You Be You Music brings heart and harmony to Millvale.
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You Be You Music brings heart and harmony to Millvale.
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When Georgia English and her husband, Kaston Guffey, moved to Millvale in 2022, they were searching for more than just a new city— they were looking for a community.“ Millvale stole our hearts the moment we got here,” says English.“ We saw the Millvale Community Library— before it even opened— and just felt this deep sense of neighborhood pride. I knew this was where we needed to be.”
Originally from San Francisco, English is a professional musician and educator with a passion for using music as a tool for connection. She graduated from Berklee College of Music in 2014 with a degree in songwriting and spent nearly a decade performing and teaching in Nashville.“ Music linked me to my city and my neighborhood as a kid,” she says.“ I wanted to create that same feeling for the kids of this community.”
In 2023, English and Guffey launched You Be You Music, and started offering programs out of an arts and activism space called The Maple Leaf. But as interest and attendance quickly grew, so did the need for
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a dedicated location. In May, You Be You moved into its own permanent home at 143 Howard Street— just a short walk from the library that first caught English’ s eye.
You Be You is not your typical music school. While students do take lessons in things like piano, ukulele and singing, the school’ s mission is centered on creativity, inclusion and community impact.“ Traditional music education in a Euro-centric society tends to focus heavily on performance and memorization,” English explains.“ We believe that
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