Our Experienced Music Teachers
All of School of Rock Woodstock’s music teachers are experienced musicians devoted to helping students attain musical proficiency. Our instructors guide students one-on-one to personalize learning, inspire confidence and build social skills.
Robin Webb-Adams
Studio Coordinator
Robin is a mother of two grown-up kids. Her son is an athletic trainer and her daughter is a musician and private music instructor—Robin is a soccer mom AND a rocker mom!
Working for School of Rock combines Robin's love of music and years of experience working around kiddos. Her hobbies include learning drums, going to concerts, and watching her favorite team—Atlanta United—play soccer!
Ryan Cain
Guitar Teacher
Ryan graduated from the Atlanta Institute of Music with a guitar theory and performance degree in 2013. He has played in several touring bands throughout the years, most notably Kenotia (Sumerian Records), and has performed at several venues including House of Blues, Vans Warped Tour, and the Bamboozle Festival to name a few.
Ryan’s interest in music started when he joined his middle school's orchestra and played the violin. His favorite bands are currently MxPx, If These Trees Could Talk, and anything classical. His guitar of choice is the Fender Telecaster.
Homer Umbanhowar
Drum Teacher
Homer has been playing drums for over two decades. He was heavily involved with music in high school: jazz band, pep band marching band, and concert band.
Homer has been a touring musician for over a decade and currently plays drums for a band called The Funeral Portrait. They have opened for bands like Shinedown, From Ashes to New, Underoath, and Taking Back Sunday.
Colton Clements
Drum Teacher, Bass Guitar Teacher
Colton Clements is an Atlanta-born and-raised session drummer with over 15 years of percussion experience and over three years of teaching under his belt. Throughout his career as a musician, Colton has been a part of both School of Rock Atlanta House Band and School of Rock East Cobb House Band, a tenor drummer in a professional marching band corps, and the current drummer for the local Atlanta band, Pinto Sunshine.
Colton has always had a deep passion for music and is honored to be working at School of Rock Woodstock, teaching students of all ages and imparting the same wisdom he once learned through this program.
Ally Kaman
Keyboard + Piano Teacher, Vocal Teacher, Little Wing Teacher
Ally Kaman is a theatre artist and singer/songwriter based out of Jasper, GA. She received her Bachelor’s of Fine Arts degree in Theatre Performance from Columbus State University in 2018, and has been working on the performing arts ever since.
Ally has performed onstage across the state as an actor, musical theatre performer, and a singer/songwriter. As a solo musician, she performs original music under the name Margaret Kay.
Amanda Gorman
Vocal Teacher, Keyboard + Piano Teacher, Guitar Teacher
Amanda has been playing and teaching music for over two decades, starting with piano, and then moving on to vocals and guitar. Her interest in music started at a young age playing her grandmother’s piano and singing with her family. She picked up the guitar when she went to college and couldn’t bring her piano with her. After college Amanda taught at Eclectic Music in Atlanta for a couple of years.
Amanda lives in Woodstock with her family and she feels lucky to be able to teach at the School of Rock in Woodstock where she gets to share her love of music with her community.
Markus Alfonso
Guitar Teacher, Bass Guitar Teacher
Markus Alfonso is a local guitarist, bassist, and songwriter. He is a recent graduate from the Atlanta Institute of Music and Media with an Associate Degree in Applied Science in Music and Technology. With a deep passion and love for music instilled in him at an early age by his parents and local Atlanta musicians, Markus was inspired to follow in the footsteps of his guitar heroes by pursuing a career in music after being gifted his first guitar by his father.
Some of his favorite bands/artists are King’s X, Extreme, Buckethead, and Joe Satriani. With an interest in a broad range of genres, he is proficient in playing in a variety of musical styles from rock, metal, pop, jazz, blues, funk, fusion, and everything in between. Markus is proud to be a part of the School of Rock in Woodstock team.
Tristan Payne
Drum Teacher
Tristan is an experienced drummer for Cemetery Filth. His band has recently finished their first national tour and has been featured in Decibel Magazine. He enjoys extreme metal, double bass, blast beats, and all. He also has a deep love for industrial/goth rock music, even though he is an extreme metal drummer his music taste is very eclectic. You can find him listening to anything from Oliver Tree, Death, to Earth, Wind, and Fire. His playing is generally described as intricate, and he loves to add technical grooves and thoughtful color to his playing. His experience from being on the road and touring, playing live, and practicing with others brings additional knowledge to everyday teaching. For him, the importance is finding joy in drumming and helping you play the music that YOU enjoy.
School of Rock is where music and learning come together
For over twenty years, our amazing instructors have transformed hundreds of thousands of students across the world into skilled musicians. Become a musician at School of Rock.