I’m impressed with School of Rock’s range of age appropriate music curricula. My son is currently enrolled in the Rookies program, and it’s amazing the knowledge that he comes home with after each session. In the class, he is learning, tempo, rhythm, tone, dynamics and other basic fundamental elements of music and sound. He is also trying out different types of musical instruments free-form to immerse himself in multiple tactile and audible experiences. After each session, he (loudly) says to me, “that was the best class ever”! I couldn’t be happier with SoR!
The school of rock provides a unique experience where kids can play together in a band. My 9 year old son is having a great time. He is very fond of the instructors and seems to enjoy spending time there, not to mention he is starting to Rock out. The staff is very friendly and helpful, especially Jeff the manager of Gambrills. It has been a great experience so far.
I love all of the support and encouragement and working with kids at their own level to build them up!
School of Rock
Address: 8634 Colesville Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20910 , Brandywine , Maryland , United States
Great programs and teachers. My children are having a blast and their confidence has skyrocketed.
Great music program that works with your child through the years, even helping them transition to other instruments. Supportive teachers. Friendly office staff.
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!
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 .
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.
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: 3260 Duke St, Alexandria, VA 22314 , Brandywine , Maryland , United States
We have 100% appreciated how hard School of Rock has worked to open and keep classes on schedule this last Covid year. The method app has been a good way to communicate assignments and keep my teen boy on track. Thanks all for the good work and even better concerts!
Steve is great!!
All the music instructors are fantastic – They are the best!!
KPJ – 2020
Welcoming and supportive staff. Instructors are professional and positive with the kids. We love the performance aspect & that the kids are able to work together as a band. Highly recommend!
School of Rock
Address: 1270 E Joppa Rd Suite 300, Towson, MD 21286 , Brandywine , Maryland , United States
My son loves the Rookies 101 class. Always looks forward to go. Thanks so much for making this class so fun for him. I do wish I could see all the fun they are having.
Awesome space to learn music and to be in a band! This is the program that I wanted as a kid, and get to do as an adult. Very dedicated staff and always a great time!
Great teachers, challenging opportunities. So great to have individuals lessons but also work with a band and to have the goal a show at the end– really motivating! Our son has learned a ton and loves it.
The other night while I was making dinner, my son was in one room going through my ipod and playing as many Beatles songs as he could while my daughter was in another room learning Rolling Stones songs on her guitar. My son had participated in the the School of Rock Summer Beatles camp and is still so amazed by the experience, wanting to go back next summer. My daughter, a ‘veteran’ School of Rocker having participated for at least three years now, is gearing up for her new Fall Rolling Stones Program. School of Rock has given her a place where she has been able to become a confident individual. It is a comfort zone for her. Not to mention that she has become a pretty good guitarist and has the stage presence of Keith Richards!
Not great considering how much it costs.
Enrolled my 4 year old in their class. No ability to watch the class. Not even from a camera to video screen.
Sorry, but if you want my money, you need to provide some method of oversight.
Disappointing.
School of Rock
Address: 3529 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008 , Brandywine , Maryland , United States
My son is a drummer and joined to apply his years of lessons into a real band situation that the other music lesson place did not offer. He LOVES it. Staff are fantastic and he has made some great friends here too! Highly recommend.
Our child is thrilled going to DC School of Rock. Now he wants to go every day. The attention that he gets is unbelievable. Thank you so much to Chris and his team for delivering marvelous experience for our kids. Keep up the great work!
My five year old loved the school! She feels like a rock star 🙂
Beware! While the program might be interesting, the Cleveland Park location is poorly run and it will bring you more headaches than benefits.
Owner contacted me about working there, was rude and inconsiderate on the phone. Very disappointing.
