Nashville music school gets new home

In a city that relishes music, it's not surprising that musician W.O. Smith dreamed of a place in Nashville where kids would receive high-quality musical instruction. In two small buildings, totaling about 2,000 square feet, the W.O. Smith Community Music School educated hundreds of kids ages 7 to 18. But the space soon proved to be inadequate, and Smith has found a new home for the school: the old Acuff Tire Co. building at the corner of Eighth and Edgehill avenues. The school's staff is preparing to show off the renovated 22,000-square-foot building, just a few blocks from the school's old location. The lesson studios have doubled, allowing for more volunteers to teach and enough studio space for students to practice and rehearse.

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