The Tuned In Academy

Private Lessons for virtual, olympia, and seattle

Private Lessons for Olympia

Private piano lesson with SD

Private Lessons in Piano

TIA is your go to source for piano lessons in the greater South Puget Sound, Olympia, Lacey, and Tumwater area. Why not enroll with the best (Best Children’s Art Program 2019)? With NINE unique musician-educators on faculty as piano teachers, SIX conservatory trained and three associate or student faculty, each with different backgrounds and wheelhouses, we can meet your piano needs here at TIA.

Private Lessons in Violin or Cello

Conservatory quality private violin, viola, and cello 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.

Private Lessons in Saxophone

Sean-David (SD) is a multi-instrumentalist who has been playing music for over 36 years. While SD’s primary instrument is the trumpet, he began learning Saxophone lessons the saxophone, the trombone, the drums, and pretty much any instrument he could get his hands on in middle school. Sean-David fell in love with the saxophone as soon as he heard John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Charlie Parker, and Bud Shank.

Private Lessons in Voice and Songwriting

With SIX unique voice faculty on staff, we are here to provide you with the personalized experience in voice that you want and need. We prefer the term voice lessons to singing lessons because we won’t just teach you how to sing, we will teach you how to understand and utilize your voice as the instrument it is.

Private Lessons in Guitar and Bass

Conservatory quality private guitar 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.

Lauren, Student Teacher of Ukulele and Piano

Private Lessons in Ukulele

Conservatory quality private ukulele lessons at Tuned In are designed to give you the best overall instruction you need, and to prepare you for whatever 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. Ukulele is an affordable and accessible instrument for children and adults, and a perfect gateway into guitar later.

Student playing drums at our Summer Presentation in Olympia

Private Lessons in Drums

Conservatory quality private drum 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.

Private Lessons for Seattle

Private Lessons in Piano

Joshua 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 quintet. In fact, you may hear him next time you are out at a restaurant with live music!

Private Guitar or Ukulele Lessons

Conservatory quality private guitar 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 also offer private lessons in ukulele which is a fun, affordable, and accessible entry way into music that can easily lead yout to guitar later.

Jenna McGoran

Private Lessons in Voice

In private voice lessons students are one-on-one with their teacher in a mentor model kind of situation. These lessons are fun, casual, interactive, and paced to the needs of the student. Voice students work with their teacher on learning new repertoire regularly. We have a different theme every semester so students that choose to will have exposure to and an opportunity to learn a variety of repertoire and genre.

Private Lessons for Virtual

Virtual Lessons in Guitar and Bass with Austin

Meet Austin Brown. Austin resides in Lynchburg, VA where he works as a studio musician. He holds a degree in Commercial Music: Publishing & Production. He has grown up around music his whole life having played in bands with his family since an early age.

Virtual Lessons in Piano, Violin, and Cello with Carol

Carol is an innovative and passionate music teacher with over 20 years of experience teaching children of all ages. She specializes in music education with a nurturing and developmental focus for individuals or groups while maintaining a private music teaching practice.

Michael Lanier, Virtual Faculty of banjo, ukulele, mandolin, and bluegrass bass

Virtual Lessons in Banjo, Ukulle, Mandolin, and Bluegreass Bass with Michael

Michael plays banjo, ukulele, upright bass, and mandolin (as well as a few other instruments). Michael has been playing music for nearly his whole life, and he loves sharing it with others! A collector of instruments as well as a performer, Michael plays quite a few, with banjo being his primary instrument.

Jimmie Myers, TIA Faculty

Virtual Lessons in Trumpet, Trombone, F. Horn, Drums, and Voice Jimmie

Jimmie is great. He’s fun, engaging, and a highly educated and experienced musician and educator. He’s holds a Bachelor’s degree in trumpet performance from San Diego State University. He’s an experienced professional horn player who served with the San Fernando Symphony and he holds a Master’s degree from the Longy School of Music of Bard College as well.

Virtual Trombone with Sorin

Sorin is a composer from Fort Worth, Texas, and is set to graduate from the University of Houston’s Moore’s School of Music with a degree in Music Composition in May of 2023. Having played trombone for well over a decade and through work with programs such as Partners for the Arts abroad

Virtual Lessons in Piano, Ukulele, Violin, and Cello with Micaiah

Micaiah has studied guitar, violin, and piano for about 15 years and is currently working all over the PNW as a skilled singer/songwriter. 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.

Virtual Piano with Joshua

Joshua 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 quintet.