page_title: Instituto de Música Juan Morel Campos
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Instituto de Música Juan Morel Campos / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Edificio Juan Morel Campos, Antigua Sede Escuela de Música de Ponce, en la esquina noroeste de las calles Salud y Cristina, Ponce, Puerto Rico (5017)
context_page_description: Instituto de Música Juan Morel Campos, formerly known as Escuela Libre de Música de Ponce, is a musical arts institution in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It is an institution of the Ponce Municipal Government. Its first director was Librado Net Pérez.
context_section_description: The school was founded in 1947 under the municipal administration of Mayor Andrés Grillasca Salas as the Escuela Libre de Música de Ponce (Ponce Free School of Music).
  The school's first location was at the structure previously occupied by the Liceo de Ponce (Liceo Ponceño), an early 20th-century girls-only school on the northwest corner of Salud and Cristina streets.
  In 1977 the name Escuela Libre de Música de Ponce name was changed to Escuela Libre de Música Juan Morel Campos, after the Ponce composer and conductor. In 1980, the Institute was officially reorganized under mayor Jose Guillermo Tormos Vega as an entity of the Municipal Government. Enrollment growth and increased school offerings resulted in the school expanding its headquarters.
  In 2008, the school expanded again by acquiring a new site on the corner of Calle Cristina and Calle Mayor streets, opposite Teatro La Perla. The new site included additional classrooms, new administrative offices and an amphitheater. A mosaic mural titled "La Abnegacion" (Selflessness) by Rafael Ríos Rey commemorates the building's former use as a fire station. Ponce Municipal decree #40 (2012-2013) renamed the institution to Instituto de Música Juan Morel Campos.
caption: Front facade view of the former site of the Instituto de Música Juan Morel Campos in Ponce, Puerto Rico
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