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School of Rock The Colony
4897 TX-121
The Colony, TX 75056
(469) 428-7625‬
Hours
  • Monday: 2 PM - 8 PM
  • Tuesday: 2 PM - 8 PM
  • Wednesday: 2 PM - 8 PM
  • Thursday: 2 PM - 8 PM
  • Friday: 2 PM - 8 PM
  • Saturday: Closed
  • Sunday: Closed

Music programs at School of Rock The Colony combine one-on-one lessons with group band practices

School of Rock in The Colony, TX is proud to serve the local community—as well as surrounding areas like Castle Hills, Hebron, Stonebriar, Grandscape, Lewisville, and Little Elm—with a revolutionary music education approach. The local area is a great place for budding artists and many musicians and bands like Demi Lovato, St. Vincent, Post Malone, and Old 97's have come out of the greater Dallas area. With lessons from our expert instructors, students can learn to rock out on guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, and vocals across every genre including rock, pop, blues, soul, funk, and R&B. By jamming in a band together with friends while learning to read and play music by ear, students gain the confidence to truly be a rock star. Our students regularly play at local establishments like The Maverick, Rock and Brews, Rubber Gloves in Denton, and more. Take the first step towards stardom and join School of Rock in The Colony, TX today!

Programs we offer

Rock 101 music program in The Colony for kids and beginners
Rock 101
Ages 8-13

Rock 101 is one of School of Rock The Colony's top programs for kids and beginners. Students have one weekly group rehearsal where they learn to play classic rock songs that have been simplified for beginner musicians. Additionally, Rock 101 students in The Colony have a weekly private music lesson with an instructor who helps them learn the concepts and skills behind their performance songs.

What To Expect
  • 1 WEEKLY PRIVATE LESSON
  • 1 WEEKLY GROUP REHEARSAL

The Path to Take the Stage

Our music programs for kids in The Colony are designed to get students on stage performing, with the goal of building strong musical proficiency. Younger students at School of Rock The Colony who have participated in the Rookies program can move to our Rock 101 music program once they’re ready. Additionally, students (typically ages 8 to 13-years-old) can begin Rock 101 without any prior experience. The goal of this rock program is to quickly develop a basic competence on students’ chosen instruments before moving on to our famous Performance Program.

Performance music program for teens in The Colony
Performance
Ages 8-18

The Performance Program at School of Rock The Colony is our hallmark music program, where tens of thousands of students enroll each year. It consists of a weekly group rehearsal where kids and teens learn by playing rock music's most iconic songs with a band composed of their peers. Students are assigned songs and parts that are tailored to them based on their age, experience and ability to learn new skills and concepts. Students then work through their parts in weekly private music lessons, refining the skills and concepts that those songs introduce. The goal of this curriculum is to prepare kids and teens for live performances. Every few months, School of Rock The Colony Performance Program students take the stage and play at local The Colony music venues in front of a live audience.

What To Expect
  • 1 WEEKLY PRIVATE LESSON
  • 1 WEEKLY GROUP REHEARSAL

The Path to Take the Stage

School of Rock The Colony's music programs for kids and teens are designed to inspire by getting students on stage and performing. All of our other music education programs focus on readying students for our famous Performance Program. This is where students develop incredible musical skills. Performance Program students have often gone through our Rock 101 program first or have some previous basic music experience. These young musicians will have custom development plans outlined by their instructors with key concepts reinforced during private lessons and group rehearsals, all with the goal of performing live at a The Colony music venue.

Rookies music program for children in The Colony
Rookies
Ages 6-7

At School of Rock The Colony, our music program for children with no previous musical experience (typically ages 6 to 7-years-old) is called Rookies. Rookies students have one weekly group music lesson where they learn fundamentals like chords, rhythm and song structure. Kids get to learn and experiment with multiple instruments so they can later decide which one they ultimately want to continue pursuing in Rock 101.

What To Expect
  • 1 WEEKLY GROUP LESSON
  • USE OF SIMPLIFIED ROCK INSTRUMENTS TO TEACH KIDS TO PLAY MUSIC

The Path to Take the Stage

All of our music programs are designed to inspire students to learn and develop a strong musical proficiency. At School of Rock The Colony, younger students who are not ready for a more comprehensive program like Rock 101 can start in Rookies. Additionally, students who have completed the Little Wing program will progress into the Rookies music program. No prior musical experience is needed for Rookies. Once your child is ready for private music lessons (typically older than first or second graders), they will graduate into our Rock 101 program.

