Chester – Top 6 places for music camp6 recommended music camp in Chester

They have great instructors who have great attitudes .

SoR Columbia has been a fantastic experience for our whole family. Our son has greatly improved his guitar skills & his confidence has quadrupled. My husband & I love to watch the performances & we are always blown away by the kids as well as the whole SoR staff. The staff is so friendly and professional that they make my son immediately feel at ease. Our son will now sing on stage which he swore he would never do before he started at SoR. Because of his “Rock Star” confidence, our son went to NYC and auditioned on Broadway. He didn’t get the role, but he had a blast & has been inspired to keep practicing. We love SoR Columbia!

I can wholeheartedly recommend School of Rock (SOR) to anyone interested in learning to understand music, play an instrument, or learn to sing. I’ll describe my reasons below, but if you are reading this review and just want a quick summary, for me I’d give it a “two-thumbs-up”, five-stars, a very-happy-face – pick a measure and I’ll pick the highest!

Here is my story. When my mom was living with us, she encouraged me to pick up and play an old acoustic guitar that was laying around the house. After more encouragement (or nagging!), I eventually did pick it up. But I found it very difficult to play. So, I bought an electric guitar. It was easier to play, but it did not magically transform me into a guitar wizard, as I had hoped! I eventually got to where I could play most of the open chords and a few scales. After that I began a few years of watching YouTube videos on guitar technique, usually quickly getting frustrated because even what seemed to be simple, was not simple for me. Then came COVID-19. Though terrifying, the pandemic had some unexpected benefits. All of a sudden I had extra time on my hands, so I chose to spend more time on music. I “got serious” about playing guitar and I started singing along with songs that I liked. All of my life I thought that singing was something that either one can do or can’t do, and I thought that I couldn’t. At some point, with the help of voice apps like SingSharp, I realized that I could get very close to hitting pitches correctly and had the beginnings of what I have learned is called relative pitch. Then, just over a year ago, I began working regularly with another beginner musician on guitar and voice. As my friend and I continued down the path of trying to teach ourselves voice and guitar, my wife, unbeknownst to me, signed me up for a trial guitar lesson at SOR. This was in the summer of 2021. I’m eternally grateful to her for that – it has completely changed my musical journey! During the very first lesson, I learned that my command of timing needed work, as did my knowledge of very basic things like common chord voicings. My teacher did not hesitate to point out what I needed to work on, but he didn’t make me feel uncomfortable. The simple drills that he recommended were very effective. Since that first lesson, I decided that voice was an important part of my journey, so I added a weekly voice lesson to my guitar lessons. This led me to Eric Mann, who teaches voice and guitar. I’ve been working with Eric for several months now and the experience has transformed my concept and appreciation for music in general, and voice in particular. For now, I’ve decided to work on voice as my main musical interest. Eric is fluent in voice, guitar, keyboards and music theory. He is never heavy-handed about music theory, rather he makes suggestions, like “you might want to consider using the solfege method to help with your understanding of pitch.”. I’ve learned to pay attention to what Eric suggests! Everything that he has suggested has furthered my understanding of, and my ability to actually do musical things. I now realize that music is a lifelong journey, I started late (I’m retired), but I am so happy that I somehow found my way to SOR. I can confidently say that had I not enrolled, I would have never have figured how to achieve my goals. YouTube, books and apps can be helpful, but I see music as something that is essentially a human-to-human thing, not something that can be done exclusively alone in one’s basement.

School Of Rock is a welcoming and gentle environment for pursuing your musical journey. I can’t recommend it enough.

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.

The people at S.o.R rock! Not only because they are extremely talented, but they genuinely care about the students. I highly recommend checking them out.
Kids need a creative outlet. I can’t express how much it helps.

School of Rock has been a most amazing and inspiring experience for my 12 year-old son! He is a beautifully unique kid who does not participate in sports; often feels excluded with middle school friends. School of Rock has provided him an opportunity to connect with kids who share his interests and his passion for music. A special expression of gratitude for the General Manager, Erin Taylor, who has facilitated this experience with enthusiasm, encouragement, and kindness.

Love love love. Such a cool place with the most welcoming people. Rock on!

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.

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!

I feel very lucky that my son is a part of the School of Rock Silver Spring program. My son is 10 years old, and he is rock drumming on stages in front of audiences (wow!). Have you checked out the YouTube videos? My son started drumming lessons at 7 and joined SOR at 8. The environment is very authentic and nurturing for young rock music-oriented kids. In the beginning, I had to encourage him to practice. And now, he sits down at his drum kit twice a day to practice, on his own initiative. He’s learning so much more than I can probably even imagine. Plus, there’s the #cool factor. If you’re considering this program, I highly encourage you to come into the studio on Colesville to meet the managers and instructors. Tell them Heather referred you, and maybe I’ll get a free t-shirt!?!

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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.

Good experience

My children loved Camp Rock when they started a few years ago so much now they are Camp Counselors.
The camp and church do lots of fun and impactful activities with the youth.

Camp Rock 2 Happy David Kirkland

Excellent summer camp!!! They care so much about the kids there, and are very organized. I love Camp Rock! 10/10 recommend!

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.

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 .