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Bach to Rock Signs First Franchise Agreement
BETHESDA, Md., May 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Bach to Rock, America's music school for students of all ages, announced today that it has signed its first-ever franchise agreement with Amplified Capital Partners, LLC to open a chain of Bach to Rock schools in Nassau County, NY, Westchester County, NY and Fairfield County, CT. The first location is slated to open in the fall of 2012. Read more...
Leaders Portfolio Interview with Brian Gross - President, Bach to Rock
Brian Gross was appointed President of Bach to Rock in March 2011 after serving as Vice President of Marketing (since February 2008) and Vice President of Marketing & Operations (since February 2010). Before joining Bach to Rock, Brian served as President of Rileyroos, LLC, a children’s footwear company based in Hunt Valley, Maryland. Prior to founding Rileyroos, Brian was the General Manager of Barton-Cotton, Inc. a direct marketing and print production company based in Baltimore, MD. Read more...
Bach to Rock: 2012 Fastest Growing Company To Watch Winner
The Washington Business Journal picked 10 companies to be part of the first Companies To Watch feature of our annual Fastest Growing Companies awards program. We asked our readers to vote for the company they thought — or hoped – would make the highest debut on the Fastest Growing Companies list next year. And the winner is ... Bach to Rock, the Bethesda-based music teaching company. With Maryland locations in Bethesda and Gaithersburg, plus four in Virginia — McLean, South Riding, Herndon and Lansdowne — Bach to Rock has managed incredible growth despite a dismal economy. Read more...
Top 10 Franchises
No, it’s not School of Rock, but it sure does look like it. Bach to Rock provides kids with music education—but from bands they actually listen to. “You really have to be committed to the success of others and don’t underestimate the amount of complexity, work and legal hurdles you’ll need to overcome to franchise your concept,” says Brian Gross, president of the company. “At the end of the day, your success is now determined by how well others do delivering your concept (and to that point, it may have been based on how well you did with it).” Read more...
Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: Bach to Rock
As applications for the 2011 Inc. 500|5000 arrive, we thought it would be worthwhile to shine a spotlight on some of the companies that are vying to appear on our ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. One that caught our eye was Bethesda, Maryland-based Bach to Rock, a chain of music schools that has a unique approach to music education. Read more...
GDS Students Turn Grade-School Fantasy to Reality
It's a confidence build from a foundation in music basis that garage brands rarely receive. R.A.T.E.D. is one of the first success stories of local progressive music school Bach to Rock (B2R), the brainchild of former school music teacher Jeff Levin. He founded B2R to teach the same structure and theory that students would get in the school band or chorus, but through the vessel of popular music styles an approach he didn't find in the school system. Read more...
Mamapalooza
A mother, songwriter, award-winning performer and teacher, Patrice Moerman has done it all. And as part of the regional Mamapalooza — an all-mom music festival held at Union Jack’s pub in Bethesda on Sunday — Moerman sends a loud-and-clear message to local mothers: You’re never too old to rock. Through this event, Moerman found her voice, as well as the other members of her band. Today, she continues to compose songs and perform with her bands “Hot Flash” and “Noisy Neighbors.” In addition, she teaches rock guitar and piano from her home and from Bach to Rock in Bethesda, Md. Read more...
What Does Jay Carney Do on Weekends
Last weekend, soon-to-be White House Press Secretary and former TIME Magazine Washington bureau chief Jay Carney was at the 9:30 Club for a battle of the bands put on by Bach to Rock. His son Hugo plays in a band called Twenty20, which finished in third place in the elementary school division. Which begs the question: elementary school kids have bands? Read more...
B2R Band, Friday Harbor Is Semi-Finalist In SchoolJam USA!
McLean, VA., Nov. 1, 2010— The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) has announced that local teen band, Friday Harbor, whose members attend Langley, Mclean, and Yorktown High Schools, has advanced to the online Semi-Finals round of the 2010-2011 SchoolJam USA teen battle of the bands competition. Read more...
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