Little Wing music program for toddlers and preschoolers in The Colony
Little Wing
Ages 4-5

At School of Rock The Colony our Little Wing music program for preschoolers and toddlers teaches students foundational music skills by playing games and participating in other interactive musical activities. Little Wing students have one weekly group music lesson in which they use classic rock songs to learn about rhythm, song structure, melody and dynamics through play.

What To Expect
  • 1 WEEKLY GROUP LESSON
  • USE HAND PERCUSSION & OTHER TOOLS TO LEARN RHYTHM PATTERNS & MUSIC SYNTAX

The Path to Take the Stage

The Little Wing music program is the first step in a young musician's journey. At School of Rock The Colony, toddlers and preschoolers who show an interest in music should start with Little Wing. As they get older, they will progress into the Rookies program, followed by Rock 101 and the Performance Program.

Songwriting
Age 12 and over

Our Songwriting program for kids and teens teaches the fundamentals of songwriting, arrangement and music theory, and helps students compose original works.  At School of Rock The Colony, songwriting students receive one weekly private lesson where they learn concepts, technique and theory on an instrument of their choice. These principles are then applied in a weekly group lesson where students work together on songwriting exercises and lyrical workshops.  Every few months, Songwriting students take the stage to perform or band together to record their original songs.

What to Expect
  • 1 weekly private lesson
  • 1 weekly group lesson

The Path to Take the Stage

Our Songwriting program for kids and teens in The Colony is designed to create musical proficiency through the creation of original music. Students at School of Rock The Colony who have completed our Rock 101 program can move to our Songwriting program once they’re ready. Additionally, new students who have prior experience with and basic knowledge of an instrument can also begin Songwriting. The program culminates with a live showcase where students perform their original compositions in bands at a local music venue. Students taking the Songwriting Program online will remotely record their original songs to produce a demo of the class's music.

Remote student playing guitar
Online
All Ages

At School of Rock The Colony, our students can take online, one-on-one music instruction from the comfort of their homes. We call this program School of Rock Remote. This online music program contains weekly one-on-one instruction conducted by our expert School of Rock instructors in a safe virtual lesson room.
 
Students will receive their training using our proprietary education program, The School of Rock Method™, which couples live video lessons with our proprietary Method App™, SongFirst Approach™ and Method Books™. 

What To Expect
  • ONE WEEKLY 1-ON-1 LESSON
  • LESSONS CONDUCTED USING SECURE VIDEO TECHNOLOGY

THE PATH TO TAKE THE STAGE

All of our music programs for kids, teens, and adults are designed to help students gain amazing musical proficiency. School of Rock’s online music lesson program is no exception. Online guitar lessons, online piano lessons, online drum lessons, online singing lessons and online bass guitar lessons are all offered through the School of Rock Remote online program.

Adult music program in The Colony for students over 18
Adult Program
Ages 18+

School of Rock The Colony's Adult Program is for students over 18 years old who are looking to either improve their musical proficiency or pick up an instrument with no prior musical experience. As with most School of Rock music programs, the Adult Program uses a performance-based music education approach. This means the curriculum focuses on learning music concepts and applying them in a live performance setting. Our Adult Music Program includes one weekly private music lesson and a weekly group rehearsal. Every student at School of Rock The Colony is placed in a band of fellow adults and then assigned specific songs as a way of learning key music concepts and skills. Adult students then take the stage to play at a live show in The Colony.

What To Expect
  • 1 WEEKLY PRIVATE LESSON
  • 1 WEEKLY GROUP REHEARSAL

The Path to Take the Stage

All of our music programs are designed to inspire by getting students on stage and performing, with the goal of building strong musical proficiency along the way. The School of Rock The Colony Adult Program is open to all experience levels and each student will follow a customized learning plan developed by their instructor. Adult students will work together during rehearsal to prepare for a live performance at a real rock venue in The Colony.

