ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION — For Joshua Chari and his two sisters, music was an integral part of their family life in Ohio.“By the time we were 3 or 4, we were all playing instruments,” he said. “We grew up going to concerts, playing, performing and taking lessons. It was a part of the way we lived.”In 2002, the Roswell resident and his siblings launched Music by Tritone, a music school with the goal of exposing students across the Northside to a lifestyle infused with sound.“We were all doing music independently, giving lessons and performing in the Atlanta area,” he said.

“But we weren’t happy with the options available for classical lessons. A lot of teaching methods were either boring, tedious or unstructured. We set out to inspire and motivate students while they were learning the fundamentals.” Fast forward to 2024, and the school has flourished with yearround ensembles, musical theater programs, a youth orchestra and camps that cover genres from rock band to orchestra. [MORE]