Girls Rock! DC After School!

Learn an instrument. Form a band. Write original songs. Play a show. After school!

Girls Rock! DC After-School Program (GR!ASP) is an after-school music education program where students learn to write original songs together. Want to bring GR!ASP to your school? Contact us today!

We offer three different GR!ASP programs:

  • The Band Experience: Students attend weekly two-hour small-group instrument lessons (in electric guitar, electric bass, drums, keys, and vocals) and band practices, where they collaborate with fellow students in bands to write original music. At the end of the term, they perform their original songs at a concert for their teachers, families, and friends!
  • The Songwriting Experience: Students learn the foundations of music and songwriting. Each weekly hour-long drop-in session explores a different topic and instrument, and students get to try out new instruments and collectively transform that week’s topic into an original song!
  • The Beatmaking Experience: Students use loops, samples, and live recordings to create original songs using MIDI controllers and Bandlab. They learn the fundamentals of electronic music and practice creating their own beats independently and collaboratively!

Give back to GR!ASP!

GR!ASP is led by volunteers! These are local DC musicians and community leaders who serve as role models for GR!ASPers and help them discover their inner rock star.

Performers, band coaches, instrument instructors, and workshop facilitators help us lead GR!ASP. Join us!

Learn more about volunteering

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Request GR!ASP at your school!

We love partnering with schools in all four quadrants of DC!

If you want to bring GR!ASP to your school, please have an administrator reach out to Frankie at Frankie@girlsrockdc.org.

GR!ASP costs a school $3,500-$8,500 per session, depending on length and size of program. Learn more about being a school partner here.

Request GR!ASP

NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY: Girls Rock! DC does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national and/or ethnic origin, marital status, sexual orientation, body type, physical ability, gender expression, or other individual identities in the administration of any of its educational programs, admissions policies, scholarships, and other Camp-related policies and programs, as well as volunteer policies and activities. All Camp activities will promote and maintain the personal and emotional safety of all campers and staff. We do not tolerate racism, homophobia, sexism, or other discriminatory behavior or expression.