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We love our adult students! And we totally get that adulting is hard! Especially if you also have kids and a full-time job which many

Never miss the significance, the benefit, and the NEED that either you, your child, or your teens need from relationships in music lessons! In all

Was chatting with one of the medical technicians on a follow-up for my knee today (got my stitches out)!! He was asking about what we

Music Mentor by Mobile Lessons with Austin (a Virginia based in-demand studio musician)!
Personalized assignments, professional feedback, questions answered anytime, right at your fingertips
occasional “Live” group session/hangs, perfect for busy adults, working professionals, music educators looking to up their game, high school students, those preparing for auditions/college programs! No weekly commitments, just text your teacher as you are able/need to at any time with your questions, video of your progress on your assignment, etc.! Just $55 monthly! Just type “Music Mentor by Mobile” in the comments of your enrollment form.

We don’t have a double bass teacher at TIA unfortunately. We’ve yet to find someone in the area that is a fit with who we are and can bring the musical goods!
But Millie, who teaches for our sister school Music 1st is avaialble for virtual lessons. Additionally, she is also available to be your own personal music mentor, by mobile phone!

Sign up now for beginning music classes in small groups. Fun, affordable, and great for making friends and music! Just $70 monthly!

Welcome John Brake to the TIA team! John first held a guitar and learned some chords at 2 years old. He started taking lessons at

8 Questions About Virtual Lessons Answered Got questions about virtual/remote music lessons? SD, our director, recently answered some important questions about virtual lessons on the

The modes are interesting. They can be a ton of fun. They are probably a significant reason some of your favorite songs hit you the way they do! I would definitely encourage you to dig in to them for learning, for fun, and, someday, my hunch is, if you end up playing or recording music professionally—you’re going to need them!

. “My students often ask me “how long should I practice for?” To me, the answer is more complex than the student may expect. You wouldn’t ask “how long should I do my math homework for?” Other classes will assign specific goals, such as a number of workbook exercises, and a student will spend as much time as it takes to complete them! I’ve always been an advocate for “quality practice over quantity practice” In other words, my short answer to this student is that five focused minutes is always better than thirty distracted minutes.”

Private lessons (remote/virtual) in trombone with a qualified musician with an education from the University of Houston’s School of Music. Are you a student trombone

Learn the banjo, ukulele, upright bass, or mandolin from the safety, comfort, and convenience of your own home, office, or studio.

Student teacher Esther Bui is a diverse, committed, and community minded local high school studet and a welcome member of our team as a new student teacher at TIA Seattle.

Austin is enrolling now for virtual private lessons in guitar anywhere there’s interent, for under $100 monthly for weekly lessons!

Study guitar with Austin Brown, a studio musician with over 100 credits on guitar and bass, and a degree in commercial music. Learn from the comforts of your own home or office.

Jimmie has just agreed to come in earlier! This means we now have openings as late as 2:45 (and earlier) Wednesdays for private lessons in

Piano lab is a one of a kind way to learn piano! uition is just $65 monthly for the first child ($30 less per month than private lessons) and just $60 for the second. Piano lab is fun, friendly, effective, and cost-effective for you! Perfect for beginners with zero experience, piano lab is our most popular class, one of the most fun and engaging ways to learn piano, comes with instant community and friend making opportunities, and is an affordable tuition rate you won’t find anywhere else!

Do you love music? Love people? Would you like to make a significant difference in the lives of others in an easy way? Help us

Thanks so much for finding a spot for my daughter, at your school. Her lessons with Joshua are going great — she really likes him,

Who wouldn’t be interested in learning piano: kids, teens, or adults, in a small group, community enmvironment where you can make friends and be taught by a highly capable abd caring educator for under $90 a month?! Under $70 for those who qualify?!

Ashlyn holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Central Washington University and has over 20 years of musical experience. Her performance experiences range from participation in university choirs and ensembles to community church worship groups, freelance musician gigs, and solo artist shows. She recently spent some time in Los Angeles performing, recording, and touring nationally and locally with the urban folk band Welcome Home. She also stays busy writing, recording, and performing her own songs.

  Fun Music Learning and Making Opportunities for Your Children this Summer!     We have some great openings for private lessons in voice, piano,

A generous The Tuned In Academy community member from the Olympia area and his sister donated this baby grand piano to us, and a handful of sweet community friends donated the funds to have it moved! A beautiful older restored baby grand for our students to learn on at TIA Seattle! Thanks to all who helped and gave!

Don’t let your kids or teens go bored all this summer! And don’t let them forget all they’ve learned this year in band or orchestra, or let their fingers, muscle memory, and all the physical aspects of their instrument get lost in summer months! Enroll them in summer music lessons.

