Unleash Your Inner Rockstar
Fun. Engaging.Confidence-BuildingGuitar Lessons for Kids.
Join the Bay Area’s premier music enrichment program where young beginners become confident performers. With group classes, private instruction, and rock band sessions — we turn music education into a high-energy adventure.
Live Show
Our live show is available to perform in libraries, private parties and community events.
Free Video Lessons
Watch free lessons and learn the basics of gutiar playing!!!
Guitars Provided
All of our students receive a free guitar rental for the duration of their class. All guitars are available for purchase at any time!!!
Guitar Basics Booklet
A step-by-step guide covering essential skills — from first chords to full songs — designed to help students grow at their own pace
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About Me
About Rockstar Guitar Academy
Where Music Meets Confidence
WELCOME!!!
At Rockstar Guitar Academy, we believe that every child has a song inside them — and we’re here to help them play it loud and proud. Based in the Bay Area, we offer fun, high-energy guitar instruction for beginners and intermediate students in grades 2–5. From group classes and private lessons to rock band experiences and live shows, our program combines serious music education with the excitement of performance.
Founded by singer-songwriter mikO Tolliver, our curriculum blends creativity with structure through a color-coded method that keeps learning visual and fun. We proudly teach diverse music genres, encourage self-expression, and provide all students with the tools they need — including free guitar rentals — to shine on stage and beyond.
Whether it’s your child’s first chord or their first solo, Rockstar Guitar Academy is here to make it unforgettable.
WELCOME!!!
Where Music Meets Confidence
At Rockstar Guitar Academy, we believe that every child has a song inside them — and we’re here to help them play it loud and proud. Based in the Bay Area, we offer fun, high-energy guitar instruction for beginners and intermediate students in grades 2–5. From group classes and private lessons to rock band experiences and live shows, our program combines serious music education with the excitement of performance.
Founded by singer-songwriter mikO Tolliver, our curriculum blends creativity with structure through a color-coded method that keeps learning visual and fun. We proudly teach diverse music genres, encourage self-expression, and provide all students with the tools they need — including free guitar rentals — to shine on stage and beyond.
Whether it’s your child’s first chord or their first solo, Rockstar Guitar Academy is here to make it unforgettable.
The Official Cover Band
Headed by singer-songwriter mikO Tolliver, Advanced Placement is the official cover band for ROCK STAR GUITAR ACADEMY. mikO has performed music for over 15 years in places like Las Vegas, House of Blues LA and the local Bay Area.
Her family friendly music set includes top 40 Billboard hits from artists like Taylor Swift and Pharrell Williams to tributes to legendary artists like David Bowie, Prince and Michael Jackson for a live non stop mash up of fun and danceable tunes. Available for private parties and community events, Advanced Placement is a stripped down duet of guitar and percussion.
Live Shows
Cover Band & Family Friendly Music
Guitar Basics
ROCK STAR GUITAR ACADEMY strives to create a fun learning environment for students to begin their musical journey. In addition to our Rock Band classes there is also our fun entertainment teaching web series, “Guitar Basics.” The series uses skits and sketches to teach popular songs and many parts of the Guitar Basics Booklet.
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Guitar Basics
Guitar Basics is a color-coded guitar curriculum great for beginners and intermediate players. Written by mikO Tolliver, the Guitar Basics Booklet has been used for over a decade to teach chords, scales, music reading and countless songs to students. Guitar Basics is the main curriculum used in the ROCK STAR GUITAR ACADEMY youth music program and has been turned into a YouTube entertainment teaching video series, “Guitar Basics.”
Guitars For Sale
All guitars used in the program are available for purchase at any time.
Did your young learner fall in love with their guitar and now you’re interested in purchasing it?