Music Instruction Fairfield

School of Rock

Music Instruction Fairfield
Music Lessons Done Differently

Address
1976 Post Road
Place
Fairfield, CT   06824 
Landline
(203) 292-5473
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Fairfield@SchoolofRock.com
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School of Rock Fairfield provides both in-person and online music lessons for students of all ages. Our programs, camps and workshops for toddlers, kids, teens and adults make learning to play music fun and create great communities of musicians. School of Rock is the leader in performance-based music education. We combine one-on-one drum, bass, keyboard, vocal, and guitar lessons with group practices. Students learn to play music from day one and put on live performances at local venues. Our experienced instructors are local musicians themselves who combine the performance-based School of Rock Method and programs with individual music lessons to get results for your student.

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  • Francesco Perrouna

    Music Director

    Francesco Perrouna is a dedicated progressive instrumentalist, a seasoned vocalist with a soaring passionate range, and a songwriter spanning across the rock, funk, and soul/blues genres. A high-energy bandleader with a performance career that spans three decades, Francesco can be heard on albums by Suzanne Vick, Shake, the Heroes, the Swag Hooks, Canbaz, and the Voodoo Jets . Most recently, the Voodoo Jets released From Greens to Eternity , which has already received high praise for its energy and rich harmonies. Although he now has his feet firmly planted at the School of Rock, sharing the magic and the language of music with the future of rock to come, he can be seen all over Fairfield County fronting the 4-piece funk phenomenon Pimpinella .

    Link: Francesco Perrouna

  • Fallon Lampert

    General Manager

    Music has been a part of Fallon's life from a very young age. Some of her earliest musical influences the various classic rock and blues artists that were constantly being played in her home. This appreciation led to her involvement in concert band during her elementary years playing the flute. As her musical interests evolved into more modern, popular styles, she began playing guitar during high school. Some of her favorite genres of music include funk, reggae, and soul.In addition to this musical background, Fallon brings with her experience working at a nursery school as well as years of providing administrative support. She also holds a BA in Psychology from Southern Connecticut State University. Fallon is excited to share her love of music and previous experiences with the School of Rock.

    Link: Fallon Lampert

  • Evan Rapp

    Studio Coordinator

    Evan is from Weston, CT where he cultivated his love of music to the tunes of Aerosmith, Rolling Stones, and Billy Joel. As a member of a large family, Evan also has experience working with and mentoring kids, which led him to leadership opportunities in proctoring teens at a local boarding school. After working in retail and at a local marketing consultancy, his affinity for music and experience with management granted him the opportunity to become the Manager of local Funk/Rock powerhouse Relative Souls. He brings his affinity for music, marketing, management, and love for fostering youth to the School of Rock. Currently a student at CT School of Broadcasting, Evan also enjoys football, hiking, and family.

    Link: Evan Rapp

  • Alex Swift

    Bass/Guitar/Keyboard Instructor

    Born and raised in Fairfield, CT, Alex Swift grew up playing in the local music scene. From middle school to the end of high school, he was constantly taking lessons, developing his skills, and playing original and classic rock music with his friends in local night clubs. After high school, Alex set his course on a music career and was admitted to Berklee College of Music in Boston. In Boston he was involved in many different musical projects ranging from rocking wedding bands to unique ensembles and song writing. After graduating from Berklee with a BA in Professional Music, Alex began teaching bass, guitar, and piano and is one of the School of Rock's most diverse and knowledgeable instructors. He was the singer, song writer, and bassist for the original indie rock band the Woulda Coulda Shouldas and rock project Pharoahplanes. Now Alex can be seen hitting the stage all over Connecticut with the Fairfield-based rock/fusion group Hot Chaos and all over the country with high energy wedding band Downtown Fever .

