JAN WILLIAMS

General information

This exciting venture started in Jan’s home in 1984. When she discovered the Suzuki- style piano instruction, demand for music lessons began to explode. She added her first teacher by building a studio in half of her garage. Jan then taught in her living room and her first teacher taught in the garage. (The family loved that arrangement!)

Soon, a long waiting list for students forced her husband to find another home with enough parking and location that allowed him to convert that garage into 3 studios and a group teaching room. Many of these students loved waiting for their lesson time in the Williams’ park-like back yard, bordered by two creeks. By this time the Williams’ daughter was developing a “farm yard” in downtown Brentwood. She had ducks, rabbits and two dogs! Did it bother the neighbors? Probably not. You see, on one side they had dozens of prized show cats, and the neighbor on the other side raised Bull Mastiffs!!!

As demand continued, Jan began renting additional space in churches in the area. She was blessed with wonderful teachers who partnered with her to support this growth. In addition, she began contracting some of her teachers to provide music classes for mother’s day out programs in area churches.

Finally, in 1991, Jan had to admit that this had really become a business and moved to a commercial location in the Brentwood Business Center, 500 Wilson Pike Circle, Suite 125. After knocking out walls and adding studio space there, she again had to start renting space in other locations. In 1999, she moved around the corner to a much larger location in Suite 104. The space had to be expanded again when suite 103 became available in 2003!

Over the years, Jan has added more private piano, voice, and guitar instructors, all degreed professional musicians, but her personal joy was fulfilled when she added Kindermusik in 1991, a music class for children from infants to age 5. She then added a class piano method using electronic keyboards for children ages 4 through 3rd graders.

What a rewarding and thrilling “musical journey” this has been over the past decades!

We are so grateful to all of our students and families who have ever been a part of our studios, and look forward to being here to serve the community for years to come.