Janet Decker General Manager
Janet has been a School of Rock parent since 2006, an employee since 2008, and the GM of the Baltimore school since December 2010. She is a master at the keyboard, the computer keyboard that is. Janet has one goal at the School of Rock -- to create a environment that fosters creativity, respect, and personal pride. The fun develops on its own....Read More
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Jeff Klinetob Guitar Instructor, Camp Director, Show Director, Music Director
Jeff began talking piano lessons at age six and continued up to the first moment hearing Nirvana, which prompted an immediate switch to guitar. He took his first student at age sixteen and has taught continuously since. While pursuing a degree in Music Performance, Jeff was a four year member of the Chamber Guitar Ensemble and a guitarist for...Read More
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Jim Dorsey Show Team Director
Jim has been playing keyboards in rock/pop cover bands since high school. Having given up piano lessons after a few years for the alto saxophone, his interest in keyboards was renewed with the popularity of keyboard-friendly bands including piano men Billy Joel and Elton John, Genesis, ELP, Yes, Pink Floyd, Kansas and ELO.
Having survived...Read More
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Keith Adams Guitar Instructor
You can reach Keith at keithadamsmusic@gmail.com.
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Jason Barteck Guitar Instructor, Rock School 201 Director, Show Director
Jason Barteck is a musician from the Annapolis area. He has been performing on guitar for 8 years and specializes in acoustic fingerstyle, rock, and jazz, but is also well versed in other styles of playing. In addition to playing guitar Jason plays drums, bass guitar, piano, steel pan and is a singer/songwriter. He is...Read More
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Matt Chase Guitar Instructor, Rock School 201 Director, Show Director
You can reach Matt at mattsteven0@gmail.com
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Karla Chisholm Vocal Instructor, Little Wing Director
Karla was raised in Dallas, TX and studied voice at the storied music program at the University of North Texas. She has performed in various venues across the USA and around the globe including Switzerland, Dubai, Caribbean, Greece and the Czech Republic.
She plays gigs all around the Baltimore/Washington area, including spots with...Read More
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Jason George Drum Instructor
You can reach Jason at jasonlgeorge@gmail.com.
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Tim Guilliams Guitar instructor, Rock School 101/201 Director, Show Director
Tim has been playing music professionally since high school as a lead vocalist and guitarist. In 1993 he co-founded No Pets for Noah, a premier cover band in the Baltimore Annapolis area. In 2003, Tim fulfilled his lifelong dream to teach music, enrolling in college and completing an AA Degree in music education. Tim began...Read More
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Jason Heiser Drum Instructor
You can contact Jason at jheiser972@gmail.com
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Jack Loercher Drum Instructor, Rock School 101 Director
Jack Loercher started playing drums at 10 years old. After pursuing music performance degrees at West Virginia University, and University of Maryland, he moved to Los Angeles to play in a band called High or Hellwater. After playing some of the best venues in the country and recording the bands third record (Legends and Hall of Famers), the...Read More
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Michael Lundien Keyboard Instructor
You can reach Mike at mikelydian@gmail.com.
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Rebecca Muller Vocal Instructor, Show Director
Rebecca has been singing nearly all her life, studying popular voice for over 25 years. She is also classically trained in piano and theory, writes music, and dabbles in guitar. After receiving a degree in audio engineering, she worked for Crystalphonic Recording Studios where such bands as Blue Merle and O.A.R. were recording at the time. She...Read More
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John Nichols Bass Instructor
As far as an autobiography is concerned...It's like this: I got a bass guitar on my 15th birthday. My life was forever changed. Instead of following my boyhood dream of becoming the center fielder for the Baltimore Orioles I decided to devote the majority of my time to playing bass. I used to lock myself away in my bedroom and practice along to...Read More
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Charles Simon Guitar Instructor
Charles Simon has had a passion for music that started at a very young age. He saw his first concert, The Grateful Dead, in the summer of 1995 at 8 years old. He started playing guitar thanks to his middle school music teacher, who started the first ever guitar program in a Baltimore County school. After showing promise he got...Read More
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Justin Taylor Keyboard Instructor
You can reach Justin at taylorjustin02@gmail.com.
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Cheri Zimmerman Studio Coordinator
You can reach at cheri.schoolofrock@gmail.com.
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