Practical lessons 

Our lessons are set on an individual basis. On the first day of the meeting, you will be asked to play (or sing) to the Head of Pop/Rock Music Department for an assessment of your playing (or singing). He will then place you with an appropriate member of our teaching staff. Our curriculum is based on 4 levels of studies:

• Entry Zone (starting)
• Player Zone (beginning)
• Performer Zone (intermediate)
• Pro Zone (advanced).

Tuition is usually available on any day of the week except Monday and public holidays, when the school is closed.

In-house Gigs

 

In-house gigs are set twice a year. The aims of the concert are for the students to experience the on-stage performance, to gain more of their self-confidence, and also for the heads of music department to assess the progress of the students before deciding to enter the students for the Rockschool music examinations.

School's Collections  

We believe that a good collection of books, scores, and other medias, such as CDs, VDOs, DVDs, etc., is a must for the benefits to our students and teachers. With such a library set up, students will be able to listen to the songs hardly found in the music shops nowadays, to read about the music of their interests, or to watch the available recorded concerts of their favourite artists, and to practice with our tailored-made MIDI backing-track CDs which contain the selected world class tunes. After that, it's time to get into our fully equipped practice room and play with the members of the in-house rock band.   

Practice Room and Recording Studio  

A real progress can be achieved only by practicing in the form of ensembles with the others. Our practice room is set with relevant musical instruments and equipment. Next to it, a home-recording studio is ready to pick up all the sounds and produce a Demo for any tune.

Subjects Offered

Contemporary Pop/Rock Courses
Various courses, according to the musical instruments, have been designed for the studies of contemporary pop/rock music. Students who start from nothing will be guided from the Debut grade of the Entry Zone up to grade 8 of the Pro Zone. Courses which are offered are:

• Acoustic Guitar
• Electric Guitar
• Electric Bass
• Drums,
• Piano & Keyboard
• Vocals

Classical Guitar
This is a special course for students who intend to enter the university and study seriously in the Classical Guitar Department. In addition, this course will also help the students, who have studied and practice other guitar styles, develop higher technical skills, discover more of the musical complexity, and perhaps, even inspire onežs own composition.

Classical music is very sophisticate and requires true efforts of studies and practice. Main aspects of each musical style: Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Contemporary music, will be introduced and proper repertoires will be given to the students for their skills and performance development.

 Levels of Studies

Entry Zone
Good notations and basic techniques are the foundations for advancing to higher levels. Regular practice in the proper way will lead to a natural way of playing. Attitudes, disciplines, and patience are the crucial elements to the student's progress.

Player Zone
The patterns, forms, and advanced techniques will be revealed through the practice of exercises. In addition, technical skills on musical scales will be stepping stones for the student to learn about the concept of improvisations, along with chord progression, and the original mood and emotion to be expressed in his/her music making.

Performer Zone
At this level, students will learn more about improvisations through the studies of the world-class artists. Techniques used in and expressions of various musical styles: Pop/Rock, Blues, Fusion Jazz, Country, etc., will be explored enabling him/her to learn the essence of each musical style.

Pro Zone
A professional (virtuoso) would be able to master his/her performance: simple vs. complex, structural cum. textural, traditional or fused, etc. These are the contexts and contents that the student will be digestively passing through, the level for the discovering his/her own styles of music.