School of Rock
Address: 1460 Ritchie Hwy Suite 105-106, Arnold, MD 21012 , Brandywine , Maryland , United States
We have encouraged our 3 boys to try every activity under the sun, from horseback riding to sports to martial arts, in hopes that they’d find something they were super excited about. Two out of three of our boys found their PASSIONS with the School of Rock performance program. (third son enjoys SOR too, but music isn’t his major, MAJOR love.) They have done 1:1 lessons at other music schools with all different instruments and with really amazing teachers, but there is something about the format of SOR, with the opportunities to actually perform songs with a band, that makes it magic. My boys practice on their own and look forward to every lesson and every band rehearsal. Of course, SOR is also well-run and the teachers are incredible, but the kids’ joy is really the best indication of a top-notch experience. I have to say, we were very hesitant about spending the money because regular individual music lessons are less expensive, but I’m having a hard time putting a price on a true lifelong passion, skill, mood-elevator, confidence-booster, means for social-engagement, etc.
We appreciate the focus on music our kid actually WANTS to play and the individualized support he receives. The group performances are well thought-out and very inclusionary, allowing kids to stretch their wings by also doing backup instrumentation and vocals. Our son has grown tremendously in a very short time with School of Rock, both as a musician and with his personal confidence. We will continue as long as we can!
I’m so glad that School of Rock opened near home. Taking drum lessons there has been fun and an invaluable learning experience. My drum instructor, Ryan Sadler, is brilliant!
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: 111 Center St S, Vienna, VA 22180 , Brandywine , Maryland , United States
Individualized instruction as well as group playing opportunities makes this a terrific program for any child who wants to become a performer, or just a better musician. Small-group settings allows for a band-experience without the individuals getting lost in a big-school program, which gives them more opportunity to grow and express themselves. This program puts it all together: lessons lead to group-playing which leads to performances. Safe, fun environment is created for students of music. Administration here is always more organized than I am, which I am thankful for!
My son has been taking guitar lessons at SOR for a few months and has been learning a lot! He also had a great time playing in a band setting at the SOR summer camp. It was an amazing experience for him and his bandmates to play at a venue as cool as Jammin Java, and he was super excited to be able to sign up for a second week of summer camp!
The level of musicianship these kids learn at the school can’t be overstated. Several will go on to professional careers.
Even if you’re less inclined to take music quite so seriously, there’s a lot to learn here, and they have performance opportunities that teach the teamwork you’d expect to get in sports but in a less frenetic environment.
The one issue is that things could be a little better organized so families can plan ahead. But the teachers are wonderful, and the performances are a lot of fun.
Camp Rock
Address: 1607 Cromwell Bridge Rd #136, Baltimore, MD 21234 , Brandywine , Maryland , United States
Camp Rock is awesome! My daughter has attended the camp for 4 years now and absolutely loves it. The staff and activities are great. I highly recommend the camp.
Unfortunately, my son will never try it because we were told different things. No accountability and no supervisor available. It just is what it is and I’m glad I got this treatment at first before money was paid. Because we’ve been through too much already to deal with this. And it resulted in him never being placed in the camp. Less than 12 hours ago I was promised a spot then later on I was told they have a very long wait list and won’t accept campers. How ghetto lol… we are attending CAMP SONSHINE INSTEAD. Which has more activities and they are ALL included for less. I just hate the unprofessional dismissive and rude thing when dealing with people. A reply was sent to me about a family restitution program I know nothing about that and the payment is made directly with cash the behavior was unprofessional and ethical and working in such a manner will not sustain a healthy business relationship community relationship I have a good rapport with the community I did speak to someone else they also had a bad experience prior to enrolling and if they knew they were booked since June they should not have giving me false information. Nonetheless I’m very grateful and I’m thankful that God saw fit for us to be somewhere else that I know is gonna be a lot more professional and deal with me accordingly. The reply that was given was more of a passive dismissive reply and it does not fit the situation that is going on with me or that happened to me. And I’m just learning that it’s a nonprofit organization yet the price is ridiculous and they have volunteers and they charge $35 for less than an hour of a horseback ride which you can get a lot less expensive and you can buy packages at the horse stable and the JCC camp does the same if not more and better things for anybody that wants to stay local And they have several horseback riding camp that you can get a larger discount and not pay so much per day just to ride a horse $35 is ridiculous however I still wanted to give it a try based on some of the reviews I’m not sure if the reviews come from family church members or friends but I highly doubt that they are all honest .