    Link: Alex Swift

  • Chris Cavaliere

    Guitar/Bass Instructor
  • Frankie Vinci

    Keyboard/Vocal/Guitar Instructor

    Frankie Vinci has been teaching voice, keyboard, and guitar at School of Rock since 2014. He brings years of experience of music production and stage performance to the students with a positive energy that inspires creativity and self-confidence. He is a multi-platinum songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist, and has shared the stage and worked alongside some of the legendary artists and producers in the music business. Frankie and his power pop band Fotomaker was produced by the legendary Eddie Kramer (Hendrix, Led Zep, Beatles, etc.). Fotomaker toured with rock & roll icons Aerosmith, Van Halen, Foreigner, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Alice Cooper, and Meat Loaf, just to name a few. He also has had a long successful career in composing and producing national TV Jingles/TV Themes for brands such as Bounty, Klondike, Pringles, Duncan Hines, Pepsi, Chevy, Transformers, etc. Among his most famous compositions was the CBS Super Bowl Theme that aired on NFL Game of the Week for eight years and aired on five Super Bowl games. In 1998 Frankie was signed as a songwriter to Warner/Chappell publishing in Nashville by award-winning Country/Pop music producer Byron Gallimore (Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift, Sugarland, etc.). He received a Triple-Platinum Award for a beautiful song he co-wrote called “Somebody Must Be Prayin’ For Me”, which was on the Grammy nominated hit album “A Place In The Sun”. The #1 album went on to win the CMA (Country Music Award) for “Best Album of the Year” in 2000.

    Link: Frankie Vinci

  • Frederic Kaeser

    Drums Instructor

    Frederic Anthony Kaeser has been playing drums since the age of six. As a well-versed and extremely experienced drummer and percussionist, he cut his teeth playing in a wide variety of settings, from his high school orchestra to professional latin jazz ensembles at Southern Connecticut State University. His experience and versatility have landed him gigs playing in reggae, funk, jazz, punk, southern rock, blues, and creative orchestra settings. Frederic has sought private instruction since he was in 3rd grade, and continues to grow his knowledge base through receiving lessons. He enjoys passing on all he knows to the next generation of performing musicians and brings years of experience teaching to every lesson.Frederic has played all over New England in multiple groups, and is a performer on the move. Look out for his rock/reggae/punk band 27 Prophets, who is constantly hitting local CT stages!

    Link: Frederic Kaeser

  • Jordan West

    Vocal/Guitar Instructor

    For more than three decades vocalist/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jordan West has been performing all over the country with bands and as a solo artist.As founding member of The WPLR Breakfast Band, Jordan has shared the stage with Meat Loaf, Southside Johnny, Big Al Anderson (NRBQ), James Christian (Eyes House of Lords), and Michael Bolton among others. During the 1990s as bassist for Mama Kettle, Jordan toured in support of Bad Company, Ted Nugent, Tesla, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Bon Jovi at venues including Lakewood Amphitheatre in Atlanta, GA and the Target Center in Minneapolis, MN. His solo release Jordan West The Whole Shebang received rave reviews and was played on major market radio all over the country setting the stage for the Mama Kettle release The Exploited Freaks Traveling Sideshow Band which produced the hit single 'Love is Wasted on Me.' Jordan's voice can also be heard on radio jingles for Powerhouse Gym, New Alliance Bank, and the CT Lottery just to name a few. Jordan continues to perform throughout the Northeast and has now lent his talents to the School of Rock in Fairfield, CT as vocal coach to train and nurture new students of voice to be the best they can be.

    Link: Jordan West

  • Justin Kerr

    Drums Instructor

    Link: Justin Kerr

  • Lacey "Ace" Carlson

    Keyboards/Vocals/Guitar Instructor

    Lacey started as a classically trained pianist in Seattle, WA. Later she became a stand-in for multiple local jazz bands as both a pianist and guitarist. She attended Western Washington University and then made the move to Austin, TX to further her career in music. There she performed during SXSW, Austin City Limits, and several other large festivals and venues. For the past few years she has worked for a variety of studios in both Texas and New York. She can be seen with the NYC based band, RUCKUS, and lately, has been seen performing regularly at Stella Blues in New Haven.

    Link: Lacey "Ace" Carlson

  • Larry Rodrigues

    Drums Instructor

    Link: Larry Rodrigues

  • Liz Ashkins

    Vocal/Keyboard Instructor

    A seasoned vocalist and keyboard player, Liz Ashkins is excited to be a part of the School of Rock staff. Originially from Fairfield, CT, Liz graduated from Franklin Pierce University with a degree in Vocal Performance. She has also taught and performed througout Connecticut, New Hampshire and at Symphony Space Lincoln Center in New York City. Teaching music is a great passion of hers and she looks forward to working with future rock stars!

