In 2004, Dr. Florence founded the Joyful Noise Studio in Powell, OH. The studio grew to be one of the largest Kindermusik and piano studio in Columbus between 2004-2014. In 2014, Dr. Florence Hardjono was nominated for the Community Music Educator Award by the Columbus Symphony Orchestra.
As a Kindermusik educator, Dr. Florence uses music and movement to promote language and social development in young children. Her classes are designed to engage children in active, hands-on learning that fosters the development of key cognitive, language, and social skills. After more than a decade of introducing music to young children and families, she reluctantly closed the studio to focus on her family and career in academia.
However, after a thriving career in higher education as a Department Chair and Associate Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Dr. Hardjono felt led to reopen her Kindermusik studio and renamed the studio “Brighter Days Center.”