Poor customer service, and little more than a landing page for a website. No ability to remit a deposit or payment online. In 2021…
I spent 4 weeks calling their “office” on the days they are open (clearly this is a moonlighting gig that someone is running off the side of their desk on Tuesdays and Thursdays) and leaving messages after attending their open house.
Last week, I finally got through and spoke to the director. After being put on hold 3 times over the course of a 15 min call, I found out that they still had open spots for summer camp. I then asked if they had experience with gender nonconforming children, and she got very quiet. I was then told “we do not have any experience with ‘that sort of thing'”. 2 days later we received a letter in the mail, informing us that their “board” had rejected us.
Praise Jesus Christ for his tollerance and mercy, and let the proprietor’s someday find him and his grace.
Bach to Rock
Address: 4819 St Elmo Ave, Bethesda, MD 20814 , Brandywine , Maryland , United States
I had no idea that adults could take classes here! I love that’s an option. Art is a great and experienced teacher, and I appreciate how he can adjust from working with kids all day to working with an adult who wants to learn to DJ. Also, the communication from the staff is great, and I feel like I’m going to a place where I’m welcomed. It’s been a great experience and I’d definitely recommend other adults who want to learn music to come here.
There is a wide variety of options, so a kid can really choose what they want to learn and explore!
My son had fun and learned about playing songs together.
Great vibe in the studio!
Do not enroll in music lessons at Bach to Rock. As a former instructor there, I can attest that the curriculum is full of errors, the instructors and administrators are largely incompetent, and the meager wage paid to the staff is entirely exploitative. There are more than enough qualified private and affiliated music instructors in the DMV area for you or your child to receive a quality music education. At Bach to Rock you will only waste your money and time, and possibly even damage your child’s musical development. The directors of this company should be ashamed of themselves for attempting to pass this exploitative, profit-driven scheme as music education. An added note that illuminates just how disingenuous this company is: there is no Bach in their “curriculum.” Bach to Rock is like if you had a restaurant called Sandwiches and Coffee, but only sold really terrible, stale instant coffee.
Our experience was not so great. During a couple of lessons, the guitar instructor to our daughter told her he was extremely tired from having stayed out all night. Additionally, when my daughter was sick and we needed to cancel her lesson we were told we’d be charged anyway.
Girls Rock! DC
Address: 1640 Columbia Rd NW, Washington, DC 20009 , Brandywine , Maryland , United States
Over the last year my band has really enjoyed practicing at Just Rock. The staff are very nice and accomodating and have always been great to communicate with about scheduling.
My son has enjoyed every opportunity to develop and display his musical interest at Just Rock. This is an outstanding organization from my interactions with the instructors and oftentimes the owner who is an amazing artist herself. If you are seeking to learn and grow in your musical ability…give Just Rock a try!
Our MSDE preschool/prek educational programs at Academy Child Development Center, has contracted with JustRock for over three or four years and it is worth every penny!
Our JustRock instructors, for music and PE has been nothing short of amazing and blossoming for the children in our programs!
Pre-Covid shutdown, we loved our in-person classes! But now, our virtual zoom classes have been awesome. The instructors haven’t missed a beat!
Our children are learning about musical high notes, low notes, and learning about different instruments and of course they love learning fun songs. The parents even come to us asking about the songs that they hear them singing in the car or at home.
Physical Education classes are active, engaged and educational. The children love the interaction! The instructors are kind, patient and knowledgeable. We are happy to support this Black-Owned business.
The owners are really nice, but they’re very disorganized and the studio rooms are treated like dumps. The equipment is beaten down and terrible, components don’t work, and stuff is left everywhere like a 4 year old’s bedroom in complete disarray. It’s simply unprofessional for a real musicians to try to play here. They should know better than for rooms to be unequipped and in such terrible states of chaos. It’s borderline disgusting.