Joshua VanCleave is a pianist and award-winning composer from right here in the South Puget Sound. He is proficient in jazz, classical, and worship music and holds a Bachelor’s in Musical Arts from Pacific Lutheran University. Joshua has spent the last few years performing around the Seattle-Tacoma area with a jazz q

Fun Music Learning and Making Opportunities for Your Children this Summer!   Ukulele Lab with Lauren—TBA (Probably Mondays) Violin Lab with Daniel—Tuesdays at 2:30 Drum

TIA is a well-established 501(c)(3) non-profit academy with a reputation for excellence and a sweet community! We are enrolling now for private lessons in guitar,

#nfmcfestival2022 is in the books! Great job students! You are all rockstars! Overall we had 41 Superiors, 10 Excellent, and three Sats!   What you’ve

So excited for today, its Festival! TIA is the only local club in the area for the National Federation of Music Clubs, the largest non-profit

Enroll today in Am Voice, Piano, or Beginning Guitar lessons in Olympia at The Tuned In Academy. Sam is also a licensed and board-certified Music Therapist.

Ukulele and Piano (Student Teacher) Lauren is one of our stellar student teachers (ukulele and piano), and a student of SD’s (our director) and Angelia’s

It’s almost the end of 2021, and many of us would probably say good riddance! Of course, we have no idea what is in store

This #GivingTuesday would you please consider giving the gift of music to those who otherwise could not afford it? We are always looking for sponsors,

Have you been laid off during the pandemic as so many have? First of all, obviously, it’s not your fault! We are in the midst of rather unprecedented times! Second of all, you don’t need to be bored or unproductive. How about doing something for yourself?
Something fun? Wouldn’t it be great to have some healthy adult time with another adult you can talk to, who will listen to you, motivate you, and encourage you?
We would love to work with you! We have some great daytime openings for private lessons in voice, rap/hip-hop, recording and production, drums, guitar, ukulele, bass, violin, cello, and piano. Drop us a line today and make this time your time! Do something for you!

Your Personal Goal Shattering Trumpet Coach! ✔️ Have you been playing the trumpet for years and years but never really been able to get beyond mediocre?✔️ Do you struggle with tone and sound but really want a deep, phat, beautiful tone that people just enjoy listening to?
✔️ Do you struggle to understand music and just want it made simple so you can get it and start playing? SD, our director, like most of our faculty is on a waitlist! But he would love to work with you and be your own, personal goal-shattering coach! Either here in Olympia or anywhere in the world virtually! Now is the perfect time to get on the waitlist! And if we get you on the waitlist, you don’t need to wait it out all alone. Sean-David will be in contact with you. SD will offer suggestions for what you can do while you are waiting, and even encourage you!

Can you help us secure the future? Want to make a big difference through music for many years to come? Our landlord has graciously offered

Back by popular demand, Step In Tune music classes for little children with Gabby!                   These fun

The other day in the middle of one of my lessons, my piano student turns to me and says, you are my favorite piano teacher!

2020 and 2021 have been pretty crazy, I think we can all agree! We all need music, fun, and friends! Schools are kicking back off in

Welcome Gabriella Smith to the TIA family! Gabriella will be teaching children’s music, and potentially beginning voice and piano eventually as well in the AM hours at the Olympia site. She’s super fun, bright, talented, and a recent graduate of Azusa Pacific University with a BA in Commercial Music – Music Business. Stay tuned! We will be enrolling soon for fall classes and likely private lessons as well!

Learn to play the trumpet from anywhere in the world, with a professional, experienced, and caring educator. Just $90 monthly for weekly half hour private lessons with a professional, experienced musician and caring/engaging educator. $50 for an every other week 39 minute lesson (great for adults with busy schedules or those on a budget).

Make Music this Spring and Summer: Learn Piano, Songwriting, Voice, Rap, Hip Hop, Guitar, Ukulele, Violin, Wind Instruments, Drums, or Production.

We need another drumset, for upstairs. There are several periods throughout the week when we have drum students downstairs on the beautiful QuestLove kit that

More and more parents are making the choice to home-school today, and we applaud that choice. We love our homeschool students! Some of our faculty

Did you know that TIA is the only local club in the area for the National federation of Music Clubs?! NFMC is the largest non-profit organization

Come Learn Piano at TIA! Beginning Piano Lab for Kids Thursdays at 6 Beginning right after Spring Break (4/15)! Masks required, class size limited to four students for Covid-19 safety considerations. Enroll today! Only THREE spots left! Tuition is just $60 monthly for the first student in a family, $50 for each additional child (and a one time one per family $20 registration fee).