    Link: Liz Ashkins

  • Matt Dempsey

    Show Director // Guitar/Bass Instructor

    Matt Dempsey has been playing and writing music since he was able. He began his music career when he picked up alto sax in fourth grade, playing through high school and at the Rose Bowl.Dabbling in trumpet along the way, he would soon find the instrument that would capture his lifelong attention, the guitar. At fourteen Matt began private guitar lessons and quickly joined his first band. He would go on to be involved in a very wide range of musical styles including punk, metal, rock, jazz, blues, folk and reggae. Matt attended the University of New Haven and continued to study the guitar while gaining a B.S. in Music and Sound Recording.Along the way he picked up the bass and was involved in several projects including reggae, rock, and jazz groups.During this time Matt also began spreading the joy of music to others and found a love where he never expected he would, in teaching. Matt began teaching at various schools and music stores in 2006 and has never looked back. He also continues to play with various projects including his main band Cosmic Dust Bunnies , who have played throughout New England and continue to tour, write, and record.Recently, Matt has also traveled to The Collective School of Music in NYC to continue his education.Believing that we are all forever students, Matt feels strongly that to be a good educator one must be open and constantly learning.

    Link: Matt Dempsey

  • Mike Colavolpe

    Show Director // Guitar/Bass Instructor

    Michael James Colavolpe is an experienced guitarist in many contexts. His time spent studying under Sal Salvador pupil, Neil Fitzpatrick, and later at WCSU served to prepare for performing, writing, recording, and teaching music. Sharing the stage with the likes of Bernie Worrel, Robbie Krieger, and Alan White have been some highlights in an exciting range of musical experiences that served to refine him in this craft. A local troubador/pilgrim in CT, Michael can be heard playing in local blues/rock cover outfits such as Grit Rhythm and DizzyFish and with original artists Paul Pender, Elle Sera, and pepperoni-rock pioneers Symphonic Bodega. He recognizes that music is a gift and seeks to share it as such.

    Link: Mike Colavolpe

  • Michael Gurge

    Vocal/Keyboard Instructor

    Michael's entertainment career started at an early age with acting and music instruction. From this time, Michael has had private vocal training in opera, rock, and blues. His developed vocal style has been influenced by classic rock legends, including Led Zeppelin and Janice Joplin. Michael's career started as a drummer and lead vocalist in a Grateful Dead/Allman Brothers cover band. He specializes in playing vintage keyboards such as the Hammond B3 and Mellotron (which was used by the Beatles and Moody Blues). Michael has developed a personal vocal range of five octaves. Resultantly he has been a popular guest vocalist on many projects over the years as his personal vocal style lends a multi-dimensional sound quality to many recordings. As a session musician, Michael has played keyboards, drums, 12-string guitar, bass guitar, and performs various vocal styles such as blues, rock, and soul. Michael has produced, developed and been hired by various artists to create new musical arrangements of their works for over 20 years. To date, he has five albums of original music that have been written, produced, and performed exclusively by Michael. He received a personal invitation to contribute a song 'I Can See' to the finale of Nona Hatay's DVD entitled Visual Meditations . Nona is best known as the photo journalist for Jimi Hendrix. Michael was awarded finalist in the international songwriter's competition by VH1 entitled 'Song of the Year.' He continues to perform independently on various projects all over the U.S. He has played at the Woodstock Music Festival 1999 and performed as an actor on Comedy Central in the syndicated show Stella . Michael is a musician who enjoys working on new projects and oftentimes, will have several going at once. A performance with Relative Souls won the Relix Magazine Jam Off contest that was featured in the April/May 2011 issue and on an attached compilation CD. He also sings and plays keyboards with Fairfield-based Hot Chaos . Michael enjoys working at the School of Rock and sharing the skills he has worked so hard to cultivate. He loves knowing that classic rock music will live on through the school's hard working, talented, budding musicians.

    Link: Michael Gurge

  • Mike Pellegrino

    Show Director // Guitar/Bass Instructor

    Mike Pellegrino is an accomplished musician, teacher and recording artist originally from Monroe, CT. He has recorded and toured with several bands, including Spring Heeled Jack , Lost City Angels , Cenzo , Lord Fowl , Bonafide, and Ladyfriend. Throughout his career, he has sold over 65,000 albums worldwide, toured the U.S. seven times as well as Canada and Puerto Rico. Mike has shared the stage with bands like the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, the Living End, Reel Big Fish, Less Than Jake, Rancid, 311, NOFX, Blink 182, Eminem, and the Black Eyed Peas. Mike has also had his videos showcased on MTV, VH1 and HBO. Once a major label recording artist, he has eight full-length original records to his credit and countless compilation CDs. Mike has a BA and Music Performance degree from Southern Connecticut State University and has taught professionally for seven years. Presently his band Lord Fowl is signed by Small Stone Records, and their recent release Moon Queen has received rave reviews by classic and modern rock enthusiasts. He resides in Hamden, CT with his wife Ula and newborn son Boom.

