Building bands, creative expression, and infectious confidence for ages 5–14.
A real band experience, every Saturday morning, for kids who want to make some serious noise together.
I'm a dad with an 8-year-old son and a 4-year-old daughter. I spent months searching South Croydon and Surrey for a group music programme with the energy, fun, and professional standard my kids deserved. I never found it.
Everything on offer was rushed sessions in cluttered classrooms, budget gear — and children pulled out of their Maths and English lessons to do it.
So I built something better. In the best room I could find.
I've spent my life on stage, in the studio, and at Music Bank London — one of the world's premier rehearsal facilities — keeping rehearsals running for some of the biggest touring artists on the planet. That work demanded total command of every instrument in the room.
As a lifelong rock vocalist and songwriter, I teach the whole craft: technique, stage presence, and how a song is actually built.
Working with children is a responsibility I take seriously. Everything is in place and current:
A current Enhanced DBS certificate.
A "Child Protection in Education (Music)" safeguarding certificate.
Full public liability insurance through my Musicians' Union membership.
Here's what your child gets every Saturday:
And here's what they'd get from typical in-school music lessons:
Your child will never miss a Maths or English lesson for this. Sessions run Saturday mornings, so the programme supplements school rather than competing with it.
And it's a deliberate break from screens. No phones. No scrolling. Just a group of kids making a loud, joyful noise together — and getting better at it every week.
Built for the very youngest rockers. High-energy, fully guided sessions where the gear is the hero — what an amp does, how a cable carries a signal, why the drums are the engine of the band.
Whether they've played for years or are picking up an instrument for the very first time, sessions mix real musicianship with the fun of making noise together — and a growing focus on playing as a band.
Just as much for a teenager strapping on a guitar for the first time as for someone who's played for years. Each band is met where it is — building real skills, stage presence, and what it means to be in a proper band.
Church of Rock is coming: CIC registration is underway and the venue is being confirmed. If you want your child to be part of something from the very beginning, get in touch now and we'll contact you as soon as places open.
Every role is unique and essential. Like a recipe, the band only works with all of its ingredients — and all are welcome.
Every Saturday is a full hour of real band rehearsal. We pick up where we left off, dig into the music, and every band member walks away having actually achieved something — a riff nailed, a section locked in, a moment where it all came together.
Quiet kids build presence. Energetic kids find focus. Everyone discovers their contribution to the sound.
We work through real songs, focusing on how each instrument fits the bigger picture — stage presence alongside musicianship. Every session ends with specific feedback for every band member: what went well, what to focus on next week.
It feels like a rehearsal because that is exactly what it is.
Founders rate: £55 per month for the first bands formed at the church.
Weekly Sessions: Every Saturday, covering the full school term.
All Gear Provided: Professional instruments, amps, mics and drums, fully set up in the room. Nothing to buy or bring.
The Holiday Rule: Billing follows the school year — when sessions pause for holidays, billing pauses too. You only pay for the months we're playing.
The first bands will be forming soon. Get in touch now and we'll contact you as soon as places open.
Every band member carries one Tour Passport through the entire programme — Mini Rock Legends stamps at the front, Rock Legends at the back. A complete record of everything they've built, in the order they built it.
Earned in session when a real skill is demonstrated consistently — signal chain, locking in with the band, stage presence. They can't be fluked.
Patches are physical iron-on badges. They go on the jacket.
A passport carried from age 5 through to 14 — full of stamps and patches — is a proper record of something real.
Every term, each band member receives a personalised AAA photocard and lanyard — their name, their instrument, their band. A backstage pass. The real thing.
Every 12 weeks, the bands perform a full concert at the church — a real community event, with families, neighbours, and the whole neighbourhood welcome.
Kerim's Church of Rock is registering as a Community Interest Company. Every penny of surplus goes back into the programme — better gear, better tools, wider access for young musicians.
The concerts bring families back into a building with history and meaning. Local kids, on a real stage, in a space that matters.
The vision is straightforward: to build something that this community is proud of. A Saturday morning institution that gives young people a reason to put the phone down, show up, and be part of something great together.
As the Church of England ethos goes — all are welcome.