We are very excited to welcome Daniel Boschee to the TIA team as faculty of Violin (he will also teach cello and piano)! Daniel, like Sarah, is another midwesterner who is excited to join the team in the Pacific Northwest. Daniel is extremely capable, energetic, personable, and fun. He completed his undergraduate work in Violin Performance from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and will graduate with his Master of Music degree from
Sacramento State School of Music in may. Daniel has ben teaching through the Sacramento State School of Music String Project for two years and is loved by his students, peers, and supervisors alike.

Yes, we are still enrolling students in private lessons and group classes for in person instruction! Why? Because for so many people, it may be their only personal interaction, and many need that so much right now! We are following safety protocols, have a safety plan, and have had ZERO Covid-19 cases since the pandemic began, which we are grateful for.

We love music because we love people! This has been a tough year for so many! Thankfully, with your support, the music keeps on going! Many people have lost jobs this year and we hate that! And we need to hire a full-time operations person and would love to offer that job to someone, but need the resources so we can do so without increased tuition costs! Can you help us create that job?

TIA has with your help created 11 currently held jobs with our nine faculty members and two admin staff and it is our goal in 2021 to add a new full-time job for an operations manager. To do this, we need your help. Help us hire a new #operationsmanager for TIA by donating toward our goal of $30,000 (1/2 of their first year’s salary). The new operations manager’s first responsibility will be raising the remainder of their first year’s salary and then begin planning all that is necessary to keep TIA running smoothly and taking us to the next level! As the end of 2020 approaches, we would be honored if you would consider TIA for your end of year giving.

We have three brand new classes we are starting up in January with flexibility and safety as a major concern. Each of these classes is available to participate in here in Olympia at the studio (limited to four in person for maximum safety), or virtually from anywhere in the world!

Are you looking to support local businesses during this time? We all need your support!   Here is a very practical way you could help

Come study songwriting the with a Berklee College of Music graduate who has over 25 years of experience writing and recording music! Jenna is actively

We have ONE evening spot available for private lessons in piano, wind instruments, or improvisation with SD Tuesday’s at 6. Tuition for weekly private lessons

We had a great livestream presentation yesterday! We so miss our in person community presentations and can’t wait for those days again! But in the mean time, we will certainly make the best of it! If you missed it, I think, you can watch it here. We also had a number of students submit videos instead of coming in and playing for the livestream, they all did great! Watch them here. 

I’ve got a #sax student that just started during the pandemic. He’s already learned all of his major scales, in the circle of fifths yo.

  Why study virtual with The Tuned In Academy? Surely you have seen countless advertisements for virtual music lessons on Facebook, Instagram, and the greater

Would you consider a monthly support to our scholarship fund of any amount? How about $5 a month? That’s probably just a bit more than your regular coffee order. And 15 donations of that amount would provide a full scholarship to at least one student with one of our associate or student faculty. Of course you can give any amount. Make a Gift that Keeps on Giving today.

Busy busy busy! Just the way we like it!                    Most of our teachers are fully booked

SD has ONE rare opening for an every other week private lesson Wednesdays at 12:45PM PST. In studio or virtual anywhere in the world, perfect

We are super excited to announce that not only are we growing, thank you so much to all who refer people regularly, YOU are our best advertising—but we are also growing our studio! The owner has finished the basement at 202 Phoenix and we will be adding the basement very soon! This will include about 630 more square feet with a permanent office for admin, a new drum/piano/classroom combo, and a new room we hope to house a baby grand piano in that will serve as a piano/voice/horn room.

Did you know that we have successfully prepared and trained students for auditions and studies at some of the best music colleges in the world, like Berklee College of Music for example? In fact, SD and Jenna prepared of our students for his Berklee audition and studies who has no graduated and opened up his own recording label. Currently SD is preparing a student for his Stanford University Arts Portfolio, and he is doing outstanding!

Fall 2020 is here and #covid19cantstopthemusic. We are still enrolling and have some great slots still available with most of our teachers! Call today to enroll in private lessons in piano, guitar, bass guitar, ukulele, voice, drums, violin, or cello! We are also offering the following small group classes this fall that you won’t want to miss and we can start as soon as we have three or four in each!

Just FOUR days to go till fall 2020 at TIA and its gonna be lit! Don’t miss out! We still have some great spots available!

We are putting together small master class labs for wind players, just $60 monthly for new TIA students ($40 for current students). Looking for wind players now that know most of their major scales and read well that want to work on their craft with others. Limiting class six to four for COVID-19 safety. We have two already on deck for this one, TWO seats remaining. 360.688.9911 (taught by SD)

Brand New Teen Piano Lab by request (daytime hours). Perfect for home-school students or hybrid students, we are capping this class at FOUR students for Covid-19 precautions. Two seats are taken which means we can take TWO more. Just $60 monthly for the first student and $50 for a sibling, that’s about $50 less than private lessons in many studios! Call today! We will start as soon as we have four.

