Virtual Lessons

Many prefer in person lessons, and we are totally here for that. Others prefer virtual for many reaons; health concerns, lack of commute, comfort of your own home or office. How about this one: your gear and your set up, in your own home or studio! That’s an added benefit that may be just what the doctor ordered. Perhaps you need help setting up your drum kit just right, or your rig for your electric guitar.

Virtual guitar lessons mean you can be in your space, with your gear, and our team can get eyes and ears on it and even help you with set up and tweaking. That’s a benefit you might not be able to make happen otherwise.

Of course, with TIA, you also aren’t just getting some rando on the interne, these are members of our team that have gone through a thorough process of interviews, an audition, and reference checks. These are people who are a total fit with our mission, values, and philosophy of music education. And of course, we are also a 501(c)3 non-profit.

With the advent of free and reliable virtual mediums like Facetime, Google Hangout, Facebook Messenger, Google Duo, and Zoom, private music lessons are now becoming a reality for people all over the world. In fact, see this excellent article on the validity of music lessons via Skype from the New York Times. No matter where you live or work, you can now get the music education you have always wanted.

With the right teacher, someone who knows music, an experienced educator, and a musician that knows how to work across virtual platforms and develop a meaningful mentor like relationship with their students—remote lessons are every bit as effective as in person. In fact, recently one PLU Graduate level music student remarked that she had no choice but to go virtual for a year in the pandemic (voice lessons), and she found she learned more in that year than any year prior!

Learn to play the piano, drums, guitar, ukulele, violin, sax, trumpet, or trombone. Learn to improvise, or to compose and write music. Drop us a line today to start the journey and use this time in isolation to make something beautiful.

Nearly all of our faculty teach virtually, so you can just look at our instructors under the Olympia and Seattle tabs and check them out. Many of our faculty are currently on a waitlist, but we do have some openings. Austin (guitar and bass), Carol (piano, ukulele, violin, and cello), Michael (banjo, ukulele, mandolin, and bluegrass bass), and Micaiah (piano, ukulele, guitar, and violin) teach exclusively virtually for us.

Drop us a line today!

Got questions about virtual lessons? SD recently asked some great questions about in a podcast interview that you can listen to right here! 

1. What are some key reasons children should learn music?
2. What if my child doesn’t want to play an instrument, should they still learn music?
3. How is music education beneficial for long-range educational/career goals?
4. How do virtual music lessons work?
5. What benefits are there to virtual instruction vs in person?
6. Does virtual work for all instruments?
7. Does it work for all ages? All proficiency levels?
8. Music tuition online programs/videos vs live instruction? Pros and cons