Why Carter County: B&C Music

B&C Music was created in 2021 and was created to be a resource to the community. A way to make music more accessible and affordable. My name is Hayley Jarnagin and I am the founder and owner of B&C Music. I graduated from ETSU in May of 2021 with a degree in music education. I was a member of the Betsy Band at TAD and EHS. It was under the direction or Mr. Lockhart and Mr. Elliott that I grew to love music and want to create this business as a way to pass on my knowledge and love for music that I gained from them.

1. What made you choose Carter County and Elizabethton for your services and business?

B&C Music was established in Elizabethton because this is my hometown. Having grown up in this community I felt it was only right to create something that would give back to the community that I came from.

2. What is your purpose as a business? What do you do?

B&C Music offers affordable private music lessons, as well as having retail items on site that help our musicians or music lovers. We are also in the process of starting up a scholarship program to help students from lower incomes in partaking in private lessons. We also are happy to answer questions or refer you to people that can help you if we are unable to do so. Our goal is to help make music more accessible and affordable and we try to do that in any way that we can.

3. How long have you been in business?

B&C Music opened in September of 2021 towards the end of downtown across the bridge near the monument. In December of 2022 we had the opportunity to move further up into town and into a larger location. Since then we have been under construction building two new classrooms and we are happy to officially be open in our new location.

4. How long have you, personally, been working in the industry?

I have been involved in music since I was really young, but I only started teaching when I was either a sophomore or junior in college. That’s how I got the idea for the business. I was teaching a few students just to have some extra money for school and then when I graduated I turned it into the business that it is now. I’ve been teaching privately for about four years now.

5. Are you part of a franchise or are you independent?

B&C Music is completely independent. We saw a need for the community and started to create something that we thought would help out.

6. What impact do you think your services/business will have on the Carter County community?

Our hope is that we help musicians of all kinds to receive the education and knowledge that they deserve even if they normally couldn’t afford it. We hope to host events for the community to bring everyone together through music. We also hope to give back to the community in any way that we can. B&C Music was created for this community and it is there to help in any way that it can all throughout Carter County.

Contact information for B&C Music

Located at 437 East Elk Avenue, Elizabethton TN

Phone Number (423) 609-8718

Email: bcprivatemusiclessons@ gmail.com

B&C Music can be contacted through social media with Facebook and Instagram