Brass lab for students with one to two years of experience this fall with SD at TIA. Tuition will be just $60 monthly for new TIA students, $40 monthly for existing TIA students that would like to participate. Drop us a line for details or enroll today!

We will be launching new classes this fall in Beginning Piano, Guitar, and Drums as well. Each of these classes will be limited to very small groups for optimum safety (probably four students per class) to allow for at least six feet of distance between each child. We will also be offering our Next Level Homeschool Band which may have just a few more students in it, but again, only so many as we can hold with effective and safe social distancing.

Yes, we are still enrolling! Though we are getting very full. We started many new students last week, we start some next week, and we are in the process of enrolling a good handful right now. We would love to work with you, drop us a line today! We are still offering the best conservatory quality, fun, friendly private music lessons in piano, guitar, voice, ukulele, drums, bass, trumpet, saxophone, trombone, flute, clarinet, violin, and cello anywhere around. You can study here at the studio (under a careful safety plan), or virtual anywhere in the world!

People keep asking when we will have another group piano class (we call them labs). Beginning Piano for kids (ideally 7-10) Mondays at 2:30 with our director, SD. This is a great opportunity to get your children engaged in learning something that is so good for them, so fun, and an opportunity for Covid-19 safe interaction.

We are here for you! We are still enrolling, teaching/making music, and having a blast, under a careful safety plan. Now is the time for music. Now is a time to create healthy new habits, music is an excellent addition for such a time as this.

in a social media driven world and an ever diversifying music scene, virtual lessons in many ways begin training you now for the future. This is the way of life now for sure, but audition by video, songwriting and recording via collaboration (recording your part at home and sending it to a partner) have been the norm for quite some time. We still have some room. Times like this are perfect preparation for the ever changing music world. Drop us a line to start the journey. 

The next 5 months will be crucial times for school music students. If not careful, they could lose two to three times as much in musical development, emberochure, technical skills, and overall musicianship. It could be detrimental and difficult to pick back up again in the fall (if schools resume in the fall). We would hate to see that happen to anyone! If we can help, drop us a line .

While our students are stuck at home trying to stay safer during the shelter in place order we have been encouraging them to record themselves playing or have someone record them. Here are a few that we have received. Great job students!

We are still teaching during the Covid-19 shut down! Harnessing the power of technology so the music, memories, community, and learning can keep going!

We love homeschool families at TIA. In fact, we are the only academy of music that I know of that has three faculty that have been homeschooled for their entire lives! What is cooler than that? Your child can be mentored by one of three highly capable, qualified, friendly, and fun student or associate faculty that knows what it is like to be a homeschooler!

Micaiah is a skilled and active singer/songwriter working all around the Northwest. Homeschooled for most of her life by her incredible mother, she was able to devote most of her additional time to chasing her dreams and gathering as much musical knowledge as she could. She formed a few bands in high school, performed at Disney Hall through the West Valley Youth Orchestra, won a competition that awarded her studio time with a major musician, and even had a few paying gigs before she was even 16. Micaiah is our newest associate faculty member and is enrolling private students now for violin, guitar, piano, and ukulele.

The NFMC Festivals Program is designed to give Junior (age 18 and younger) and Adult member musicians of all abilities the opportunity to present and receive a yearly evaluation in a non-competitive environment. Participation in NFMC Festivals promotes music study, stimulates interest in the musical literature of both the USA and the world, and encourages each participant to reach a high standard of musical achievement. The NFMC Festivals Cup Award Plan and Honor Certificates offer additional incentives to encourage continued participation in NFMC Festivals.

Are you or do you have a piano student with experience? Looking to learn in a fun, friendly, class environment? We have a handful of ongoing piano labs with space available for students with experience and/or needing retraining. 

What a great first week we had back and a first week of the winter semester at TIA! We launched two new group classes, welcomed several new private students in voice, piano, and trombone, and also moved one step closer to our mission of making excellent music education accessible to all, including those who otherwise couldn’t afford it! We have been able to scholarship a few students over the last few years, but with the help of all of our regular mission partner families this winter, we were able to scholarship one more student in need and offer reduced rate tuition to a few new students.

Homeschool Band Students, Play Gershwin this Spring and Have a Blast!

Great new classes for winter 2019 and private lesson openings

Looking for a way to add joy and wonder to 2020? Begin the journey of music. Make 2020 a year filled with music, fun, and wonder.!

