Worcester School of Rock & Performance

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WSRP is holding its own BATTLE OF THE BANDS next term. Nice to have some healthy competition at WSRP me thinks!Mood: pleased pleasedPosted at 10:39 PM Dec 16 view more

  • Worcester School of Rock & Performance

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  • Midlands, UK
  • Last Login: 12/16/2009

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Worcester School of Rock & Performance is a great place for 8 - 118 yr olds to come and make rock music! We are based in sunny Worcester, England, and run our courses on Saturdays at Christopher Whitehead High School.

There are three age groups at WSRP:
8 -13 Juniors 9am - 10am £65
13-18 Seniors 10am - 1pm £140
18-118 Adults 10am - 1pm £140

Students are sorted into bands, allocated a room, and then get to work on deciding what tunes to cover or create over the next 10 weeks. Those songs are then performed in a big end of term show. It's really good fun.

Tutors give lessons and help coach bands during the time they're at WSRP. For more info visit www.wsrp.co.uk >

The Term is over and the show was succesful again! 12 bands in the Seniors and 5 Junior bands and we werent short of drummers! It would be great if we see more junior bassists next term! The Spring Term of WSRP begins on Saturday 16th January 2010 at Christopher Whitehead Language College. The end of term show is going to be a Battle of the Bands! So our students will be working hard to impress the judges! It will be held near the end of March! Tickets will be available from Music City and The Guitar Shop in Worcester!

Here's a slideshow of photos from previous shows



WSRP summer show 5/7/09

The first of many photos from the summer show

Please go to the website for full reviews of performances at the WSRP Summer Show 2009. The Spring term starts on Saturday 16th January! See you all there next term!

WSRP summer school show

Photos of bands from the August 15th Summer School Show 2009



WSRP at the Marrs bar , Worcester music festival 2009

Photo of the WSRP bands who played at the marrs bar 22/08/09

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  • Nov 17 2009 10:45 PM

    Hi Worcester School of Rock & Performance
    We're opening for Swallow the Sun in Nottingham on the 6th December. If you're in the area it would be great if you made if down.



    Tickets are available from ticketline.co.uk and also from us.

    If you would like a ticket, drop us a message.

    Pathosis
  • Sep 14 2009 7:02 AM

    Hey Jez theres a preview of the new EP up Monday 14th at 12 PM!
  • Aug 28 2009 4:42 PM

    BBC HEREFORD & WORCESTER 104 MHz & 94.7 MHz
    (BBCi from Saturday 29th August for one week only)

    The FRIDAY SESSION INTRODUCING....

    Featuring PHIL CAPALDI from 1800 to 1900 Hrs BST

    The
    musical attention of FRIDAY SESSION Introducing... is in the Vale of
    Evesham this week (29th August 2009) as Phil Capaldi, brother of the
    late Jim Capaldi, releases his brand new single.

    Phil now tours with Joe Brown and The Bruvvers and is also known to all the students who attend the WORCESTER SCHOOL OF ROCK & PERFORMANCE
    as the guy who runs the drumming classes. I bet many of the students
    didn't know that they have been taught by a famous rock drummer!

    The Fat Ratties
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  • Jul 5 2009 11:05 PM

    Hi everyone,

    Here's a vid of the final performance from the WSRP Summer show 2009 (050709).

    Was great to see you all today!

    B x
  • Jun 12 2009 11:32 AM

    have a blue jackson king v (£180) and marshal mg half stack (£190) for sale, also hard case, pedals and cabels etc, all fully functional. contact on 07927779327 for serious offers and details. :) x
  • May 14 2009 12:56 PM

    Enjoying your site.

    This is to let you know what's in store for
    sat 20th June @ LLAMA LOUNGE, Worcester



    Hope you enjoy it.
    Ash :o)
  • Apr 22 2009 7:30 PM

    Good luck to everybody at WSRP for the summer and every other term to come.


    Let's hear it for Jez & his fab team of most excellent tutors!

    Keep the faith,

    The Abbot
  • Apr 18 2009 11:49 PM

    I think the world should know 2 things...

    1: The Summer term of WSRP begins on Saturday 25th April 2009.


    2: If you are remotely interested in who the best rock guitarists in the world today are then you'd better listen to anything by Guthrie Govan (youtube him - you won't regret it!) or Greg Howe - as in this video:

    You must watch the vid until the end.


