The Academy of Rock Music is Hampton Road’s premier instructional program for young musicians with a love for Rock & Roll. The Academy is a supervised setting for students between the ages of 9 & 18 to learn and perform Rock & Roll classics with their peers. Student bands rehearse at a professional studio with all equipment provided (amps, drums, mics, etc.) and learn to practice together the “right way”, gearing those sessions towards an end of the semester Rock Concert at a venue in the Hampton Roads area! Berklee College of Music alum Ron Lowder Jr. “coaches” weekly 2-hour rehearsals for various student groups with a repertoire ranging from Led Zeppelin to Pink Floyd to AC/DC to many more!