Music & Arts Center

The 1st Music & Arts was situated in a tiny house in Bethesda, Maryland, and operated by founder Benjamin O'Brien (on the left, in the photo, with his father, John) That 1st store offered music lessons, music and art provides plus dance lessons - thus the name Music & Arts. Since its beginning in 1952, the firm gradually expanded outside the MD/VA area, adding retail stores in Atlanta, the Philadelphia area, the Carolinas, Nashville, Denver and most recently, the Northeast.