Rock Academy Melbourne XV – April 8-12 & April 14-18, 2019
Rock Academy Melbourne is a school holiday program that helps develop the skills of teen musicians, aged 12-19. Forming bands you are given guidance by some of Melbourne’s leading professional musicians and teachers.
Composite bands prepare cover songs and co-write original songs to be performed in front of family and friends at the final performance.
Rehearsal and mentoring sessions will take place at well known Bakehouse Studios in Richmond.
Rock Academy XV bookings are open now, just scroll to the bottom of the page and make your selection.
Rock Academy XV will be held across two weeks with identical programs running in each week. Now you can pick the weeks that best suits you and your holiday schedule, so connect with your friends and work out which week rocks best for you.
The weeks are:
- Mon-Thu, April 8-11 with performance show on Fri April 12.
- Sun-Wed, April 14-17 with performance show on Thu April 18.
There will be limited spots each week, so make sure you get in early before they disappear.
In the second week (April 14-18) we’ll have some guest rock musicians joining Rock Academy from William Colenso College in Napier, New Zealand – which will be a blast. Remember Rock Academy XII when Mt Alberts Grammar joined in – it’ll be nothing like that, although that was awesome, here’s the proof .
The performance shows will be staged at one of Melbourne’s renowned rock venues from past and present The Central Club Hotel in Swan Street, Richmond
Ask any questions or register your interest via the Contact Us page.
Mentors – Rock Academy XV
Aimee Francis
Hailing from Melbourne, Victoria, Aimee has been in the industry for years.
Finishing school at 16 to go to music college, moving to Los Angeles to pursue her career at 18 – it has been a whirlwind ever since, taking her not only to the US a number of times, but also moving her to Sydney and the UK.
Finishing school at 16 to go to music college, moving to Los Angeles to pursue her career at 18 – it has been a whirlwind ever since, taking her not only to the US a number of times, but also moving her to Sydney and the UK.
Cameron McKenzie
Produced, engineered and/or composed over 30 Australian record releases
Jenny McKechnie
Jenny from Cable Ties - how bloody awesome is that!
Jake Laderman
Drum Mentor Week 1, Jake Laderman of Clowns.
Sam Vandenberg
Sam Vandenberg has been performing live in bands and solo since high school. He has accumulated an extraordinarily large and varied repertoire due to his experience in numerous bands.
Andy Sylvio
Andy is a professional live drummer and a session recording artist, with a career that spans over 3 decades. Andy has performed and toured nationally and internationally with Aussie music legends such as Pete Murray, Ian Moss (Cold Chisel), Renee Geyer and Phil & Kate Ceberano.
Phil Ceberano
Phil Ceberano has been working in the entertainment industry both locally and internationally for over 30 years as a professional musician, entertainer, TV presenter, producer, songwriter, musical director, and composer.
Brihony Dawson
LadyHood’s lightning rise on the international music scene followed the success of her debut EP ‘Finger On The Pulse’, in 2015
Dave Leslie
Dave Leslie is a professional guitar player/songwriter who currently resides in Melbourne, Australia.
Hanny J
Impassioned, sentimental and evocative - Hanny J writes the soundtrack to your deepest feelings
Fiona Lee Maynard
A singer, composer, Recording Artist, multi-instrumentalist and world class performer.
Rehearsals @ Bakehouse Studios
Rehearsals – Bakehouse Studios
Rock Academy Melbourne is held at Bakehouse Studios, Richmond.
This is a cool and arty joint which has awesome rehearsal rooms that are used by the likes of Paul Kelly, Jet, Tool, Elvis Costello, Nick Cave, The Cat Empire and Dan Sultan – just to name a few! The place is a great community and you will be welcomed with open arms!
Around the corner is the well known Victoria Street with its array of food options from Pies to Pho, giving you plenty of options for a quick takeaway lunch.
Located centrally in Richmond it is close to North Richmond train station as well as tram and bus stops.
27-29 Hoddle Street, Richmond, Victoria 3121
(entry from Little Hoddle St near Elizabeth St)
Find more at their website: http://bakehousestudios.com.au
Performance @ Central Club Hotel
Performance – The Central Club Hotel
The Rock Academy Performance sees each band perform their music live at one of Melbourne’s iconic rock venues. If only the walls could talk and tell tales of the gigs and all the musicians to pass through. The great thing is you get to tread the same boards as some of Australia’s greatest bands and musicians have.
With a history going back to the the 1870’s. From the old Crimean Hotel to the Central Family Hotel, to the Central Club Hotel, then the Grand Central, & back to the Central Club Hotel. What’s in a name, right?! This grand old beauty has history! It continues to play host to many functions & events. Whether it be a live music concert, comedy revue, uni student function, a film or television event, or any other corporate functions, the Central Club Hotel is iconic.
The Central Club Hotel has been home to Rock Academy performance nights since the very start in 2015.
