School of Rock

Jan 5th, 2024

Nov 6th, 2023

I do NOT recommend sending your kids here. The instructors here are all talk and do not have real world knowledge of their instruments. If you want to LOOK like a musician without any substance to back it up, go to school of rock. If you want talented instructors who gig around Indianapolis with world class experience, look somewhere else.
Sep 19th, 2023

School of Rock has been a part of our lives for over 5 years. I can say its truly a worldly experience. My daughter has been able to travel around the world playing at some of the largest events in the world. Its worth the price in gold. It took my young tween daughter and turned her from a shy, insecure singer, into a confident young lady. I wouldnt give up School of Rock for anything.
Jul 29th, 2023

I give this a 3 because they are great with the kids, but struggle with the adults. The teachers their are awesome but the management of the adults leaves something to be desired at times. Maybe not so with the kids and parents but with adults, it has been frustrating. When I started there they let other members go to other bands and made us wait for our new members. We waited for other members and as we grew, they encouraged us to form a band, helped us make a page, and then agreed in a meeting with the band they would move us forward and after one last semester we would move on. Not all members would go on, but some of us. 2 days later, with no discussion, we received an email telling us we are not allowed to be a band, that they will support us, but if we want to stay with SOR we had to do it their way (it was polite but read like they were fine if we no longer were there.) It was shocking as it was 180 degrees from what we all agreed to. I honestly had no issues if we needed to pivot, but it was handled poorly. Over my time there I received a few emails from the manager stating things in a manner that made many of us feel like we were not as important as other paying customers. One in particular even alluded to us staying away from a group practicing for the All Stars as we were strangers. It was insulting. Many of us are parents and some grandparents Additionally, we had a show planned and 45 minutes before the first band went on stage they discovered we were not playing there as we were double booked. Turns out they never followed up in advance nor checked the venues website (which did not have us listed), so we had to tell all the people we invited to the show (over 50 for our band alone) the show was somewhere else. (30 minutes away.) It turned out to be someones yard. I appreciate them scrambling, but it was a big mistake. We all made the best of it and had a great show. It was nice, but many of the people we invited did not show as they just could not devote the time. At the end of the day, Id say as an adult who wants to gig, stay away. They are used to dealing with children and tend to treat their adult customers the same way. I honestly would encourage them to rethink the adult program and its existence as they vacillate a lot and and have issues honoring their commitments. Its very confusing for the customer. Many of us have left as a result. Hope it gets better.
Sep 6th, 2023