House Band program for gigging at local venues in The Colony
House Band
Age 17 and Under

The School of Rock The Colony House Band music program gives students under 18 the opportunity to join a gigging band composed of fellow musicians from their school. These students perform additional live shows throughout the year. All students in the Performance Program have the opportunity to audition for a spot in School of Rock The Colony's House Band. Once selected, House Band members become leaders in their School of Rock community and perform live shows at TX rock venues throughout the year.

What To Expect
  • A GIGGING MUSICIAN'S EXPERIENCE
  • FREQUENT LIVE PERFORMANCES IN COMMUNITY

The Path to Take the Stage

Performance is the core of School of Rock's educational approach. Therefore, we create additional opportunities for students to perform on stages throughout The Colony and the rest of TX. The House Band music program allows each school's most talented students the opportunity to join a band and play routinely in front of live audiences. Once a member, students will gain real music experience associated with gigging musicians and will become leaders and mentors inside the School of Rock community.

The AllStars national tour features the best child and teen musicians
AllStars
Age 17 and Under

The School of Rock AllStars Tour takes the very best students from around the world and sends them on a nationwide summer tour across the United States. Less than 1% of School of Rock students are selected each year to represent School of Rock as an AllStar. All Performance Program students are eligible to audition for this prestigious program. The intensive audition process starts off with video submissions followed by live auditions. Once selected, AllStar students will have an authentic touring experience including traveling on a tour bus, doing tour publicity and starring in nightly performances at famous venues and festivals during a two-week tour.

What To Expect
  • A MULTI-CITY, COUNTRY-WIDE MUSIC TOUR EXPERIENCE
  • PERFORMING ON SOME OF THE BIGGEST AND MOST FAMOUS STAGES IN THE WORLD

The Path to Take the Stage

Becoming an AllStar is the highest level of achievement for a School of Rock student. They play on legendary stages large and small, including The Knitting Factory, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, The Troubadour and Lollapalooza. AllStar students often go on to have accomplished careers in the music industry. Former AllStars have gone on to become touring artists, star in Broadway musicals, get signed to record deals, become finalists on talent competitions like "The Voice" and "American Idol" and have other notable roles in the music industry.

Music Lessons in The Colony

Kid learns to play guitar at School of Rock The Colony

Guitar Lessons for All Skill Levels

Beginner Guitar Lessons for Kids

At School of Rock The Colony, we offer beginner guitar lessons for kids. Our expert guitar instructors guide your child from start to finish with private instruction and weekly group band rehearsals. Every instructor at School of Rock The Colony is an experienced musician, and they emphasize foundational music theory and technique when teaching guitar lessons to kids. Unlike other The Colony guitar lessons and programs, School of Rock is designed to get students performing in a band.

Beginner Guitar Lessons for Adults

It’s never too late to learn to play the guitar. Similar to our kids guitar lessons, School of Rock The Colony's beginner guitar lessons for adults utilizes a performance-based curriculum. Our experienced instructors teach adult students through popular rock songs, and teach students to play guitar in a way that’s challenging and fun. We believe the best way to learn is by doing, which is why we combine weekly private guitar lessons with group band rehearsals. At School of Rock The Colony, we teach beginner guitar lessons for adults in our Adult Program. This program gets students performing onstage at a local The Colony venue.

Key Concepts
  • Technique
  • Solos
  • Chords
  • Theory

Intermediate to Advanced Guitar Lessons

As students gain skills and experience, we move them along to more challenging programs at higher skill levels. Intermediate and advanced students take the skills they learned in beginner guitar lessons, and layer on more difficult techniques and concepts. School of Rock The Colony offers advanced guitar lessons for kids and adults that teach by playing challenging classic rock songs and emphasize playing the guitar in a real music venue. Our The Colony guitar teachers will work with each student to develop a custom learning plan.

Kids learn to drum at School of Rock The Colony

Drum Lessons for All Skill Levels

Beginner Drum Lessons for Kids

School of Rock The Colony is the best option for anyone looking to learn the drums. Our beginner drum lessons get kids behind the drum kit and on their way to taking the stage. That’s why at School of Rock The Colony we combine private drum lessons for beginners with weekly band rehearsals—it prepares students to perform live. With years of experience teaching drums in The Colony, our drum instructors teach beginner drum students core techniques, including how to groove, play rudiments and more.

