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BACH TO ROCK I GROWTH<br />
BACH TO<br />
ROCK GETS<br />
FRANCHISED<br />
On May 8, Bach to Rock signed<br />
<br />
<br />
open a chain of Bach to Rock music<br />
schools in Westchester County, N.Y.,<br />
<br />
location is slated to open in the fall.<br />
<br />
corporate-owned location in Bethesda,<br />
<br />
corporate-owned schools, including<br />
two in Maryland and four in Virginia.<br />
The company takes what<br />
it calls a “team-sport” approach<br />
to music instruction.<br />
enced<br />
tremendous success serving the<br />
greater Washington,<br />
D.C., area,<br />
-<br />
<br />
our footprint<br />
in Connecticut<br />
and New<br />
York,” said Brian<br />
Gross, president<br />
of Bach to Rock.<br />
“With interest in<br />
playing music<br />
at an all-time<br />
high, we are<br />
<br />
the New York metropolitan area will<br />
embrace the teaching methodology and<br />
philosophy of Bach to Rock, which is<br />
learning to play music while having fun.”<br />
“As musicians ourselves, we are<br />
thrilled to bring Bach to Rock’s unique<br />
teaching methods to more families<br />
across the East Coast,” said Glenn<br />
Fleischman, co-founder and managing<br />
<br />
“With the popularity of television programs<br />
like ‘Glee,’ ‘X Factor,’ ‘The Voice’<br />
and ‘American Idol,’ the proliferation<br />
of iTunes, and the success of video<br />
games like Rock Band and Guitar Hero,<br />
more people now than ever before<br />
have the urge to pick up an instrument<br />
and learn how to play music.<br />
“We feel that there is a strong<br />
need for quality music education<br />
for people of all ages in these vibrant<br />
communities, and we can’t<br />
wait for our future openings.”<br />
Bach to Rock is currently seeking<br />
candidates to open franchise<br />
locations in the mid-Atlantic region,<br />
from New Jersey to North Carolina.<br />
PORTMAN’S MUSIC I COMMUNITY<br />
PORTMAN GIFTS IDOL<br />
This past May, “American Idol” winner Phillip Phillips<br />
arrived in his hometown, Leesburg, Ga. There, Portman<br />
<strong>Music</strong> owner Jerry Portman presented him a new<br />
Yamaha CPX700-12 guitar while Phillips performed<br />
with his old bandmates at a local football stadium.<br />
“From the beginning, I was impressed with<br />
him,” Portman said. “He’s from Georgia. He works<br />
in his father’s pawn shop in Albany, the same<br />
town we have a store in. I voted for him.”<br />
Jerry<br />
Portman<br />
presents<br />
a Yamaha<br />
CPX700-12<br />
to Phillip<br />
Phillips<br />
JULY 2012 I MUSIC INC. I 15
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