Cornerstone Music

The Cornerstone Music Café has developed a simple yet very popular concept in the Deer Ridge neighbourhood of Calgary. It is both a music school that offers lessons for children and it's also a café.

While the business began as a music school, Jim and his wife Sylvia – who actually first met at the very music studio they now own – decided to change things up and start selling café fare in 2012. The result has been a unique mix of services that resonate with locals.

"I'm a professional musician and I play in several different bands in town," says co-owner, Jim Johnson. "We have fifteen different teachers for piano, vocals, guitar, bass and drums.” He says all the lessons are private and he's worked with all the teachers before.