Beginner Drum Lessons for Adults

Our drum lessons for adults are designed to accommodate all skill levels. At School of Rock The Colony, our beginner drum lessons for adults are built for musicians with little to no experience. We teach adults using the same core performance-based education philosophy as our drum lessons for kids—performing with a band accelerates the learning process. Adult students will perform live at a venue in The Colony. Unlike other The Colony drum lessons for beginners, School of Rock combines private drum lessons with weekly band rehearsals so students are ready to play in front of real, live audiences.

Key Concepts
  • RUDIMENTS
  • TIME SIGNATURES
  • TECHNIQUE
  • GROOVE

Intermediate to Advanced Drum Lessons

More experienced to advanced drum students need a drum lesson curriculum that builds upon foundational skills and continues to grow musical proficiency. That’s why at School of Rock The Colony, our drum lessons are customized for each student and his or her goals. Our The Colony drum instructors integrate more complex techniques and concepts—intermediary grooves, shifts, meters and more—into a student's individual lessons and group band rehearsal, and will also select more difficult songs for his or her live performances.

 

Kid learns to sing at School of Rock The Colony

Singing Lessons for All Skill Levels

Beginner Singing Lessons for Kids

School of Rock The Colony offers beginner singing lessons for kids. Our unique, performance-based approach develops students' musical proficiency by preparing them to perform live. At School of Rock The Colony, our vocal coaches are practicing musicians who integrate key music fundamentals—breathing, posture and more—into a curriculum based on performing with a band. Each week, beginner singing students participate in a private singing lesson and a band rehearsal.

Beginner Singing Lessons for Adults

School of Rock The Colony teaches adults how to sing in our innovative Adult Program. Students develop vocal skills at a challenging pace designed to help you see results with every singing lesson. Adult vocalists learn how to keep tempo, stay on-key and master advanced vocal techniques for a powerful and healthy voice. Our curriculum teaches students how to sing by using popular rock songs that emphasize key concepts. Each week, Adult Program students have a private singing lesson for beginners and group band rehearsal.

Key Concepts
  • TECHNIQUE
  • HARMONY
  • POWER
  • READING

Intermediate to Advanced Singing Lessons

At School of Rock The Colony, our singing lessons for kids and adults are designed to help our students reach a high degree of musical proficiency. Intermediate and advanced singers take skills learned from previous singing lessons and layer on more difficult techniques and concepts. Our advanced singing lessons teach students to sing by performing popular rock songs that illustrate a specific vocal concept or technique. We pair weekly private singing lessons with weekly band rehearsals with the goal of getting musicians to perform live in The Colony.

Kid learns to play bass at School of Rock The Colony

Bass Lessons for All Skill Levels

Beginner Bass Lessons for Kids

School of Rock The Colony offers beginner bass guitar lessons for kids that blend weekly private instruction with weekly band rehearsals. This performance-based approach results in a high level of musical proficiency because it engages and inspires students. Every School of Rock bass instructor is a practicing musician in The Colony and teaches bass lessons for kids that get great results. Beginners learn to play bass guitar by using popular rock songs that illustrate key concepts and techniques.

Beginner Bass Lessons for Adults

Adults looking to learn bass guitar can enroll in School of Rock’s Adult Program. No experience is necessary in our beginner bass guitar lessons for adults. At School of Rock The Colony, our experienced, local bass guitar instructors have the patience and skills to help adult students gain musical proficiency. As with all School of Rock music programs, our bass guitar lessons for adults ciriculum is performance-based, and include both weekly private instruction and weekly band rehearsals.

Key Concepts
  • GROOVE
  • TECHNIQUE
  • THEORY
  • TONE

Intermediate to Advanced Bass Lessons

Our intermediate to advanced bass guitar lessons teach The Colony students the skills they need to become the backbone of a band. Students take skills from previous bass lessons and layer on more difficult techniques and concepts. At School of Rock The Colony, our bass instructors use popular rock songs as a way of teaching students advanced concepts and techniques. We pair weekly private bass lessons with weekly band rehearsals to inspire and engage students throughout the learning process.

