Janice Morris, founder and director of The Music Place, Fine Arts for Children! has developed an innovative teaching method that enables children as young as 2 to begin music theory while having fun. Blue eyes twinkling, "Miss Janice", as the children know her, dips her finger into pretend paint, makes a comical squeaking sound, and the "smiley face" suddenly becomes a "dirty face" and then a quarter note.

The Music Place philosophy flows from Morris' own contagious enjoyment of teaching music. Beginning in 1984 with 40 students, The Music Place has served nearly 10,000 students in 15 - 20 Bay Area locations. And Morris has had a lot of experience in the area of teaching young children, having done so for over 30 years.