FRANK HAMILTON SCHOOL

Founded in September 2015, the Frank Hamilton School is a place where people of all ages can come together to share, learn, and celebrate music. Based on the idea that music is a natural birthright shared by everyone, the school strives to make learning accessible and enjoyable, bringing students and teachers together in a caring and supportive musical community... The Frank Hamilton School is modeled on Chicago's highly successful Old Town School of Folk Music, founded by musicians Frank Hamilton and Win Stracke in 1957, at the dawn of the folk music boom of the early 60s. Frank was a young and promising musician who had studied under Bess Lomax Hawes (sister to noted folk song collector Alan Lomax) and who became the school's first teacher... It has been said that anyone who can learn to speak a language can learn to make music. What better way is there to learn to make music than to share it with others? The Frank Hamilton School is helping to make this possible. Come on down and..

Also known as: Frank Hamilton School, Inc.

Primary location: Decatur United States