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Music retail, musicians, and music education share a partnership. Neither can survive without the other. |
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| Rob Gibson, owner of Holze Music Company, believes strongly in this motto, using it as the schematic for running his music company. Holze Music Company strives hard to fulfill its share of the partnership as a full-line music store. Holze Music does not just rent band and orchestra instruments, but retails all types of musical instruments including guitars, amps, pianos, keyboards and drums, as well as sound systems, sheet music, instructional media and karaoke. Holze Music’s main office in Waco is the flagship store of the six store regional chain, with other locations in Round Rock (Band Stand), Temple, Killeen, College Station and our newest addition the Piano, organ and keyboard showroom also in Waco. | ||||||||||
| Holze Music Company strives for top notch customer service. This means we put ourselves in the place of a musician or music educator and provide the type of service we would want from our music store. | ||||||||||
| Holze Music Company was established in 1937, and celebrated its 68th anniversary 2005. Rob has been working for the company 28 years. After graduating from Baylor with a degree in Music Education, Rob was a band director in Waco schools for several years before coming to work at the store. In 1977, he became manager of the band and orchestra department of Holze Music. Rob has owned the company since 1991. | ||||||||||
| Rob, heavily involved in music and arts advocacy, has served on the board of directors of the National Association of Music Merchants. He also co-founded the Central Texas Coalition for Music Education. In addition he is the president of the board of directors of the Waco Hippodrome Theater, a vice president of the Waco Symphony, and president of the Greater Waco Council for the Arts. | ||||||||||
| Rob also served as an adjunct professor in the Baylor School of Entrepreneurship in the Fast-Track program, guiding individuals who want to start their own businesses through the steps of a feasibility study. Rob is married to Susan, who appropriately met Rob in the Baylor Band and is his most trusted advisor. Their son, Kyle, is a graduate of Baylor and is the first, second generation band director to graduate from the university. He currently is a band director in Southlake Carroll ISD. | ||||||||||
| Rob believes firmly that the success of Holze Music Company is tied to his strong management team which includes, Chuck Lambert vice president in charge of inventory, and Greg Tivis, vice president of operations. | ||||||||||
| Local musicians, school music programs, and area arts organizations know they have a strong advocate and supporter in Holze Music Company. | ||||||||||
| History of Holze Music Co. | ||||||
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Austin Ave. Store |
Holze Music Company started as a small repair shop in September of 1937. Founded by Lewis Holze, from the German community of Reisel, the first store opened on Austin Ave. in Waco, TX. After surviving the historic tornado of 1953, which wiped out the majority of downtown, the store moved in 1954 to 600 North 18th Street, in the heart of the new business district. The new store was known as a fantastic showplace, and soon began to carry pianos and televisions. Band and orchestra instruments were scarce at this time due to the war, so the pianos and televisions helped to bring in the revenue. |  The Beginning Repair Shop |
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 Repair Store |
At this time, with the enlisted men and women coming back from the war, the baby boomer generation was underway, and the schools decided music education was something that needed to be focused on. With the new demand for school instruments, Holze’s was eager and willing to help. In 1972, Holze Music opened its second store in Waco at 1210 Lake Air Drive. Rob Gibson, a band director in the Waco Public Schools, began apprenticing with Lewis Holze to learn band repair in the summer of 1972. In 1977, the Holze Family asked Rob to come aboard as the manager of the band and orchestra department. |  18th Street Store |
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As the scene of music was changing, so was the inventory of Holze Music. Alongside saxophones and clarinets were now guitars and amps. The company continued to grow, as it opened its newest store in Temple, TX in 1978. The company would continue to grow, however, Lewis Holze would not be around to see it. In 1979, he passed away suddenly, leaving the business to his two sons. |  Lewis Holze, Lake Air Office |
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The company saw many changes after the death of Lewis Holze. They continued to grow, opening in Killeen in 1983. In 1991, Rob Gibson took over ownership of Holze Music Company. The expansion continued under Rob’s leadership, opening up new stores in Bryan/College Station in 1997, Round Rock in 2005, Lewisville and Plano in 2006 and Frisco and Houston 2007.
Holze Music’s expansion, along with the departure of a major music store chain, left Holze Music with it’s ten locations the largest music retail chain in Texas. Now owned by Rob Gibson and his son, Kyle, both graduates of Baylor University with a bachelors in Music Education, the store continues to thrive under the leadership of these two former band directors. |
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