Welcome! 

Studio J

My name is Janelle Bracken, and Studio J is the warm, encouraging space in my home where I teach piano.  Music is wonderful, and powerful.  Each child can begin piano lessons only once.  Make it a great beginning! 

I give my very best to each student because I know how crucial a great start is to the success and confidence of a new player.  I mentor, teach, support, and enthusiastically guide each of my students on a fun and engaging musical journey.  My school-aged students develop musical skills that will be with them for the rest of their lives and many of my students play other instruments.  Because I love the first years of lessons, I am passionate  about providing beginners with a solid foundation for the music they want to play in the future, whatever style that may be.  

Located in Indianapolis, IN, the studio is conveniently located off I-65 at the Southport Road exit.  

Recent News

I am currently teaching lessons in-person.            
  • This is my anniversary month!  Thursday, July 1, 2021 marked the 30th year since opening Studio J back in 1991.    
  • Enrollment for 2021-2022 is now closed.  I have filled all available openings for now and am on Wait List Status.  If you are interested in being contacted about future openings, please send me a message on the form to the right.  I will be happy to send you the link to a Google survey for potential new students.  
  • Our Spring Recital was wonderful!  It was held on Friday, April 23, 2021 at Southland Community Church.  Unique to this recital - performances from two graduating HS senior piano students who have studied since they were 7 yrs old, and the premiere of "Joie de Vivre", a duet by Kevin Olson, commissioned for my 30th anniversary of teaching piano!  
  • Fall Recital - November 18, 2020  was our first-ever recital performed with masks, but it was wonderful to be together again, albeit socially distanced!  
  • We resumed in-person lessons in September 2020 with precautions and distancing in place.  I will continue to offer online lessons as an option for all of my students when needed or desired.  I am excited to continue our  musical journeys in whichever lesson format they choose. 
  • Spring Recital - May 1, 2020 was our first-ever YouTube Recital.  Students and their families recorded their recital pieces on their home instruments, and I uploaded them to an unlisted playlist on my YouTube channel.  

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