Hot off the press and brand new this winter, Friday afternoon Piano Lab for Kids, our most popular class! 3-3:30 Fridays, perfect for homeschoolers, early release kids, and everyone ages 7-10 looking to begin the exciting and fun journey of music!

Fall into music at TIA! Private lessons in piano, voice, ukulele, drums, guitar, trumpet, violin, viola, and cello and group classes in drums and piano.

Piano Lab is our most popular class, time-tested and proven successful. Many of our piano lab students are excelling in piano and having a blast after just a few months! Some of these classes have been together for years! Ideal for students 7-10 Piano Lab is perfect for families looking for a budget friendly option without sacrificing quality. In fact, with TIA Piano Labs you get conservatory quality music education in a super fun community environment for $30-40 less than the industry standard for private lessons.

Music lessons! Prime-time slots perfect for public or private school students. Come start the journey with us at TIA! Study voice, piano, trumpet, saxophone, strings, ukulele or guitar!

If you are taking private music lessons, paying attention, and putting in practice, you should be learning and growing! If not, you just may need a new teacher. . If you or someone you know is paying $100 a month for lessons, your teacher better be highly qualified (with degrees from a major conservatory or university) or an extremely professional equivalent. They also better be equipping you with the fundamentals in scales, theory, technique, sight reading, and repertoire. If not, get a new teacher.

Parents, get your kids starting the journey of music at TIA, Voted Best Children’s Music Program in the South Sound!  Homeschool music classes this fall.

We have several great opportunities for learning music this fall! See below for what we have planned so far and call today to enroll! We have group classes in beginning piano, brass instruments, ukulele, guitar, and drums. Enroll your children in the Best Children’s Music Program in the South Sound (Best Children’s Art Program, South Sound, 2019).

We are of course always enrolling for private lessons, call today for details! We offer private lessons in voice, piano, drums, wind instruments, guitar, ukulele, and strings.

Have you always wanted a chance to find your voice, increase your range, to SING?! Molly is currently accepting students! Molly’s current openings for singing lessons are: Mondays at 5PM, Fridays at 2:30, and at 4:30 (every other week only). Enroll today!

Can you believe it?! Fall semester will be here in just FIVE weeks and you will NOT want to miss out! we have a handful of new classes planned in group beginning piano for kids, group beginning ukulele for kids, group beginning guitar for kids, and of course, drum lab for kids.

As always, private lessons are available as well, but the schedule is very full so don’t wait!

Summer is half way through, can you believe it!

Already we have enrolled nearly forty students this summer and it has been awesome! We have started three new piano labs, a new drum lab, and a new songwriting class!

But we still have some great openings for private lessons this summer!

Transcription is an important part of ear training and learning. One of our fine young students is transcribing this great 16 bar blues. This beautiful melody makes great music out of the simple yet sweet pentatonic scale.

Woohoo! Brand new Piano Lab starting up next week! A handful of students are going to have a blast and be making music very soon! #piano

Never say you have too much going on. I have an adult student, a mom, currently raising three kids on her own as dad is overseas. And she’s totally rocking this right now! We love our #adult students at TIA! A ton of fun to work with, and we love being inspired myself by great students with a hunger to learn and grow.

TIA is the place in the South Sound to study drums with a professional, friendly, caring, and conservatory trained drummer that is also a successful and busy working local drummer.

#TIA is the place to study #drums in the South Sound, with Jordan, a highly capable, qualified, and friendly drum teacher who plays regularly with a very successful and popular area band (playing the Bite of Seattle this weekend)!

When you check into a music studio or teacher, which you should always do, make sure you don’t just assume top listing on Google is the best. Read the reviews, but also, check the number in parenthesis (number) right next to name of the organization or person, this is an important part of the story, consistency.

Come study songwriting the Berklee College of Music way with a Berklee graduate who has over 20 years of experience! Have fun, study and analyze songs by the greats, write as an individual and as a part of a group, and have a blast! You must have a basic working knowledge of music, preferably piano or guitar. The ability to chord is beneficial, but not essential.

We are looking to upgrade our piano lab and we are super excited about it! Our piano lab currently serves 11 classes a week (that’s around 50 students or so)! And our keyboards and stands have helped up very well considering! They are functional, fun, and effective.

But some are beginning to wobble a bit, and we have so many students moving beyond the beginner stage to needing more keys (full size keyboards) and pedals!

These digital pianos are full size, have pedals, weighted keys, and will be so much more fun for students to play! They will also be able to play in a standard position on a bench (we will need to get those as well).

Would you consider helping us with the upgrade? Any gift would help. Just click the “Support us” button on our website.

Adults with experience looking to continue, re-capture, or take their piano skills to the next level! We have an adult piano class perfect for seniors or adults with flexible schedules that meets at noon (12-1) on Thursdays. There is room for a few more and we would love to have you join us. Tuition is just $100 monthly ($50 for seniors).

