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ntil very recently, 9-year-old Kaitlyn Meissner's musical hero was Taylor Swift. By now, though, her idol could be someone else. It might be Joni Mitchell. Or Janis Joplin. Or Stevie Nicks.
That's because Meissner has enrolled in Tenafly's new School of Rock, a sort of rock-and-roll conservatory where the philosophy is equal parts music training and -- no offense to Swift -- refinement of personal taste. The Tenafly school, which opened last week, following the launches of a Waldwick franchise in mid-March and one in South Hackensack in 2004, will serve as School of Rock's flagship location for its 54 franchises throughout North America.See the full content of this document
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Rock Gardens
At School of Rock, kids internalize Led Zeppelin and AC/DC the same way students at Juilliard embrace Haydn or Bach. To School of Rock CEO Matt Ross, a Cresskill resident, the difference is negligible.
"For us, we do teach classical music. We just differ on who the classics are," he says, pointing out that the school's fu...See the full content of this document
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