Teachers in Seattle
Our Seattle teachers define Lessons In Your Home. We are a tight-knit family of world-class instructors that is passionate about teaching. We aim to make learning music fun and to have the absolute best student/teacher relationship possible.
We invite you to review our Seattle instructors below and find the best fit for your family or you can contact us and we’ll pair you with the best teacher available after speaking with you.
Meet Our Seattle Teachers

Jason Abbott
City: Seattle
About Jason Abbott:
Jason Abbot is a guitarist, songwriter, producer and engineer born and raised in Everett, WA. He started playing guitar in at the age of 13, just looking for a fun hobby to pick up but along the way found a deep passion for music that couldn't be contested. Jason studied...

Neal Adams
City: Seattle
About Neal Adams:
Neal Adams is a teaching and performing guitarist who encourages students to have fun and work hard. He understands that having fun with music lessons, combined with smart practice, and sharing it with others, helps to build character, social skills, and helps the individual find their personal role in the...

Susan Alexander
Instrument(s): Bass, Cello, Viola, Violin
City: Seattle
About Susan Alexander:
Susan Alexander, Violin, Viola, Cello teacher was one of those kids who could not sit still and learned quickly. She began violin in school in the 4th grade and played through 7th grade, when the cello looked appealing. The following year, her teacher thought she might like to...

Paul Anderson

Arthur Bruce Balensiefer
City: Seattle
About Arthur Bruce Balensiefer:
Bruce has been playing and producing music for fifteen years. He plays bass and guitar, and synthesizers/electronic instruments. He teaches guitar and bass with Lessons In Your Home. A graduate of the renowned University of Miami Frost School of Music, he received formal education in Jazz performance, arranging, audio engineering, mixing,...

Natalie Bartels
Instrument(s): Clarinet, Flute, Organ, Percussion, Piano, Saxophone, Trombone, Trumpet, Voice
City: Seattle
About Natalie Bartels:
Natalie Bartels is a musician and a published poet based in Seattle, WA. Natalie began piano lessons as a child and loves to bring her passion for music to students through teaching lessons. Her childhood teacher had a tremendous impact on her development as a musician and as a...

Ava Behinaein
Instrument(s): Piano
City: Seattle
About Ava Behinaein:
Ava has been playing the piano for about 10 years. She studied music academically from high school when she was in her home country of Iran. Ava studied piano with Hamik Alexandrian, Tamara Dolidze, Raphael Minaskanian, and currently Cristina Valdes at the University of Washington, School of Music. Ava is...

Marcos Benitez
Instrument(s): Guitar, Piano, Ukulele
City: Seattle
About Marcos Benitez:
Marcos Benitez is guitarist, songwriter, and music teacher from South Florida. Growing up in the multi cultural city of Miami, Marcos was exposed to latin and jazz music at an early age and by the time he was 12 he had discovered guitar as his passion. Marcos played with several...

Anne Bergsma
Instrument(s): Guitar, Piano, Voice
City: Seattle
About Anne Bergsma:
Anne Rose Bergsma holds Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in voice from the University of Washington. She has performed opera, oratorio, Gilbert and Sullivan and concert repertoire. For the past 25 years she has taught both privately and on college faculties. Anne teaches voice, guitar, and piano lessons in...

Marie Birve
City: Seattle
About Marie Birve:
Marie Birve, has already made a notable impression across Europe: The Stage describes her as "a vibrant soprano whose performances are dominated by warmth and expressiveness". Marie is from Malmö, Sweden but has lived here in Seattle since 2004 and she studied with Jane Eaglen. A 2004 finalist of the Classical Singer...