School of Rock has been recognized with a 2021 Franchise Innovation Award for Most Innovative Use of Customer-Facing Digital Tools for its School of Rock Method App™, powered by MatchMySound™. Announced by Franchise Update Media, the third-annual awards honor industry-disrupting franchisors who have created and implemented the most original, successful, and innovative strategies and tactics to build their brands. School of Rock competed against 100 entrants and received the first-place category ranking for the Products & Services Innovation Awards.

“We are honored to receive a 2021 Franchise Innovation Award for our School of Rock Method App and its role in our patented music education pedagogy,” said Rob Price, CEO of School of Rock. “The Method App makes practicing fun, accelerating the pace at which our students can learn songs, develop skills, and take the stage.”

School of Rock’s revolutionary Method App is an invaluable tool for students. It contains all of the exercises from the School of Rock Method Books™, along with transcriptions of more than 1,000 songs. The Method App is used by School of Rock teachers to assign exercises and songs, and to provide feedback and comments. Students can manipulate playback, tempo and backing track audio to help them learn.