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Community & Celebrations

Jul 02 2024

Rock School – Fall 2024

Music Royale’s Rock School has been a cornerstone of Music Royale’s musical education and performance experience since 2003, offering students a unique and immersive experience in the world of rock music. This program goes beyond traditional music lessons, giving students a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to be a professional musician.

Throughout the year, Rock School students participate in quarterly sessions that culminate in thrilling live performances. These performances are not only a chance for students to showcase their musical talents but also an opportunity to learn important skills like teamwork, confidence-building, and stage presence.

One of the highlights of Rock School is the series of live performances that take place at iconic venues like Natalie’s, The Lazy Chameleon in Powell, OH, and the Dublin Coffman Amphitheater. These performances are not just local events; they are live-streamed on Music Royale’s YouTube channel, allowing friends and family from around the world to tune in and support the students.

The performances on March 3rd, 2024, October 29th, 2023, and July 15th, 2023, were particularly special. The July 15th performance was part of Music Royale’s Big Birthday Bash celebrating its 21st birthday, featuring six groups of students playing rock songs of their choice at the Dublin Coffman Amphitheater. The October 29th and March 3rd performances featured seven bands each at The Lazy Chameleon in Powell, OH.

Rock School has a proven track record of success, with many of its alumni going on to launch successful music careers. However, Rock School isn’t just for aspiring professionals; it’s for anyone who wants to have fun, build confidence, and improve their musical abilities.

If you’re interested in joining Rock School, applications for the 2024 Fall session are now open. You don’t need to be a Music Royale student to participate, but private lessons are necessary. Visit Music Royale’s website for more information and to sign up for this exciting musical journey!

Written by megan · Categorized: Community & Celebrations

Jun 27 2024

Happy Birthday, Music Royale

It’s party time again! Music Royale is celebrating our 22nd birthday on July 14 starting at 4:00 PM at our store location, 480 W. Olentangy St. This event is free and open to the public, so bring friends and family!

This is the 3rd year celebrating the opening of your friendly neighborhood music store. Founded in 2002 to provide our community with an old-school style, independent, locally owned music store, Music Royale excels in hard-to-find professional music education. 

In 2023, Music Royale and friends took over the Dublin Coffman Amphitheatre. We had many guests join us, including RESCUEDohio, Events by Maddy, and Big Mouth Egg Rolls. Of course there was music! Special guests on the stage included Music Royale Rock school students bands and teachers, Deanna Sweeney, Eryn Reynolds, Jeff Ward, Megan Wetzel, Paul Baker, Ryan Craycroft, Race Lerma, Dylan Cole, Sara McCluskey, Scott Gorsuch, Thane Leshner, Abbey Bechtol, Larz Raymond, Caleb Hutslar, and Rob Cave. As well as long-time student, Lex and his band, Graveyard Pete and the New Appalachian Sound, & The Moonbats with graduated Rock School student, Alex Haas, as a guest singer! 

In 2022, we held the first birthday bash at our store, 480 W. Olentangy St. and Good News Church next door. The rain didn’t stop our fun at all! In fact, it made the Dunk Tank more fun! Read all about it in our blog feature, 20th Anniversary Birthday Bash.

We hope to see you at our 3rd annual Anniversary Birthday Bash for our 22nd birthday! Bring some friends, share the Facebook event, and tag us in any photos you post! #friendlyneighborhoodmusicstore

Written by megan · Categorized: Community & Celebrations · Tagged: Birthday Party, support local

Jan 20 2024

Music Royale Rock School 🤘

Rock School Students on Stage

Music Royale Rock School provides students with an opportunity to play in a rock band with other students on their level. Since 2003, 5 times a year, Rock School has helped thousands of students get their first gig. Our rock bands perform on a real stage for real audiences. These performances are recorded and available for viewing on our YouTube channel.

Rock School Teachers

Our Rock School teachers are also on our staff of award-winning private teachers and are part of many local music groups themselves. They bring their real life experience and expertise to rehearsal.

Jesse McNamara – Guitar, Bass, Ukulele music lessons instructor at Music Royale

Jesse brings over 30 years of experience as a professional musician to the Rock School class. Performing steadily since the early ’90s, he has played hundreds of live gigs and worked as a studio musician and composer. Jesse has composed and performed music for independent movies, t.v. and radio commercials, and the hit video game Tower Of Power. Jesse firmly believes that above all, playing music should be fun.

