About Us
1272 Dow Street
The Dow Street Community Music School at 1272 Dow Street has seven teaching rooms for individual lessons, one teaching room for group lessons, and a performance hall that seats about 90 people. The Dow Street Community Music School is a 501c3 nonprofit organization. For the last year, the building was under renovation, but now renovations are complete! Providing music instruction to children and adults in a community music school setting has been a dream of Dr. Andrea Dawson (founder & violin/viola professor at MTSU) for many years. Dr. Jill Austin (MTSU management professor) is helping with development of policies and operations activities for the school.
1272 Dow Street renovations
Board Members
- Jill Austin, Chair
- Jennifer Vannatta-Hall, Vice Chair
- George Riordan, Treasurer
- Aurora Foster, Secretary
- Karen Clarke
- Reggie Coleman
- Crystal Crismon
- David Cyzak
- David Sevier
- Andrea Dawson, Founder/Non-Voting Board Member
Our Founder
Dow Street Community Music School founder and Violinist Andrea Dawson is Professor of Violin and Viola at Middle Tennessee State University. (Lessons by audition only)
Scholarships
Dow Street Community Music School is excited to be able to offer Scholarship based on need and income level. If you think your child qualifies, please contact us below, email us at info@dowstreetmusic.org or complete an interest inquiry form below.
FAQs
We understand you may have questions about our school, lessons, programs, scholarship or camps, so we’ve put together a Frequently Asked Questions page. For additional questions or information, please contact us.
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