More on Settlement Music School in Camden

Last month I wrote on the Settlement Music School's move to a building in the 500 block of Market Street in Camden. Yesterday The Inquirer ran a longer article on the move. The school will offer classes in music, ballet, jazz and chorus. Eventually as many as 700 students will attend the school.

[Thomas]Capanna [executive director of the school] said the coffeeshop next to the Camden site and nearby restaurants and businesses were likely to benefit from the new traffic. "This is a place where people will come every week," he said. "There is a commitment to the area, so I think it's going to have a pretty dramatic effect."

A spokesman for the school also said sometimes the kids practice outside; impromptu jazz concerts will definitely be a positive addition to the area.