Ryan Craycroft – Guitar music lessons instructor at Music Royale 

Ryan has been playing guitar for over 25 years and has a Bachelor of Music from The Ohio State University in jazz guitar performance. He has been teaching at Music Royale since 2011. He is currently an adjunct faculty member at Mount Vernon Nazarene University, where he is the instructor of guitar. He has been the lead guitarist for the contemporary service at Trinity United Methodist Church since 2016. You can hear Ryan playing live at local venues around Columbus with his jazz trio and a variety of other groups. 

Listen to hear some of Ryan’s original music

Music Royale Rock School Performances

Teachers provide guidance and support for the students, but what makes Music Royale Rock School unique is the freedom students are given to pick their band name and the music they’ll be performing. Students carefully pick Rock School music with the guidance of their teacher to match the skill level of the whole group.

With the opportunity to play on local stages, students perform to more than just friends and family. Real stage experience prepares students for the rest of their musical career. Meet 2 students who have grown up in Rock School: Evan and Alex.

Check out our registration page when it’s open to see the schedule for the next performance. If the registration page is closed, check out our Facebook page and support these talented students in their next performance.

Written by admin · Categorized: Community & Celebrations

Aug 09 2022

20th Anniversary Birthday Bash

Music Royale had a special birthday this July. We threw ourselves a 20th Anniversary Birthday Bash! Thank you to all of our amazing customers, teachers, and the families who made it an evening to remember. Watch our memory video! Leave a comment if you see yourself or someone you know!

Music Royale 20th Anniversary Birthday Bash
https://facebook.com/events/s/music-royales-20th-birthday-ba/1033425147535471/

Happy Birthday to Us! Happy Birthday Music Royale! Happy Birthday to us!

MUSIC

The rain did not stop the music at our birthday bash party!

Thank you to Good News Church for the use of their beautiful stage as our Main Stage featuring The Nathan Smith Trio, Lex Bauman Band lead by student, Lex Bauman, Salem featuring long-time Rock School students, Alex, Evan, Avery, Elle, Nate, and Jamal, and the Rock Royale Teacher Band.

From left to right: Dylan Cole, Deanna Sweeney, Jesse McNamara, Sara McCluskey, Larz Raymond, Abbey Bechtol.

Lex Bauman

When the main stage was getting ready for their next performance, our open mic night stage turned into our party’s Jazz/Acoustic Stage featuring teacher, Race Lerma, the Jazz Royale Teacher Band, and Jeff Tobin and violin teacher, Megan Wetzel.

From left to right: Dr. Evan Lynch, Tim Perdue, Ryan Craycroft, Nathan Smith, Maxwell Button

FUN

There was plenty of fun happening under cover at our birthday bash undercover!

Thank you to the Face Painter with Events by Maddy. There were a lot of happy masks on happy faces. We also want to thank the Henna Artist, HennabyHeeruasa for her beautiful designs.

We have another thank you to Awesome Entertainment for the crowd pleaser activity of the party, The Dunk Tank. Watch our video of our teachers getting dunked for charity. All $400+ of the proceeds from the dunk tank went to the Humane Society of Delaware County.

Our last thank you goes to long time members of our community, a family who has taken lessons at Music Royale for years also has a delicious food truck, Big Mouth Egg Rolls, and they made the food for our birthday bash!

US

Since opening doors in 2002, Jesse McNamara established Music Royale as a friendly neighborhood music store. The Music Royale team has focused on creating a supportive and positive community for all music students to grow. Many charity events throughout the year are hosted by Music Royale to benefit local organizations such as, Columbus City School District, Ronald McDonald House of Central Ohio, and more.

Private lessons were only the beginning for Music Royale. Since opening, Music Royale and our teachers have developed many performance and learning opportunities for the students. Check out our Rock School performances, Open Mic Nights, Recitals, & Music Royale Music Makers: Discovery Group Classes for Elementary General Music Students.

Read all of our teacher bios and keep up with their professional gigs by following our Facebook page for our “Listen to Your City” series. 

The Music Royale Team loves to celebrate and make music

Join our community.

Written by Megan Wetzel

Written by admin · Categorized: Community & Celebrations · Tagged: Birthday Party

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