We have made BIG changes to the UROCK program this summer and want to share them with you. The first is a new program.
New this Year: Intro to Rockstardom 101
This is a 90 minute ensemble class for beginning rockers ages 10-17, students with less than 1 year of experience. A class of 10 to 12 students of guitars, bass, drums, keyboards and singers. We will teach you the basics of learning your instrumental and singing parts to a song, playing together in a band, and learning how to have fun!
The cost $375 semester. Buddy Rogers Beechmont location and at Willis Music Florence.
The cost $375 semester. Buddy Rogers Beechmont location and at Willis Music Florence.
New and Improved UROCK (University of Rock) 2010/11~ Cincinnati~ has changed locations to the Underground
(Guitar, Bass, Keyboard, Drums, Dj and Vocals)
The University of Rock (UROCK) is a rock band experience for young musicians ages 10-18 that rehearse weekly and are coached in performing rock standards, contemporary hits and writing and performing original songs. UROCK bands meet on Saturdays and selected weekday evenings.
UROCK bands have performed at the Cincinnati Zoo, the Cincinnati Museum Center, Jefferson Hall, the Northside Tavern and are regularly featured on Fox19.
At least 6-months experience is required for UROCK, with knowledge of chords in the 1st position and bar chords on the E and A string for guitarists. Vocalists are encouraged to sing both lead and background.
We have moved locations from Buddy Rogers Music on Beechmont to the Underground.
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The Underground is a state-of-the-art club and one of the Midwest's top concert venues, which provides top-quality, live entertainment from local and national music acts. It is a positive alternative with a smoke, drug and alcohol-free environment for teenagers.
The opportunity to work in a fully professional sound stage environment will elevate the bands to a new and higher standard of rehearsal and performance. The rehearsals will focus on performance objectives, not learning individual parts. The concerts will be produced and recorded with commercial audio and video by the Underground. The Underground produced The Zone on WCPO Channel 9, Saturday nights at midnight.
We are increasing the weekly rehearsal time 25% from 90 minutes to 2 hours onstage. There will be more time for everyone, the bands and the coaches. That's more time for ensemble balance, more time for background vocals, more time for polishing and developing a stage show on a REAL stage EVERY rehearsal.
This year there is student input for shows and themes. We seek more inclusion in the repertoire and personnel of UROCK bands, metal, R&B, indie, etc.
Time will be spent each week on original material. Bands must play original songs in all area Battle of the Bands.
All materials, sheet music, tracks, DVD's of shows and a BCJ UROCK t-shirt are included in the fees this year. Nothing extra or added.
With the move to The Underground, 25% more rehearsal time, the increased production costs of the concert shows and the production costs of the video and DVD's; including all of the instructional materials, DVD's, T-Shirts, we are increasing the fees from $300 a quarter to $350 in 4 quarter installments.
This year there is student input for shows and themes. We seek more inclusion in the repertoire and personnel of UROCK bands, metal, R&B, indie, etc.
Time will be spent each week on original material. Bands must play original songs in all area Battle of the Bands.
All materials, sheet music, tracks, DVD's of shows and a BCJ UROCK t-shirt are included in the fees this year. Nothing extra or added.
With the move to The Underground, 25% more rehearsal time, the increased production costs of the concert shows and the production costs of the video and DVD's; including all of the instructional materials, DVD's, T-Shirts, we are increasing the fees from $300 a quarter to $350 in 4 quarter installments.
Please register now before August 31 and receive a 10% discount.
Please help by spreading the word to your friends and school mates. Let's have 8 kids in each band to cover all the parts and the background vocals, the absences, etc.
Please help us set up meetings with interested parents, teachers, administrators and young musicians.
*UROCK starts with auditions and placement September 18, 2010 at Buddy Rogers Beechmont and moves immediately September 25 to the UnderGround.
2010 - 2011 Academic Calendar
| Fall Semester 2010 | Spring Semester 2011 |
| Classes begin September 18, 2010 and end January 28, 2011 September 18:Registration and payment due November 6, 2nd payment due Show Saturday November 20, 2010 No classes: Nov. 27 December 13 – January 2 | Classes begin: January 29 and end May 21, 2011 January 29: 2nd semester payment due Show Saturday February 26, 2011 March 19, 2011, 2nd payment due. Show Saturday May 21, 2011 No classes: April 2, 2011 April 23, 2011 |
Contact us right away to schedule a personal audition. Be prepared to play a major and pentatonic scale in two octaves, a simple improvisation in 12 bar blues, and one prepared song- cover or original.
Band auditions are already under way. Please contact us for an appointment.
Let us know what slot your band would like to rehearse: Saturdays: 10 am, 12 noon, 2 pm. Monday-Thursday 5 pm or 7 pm.
Boot Camp Jamz programs provide an opportunity to learn important life’s lessons, values and character strengths through music making with others. BCJamz goals include educating people of all backgrounds, exposing them to the rich repertoire of rock and pop music, offering them professional venues for rehearsing and performing, and allowing them to work with great artists of many genres and styles. Using a conservatory curriculum, our participants work hard and accomplish great challenges. Best of all, playing in a band is FUN!!!