This class knows most of their major scales and are wrapping up Alfred’s Adult All In One Course Book 1

3:30 Monday Piano Lab.. Drop us a line. Beginners, ideal for ages 7-10, tuition is just $50 monthly. Fun, friendly, and taught be a seasoned and experienced professional of 20+ years.

A little taste of some of our Spring 2019 Presentation

If you have a child that has experience with piano, specifically Alfred’s Basic Piano Library and has a good handle on their scales (these students know their major, minor, and harmonics), we have a few spots in our homeschool older kid/teen piano lab. These students are just starting book 2. Tuition is just $50 monthly, drop us a line today, have fun, learn, make great music, make friends! Thursdays at 2:30PM.

New this summer! Guitar Lab with Angelia! Mondays 5-5:30 starting July 8. One of the best ways to learn guitar in the South Sound area, this small group class for beginning guitar, Guitar Lab is just $50 a month, an affordable tuition rate for just 30 minutes of quality instruction in a fun, safe, and friendly environment. Call today to sign up! Ideal for students 10 and up, with exceptions.

Vocal lab, like fall of our labs will be energetic and fun, but focused master class like group instruction on the fundamentals (scales, range, tone, technique), and learning of great repetoire. Tuition is just $100 for the 8 week summer session plus the one time registration fee of $20. We are otherwise on a waitlist for voice lessons, so this is a great opportunity to enroll your kids in the best children’s art program in the South Sound (Best of the South Sound, South Sound Magazine 2019)

Just Five Weeks to go until we launch our new Friday Piano Labs at 4 and 4:30 with SD! Just six seats available in each. Five weeks till fun!
Five weeks till your kids can begin playing music right away! Call today! Do not miss out! It could be years before another 4PM class like this opens up!

Tuition is just $50 monthly (there is a one-time $20 registration fee).

SD has three very rare openings for private lessons in piano or winds, Mondays at 3:30, or *Wednesdays at 3:15 and 3:45. *Beginning in July. They won’t stay open long, drop us a line today!

We have had requests for Friday guitar lessons for quite some time and are starting an interest list. As soon as we can fill the 4-5PM time-frame we will begin. Drop us a line today to secure your spot, just $60 monthly. We will also offer a brand new section of GAB, Guitar for Absolute Beginners, perfect for home-school students ages 9 and up, 3-4PM Fridays, just $60 monthly/

Ukulele is a wonderful, affordable, and accessible first instrument for kids and they will have a blast learning it with Angelia (one of our highly capable, fun, likable, and energetic student teachers). A great entry way to guitar, perfect for home-school students 7-10 that will continue in the school year, tuition is just $60 monthly.

Hot off the press! Our most popular class! We are super excited to announce that this summer (starting July 5) we will be offering two BRAND NEW Piano Labs for beginners! Just $50 monthly, one 4-430 and one 4:30-5. Get on the list today! Only six seats in each! Ages 7-10 ideal. Taught by our director, SD, your kids will have a blast in this class and learn so much! Our lab students do so well! Tell your friends!

“When you think of doing things to improve your health, what do you think of? You probably think of working out, eating well, and getting a good night’s sleep, right? You probably don’t think of playing the ukulele, do you? Well, you should!”

“Recorder is a fantastic first instrument for a young child. In fact, even though I recommend piano as a first instrument for small children, the recorder is the perfect first wind instrument for them.” Also great for adults.

And the wonderful thing about piano music is that you can share it with your family and friends! Music is a language that crosses all barriers of age, ethnicity, etc. It is a wonderful way of bringing together the larger community, as well as smaller groups of family and friends.

Drum Lab is a one of a kind opportunity to learn to drum in a fun, fast paced, and safe environment. Taught by a conservatory educated, professional working musician and drummer, this is a great introduction to drumming. All you will need is a pair of drum sticks, a pad, a folder (for handouts), and if you would like, a bucket for practicing. Tuition is just $100 for the eight week summer session (plus a one-time $20 registration fee).
Class meets Thursdays 3-3:30 and starts July 11. Enroll today!

Our most popular class, get your kids in this summer! Summer Piano Lab with SD Wednesdays 2:15-2:45PM. Beginning group piano ideal for kids 7-10. Starts this July, just $100 for the 8 week summer session (plus the one time registration fee).

We have a very rare opening at 4PM on Mondays for private lessons in violin, viola, or cello. Come learn with Carol this Spring/summer at TIA! Call today! Carol also has openings in the earlier part of the day Monday through Thursday.

