My girls were skeptical going in but they really enjoyed learning the piano and singing.
Love these folks! Everyone is friendly and professional, and my 8-year old has FUN while learning. I’m inspired to maybe try one of the adult bands eventually. 🙂 GREAT place. 🙂 🙂
Hayley the Keys instructor was great. We did our free trial with her and my 9 year old daughter had a great experience. So we signed up for the program.
At 9 she was placed in Rock 101. The kids were mostly younger than her, and it usually felt like glorified babysitting vs becoming a better musician.
Huge communication disconnect re:homework/expectations between the private lesson, Rock 101 and the School of Rock app causing tears that could be avoided and much frustration for parents!
We also tried one of the summer camps, signed up both kids. The fees included “Recording: campers will record their songs with camp directors so that they can share with family and friends!”.
This was not so! I emailed to follow up to receive this keepsake of their song writing, and the school did not have a file to share.
School of Rock
Address: 6935 Oakland Mills Rd Suite N, Columbia, MD 21045, United States , Bel Air South , Maryland , United States
Best decision we’ve made for our sons musical interests. I am amazed every time my son gets on his drum kit! He has grown leaps and bounds with his ability and confidence! Love SOR!!!
Pairing private lessons with the performance groups is a great way to make learning music fun and challenging! This method works because the student WANTS to practice so they don’t hold the group back. And the kids are all great at encouraging each other. All the teachers are musicians who love what they do and their enthusiasm is contagious.
The performance experience is what‘s so great about School of Rock. It makes the learning very fun! The teachers and staff are great too! My son has enjoyed SOR since 8 years old (he is 15 now) and still loving it!
My experience is with Siohban Beckett. She inserted herself into a situation at work, based on a rumor from her friend and her own personal prejudice, that started an investigation. When nothing was found, she escalated the rumors, sending messages to her friends on social media, with the full intent of having someone fired. Based on the screenshots of her messages, Siohban Beckett’s own credibility was damaged. She left after one performance night.
Hi guys ! Please save your money and time and do
NOT go to this place . My daughter had an appointment and my mother in law took my daughter showed them the confirmation email with the time and date that they sent . The staff stated that the appointment time was wrong , even though it came from them . I reluctantly reschedule my appointment and they sent an email and again this happens . Just please don’t go here staff is very unprofessional . I would give no stars if I could .
First let me start off by saying, the teachers at Columbia SOR are amazing and my daughter had such an amazing time in vocal classes with Gideon & Zack and Keys classes with Alex and Colin. And we really, really wanted it to work out but the administration at this branch of SOR was absolutely abysmal. The pervasive disorganization, cancelled lessons (sometimes on the same day), constantly shifting schedules, inconsistencies in which teacher we would have from week to week overshadowed whatever benefit my daughter was getting from the highly professional teachers at Columbia SOR. It made us very sad to leave the school because my daughter really made a connection with and loved working with her teachers and we really tried to put up with the mismanagement at the Columbia SOR. But ultimately the mismanagement was too much to bear. If Columbia SOR gets their act together, it could be a great place to learn music. However, at this time, I would not recommend spending your money there, which is a shame because the teachers really are great.
School of Rock
Address: 8634 Colesville Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20910, United States , Bel Air South , Maryland , United States
The staff here are lovely. They were very friendly, encouraging and kind. My niece absolutely loved her time here. Watching her get excited about music was amazing. Though she is currently not taking classes anymore, I hope she’ll be able to in the future because watching her here was magic!
We love School of Rock! They make music fun, have amazing staff, and have a wonderful supportive culture. Highly recommended!
Our son has had experience with guitar lessons and performance program – both have been great since the very beginning few years back. Material at guitar lessons has been evolving together with skills, and School of Rock does a great job arranging gigs (performance program) that we see as both purpose of and reward for the learning. Also, as a parent, I really appreciate that SoR has always been a very encouraging environment, especially if a kid is into rock genre.
Good experience
The easy going, rock n roll attitude is fun and welcoming. The classes for kids seem great. Though I haven’t been able to get my kids interested, I know of families with several musicians enrolled which I’m sure reinforces the learning and enthusiasm — and demonstrates the lure of SoR.
