School of Rock Naperville has won the prestigious Headliner award! The Headliner award represents the School of Rock locations that represent the embodiment of our School of Rock mission and celebrates achievements in areas of both purpose and performance.

Naperville teenagers Adam Bodtke and Andrew Russell have something in common with 90-year-old Willie Nelson. They’re all musicians who performed this summer on the BMO Harris Stage on the SummerFest grounds in Milwaukee. And, like the lyrics from one of Nelson’s best-known songs, best friends Bodtke and Russell “just can’t wait to get on the road again.”Both are part of the School of Rock AllStars band, a status attained by less than 1% of all 62,000 School of Rock musicians around the globe. The AllStars bands spend their summers on tour.

School of Rock Elmhurst's CJ Grandberry was chosen to be one of the music directors on the 2023 AllStars Tour! CJ headed out for a week and a half during the summer where he oversaw rehearsals, travel arrangements and shows themselves! We sat down with him for a quick interview about the tour.

To celebrate the 2023 AllStars Tour we sat down with our teacher Levi Hansen. Levi plays drums, bass and guitar, the last he got into AllStars on. Their tour played around the country and was the first group to enter Canada. Check out some of the highlights of Levi's AllStars experience.

Maddi Jones, another long time student at School of Rock, has been calling Elmhurst her home for years. The guitarist is a multi time AllStar and got the chance to play on some of the biggest stages in the US. Wrapping up her first AllStar tour at Chicago's Lollapalooza, Maddi reflects on her experiences on the road since then.

Not only are our teachers are professional musicians, some of them were even All Stars! Ryan Demotte, a two time All Star on keys, is currently teaching over the summer at School of Rock Elmhurst. We reflected on his experiences with him in a short interview!