Are you an adult with a flexible schedule? Why not learn to play an instrument this summer? Most of our teachers have some early afternoon or late morning spots available perfect for retired adults or those with a flexible schedule.

Join us for this beginning brass instrument class! Come learn to play the trumpet, trombone, baritone, or euphonium in a fun environment with SD (our director and brass musician of over 33 years). Students will need to rent an instrument and purchase a book.

Learn to play the saxophone, clarinet, or flute in a fun environment with SD. Students will need to rent an instrument and purchase a book.

Angelia is currently accepting ukulele and piano students during homeschool hours (early Monday afternoons) and Thursdays from 1-4PM. Call or message us today to enroll, have fun, and start making music with Ang!

Summer Music at TIA is just SIX weeks away! You won’t want to miss this great opportunity for your kids! Affordable and quality group class in: Beginning Ukulele, Beginning Band (Trumpet, Sax, Trombone, Clarinet, and Flute), Beginning Drums, Recorder, and Piano. And for older students that already play and read music, Summer Songwriting!

Drop us a line today for more details!

We are so excited to have been announced as Winners, 2019 Best of the South Sound Children’s Art Program!  Thanks to all who voted! Also, check out our many five star reviews on Google, Yelp, and Facebook.

Sign up today for our new elementary music classes with Carol. Carol has twenty years of experience as an educator, is super sweet, and has a passion for teaching music to little ones. Step’in Tune (Ages 3-5) Mondays 9:45-10:15AM; Step’in Tune (Ages 5-6) Mondays 10:30-11AM.

Breanna is a capable and artistic musician experienced in variety of settings. She is super sweet, comes to us highly recommended by her supervisors and teachers, and of course, is a fit with our mission and values.

Carol is enrolling now for private lessons in strings and piano Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, and we will be putting elementary music/mommy and me music classes and strings classes on the schedule very soon. If interested in a class and you have specific day/time needs, drop us a line and let us know.

We are super excited to announce that very soon we will have strings at TIA again! Violin, viola, cello.. and also elementary music! Fun and friendly music classes for little’s 4, 5, and 6 years old taught by a professional with extensive experience and education!

All our summer classes have already begun. We do have some openings in current classes, and have a few spots where we are offering new

Looking for something unique to give your teenager? How about the gift of music. Our new winter Teen Piano Lab meets Fridays 5:45-6:45 this winter

Homeschool Woodwind Lab with SD Learn to play the clarinet, flute, or saxophone in a fun environment taught by a conservatory trained musician and educator with

We are currently on a waitlist for voice lessons as Molly and Jenna are full, and Jessica will soon be on maternity and baby leave.

At TIA, we believe that music is purposed to be made in community. Private lessons are great, but musicians need to learn to make music

 Looking for a great Christmas idea? A ukulele makes a great affordable gift. But don’t just give the instrument, give the gift of music! New

Fall Presentation is going to be so much fun! Come join us, have a great time, and support the arts. If you are in the

Come enjoy some of your favorite country classics and hear our wonderful students make the music they have been learning on the journey this fall. Support

  SD has a 12:30PM opening on Mondays. Also Mondays at 2:30 and Wednesdays at 2:15. Learn the piano, trumpet, trombone, saxophone, or drums. Call (360)

New classes coming this winter, don’t miss out!   Ukulele for Kids Mondays 5-6 with student teacher Angelia, Starts Jan 7 Drum Lab Mondays 6:30-7,

Crystal Ball Photography does great work. What I love about these photos most is that they show the personality of our faculty and our studio.

Homeschool Brass Lab  Homeschool parents and students, are your children wanting to learn to play the trumpet, trombone, or euphonium? Maybe they started with a

New music classes coming this winter, don’t miss out!     Drum Lab Mondays 530-6, Starts Jan 7. Teen Piano Lab Tuesdays 745-815, Starts Jan

Woohoo! What a week! Week two of fall semester is in the books! In the last two weeks we have launched several new classes. We

Fall Session 2018 Sept 5-Dec 15 Adult Presentation, October 13 Fall Presentation, November 10 Thanksgiving Break Nov 22-25              

Just a reminder, TIA is on break through September 4. We are still enrolling though, so drop us a line to enroll! We still have

A brief word on how we schedule….

