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Triumph Music Academy, which opened in April of 2011 and has had enough business to expand their facility and branch out into additional lessons for drums and voice.
Explaining the interest in their services, James Forrester Hughes, one of the owners, starts with their business model.
"It was always constructed to help musicians to succeed, regardless of age and skill level. There are no auditions (with the exception of the college-based programs). It is not every day you find folks working together around their passion."
Timing and location are two other factors Forrester points out.
"Grand Rapids is turning out to be a big art town," he says. "Art and music are synonymous."
The Academy is located on the corner of Wealthy and Diamond in a building and neighborhood that Forrester describes as "forward thinking," which he feels also is critical to their success.
As for future plans, Forrester wryly observes that as a musician, "you get used to things not going according to the plan," but the Academy is looking into offering training in recording technology -- a skill set he believes every working musician needs.
To celebrate the expansion and the addition of new instructors Sarah Idema, voice and piano, Zachary James Kolkman, piano and composition, and Brian Kops, drums, the academy will be hosting an open house on Friday, Sept. 23.
To learn more about Triumph Music Academy, you can visit their site
here.
Source: James Hughes Forrester, Triumph Music Academy
Writer: John Rumery, Innovation and Jobs Editor
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