Kid learns to play piano at School of Rock The Colony

Keyboard Lessons for All Skill Levels

Beginner Keyboard Lessons for Kids

At School of Rock we teach differently than other music schools in The Colony. Our curriculum is performance-based, meaning that we prepare students to perform. Our piano lessons for beginners combine weekly private instruction with weekly band rehearsals. At School of Rock The Colony, our beginner keyboard lessons for kids take key concepts and music fundamentals—finger placement, scales, key differentiation and more—and teach them through popular rock songs. This approach inspires and engages students, which results in attaining a high level of musical proficiency. Our piano teachers have years of experience teaching music in the The Colony area, and know how to coach and motivate students of any skill level to play the keyboard.

Beginner Keyboard Lessons for Adults

The School of Rock The Colony Adult Program puts beginner keyboard students in a band. Adult Program students in the The Colony area learn to play piano through a combination of weekly private beginner piano lessons and weekly band rehearsals. At School of Rock, our piano lessons give adult students the chance to perform in a band at local The Colony music venues, taking them out of the classroom and onto the stage.

Key Concepts
  • TECHNIQUE
  • TONE
  • THEORY
  • READING

Intermediate to Advanced Keyboard Lessons

At School of Rock The Colony, our keyboard lessons for kids and adults are designed to help students get results. Intermediate and advanced students take skills learned from beginner keyboard lessons and layer on more advanced piano techniques with concepts. Our local keyboard instructors are all practicing musicians in The Colony, and use popular rock songs as a way of teaching complex skills. We pair weekly private piano lessons with weekly band rehearsals to inspire and engage students throughout the learning process.

Our Experienced Music Teachers

All of School of Rock The Colony’s music teachers are experienced musicians devoted to helping students attain musical proficiency. Our instructors guide students one-on-one to personalize learning, inspire confidence and build social skills.

Owner Ray
Ray
Owner
Ray grew up in a highly musical atmosphere, living under the same roof as a music minister, band instructor, and singer for the Vocal Majority. From a young age, he gravitated towards Elvis and the Ramones instead of the ’80s new wave of the day. A cancerous tumor left him deaf in one ear, but that didn’t sway his love for music. While living in Grand Junction, Colorado, young Ray decided he wanted to learn guitar. His parents took him to a member of their church, the guitar-tech-turned-guitar-player of the ’80s hair metal band, Quiet Riot. Ray picked up the guitar with ease, as he seemed to do with any instrument (except vocals!).

Ray moved back to Texas during his senior year of high school and immediately joined a band that was looking for a bass player. Following his graduation, Ray became a private school kindergarten teacher by day and a rockstar by night. His band Attention Deficit won the Dallas Observer Award for Best Punk Band in DFW and played bands like Bowling for Soup, Brand New, Taking Back Sunday, and more.

Eventually, some severe health problems resulted in Ray becoming completely deaf for a few months, putting his life and band on hold. When he regained hearing in his good ear, he moved back to Dallas and rejoined his bandmates. They re-formed as a new band named Peacemaker and worked with still-unknown producer Geoff Rockwell (Forever The Sickest Kids, Artist vs Poet, Memphis Mayfire) to record their first full-length as this band. Peacemaker quickly garnered a large following playing with bands like Bad Religion, Hot Water Music, Less Than Jake, and more.

When a School of Rock location opened in North Dallas, Ray was a perfect fit as an instructor. Ray quickly learned that his passion could become a reality and a career. He worked his way up to becoming the Music Director of what became the second-largest School of Rock in the nation, leading him to later train and work in multiple locations in the DFW area. After six years, Ray and his wife moved out to Southern California and led a cultural revolution by opening up multiple brand-new schools before returning to DFW to oversee 27 locations across the US!

But Ray and his wife always knew they wanted to be School of Rock owners, and after eight years with School of Rock, they opened their first location in Bryan/College Station followed by School of Rock The Colony! Ray loves teaching, songwriting, and working with local musicians all day, every day.
Owner Kristin
Kristin
Owner
Kristin has a degree in English & Child Development from the University of North Texas, as well as a certification in Audio Engineering. She ran one of Texas' largest recording studios, working with artists such as Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, the Jonas Brothers, John Legend, and more.

