Director of the Little 5 Points Music Center, Phil Sims, writes in with details about the Center’s August expansion to Decatur.

Decatur is quickly becoming a mecca for arts and arts education, welcoming in August the opening of the Decatur Music Center— the second location in a growing network of community music schools in Atlanta. Located on E Howard Avenue, next to the Decatur School of Ballet, the Decatur Music Center offers music lessons, classes, summer camps, educational workshops and performance opportunities for children and adults interested in classical, jazz, rock, folk and experimental music, as well as musical theater and video production. Currently, more than 350 students, beginners through pre-professionals, are enrolled at the organization’s start up location in Little Five Points.

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