    Brian x
  • Apr 11 2009 2:43 PM

    hey Jez, all the best with Rock School m8,
    I'll put up something about WSRP on the Hospial intranet - should generate some interest, you got any posters / flyers??
    l8rs
  • Apr 3 2009 12:04 PM

    heya guys
    great show last weekend!cheers for letting me elp out
    see u soon
    x
  • Apr 1 2009 8:26 PM

    Hi Brian and all previous WSRPERS!
    I'd like to say Brian really put WSRP on the map in Worcestershire and making it as succesful as it is, is a great achievement. I will continue to keep things the same and try to do whatever I can to help WSRP grow and do its job, which is basically to get 8 to 118 year olds playing and performing music.

    Many bands and musicians in this area have attended WSRP and the bands who have continued to play music are still gigging. The enthusiasm and hard work of all the staff has paid off over the years and Brian did a great job taking over from Mick Jones who started this off as Rock School in 1998.
    Brian will be a relief guitar tutor at WSRP when required and will always be welcome! Crack open a beer and feet up Brian!
    Jez
  • Mar 31 2009 10:32 PM

    Final act of final show! Even more epic!!!

  • Mar 30 2009 7:41 PM

    Final act of Saturday night's show! Epic!

  • Mar 26 2009 11:09 PM

    A massive THANKS to Brian Hoggard!

    It has been announced that Brian Hoggard is standing down as the owner of the Worcester School of Rock and Performance (WSRP) after the end-of-term show at Bishop Perowne High School in Worcester this Sunday (29th March 2009).


    On behalf of all the students of WSRP past and present (yes The Abbot was once a student at WSRP) may I thank Brian Hoggard for all the hard work, dedication and endless enthusiasm that Brian has injected into the WSRP to make it the most popular privately owned "rock schools" in the region.


    Brian has helped launch many fledgling bands and performers on to the local music scene as well as giving every student, from the age 8 years up to old and ancient fools like The Abbot, the chance to perform "live" on a
    professionally run rock music stage at the end of each WSRP term.


    Brian Hoggard is a respected musician and I for one will be on the lookout for Brian wheeling his guitar at a local venue in the near future - now he has a bit of time on his hands.


    Best of luck to Jez Cole (bassist from Epsilon Red and tutor at WSRP) and his lovely wife Cymone who have taken over the ownership of WSRP and who will, I am quite sure, maintain the high standard of tuition and musicianship at Worcester's premier school of rock music.


    Brian Hoggard, thank you again….
    RESPECT to you my friend!

    Keep the faith!

    The Abbot
  • Mar 25 2009 2:39 AM

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  • Mar 11 2009 11:08 AM

    any worcester bands fancy playing a gig at The Gun Tavern on Saturday 28th March? Please mail us and let us know...cheers
  • Feb 13 2009 7:38 AM

    Thanke Brian - yes the Washburn is a good axe and even better now I've settled on string brand that suits it. I'm still kinda unconvinced about acoustic though - I think I'm fundamentally an electric player and that's that!

    See you Saturday

    Noor
  • Feb 10 2009 6:31 PM

    www. myspace. com/barelylegalaudio

    check out my band - we play rock/alternative/indie covers and our own songs

    we have a gig at the gun tavern on the 27th of March - £3 entry

    We are playing alongside Shane's Band 'SnakeBite' (heavy/classic rock) and Revalation 23 (Indie/Punk)

    We are also on Facebook! Seach for Barely Legal
  • Jan 27 2009 5:52 PM

    I am rediscovering early Black Sabbath! Check out Bill Ward (drummer) and Geezer Butler (bass) - what a rhythm section!

  • Jan 25 2009 9:16 PM

  • JS.

    Jan 25 2009 1:48 PM

    I do believe you've pressed the random button x
  • JS.

    Jan 25 2009 1:30 PM

    ACEEEEEE (: send me the email address? (:
    See you around baby :)
    xx
  • JS.

    Jan 25 2009 10:15 AM

    AHA just seen Josie in the top friends, she SOO doesnt go anymore hahah LIES ALL LIES you just couldnt cope seeing mine and ollie's faces all the time could you? did it depress you with how much you miss us? Don't worry, i miss you too brian, its ok! we an reach into our feminine, emotional side once in a while :) x
  • JS.

    Jan 25 2009 10:13 AM

    You're very welcome :)
    oooh that thing you posted aout malvern... when is it? or they?
    xxx
  • JS.

    Jan 25 2009 2:22 AM

    i don't have a top friends.. but you are now featured in my profile so THERE. (:
    xxxxxxx