Term 2 & 3 Snapshots 📸🎸

We've had an awesome few months at our music school! 🎵

Students have gotten new guitars, learned how to restring old ones, and are generally exploring who they are as musicians very organically 💪

Our school now has young guitar teachers happy to help with guitar lessons. Well done Jacob and Eki for completing 2 months of guitar teacher training, we can't wait to see you teach more at our school! 🎸

We also had Gayle come to help for work experience teaching guitar and piano, and learning drums along the way. Well done Gayle! 🎹🥁

All in all, we love passing on the love of music, and these leadership opportunities help elevate our community to bigger and better things ❤️

Keep up the great work fam! We have a concert in 2 weeks! 🎤

Price Increase 2025

Dear Leaders of Rock Community,

Thank you for your continued commitment and support of our music school—it brings us immense joy to share the gift of music with you each week.

We’re passionate about creating a vibrant and inspiring learning environment, and we’re always looking for ways to improve. Whether it’s introducing new teachers, hosting exciting concerts, preparing for exams, or just jamming together, we remain driven by our mission: to make music learning fun, accessible, and meaningful for everyone.

To continue delivering high-quality lessons and experiences, we will be introducing a 10% price increase starting from Term 3, 2025 (Monday 21 July). This is our first fee adjustment in three years since the pandemic, and it ensures we can keep investing in our amazing teachers, resources, and events.

We also continue to offer family discounts and 30-minute private lesson options to suit your needs.

Thank you once again for being part of the Leaders of Rock community. We can’t wait to rock the second half of the year with you!

Warm regards,
Team Rock 🎸

Updated Lesson Fees (from Term 3, 2025)

30 min

• Private 1-on-1 Lesson: $44.10 per 30-minute session (includes only a 5% increase as a special exception)

• Group Lesson: $23.10 per 30-minute session (per person)

45 min

• Private 1-on-1 Lesson: $66 per person per 45-minute session

• Group Lesson: $33 per person

60 min

Private 1-1 lesson - $88/ 60 min per person

Group lesson - $46.20 / 60 min per person

👨‍👩‍👧 Family Rate (New!):

Two back-to-back 30-minute private lessons (same household) = $88 per hour block (save 20c）

IMPORTANT

Lesson & Enrolment Information

• All prices include GST.

• Billing: Lessons are billed by the school term (10 weeks). A monthly payment plan is also available for your convenience.

• Fortnightly Lessons: We offer fortnightly time slots (every 2 weeks) for students who prefer this schedule.

• Shared Family Slot: Families can book a shared weekly 30-minute slot, alternating between siblings (e.g. Sibling A – Week 1, Sibling B – Week 2).
  

• Longer Lessons: Want more music time? We’d love to teach you longer sessions. Just let us know!
  
  

📧 To update your lesson schedule, please email us at support@leadersofrock.com.

🎉 Additional Info

• New Enrolments Welcome Anytime!
  

• Referral Credits: Introduce a friend to Leaders of Rock and receive one free lesson credit when they enrol.
  

• Policies: For details on enrolments, make-up lessons, and more, please visit our Terms & Conditions page.
  
  

Thank you for your ongoing support—we love having you in our music community! 🎸

Published by Team Rock – Monday, 7 July 2025

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

Reopening Face to Face 2021

What a whirlwind few months we've had in 2021!

Thank you so much for your support!

We are very excited to reopen face-to-face music lessons at Leaders of Rock HQ, and we understand you may have some questions on how we will reopen safely.

Here is a list of our COVID-19 safety procedures observed in our studio:

1. Our staff is double vaccinated against COVID-19, and their certificates will be displayed at the studio.

2. Only double vaccinated patrons are only allowed to enter the studio for their lesson. In the case of no vaccination, Leaders of Rock has the right to refuse entry. Upon entering, the patron must show their vaccination status through their digital certificate on the Service Victoria app.

3. All students, parents, and staff will take off their shoes upon entering the premises.

4. All students are to use the following QR Code to register and check-in. The QR Code is also displayed on the premises.

5. All students, parents, and staff will wash their hands after entering the premises.

6. Everyone is to maintain a physical distance of 1.5m before, during, and after lessons - an adult kangaroo's length!

7. During lessons, windows and doors will be open to assist airflow and ventilation.

8. Masks are to be worn by all staff and students over 12-years-old.

9. During instruction, staff and students may remove masks when necessary and practical. Students under 12-years-old are encouraged to wear masks during face-to-face lessons where practical.

10. Anyone showing symptoms or feeling unwell will not be invited into the premises. They are encouraged to get tested for COVID-19.

11. All staff members must have no symptoms or have tested negative for COVID-19.

To read our more comprehensive COVID-19 SAFE Plan, please click here.

At every step of the way, we take your safety and health seriously and hope you can come to a lesson soon!

Justin

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

COVID-19 Update: Term 3 2020 Music Lessons

We made it through the first wave. 
So we can make it through the second wave!

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Thank you everyone for being understanding and sticking with this music school. 
We all hope that you have ample amounts of rest in these holidays after such a busy term in Term 2.

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In light of recent announcements of Victoria’s restrictions, we are returning to online music lessons in Term 3 2020. Only when it is safe to do so, and Stage 3 Restrictions are lifted, shall we return to face to face music lessons. 
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Here’s what you need to know: 

• Term 3 2020 starts next week for all Leaders of Rock music students week commencing Monday 13 July. 

• Term 3 2020 ends Saturday 19 September 2020

• All students who have not tried an online lesson before, may sit two free trial lessons with their teacher to see if it suits. It is only fair, as last term’s cohort got the same deal. 

• We’re so much more experienced as online music teachers! Lesson quality will be just as good 😃 We are so ready to teach you!

• Instruments / accessories : I am going on a shopping trip for work on Saturday to the music store. Let me know if you need any instruments to start your lessons - picks, straps, drum practice pads, drum sticks, keyboards etc. I’ll get it for you, deliver to your door and you can pay me back 😃  

·       All enrolment enquiries - please email or call Justin.

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That’s all for short term announcements. .

See you all online next week! .

Team Rock 

5 Riffs - AC/DC

These 5 Riffs from AC/DC are iconic - learn how to play them on guitar in this free guitar tutorial on our Youtube channel.

1. Rock And Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution

2. Thunderstruck

3. TNT

4. Highway To Hell

5. Back In Black