Guitar (Student Teacher) Samuel teaches GAB: Guitar for Absolute Beginners, ideal for children ages 8-12, and is enrolling students for private lessons now. Samuel is

It is hot out there! So here’s a picture to get you thinking cool… fall leaves and music. Fall will be here before you know

We have three brand new classes starting very soon. All three still have limited space and we would hate for anyone to miss out. Our

Learn Guitar this Summer at TIA! Our GAB class (Guitar for Absolute Beginners) is the perfect entry into guitar with no prior experience. Students learn

Ukulele for Kids at TIA this summer!  Learn the ukulele with Angelia this summer, make music, make friends, and have a blast! This summer Angelia

People ask us about open house opportunities all the time. But we only do it once a year. So don’t miss this! We will have

These classes book fast and don’t come by often, so drop us a line if interested. We are offering a brand new Summer Beginning Piano Crash

It has been a high speed and busy several months since we began 2018 at TIA! We have enrolled over 30 students since beginning the

  Students will have a blast learning ensemble scenes from musical theater works. We will focus on vocal technique and terms and technical aspects of

Spring semester began this April, but we still have plenty of great opportunities for music learning and making this spring! See below for both ongoing

Friends, 2017 has been a great year for TIA! We are so thankful for all of our wonderful students, families, and those in the community

As we approach the end of this year we know that everyone is competing for your attention and many organizations will be asking for your

We are excited to welcome Jessica Barnes to the TIA team! Jessica brings a unique and important addition of another vocal faculty member with a

We are so excited to announce that this winter we will begin offering private music lessons in piano, voice, and woodwinds (clarinet, flute, and saxophone)

We have had more scholarship requests this semester than ever before! And we are so glad to be able to offer them! Of course, they

This is our old studio. We moved shortly after these were taken, to our new studio at 202 Phoenix. The new studio has about 3

We are so excited that the academy has been growing! We truly believe we can provide the best musical education to our students whether that’s

Whatever you are looking for in the Olympia/Lacey/Tumwater area by way of music lessons, TIA is your go to resource. With over seven fun, relatable,

For those who may not know, Jenna and I personally cover the costs of repairs like this (over $600) as we do not want to

We are excited about Bryce, our new percussion faculty member at TIA, who is also a video guy. We had a team meeting this weekend

Current Classes with Openings                             Piano Lab (ongoing class with open enrollment)

    Looking for info on Private Lessons? Click here.          

Songwriting Teen Summer Songwriting You will not want to miss this class! If you are a teen and you have a decent understanding of chords

Because we have some new rooms at the new studio, we have some new needs. Specifically, we will need more music stands and a few

Electric Guitar Foundations (Saturdays @10AM) This class will cover the fundamental concepts and techniques for playing the electric guitar including: correct picking and fingering, common

We do not ask for money much, this is by intention, although some would probably say we ask too much, and others not enough. But

Welcome Molly to the TIA team! Molly has accepted the invitation to join the TIA team and we are excited to have her. Molly is

Piano & Keyboard Piano Lab (Mondays @ 2:30-3:00PM) Piano Lab is a fun and simple class for absolute beginners in a small group format. This

  2016 was a very busy year at TIA, just the way we like it! Our academy is at just under 100 students now, and

Monday is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Many schools and some places of employment may have the day off as a holiday. We plan

In full disclosure, I would not call this a frequently asked question. I would however say that this is a question we have been asked

We have had a great fall semester at TIA! Winter semester is now in full swing, but we still have some openings. See below for

Friends, We are excited to announce that it looks like we have enough to launch a new section of KAB. We are looking at the

Attention moms and dads with children or teens that already play piano! We have openings in two continuing classes for this fall. A KAB Kids

TIA is the place to learn Wind Instruments for home-school and private school students in the South Sound. Home-school, private school, no band program? No

We are excited to be welcoming Jordan Nylander to the TIA team as a new piano/keyboard faculty member. This will open up private lessons in

Friends, We are looking at a special Rhythm and Melody class this April. We have had some public school children interested and therefore needing a

It has been a great winter semester! And now we are almost ready for spring break, can you believe it? We have had a lot

In the last several months, I have seen several students from public school band programs (elementary and middle school) that have come to the academy

One of our most popular classes, this is a perfect class for brass student musicians with one to two years experience on their instruments. These

Take a look at our classes and if you don’t see what you are looking for give us a call. It is our goal to

An update on private lessons: All of our faculty slots for private lessons are nearly full as we focus on group classes, but we do

Music is more fun with friends, it really is. And we think that one if the best things about music is getting together with friends

Winter schedules are being formed now, but we will be offering the following new music classes/sections, so drop us a line today if you would

This Wednesday is our Eat Wings and Raise Funds day at Buffalo Wild Wings. Do you have plans for lunch or dinner on Wednesday? Why

Last year I wrote a brief end of year reflection after the academy’s first year. And so much awesome has happened in year two that

We are looking for a handful people who love the arts to partner with us this summer with a very small donation, to help cover

So I was on the phone with AT&T today for about an hour (for some reason AT&T subscribers have been having trouble reaching our 1-800

When we speak of good music, two of the essential elements of what makes that music good are the intellectual content and validity of the