christmas fast approaching, you’re probably shopping everywhere to find perfect gifts for the kids. If you want to give something fun and engaging that’s pretty cool and useful, you might like to consider music...
All Star Rock School Launching in Chelmsford
All Star Rock School are delighted to announce the launch of their latest school. Our latest Rock School will be launching in Chelmsford on the 10th January 2020. There will be two sessions every Friday at our new venue, Beaulieu Square, Centenary Way, Chelmsford...
Rock School Magical Christmas Party – Tickets Now Available
Rock School Magical Christmas Concert and party 2019 – tickets now available. December 14th Student rehearsal @ 3.00pm - 5.30pm Concert @ 6.00pm - 8.00pm (venue closes at 10.00pm) Our talented band of students have been working hard since our...
Argos Christmas Advert – Staring role one of our drummers
We want to send massive congratulations to Nandi Bushell. Nandi is a student at our Ipswich school and we're blown away by her amazing performance and staring role in the Argos Christmas 2019 advert. In the first of the major Christmas adverts of 2019, Argos renames...
Colchester All Star Rock School Launch – Play Golf
All of the team here at All Star Rock School are very much looking forward to the launch of our latest school, at Play Golf Colchester. We'd like to thank all the team at Play Golf for their support over the past month preparing our opening session. There has been a...
Evening Gazette – A new hard-rocking music school is launching in Colchester
By Robbie Bryson robbiebryson1 BUDDING young rock stars are being invited to join a brand new hard-rocking music school when it launches in Colchester. All Star Rock School is an immersive teaching and performing experience for drummers, guitarists, vocalists...