South Baltimore Music Academy, a sister location of the Patterson Park Academy of Music, will open on April 8th in Federal Hill. South Baltimore Music Academy is a co-tenant of the 740 Light St. office building with The Therapy Stop and The Well.
Patterson Park Academy of Music was launched in 2021 by Joshua Espinoza and Erik Franklin. Espinoza is a pianist and teacher by trade. Franklin was a clarinetist in an Army ensemble at Fort Meade and is also a composer.
Espinoza started teaching piano lessons from his home in Upper Fells Point, soon had a waiting list, and saw the need to build a music school. Espinoza partnered with Franklin and they launched the Patterson Park Academy of Music using rooms at a community center at 100 S. Washington St. in 2021. It has grown to about 150 students.
Patterson Park Academy of Music started getting inquiries from families in South Baltimore and Espinoza and Franklin spent the past two and a half years looking for a space to open a second academy.