    Link: Mike Pellegrino

  • Richie Catalano

    Drums Instructor

    Richie "Cat" Catalano was surrounded by music at a very young age thanks to his parents' extensive record collection. By the age of 15, he was playing local gigs as often as possible. Richie was recruited by former band members of Jasper Wrath to form the band EYES. Recording their first album "We're In It Together," EYES found airplay on 99.1 WPLR and other local radio stations.He has recorded and toured with Andrew Strong, the original singer from the hit film "The Commitments," Tom Peterson from Cheap Trick, Kasim Sulton from Todd Rundgren's Utopia, James Christian from House of Lords, and Orrin Bolton. Richie has also worked with record producers John Anthony (who worked on Queen's first album), and Paul Leka (writer of multi-platinum hit "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye").Richie started teaching drums and sought out the expert advice of Bob Gatzen, Ted Seibs of Berklee College of Music, and Joe Morello. His lifelong commitment, passion, and dedication to playing drums has given him the opportunity to share his knowledge, expertise, and love for the instrument with the next generation of rockers.

    Link: Richie Catalano

  • Tim "T-Bone" Stone

    Keyboard/Bass Instructor

    Tim 'T-Bone' Stone has been a rock-steady member of the local, state, and regional music communities since 1978. A former student of late jazz pianists/theoreticians John and Gay Mehegan, he continued his music education in ear-training, world music, and standard theory at Bard College at Simon's Rock. Having had enough formal training for his needs at that point (around 1976), he threw himself into performing in and recording with as many different types of bands as he could, working his way into many of the top acts in the area. T-Bone has recorded and performed with The Pat Lattin Quartet , The Doug Wahlberg Band , PJ Pacifico , Once Removed, The Twinkies, Otis The Hurricanes, To The Max as well as a boatload of guest spots and pick-up bands. He has shared the stage with such stars as Bo Diddley, Jose Feliciano, Chris Hicks of The Marshall Tucker Band, Melvin Sparks, and has opened for Foreigner, Mountain, Eddie Money, Blue Oyster Cult, Marshall Tucker, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Jonathan Edwards, Merle Saunders, Dr. John, Leon Russell and many others. T-Bone has been teaching at the School of Rock since 2008 and currently resides in Bridgeport, CT.

    Link: Tim "T-Bone" Stone

  • William Earley

    Guitar/Bass Instructor

    William Earley is a Connecticut native who has been playing music since he started his first band at the age of 12. He was involved in music through high school and moved onto Naugatuck Community College, where he studied with Joe Beck (Miles Davis, Frank Sinatra). Will pursued guitar at the Musicians Institute in Los Angeles, CA, where he studied with renowned guitarists like Scott Henderson, Dan Gilbert, and Paul Gilbert. While in LA, Will did session work at Paramount Studios for Virgin Records. Will has also served as the guitar tech for Dave Navarro (Jane's Addiction). Will has been a successful local musician since his re-entry to Connecticut. He has released two records as the lead guitarist for the rock/electronic group Mos Opus and played extensively all over New England. He has also played locally with the fusion group Masti and the world electronic outfit These Creatures. You can currently find Will playing all over Connecticut with Hot Chaos , Gatsby's Green Light , The Greg Sherrod Band and a jazz-fusion trio. Will is a virtuoso guitarist who is quickly becoming a local celebrity and well-sought-after session guitarist.

    Link: William Earley

  • William Vega

    Show Director // Guitar/Bass/Vocal Instructor

    William Vega is a multi-faceted musician of over 15 years. A Bridgeport native, he began playing guitar at the age of 14, while also being involved in musical theatre in high school. He quickly began private lessons as well as excelling with vocals. He attended The Center for Creative Youth (CCY), a 5 week intensive arts program held at Wesleyan University in Middletown CT, further developing his vocal and performing skills. William began songwriting in original bands by the age of 15 and performing at talent shows and events. He continued to perform and collaborate in many groups throughout his early adulthood. William switched his focus to studying bass guitar in his early 20s playing in groups such as Larissa Delorenzo and the Button Down Mafia, and Ten Times The Fall. At the age of 24 he packed up and moved to the Big Apple to study sound engineering at The Institute of Audio Research, and is now part owner of The Acoustic Café, a musical hub of Fairfield county. His latest musical venture is as lead singer of Big Moon, a progressive rock group with many venues under their belt including the Gathering of the Vibes. William's entire life is centered around writing, performing, producing, and mixing music and is excited to share that passion with his students at the School of Rock.

    Link: William Vega

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