Soundcheck Rock Academy
Address: 9051 Red Branch Rd suite a, Columbia, MD 21045 , Brandywine , Maryland , United States
My daughter has attended both performance based schools in Columbia, SOR and Soundcheck Rock Academy. Souncheck Academy surpasses SOR. At Soundcheck my daughter is in a real band where everyone plays every song on the set list. Soundcheck also offers shows throughout the community for all bands to perform. SOR only offers community performances for a single “All Star” band. Everyone is an All Star at Soundcheck! During the next three months, Soundcheck Rock Academy will play three different venues, Ellicott City Spring Fest, MP3 fest at Merriweather and the quarterly show at the Soundry! My daughter will be playing in all 3 shows compared to just a quarterly show offered at SOR
This company deletes the negative reviews and only saves the positive. These are unfriendly people who don’t actually have any talent and they overcharge you for lessons. I am at an academy that cost $130 for 45 minutes. I was paying $150 or more when they felt like it for 30 minutes. I had to change my card details as well. Don’t use these people. Save your kids from these monsters.
Greatest music school ever
My son has taken lessons, attended summer camps and played in the rock band programs at SoundCheck. A great school and a great environment to learn music. Besides Playing guitar, singing and Drumming , my son has learned self confidence, how to perform in front of a crowd and the kinship one achieves when making music with others.
Bach to Rock
Address: 212 Boardwalk Pl, Gaithersburg, MD 20878 , Brandywine , Maryland , United States
Kids have loved their lessons their over the past 10 years. My daughter had her first ever performance last night at Strathmore and was so proud of her accomplishment. Thanks so much to Nate for being a great teacher, and for his support and accompaniment.
my 8 year old loved learning new instruments and singing in a concert at the end of the week camp. fun instructors. highly recommend Bach to Rock
Nice place to learn music. The staff is really good here
Friendly staff and fun classes for small kids
The early introduction to music class was so bad that we walked out, 15 minutes into the class. I would rather lose out on the money we paid for that class than have to sit through a second more of that class with my child. An absolute waste of time with no educational value whatsoever. Do not waste your time.
Bach to Rock
Address: 8180 Maple Lawn Blvd Suite G, Fulton, MD 20759 , Brandywine , Maryland , United States
Great teaching and great atmosphere. Mr. Adam is great. He works hard, cares, and is patient.
PROFESSIONAL AND FUN!
Bach to Rock has been responsive, and all the staff members have been friendly. When an early childhood offering wasn’t available, they found a solution that works for my child, and she is loving her drum lessons with Ethan! She comes home excited to tell us what she learned and is even telling us about the drum beats she hears when we listen to music.
Birthday Parties are not their strong point. Please note this review is strictly regarding their birthday parties. If your child attends a birthday party here and there are paper hats, plastic sunglasses, & plastic bead necklaces on the table, just collect them up and put them out of site of the kids! Those items are REUSED at each party! Kinda yucky, because I highly doubt they are spraying them with Lysol between each use. Also the parent who was hosting the party had no clue the kids couldn’t take these items home until the manager on duty told her while she was cutting the cake at the end of the party. At the beginning of the party, there were 3 “party hosts” and not a one said anything about those items not being kept by the kids or that they are REUSED for each party.
The 3 party “hosts” seemed very overwhelmed with all the kids and their energy levels. As it turned out the party “hosts” were only there to desperate the kids in groups and teach the kid’s to play the instruments for the song they recorded. There was nothing wrong with that but, definitely calling themselves “party hosts” gave all the parents a different idea of thei role at the party. The parent hosting the party wasn’t told that was the only job of the 3 “party hosts”, so when the groups of kids started coming back from playing their instruments, their wasn’t a plan for the kids. 1 host did come back but it was very apparent he wasn’t very kid oriented in regards to parties. He didn’t lead them in games or songs just mentioned the kids would eventually be called back to sing, but didn’t give a specific timeframe. Turns out the “time to sing” was while they were eating pizza. LoL
Please note, all the parents stayed for the party, but all of us were clueless as to the timeline of the events and what our “party hosts” were going/not going to do. Now the kids had a great time overall but I think the empty stage with mics, drum set, guitar, & keyboard had a lot to do with it.
