Our Experienced Music Teachers
All of School of Rock Washington DC / Cleveland Park’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.
Ken Giron
Drum Teacher, Bass Guitar Teacher, Guitar Teacher
Ken has been playing drums since high school and performed in various impromptu staff/student ensembles. After graduating, Ken spent some time playing, touring, and recording multiple EPs and albums in death metal bands. He is currently the drummer for local DC Indie band Grimm Winter.
Alexander Scott
Guitar Teacher, Keyboard + Piano Teacher, Vocal Teacher
Alex has had an eventful career as a professional musician for over a decade. Alex transitioned from a high school rock band to an indie-pop/folk solo act and has a wide range of mastery in several music genres and techniques.
Alex has been singing and playing guitar and piano since he was 5. After years of gigging, recording EPs, and instructing students, he has found passion in teaching the ambitious younger generation of rock stars as a part-time guitar, keyboard, and vocal instructor at the School of Rock in Washington, DC.
Miles Libby
Drum Teacher, Band Director
Miles has been playing drums since the first grade and went on to play in both his middle and high school bands, learning a wide variety of percussion instruments. Since 2016, he has consistently performed with multiple bands.
Miles began teaching children from ages 8-11 in 2021 and now teaches all ages at School of Rock DC.
Kenan Hanna
Keyboard + Piano Teacher
Kenan Hanna is a multi-instrumentalist musician, producer, vocal contractor, choir director, educator, and clinician in the DMV area. He began playing the piano at the age of 6 and sang his first solo at the age of 8. Kenan was enrolled in Ottley Music School during his later elementary and middle school years and was subsequently enrolled in DeMatha Catholic High School. There, he acquired a music scholarship and participated in the school concert and wind bands as a tuba player, in the school orchestra program on the upright bass, and the school pep band as a tuba and electric bass player. Although the keys are his true passion.
Kenan has performed at weddings, corporate events, religious services, galas, and other engagements. He has performed at the Kennedy Center, the Howard Theatre, the Pentagon, and the Capitol, among other places. He has composed classical works for piano, jazz bands, and traditional and film orchestras.
Kevin Rogers
Drum Teacfher
Kevin Rogers has been playing the drums for over two decades. He began taking lessons at a young age, studying rock drumming and performing in a band. During high school, Kevin participated in the Wind and Jazz Ensembles. At that time he also began studying the intricate rhythms of Brazil (samba and bossa nova) with Luis Garay.
Beginning in college Kevin added studies in jazz including rudiments, chart reading, and Afro-Cuban rhythms such as the cáscara. He currently attends the University of the District of Columbia as a Jazz Performance major. Kevin has performed and recorded in a variety of bands ranging from rock, jazz, and Brazilian music. Though his passion is percussion, he also has experience with guitar and piano.
India Calhoun
Vocal Teacher, Keyboard + Piano Teacher
India Calhoun is a vocal artist, music director, and voice specialist from the Atlanta area who relocated to the DMV area. India studied at Berklee College of Music and obtained an undergraduate degree in music business and business management with concentrations in vocal performance and musical theatre performance. She specializes in all contemporary styles and is currently enrolled in a master's program at Shenandoah University for vocal pedagogy.
India’s teaching branches from one main idea: exploration! Exploration of the voice (vocal training), the music around the world (understanding the possibilities of the voice), and how it works (music theory). Her goal is to create confident singers and educated musicians who can communicate anything they desire musically.
Kristina Bernard
Vocal Teacher
Kristina is a vocal instructor at School of Rock in DC/Cleveland Park. Kristina is originally from Palm Beach, FL, and relocated to the Washington DC area 5 years ago. She has been singing since the age of 5 and has performed with local bands in the DMV area, religious services, and school theatre productions. She has recorded her own music and explored different instruments, although singing has remained her true passion. Kristina was classically trained for 7 years and is excited to share her love and knowledge of music with her students
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