Tampa Bay Music Academy is pleased to welcome Amanda Cappello as the newest member of our teaching staff! Amanda will be our first string teacher, giving us the opportunity to serve the needs of violin students in addition to other concentrations. Amanda studied music...
Is your child ready for guitar lessons? Are you planning to buy him a cheap one at Wal-mart to see if he sticks with it before you make a big investment? STOP!! Before you buy that flimsy one-size-fits all model consider this: Your child is much more likely to stick...
Tampa Bay Music Academy warmly welcomes Katie Bournival to our teaching staff! Katie will be teaching voice and piano lessons with us and brings extensive experience in both fields to the table. Katie studied Music with concentrations in Voice Performance and Piano at...
At TBMA, our favorite method series for piano students is the Faber Piano Adventures method. We love this method because it promotes both good technique and musical artistry from the very beginning. In this post, we want to take a closer look at the Faber...
Most musicians understand the importance of sight reading. It’s a skill that will serve you well whether you’re accompanying a choir, playing in a band, or considering solo pieces. But how do you get from here to there? How do you develop the ability to read through a...
When I was studying music in college, my most-feared class was sight-singing lab. Ten or twelve of us students would sit in a music lab with our professor and be graded on sight-singing a line of notes from a book. In solfege. You’ve never heard as many warbly notes...
