&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:School_of_Rock_logo.png){kind=logo} School of Rock | |
| Company type | Franchisor |
|---|---|
| Industry | Music education |
| Founded | 1998 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Founder | Paul Green |
| Headquarters | Canton, Massachusetts |
Number of locations | 247 schools in the US 5 in Mexico 6 in Canada 36 in Brazil 4 in Australia 1 in the Philippines 5 in Chile 2 in Colombia 1 in Peru 1 in South Africa 1 in Spain 1 in Taiwan |
Key people | Rob Price - CEO |
| Products | Performance Program, Rock 101, Rookies, Little Wing, Houseband, All Stars Program, Adult Program, guitar lessons, bass lessons, vocal lessons, keyboard lessons |
| Services | music lessons, guitar lessons, bass guitar lessons, drum lessons, keyboard lessons, vocal lessons |
| Owner | Sterling Partners |
| Website | schoolofrock |
School of Rock is a music education program. This for-profit educational company operates and franchises after-school music instruction schools in the United States, Chile, Canada, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, South Africa, Mexico, Australia, Paraguay, Taiwan, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, and the Philippines. School of Rock currently has 307 open locations in fourteen countries serving more than 55,000 students.
Though they offer a pre-school introduction to music for children age two through six, the majority of their students are in a performance-based program where students are accepted at any skill level, with the goal getting them on stage, playing a concert before a paying audience. The most skilled students in each school form a band and play concerts in their city, and the top students from each school compete to become a member of an "All-Star" band and tour regionally. They have recently expanded to offering career development for working bands, and "Grad School" for adult amateur musicians. Successful musicians occasionally serve as "Guest Professors" and perform with the students.