Yellow Bird Music Sings On in Santa Barbara
Eminent Domain Couldn’t Sink Beloved De La Vina Street Kids Studio
Yellow Bird Music recently celebrated its 20th anniversary in its new home at 2600 De La Vina St., just a few blocks away from the original location where the music studio laid its roots over the past two decades. Yellow Bird Music is a small, independently-owned business that offers music and performing arts classes for young children.
In August, the City of Santa Barbara claimed four properties along De La Vina by eminent domain to repair an old bridge over Mission Creek. Some, like Marty’s Pizza, chose to permanently shut down.
However, having already muscled through the pandemic, owner Alexandra Adams wasn’t going to let Yellow Bird Music go down so easily. She took the notice from the city as an opportunity to spread the studio’s wings and really expand on what it can offer.