Since 2009, Kristin has been operating and opening new School of Rock locations from Texas to California, and everywhere in between. She and Ray opened their first school in College Station in 2019, and their second in The Colony in 2021. Kristin is currently an executive for a national franchise organization by day and a musician by night. Kristin has seen firsthand how incredible and life-saving this program is for its students, both young and old.
Music Director, Drum Teacher, Guitar Teacher, Bass Guitar Teacher, Keyboard + Piano Teacher, Band Director Rich
Rich
Music Director, Drum Teacher, Guitar Teacher, Bass Guitar Teacher, Keyboard + Piano Teacher, Band Director
Raised in a musical family, Rich began learning music when he was 5 years old. While he notes that drums are his primary instrument, he is also proficient in guitar, bass, keys, mallet percussion, and vocals. He also dabbles in banjo and cello.

Rich began performing on drums professionally at the age of 17 with students from UNT College of Music and playing almost every venue in Deep Ellum by the time he reached 18. He strongly credits rock music as being the catalyst that led him to study music in college. Rich was accepted to Berklee College of Music but opted to pursue jazz studies at the University of North Texas. Rich worked as an audio engineer at Maximedia Studios, where he got a real insight into the workings of the professional music industry. In his time there he worked with artists such as the Jonas Brothers, Pat Green, Andy Timmons, Amy Lee of Evanescence, Filter, Justin Timberlake, Usher, Missy Elliot, and Timbaland to name a few. He is also a session drummer for many local and regional artists.

Rich has taught with School of Rock for over eight years and was the music director of the Flower Mound school for six years. He continues to maintain strong relationships with musicians and venues in the Denton and DFW music community. Rich composes music on multiple instruments and still performs as a studio musician, in original bands, cover bands, and jazz gigs with talented musicians from all over DFW. However, he strongly believes in teaching as his calling and truest passion.
Guitar Teacher, Bass Guitar Teacher Ethan
Ethan
Guitar Teacher, Bass Guitar Teacher
Ethan was born and raised in Texas sometime in the mid-'90s. While not musicians, his parents loved playing Zeppelin, Stevie Wonder, Sabbath, Al Green, The Beatles, Steely Dan, and more. During adolescence, Ethan started to develop his own taste for more obscure, underground music. He would spend hours on the internet in search of new and exciting music; he fell in love with bands and artists such as Hella, Tera Melos, Arab on Radar, Captain Beefheart, and other legendary weirdos. By high school, he got further into the avant-garde and became smitten with the delightfully strange, and sophisticated music of free jazz legends Ornette Coleman, Eric Dolphy, Albert Ayler, and gnarly contemporary classical composers like Béla Bartók, Olivier Messiaen, and Iannis Xenakis.

While Ethan was developing his own musical taste, he was given a drum set by a neighbor, who would become a long-time best friend and musical partner. Ethan fell in love with playing the drums. A year later, his father got an acoustic guitar for Christmas and he fell in love all over again. He would spend hours every day practicing both guitar and drums alone. As an alumnus of School of Rock, Ethan eventually started a band with friends from 2008 through 2014. His current bands, “Sexual Jeremy” and “Darling Farm,” have toured all over the country which is what Ethan loves. You can also find him playing country, jazz, and cover band gigs.
School Coordinator Mak
Mak
School Coordinator
Mak was born on a farm in the middle of South Texas. Her family of farmers, ranchers, and mechanics soon picked up on the fact that she was far more artistic than anyone could have anticipated. She began drawing at 3, dancing at 4, and made her acting debut in Victoria Community Theatre at 5.

In high school, Mak competed in UIL One Act Play, marching band, speech & debate, track, basketball, spelling bees, and several art competitions. She was a member of the District Youth Council, National Honors Society, and Mathletes, and was President of the Theatre Club and Treasurer of the Art Club. Outside of school, Mak was a member of the Townhall Players theater troupe, selling commissioned art, competing in pageants, and working on the farm. By the time she graduated from high school with honors, she was a regional champion for Poetry Interpretation three years in a row, a State Competition awarded actor, a State Awarded artist, and had been accepted to study film acting at the KD Conservatory in Dallas, TX.

