The Tuned In Academy

Conservatory quality private piano lessons at Tuned In are designed to give you the best overall instruction you need, and to prepare you for what it is that you want to be musically. If you just want to have a lot of fun and  play the music you want to play, and  learn how do it better, we can help you do that. We will discuss and teach you however about how to look at the music a little more carefully because we believe that music is never just music. Music has meaning, and as musicians, we should all seek to appreciate that better. But if you want to learn how to be prepared for the rigorous auditions of the military bands, scholarship committees, or conservatories—we can do that too.  The purpose behind private lessons in piano at TIA is for you to have regular one-on-one personalized instruction, just for you, according to your needs. Private lessons in piano are just $95 monthly for a half-hour lesson (weekly) with masters faculty, $90 with regular faculty or $70 for weekly half-hour lessons with student and associate faculty.

 

Private Lessons in Piano with SD, Director and Faculty 

Sean-David, Director, and Faculty of Piano and Winds

Sean-David began teaching privately over twenty years ago after graduating from Berklee College of Music. He has worked with countless instrumentalists and teaches a full roster of piano students five days a week. SD  teaches students what they need and want to know in a relatable and easy to understand way. As a musician, SD spent years struggling with what it meant to want his own musical voice (and not to sound like someone else). If you are seeking to find your individual voice in composition, on your instrument, or in improvisation, SD would love to help you find it.

If you want technical skills and preparation, SD can help you. Sean-David knows what is required of musicians for entrance into premier music opportunities. He has exceeded the necessary standards of entrance to the US Army Bands, Berklee College of Music, and even musical theater positions.

SD has been teaching piano and keyboard for over 15 years and has vast experience playing piano and keyboard as a musician, composer, and accompanist for students and sacred music/church settings. He also has a passion for music theory and loves finding ways to make theory, chord scales, and song form easier to understand. If that sort of thing has always boggled or frustrated you, but you know it is important and want to learn, give SD a call.

 

Private Lessons in Piano with Jenna, C0-Founder and Faculty

Jenna McGoran, Faculty of Voice and Piano

Jenna began teaching privately over twenty years ago after graduating from Berklee College of Music. She has worked with vocalists, piano players, and singer songwriters of all ages. Jenna teaches what you want to know in a relatable and easy to understand way.

If you want technical skills and preparation, Jenna can help you. Jenna has extensive experience and education in a variety of styles from pop, jazz, folk, and blues, to musical theatre. Jenna is also active with the National Federation of Music Clubs. Her students will have the opportunity, if they choose, to sharpen their skills through healthy competition on piano.

 

Private Lessons in Piano with Sam

Sam Wasson, Voice, Piano, and Guitar Faculty, Music TherapistSam is a musician and Music Therapist. From Lewistown, Pennsylvania, Sam began piano lessons at 7 years old and fell in love with singing in choirs in the adult church choir as an elementary student. Sam has participated as a vocalist in multiple choirs in middle and high school, along with competing in district and regional choir festivals.

Sam holds a Bachelors of Music in Music Therapy from Elizabethtown College and is a Board Certified Music Therapist. In addition to her studies, Sam sang in multiple choirs in college, including traveling to South Africa with Concert Choir and Jazz Band to perform and work with local choirs.
In addition to piano and voice (her primary instrument), Sam began learning guitar at the start of college and loves playing to accompany her own and others singing to bring people together, which is so awesome—Sam gets the communal nature of music which is crucial to why we do what we do and teach the way we do!
 
 
As a music therapist, Sam brings a unique experience of care, consideration, and compassion to how she teaches.
 
Sam teaches on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings
 
 

Private Lessons in Piano with Angelia, Student Teacher

Angelia, Student Faculty of Voice, Piano, Guitar, and Ukulele

Angelia is our student teacher and the daughter of SD & Jenna. She is 17, under the direction of  Jenna and SD, and has been studying music her whole life. Angelia is a trained and extremely capable pianist.

Angelia is under the mentoring of TIA faculty. An adult TIA faculty member will be present in the building at all times when her classes meet. She has been a part of TIA from the beginning and has served as a mentor and leader in vocal and instrumental classes. Angelia has established herself as a highly effective, fun, and respected music educator and has a busy roster teaching students of all ages (children and adults) piano, ukulele, guitar, voice, and beginning drums.

 

 

Private Lessons in Piano with Micaiah, Associate Faculty (Virtual Only)

Micaiah Sawyer, Associate Faculty, Piano, Guitar, Strings, and UkuleleMicaiah moved here from Arizona in the summer of 2014 after graduating high school. During her first few years in Washington, she studied music at South Puget Sound Community College, joined an orchestra, and jammed with jazz students, all while beginning her work as a solo artist. 

Micaiah is a fun, engaging, and effective music educator as well as a highly capable singer/songwriter and musician. Micaiah resides in Texas now, but still teaches many students virtually.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Family Private Lessons?

Do you have a large family? We do occasionally offer private lessons for the whole family to learn together, drop us a line today about family lessons!

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