Women-owned since its 2010 founding, The Heart of Rock n Roll operates a performance-based music school inside a 160-capacity live venue at 4873 Newport Avenue. Lessons span guitar, drums, keys, and vocals taught by working San Diego musicians—including players on the Symphony sub list—filling a performance-pedagogy niche on the same Newport Ave stretch where Paper Moon Music Lessons - Point Loma handles piano and woodwind instruction. A tiered curriculum introduces children as young as three to rhythm and melody before advancing older students into full Rock Band ensembles that rehearse original setlists. Quarterly showcases put every enrolled student on the Humble Heart stage with full PA and stage lighting, building live-audience confidence through the same recital-pipeline model used at The Dancehouse for its hip-hop and contemporary dance students. Top ensembles graduate to the venue's weekend concert calendar, sharing billing with touring indie and punk acts.