Mak continued working as an artist while studying acting under Ashlee Elizabeth Bashore, Sarah Rutan, John S. Davies, and Michael Serrechia. She graduated with her degree in acting in 2021. Since then, she has taken residence in Denton, TX. She continues to work on her craft in both visual and performing arts, playing guitar, keys, and singing.
Bass Guitar Teacher, Guitar Teacher, Vocal Teacher, Band Teacher JT
JT
Bass Guitar Teacher, Guitar Teacher, Vocal Teacher, Band Teacher
JT’s love of music began in the backseat of his dad’s ‘89 Pontiac Grand Am, listening to cassettes of The Eagles and The Cars. His favorite band very quickly became the Beatles because of their iconic songwriting, legendary artistry, and innovation when it came to genre-bending and creating new sounds. Completely inspired, JT started singing in his school choir and even enrolling at a School of Rock for guitar lessons! By high school, he was touring across the country to compete in choir competitions.

JT attended OSU and was a featured soloist in NATS. Under the direction of renowned choir director and composer Z. Randall Stroope, JT toured for choir again—this time, across Europe. At the University of North Texas, he joined the UNT A Capella Choir under the direction of Dr. Allen Hightower and completed his bachelor's degree in Music.

Nowadays, JT can be found singing and playing bass and guitar around the DFW area. You can find him performing solo, at open mics, or with his band Nightwatch. When he’s not writing songs, rehearsing, or performing, he teaches vocals, bass, guitar, and keys at School of Rock The Colony.
Guitar Teacher, Keyboard + Piano Teacher, Bass Guitar Teacher Jack
Jack
Guitar Teacher, Keyboard + Piano Teacher, Bass Guitar Teacher
On Christmas Day, at 10 years old, Jack would open a gift that would change his life forever: his first guitar.

Jack discovered The Beatles at a young age and so, of course, the first songs he would learn came from British Invasion bands: The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and The Kinks. Jack soon found himself immersed in works from blues legends such as B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, and Stevie Ray Vaughn. In middle school, his repertoire expanded into classic heavy metal bands like Metallica and Iron Maiden and funk bands like Parliament-Funkadelic, Earth, Wind & Fire, and Sly & The Family Stone.

Jack found himself at UNT for music and began studying composition and classical guitar, playing pieces by Leo Brouwer, Heitor Villa-Lobos, and Mateo Carcassi. He discovered and loved the music of composers like Igor Stravinsky, Charles Ives, and Frank Zappa—Jack even began composing his own music!

Outside of teaching guitar, bass, and keys at School of Rock The Colony, Jack plays in a Denton-based band called Nightwatch along with JT!
Bass Guitar Teacher, Band Teacher Dylan
Dylan
Bass Guitar Teacher, Band Teacher
Dylan grew up in the Texas Hill Country, a place where musical inspiration was initially scarce. Everything changed when he was introduced to punk rock—a discovery pivotal to his newfound passion for music and his lifelong journey as a musician.

Dylan started playing piano and guitar but found his true calling after picking up the bass—and, eventually, the double bass! All these instruments led him to pursue jazz studies at the University of North Texas. Dylan has a deep love for music theory and enjoys composing and arranging music. Dylan now plays professionally across the DFW area, including with the jazz band Beauty Industry with both Rich and Adam!

Dylan’s favorite artists include, but are not limited to: John Zorn, The Minutemen, Carla Bley, The Ramones, Linda May Han Oh, Charlie Haden, Daniel Johnston, Selena, Richard Wagner, and Bad Religion.
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Reviews

What I like about the program is that my kids LOVE it!

This is so different from the music lessons that existed when I was a kid. These kids are actually making music and learning to play as a band. The performances are so impressive, and watching the kids gain confidence and express themselves on stage is priceless.

The structure around how kids learn is amazing.

Taking lessons to learn an instrument is one thing, but learning how to be a part of a band is on another level. These kids are learning how to communicate, respect people and their opinions, and how to be accountable for themselves. It’s more than just music here.

It's the best music program in the city.

Dedicated instructors and staff, vibrant atmosphere, and most importantly, it's fun! My 8-year-old has grown leaps and bounds in skill and personal confidence. If you're thinking about checking it out, don't wait, just do it!

The kids have a great time while learning to play.

Lifelong skills and relationships are born here. The staff shares their passion for music and are very professional and accommodating. Wish I had this type of exposure to music when I was growing up!

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