The first class of students at Kirkland’s Rockory Music School are expected to display the fruits of their labor at Rockory’s inaugural recital on June 8.

The school, located in a shared space with Stage 7 Pianos in the Totem Square complex, was founded in March by Daniel Miller, a Kirkland native who has an extensive background in music from all over the world.

His website lists lessons in seven instruments and vocal instruction. He participates in three ensembles — a Reggae/world music group called High Life Band, a big band jazz ensemble and a Hawaiian Reggae band — and plans on recording an album this summer.

“I like teaching as much as I do performing,” Miller said. “They’re both fun, and they both help each other. Me performing makes me a better teacher, and when I teach, it helps me out in leading my band and being a better director.”

Miller attended high school in Seattle, but went to Finn Hill Middle School as a youngster. His experiences have recently led him around the western United States and Canada, and into France.

The school had its first event on May 22, a concert put on by Becca and Soul, a band led by a friend of his from France. The two groups helped one another book concerts in their respective home countries.

Miller said the concert was just an offering to the community.

“Having grown up in Kirkland, in some ways I like the fact that I’m getting back to where I was raised and trying to bring some enrichment that was not around when I was around,” Miller said.

This summer, the school will offer music camps with varying themes — rock camp, reggae camp, pop camp, hip hip, R&B, funk camp and the like.

The school also offers rock band classes with differing versions for children and adults.

Miller said the first few months have gone well, and he expects around 30 students to perform at the recital on June 8, held at Rockory Music School’s location in Kirkland. The hope is for the school to grow to the point where it could take on a space of it’s own, and Miller said he’s been eyeing the adjoining unit in the same complex.

“My immediate goal would be for the music school to expand and take on that spot,” Miller said. “We could have more classrooms and hire some teachers so we could have multiple classes at the same time.”

The June 8 recital is scheduled for 7 p.m.