The Joy of Music Youth Music School

Specialties

The Joy of Music School, a nonprofit organization, offers free music lessons and instruments for children ages 6 to 18 who cannot afford them. All lessons are taught by qualified volunteers from Knoxville’s vibrant musical community. Individual lessons make up most of our program. We also have a choir, string group, drum group and other ensembles. There is a wait list, so apply at www​.joy​of​mu​sic​school​.org as soon as you are interested. These services are available at our building in Knoxville, Tennessee. We also offer outreach classes at Boys & Girls Clubs and other area after-​school sites.

History

Established in 1998.

In 1997 Mr. James A. Dick, prominent business leader and philanthropist, visits the W.O. Smith School in Nashville. Impressed by their mission of providing low cost music lessons to low income children, he decides to bring the idea back to Knoxville.

Later that year Mr. Dick gathers fellow business leaders, community activists, and music educators and founds The Joy of Music Youth Music School. The School begins operations in the fall of 1998 providing free music lessons to the disadvantaged youth of the Boys of Girls Clubs of Knoxville.