School of Rock Murfreesboro

Bart and Christy Stewart opened School of Rock Murfreesboro on NW Broad Street in 2025 — a brand new location they launched from scratch. Bart is a bass player and educator; Christy is an entrepreneur and business coach. The Rutherford County Business Network introduced them to town in March that year — folks were already spotting the two of them at Friday Nights on the Square before the doors ever opened.

Inside the building, Music Director Matt Geisel runs a team of eight instructors covering guitar, bass, drums, keys, and vocals — Cassie Browning, Lowell Alexander, Fox DeVaughn, Zoey Moore, Brady Romano, Collin Freyer, Johnny Malone, and Dave Moraata. They run the full School of Rock catalog here: Little Wing and Rookies for the youngest players, Rock 101 for beginners, the Performance Program, House Band, Songwriting, and an Adult Program. A Recording & Production class is on the horizon for fall 2026.

The studio runs Monday through Thursday from 3 to 9, and Saturdays from noon to 4. The room fills with kids cycling through private lessons and band rehearsals that build toward live shows — the House Band gigs around town about twice a month. Summer camps are weeklong and end on a stage; a Songwriting Camp is on the calendar for July 2026. The method the whole brand is built on is the same one Bart and Christy brought to Murfreesboro: you learn an instrument by playing songs in a band, in front of an audience, from day one.