The Jean Lyons School of Music is the oldest music school in the city of Vancouver. It was founded in 1963 by Jean Lyons (b Lorna Jean Elderkin Lyons, Vancouver, 1921 or 1922, d 21 Dec 2005; ATCM, LRSM [Royal Conservatory of Music]). Lyons started playing piano at age 12 and taught music in Powell River, BC before moving to Vancouver. After further studies in the 1950s with Alberto Guerrero at the Royal Conservatory of Music and with Stephen Balogh at the Cornish School in Seattle, Lyons opened her first music school on Robson Street in Vancouver. The school stayed in this location until 1994, when it moved to 7th Avenue. The Jean Lyons School of Music began with 3 teachers and about 100 students; by the mid-1970s it had 8 teachers and 200 students. In the 1990s it had 13 teachers and 300 students. By 2005, the school had 16 teachers and over 300 students. Since 1963, the school has offered instruction in piano and all theoretical subjects. --- donate car