Private & Group Music Lessons

Whidbey Island Music Academy connects students of all ages with exceptional local instructors for personalized private lessons. Explore instruments, teacher bios, and schedules, then use our secure MyMusicStaff portal to request times that fit your family.

Excellence In Private Music Instruction

Whidbey Island Music Academy is a collective of some of the finest music instructors of our community. Each teacher is in full control of their curriculum and policies, ensuring that they are fully committed to your musical education journey.

A windowless piano practice room with woodsy green walls, warm lighting, a grand or upright piano as the focal point, and a tall lush house plant (like a fiddle leaf fig or monstera) standing prominently on the left side of the room. The colors should be vivid and rich — warm wood tones, deep green walls, and vibrant plant foliage. No acoustic panels on walls or ceiling. Cozy and inviting atmosphere.

Lessons

Weekly private lessons in piano, voice, strings, winds, and more, focused on strong fundamentals, musicality, and joyful lifelong learning.

Exciting group lesson and ensemble opportunities are also available. WIMAC is home to the Salish Youth Symphony and many other social musical experiences are on offer.

Our Instructors

Aniela Perry

cello – string bass – electric bass

Linda Vogt

violin

Teresa Skuggeld

viola – violin

Devin LaMarr

cello

An extreme close-up macro photo of a violin f-hole (the elegant S-shaped sound hole cut into the spruce top of a violin). The grain of the warm amber-golden varnished wood is visible in rich detail, dramatic lighting casting deep shadows into the f-hole opening, highlighting the carved edges and the lustrous finish of the instrument. Dark, moody, artistic, beautifully lit. No full instrument visible — just the f-hole and surrounding wood up close.
Clarece LaMarr

violin

A baby grand piano on a black box theater stage with dramatic theatrical lighting. The piano has its lid propped open, glossy black finish reflecting the overhead spotlights. The black box theater has dark walls, a black floor, and warm theatrical spotlights casting a pool of light on the piano. Moody, intimate, atmospheric performance space. No people, just the baby grand piano on stage.
Garrett Poteat

piano

A close-up, moody photo of a retro vintage microphone with a pop filter/pop guard in front of it. The microphone is a classic large-diaphragm condenser or ribbon-style mic with a chrome or silver finish, warm dramatic lighting highlighting the metal mesh and body details. The pop guard is clearly visible in the foreground. Dark, atmospheric background with soft bokeh. Studio recording aesthetic. No people.
Joelle Berry

voice

A close-up, dark and moody photo of an electric guitar and electric bass side by side. Deep shadows, dramatic low-key lighting with subtle highlights catching the curves of the guitar bodies, strings, and hardware. One guitar is a solid-body electric (like a Stratocaster or Les Paul style) and one is an electric bass. Dark background, rich contrast, professional feel. No people, no other instruments.
Don Chappell

electric, acoustic and bass guitar

A professional recording studio interior with warm, atmospheric lighting. Various instruments are displayed and arranged throughout the space: multiple electric guitars and bass guitars hanging on the wall or leaning on stands (various colors and styles — Stratocaster, Les Paul, jazz bass), woodwind instruments like a saxophone and clarinet resting on stands, acoustic treatment panels on the walls, a mixing console or recording desk visible in the background, rich wood tones, moody ambient lighting with subtle warm glows. No people. Professional music studio atmosphere.
David Licastro

guitar – bass – woodwinds

A black box theater stage with dramatic stage lighting. On the stage, a cello is laying on its side on the floor, and a grand piano sits nearby. The black box theater has dark walls, a black floor, and theatrical overhead spotlights casting warm pools of light on the instruments. No double bass, no other instruments. Moody, atmospheric, intimate performance space. No people.
James Hinkley

cello – bass – piano – voice

A drum set on a black box theater stage with dramatic theatrical lighting. The drum kit is fully set up — bass drum, snare, hi-hats, cymbals, tom drums — lit by overhead spotlights casting warm pools of light against the dark black walls and black floor of the theater. Moody, atmospheric, intimate performance space. No people, just the drum set on stage.
Jeffrey Nelson

drums

A tall, majestic Douglas fir tree photographed from below looking up, with rich dark green needles and deeply furrowed reddish-brown bark, Pacific Northwest forest atmosphere, soft natural light filtering through the canopy, moody and lush, photographic realism.
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Student Events

Oct-24

Salish Youth Symphony Concert #1

Mount Vernon, WA

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Nov-TBD

Fall Recital

Freeland, WA

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A detailed close-up of a classical acoustic guitar lying on a textured gray practice rug, its honey-colored spruce top and intricate rosette sharply in focus. Next to it, a slim, spiral-bound practice journal lies open, pages blank and free of text, with a mechanical pencil resting diagonally across. In the softly blurred background, a compact black amplifier and a neatly coiled cable suggest versatility in instruction. Gentle late-afternoon window light rakes in from the side, creating delicate shadows along the strings and fretboard. Photographic realism, shallow depth of field, low-angle composition from the headstock end, evoking quiet concentration and disciplined practice.
Two musicians play drums; sign reads: “My time here at [Community Music Lab] has been transformative. My instructor has a unique way of unlocking my rhythm. — Sarah, student.” Logo reads “Community Music Lab.”

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Freeland, Washington • Whidbey Island

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