Overall, I wouldn’t suggest a child’s birthday party here unless you keep the group to 6 kids max. Don’t expect for the “party hosts” to do anything and definitely bring your own goodie bags!
School of Rock
Address: 20660 Ashburn Rd, Ashburn, VA 20147 , Brandywine , Maryland , United States
I have 2 children at School of Rock in Ashburn. The entire staff is amazing and my kids absolutely love it there. They have very hands-on approach where the students learn so much and have fun at the same time. I can also see a boost of confidence in both of my children. I would HIGHLY recommend The School of Rock in Ashburn to anyone.
My son loves the School of rock program. He’s learning to play the guitar amongst friends and absolutely enjoys performing with them as a band.
Stella is an amazing vocal teacher. Within the first month of me being taught by her, I can already notice improvements in my voice. She works with my learning speed and never feel like the lessons were too fast or too slow. I feel like she personalizes her lessons depending on the style of my voice, which helps me learn what my voice is like and what songs go best with my voice. However, she’s not afraid to get me out of my comfort zone which I HIGHLY appreciate. I am a vocal amateur so I don’t know even *how* to get out of my comfort zone or what even my comfort zone was. But Stella guides me through it and, even though I’m no singing prodigy, now I am more confident than ever with my voice.
My son attended a week long camp at School of Rock -Ashburn this summer. I loved that he had the opportunity to try out various instruments over the course of the week
– and then display his newfound talents in the week’s ending performance.
I would definitely send him again!
I scheduled initial call with the store manager about my 6 year old kid’s guitar lessons but never received a call so I emailed her about it and she apologized and rescheduled for the following day but she again didn’t call. I called her and left a voicemail and still haven’t received any communication from them. If the store manager doesn’t care to respond to the customers that says a lot about the school.
Reached out to them multiple times and scheduled a joining date for my son. They never got back nor confirmed a teacher for classes. I also informed them about the notice period being served in prior school and then had to find some other school eventually.
Daughter did not have good experience with trial vocal lesson and left almost in tears. Maybe it’s not the right place for beginner vocalist? She said the room was very warm and it was loud with all the other lessons going on so it was not a good intro for a beginner singer.
Bach to Rock
Address: 9070 Devlin Rd Suite #100, Bristow, VA 20136 , Brandywine , Maryland , United States
Flexibility with scheduling and multiple teachers per instrument.
Great classes for young minds to explore different musical instruments.
My daughter has had an incredible voice instructor at Bach to Rock. We couldn’t be happier with the whole experience!
I signed my son up for cello lessons, online. Several HOURS later, I called the Bristow branch and cancelled because I found somewhere closer to my home. When I was given my refund a week or so later, they took out a $25 processing fee. I was not informed of this and I feel it’s in very bad taste. I defiantly won’t be looking here if I choose to send my child to a different music school in the future.
School of Rock
Address: 15101 Washington St, Haymarket, VA 20169 , Brandywine , Maryland , United States
We love the atmosphere and experience that Haymarket School of Rock provides. We have nothing but great things to say about the past 3 years. We look forward to many more!
We started drum lessons for my daughter two months ago and she is loving it. She even enjoys practicing which is very different from previous music lessons. The instructors make it fun to learn and the staff are pleasant and helpful. Highly recommend giving them a try if your children are interested in music.
Awesome program. Their instructors are top-notch and the group lessons help the kids make an amazing amount of progress in such a short period of time because of the program. I’d recommend this to anyone looking for an awesome program for kids who want to learn an instrument 🙂
Checked the place out and it looked interesting so I signed up my son for a drum lesson tryout. Went well, the instructor even said he was talented. I wanted to sign up for the program. Got a phone call the next day and was basically told “we have enough drummers” so thanks but no thanks. It would have been nice to know that they had plenty of drummers before we spent the time getting my son evaluated and worse, getting his hopes up. Not cool.
