I've been taking guitar lessons with Just Rock in their New York Studio location for the past 3…read moremonths. Everything about the program is great! My instructor is very easy to understand, and I believe that I've really improved on my near non-existent guitar skills. Instead of just strumming aimlessly like I used to, I know how to play a few songs, chords, and have even started to write my own songs! Thanks Just Rock

I've watched this company grow from 3 students to 50 over a three year span and am beyond excited…read moreto see where it will go from here! This is an awesome company with a owner who cares about her students and has a heart of Gold truly! Just Rock, Rocks!!! Congrats on your success!!!

My 9 year old is taking electric guitar lessons from Ryan and he has been instilled with so much…read moreconfidence. He enjoys what and how he is learning. The owner and son are very helpful and go out of the way to accommodate their customers.

Great service from across the country. They were very helpful with my purchase of an autoharp and…read moreshipping it out to California. They answered all my questions and were very friendly. I just wish I could be there in person to browse what else they have in stock!

Lovely people, lovely instruments. The best place for folk/traditional instruments and musicians in…read moreDC. If you go in, just talk to the guys. They know so much, and love to talk. I guarantee you'll learn something. Also a great place to run into other musicians. They're fair and honest consigners.

Vee has been studying with Ms Ottley since 2018 when she was 2 years old. It has been an amazing…read moreexperience with extraordinary growth. My 6yo is a highly sensitive person so her relationship with sound is a powerful and person one. She has always been deeply keyed to any sound including the squeak of a swing. She notices the background sounds or music in movies or video games. Ms. Ottley's school of music has helped her learn a whole new language of staccato and legato and rests and reading notes and chords. It has helped my daughter express how she experiences the world. Vee competed in a beauty pageant and used her piano skills to win the talent portion. She wore her 1st ever formal clothes during the the recitals. She has participated in 4 annual Music Guild events. It's just stunning how much The Ottley School of Music has helped Vee. She has branched out and tried violin, drums, guitar, German recorder flute. She spends a lot of time on her iPad and on the TV looking at music or trying to follow musical tutorials online. She occasionally tries to sing, but feels a bit shy with vocals. Great Experience.

I have been freinds of the Ottley, since relocating to the DMV from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma…read more The Ottley's are wonderful people with a huge heart to give back to their communities and what better way to give back then through the arts. Music, in particular by way of giving inspires and moves people unlike anything else in the world and the Ottley's recognize this and this is why they exist today. I've had first hand of meeting them in person, they are always pleasant and with smiles for their love of people. I've visited their school and their staff, they are all friendly, and professional. I've also attended a couple of their student recitals. The Ottley school is clearly dedicated to aiding these talented students with techniques to carry them far in the music industry and of their dreams because it shows through their presentations. If you get a chance, visit their school, and or attend a recital. The Ottley Music School will leave a lasting impression and you will not be disappointed.

Potter Violins is the best string shop in the country!! They are very knowledgeable on their fleet…read moreof fine instruments and provide excellent service.

This is purely for customer service since I'm still looking for my unicorn viola bow. I want to…read moregive a shout out to Yan who helped me test several bows. He was super friendly, knowledgeable, and most importantly patient as he took the time to help me try out bows in several price ranges. I now have a better sense of what I'm looking for as my search continues. I'll definitely be checking in with them periodically to see if and when they get new inventory. Thank you, Yan!

Absolutely wonderful introduction to music for our little one. We've been attending since she was…read more8mos old and her love of music is evident. Well structured classes, with room for kids to explore instruments and sounds creates the perfect setting to learn and love music.

Beyond annoyed. Twice I've come up to this location to find out class was cancel or virtual. Each…read moretime the girl at the front desk confirm my information is correct. They need to get off their behind and call parents instead of claiming they're sending out random emails and text messages. It's not like they had 50 kids in the class. I'm so over this place.

Awsome. Great. So glad we found this place…read more This is an excellent place for young musicians to connect with other musicians and to work in Band like settings and perform. Forrest at the Silver Spring location is really great and he extract the most out of the kids in a really positive environment. My son has been to many music schools and lessons over the years and this really is an outstanding program. The best part is it really has many kids who are really musically inclined, talented and willing to work in a group setting. The performances are very impressive and fun to watch. I can not say enough good things about it. The price is very reasonable and they don't pressure you to subscribe to packages or long term contracts - if you pull out you don't pay any more. They focus on who wants to be there. Give it a try - much better than similar programs in Bethesda.

I just ended my employment here after 5 months. I was only afford a couple hours on Sundays for…read morework with the promise that I would be able to pick up more students and days quickly. I was given $15 an hour while working less than 4 hours a week. The lessons aren't even an hour long so i was hardly even being paid to provide expert professional lessons to young children. Essentially I was an underpaid babysitter. On top of being unable to provide employment, my one day that i worked ranged from 3-4 hours a day where i was teaching drums and guitar back to back. I was not given any space of time to switch gears as well as i had to change rooms between each lesson. This was made more difficult by a manager who would pester me about getting out of one lesson to go to the next, presumably because if i went over on the lessons i would then go over on my work time and therefore have to be paid for more than just the minutes where i was in lessons. My last day of employment, I had called in an hour before i was to be there, as I was sick, I had been seeking a day off so as to recover and not come in with an unknown illness that might be contagious. I contacted the manager who proceeded to berate me about her personal issues and was told that because other teachers had called out on other days this week she was unwilling to contact my students and cancel my lessons. I was also told to consume whatever quantity of cough syrup i needed and chase that with vitamin C. I showed up for these lessons, first student didn't even show up. I spent the next two days trying to work out in my head what had happened so that i could contact the manager to follow up without carrying my personal baggage to the conversation. The manager tried to make contact to "discuss School of Rock's staffing policy". I received this message the day after my lessons which i taught while carrying a sickness. As I had missed the managers call, this was the first point of contact she made with me following what had happened, which set me off and so i took an extra day to clear my head, fearing the harassment from my employer of being unwilling to understand or care for my needs as an employee. There was one or two more attempts made at contacting me before what happened next. After three days i received, an email to my inbox stating that my employment had been terminated. I work another job that provides me with just short of full time employment, yet left me availability to work at School of Rock on any day of the week. I had never called out sick prior to this situation. and had been forced to miss/move lessons to cover other people's call outs, mostly made the day of the class or lesson that needed covering. I feel very strongly that I was treated with disdain and profiled as an irresponsible person and made to feel outcast by this organization because of my status as a musician. To the point where i feel that supporting musicians means not enrolling in School of Rock. To my students: I am very sorry that I could not say bye or finish lessons that I had started with you. That is unacceptable.

I needed to get my cello tuned (tried doing it myself but my C-string was being finicky and I was…read moreweary of dealing with the pegs), so I called to confirm they had someone that could tune my cello and they said yes. Staff was so nice, and I ending up buying a tuner for my cello as I needed one and wanted to support the shop. Location is great: pretty neighborhood and right by a cafe. Street parking was easy the day I went. They do music lessons and sell instruments, sheet music, tuners, and more!

Very nice staff. Bought an acoustic pretty quick. It's a small selection but everything they have…read moreis very good for a mid range situation.