Greeneville Music Academy — Find Your Sound

A clear path for musical growth

Roots → Sessions → Stage

More than program names — it's our educational philosophy. Every musician moves through three stages: learning, collaborating, and performing.

ROOTS

Learning

Every musician starts somewhere.

Students build confidence, develop fundamentals, and discover a love for music through individual instruction.

Focus: Rhythm · Listening · Technique · Creativity · Confidence

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SESSIONS

Collaborating

Music comes alive together.

Students keep learning one-on-one while collaborating in ensembles, bands, and group experiences.

Focus: Ensemble · Collaboration · Musicianship · Performance Skills

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STAGE

Performing

Share your sound.

Advanced musicians lead, perform, and mentor — representing the academy through live performance.

Focus: Performance · Leadership · Artistry · Mentorship

Why the GMA pathway works

Most programs stop at lessons. We don't.

Lasting musical growth happens when individual instruction is joined by collaboration, performance, and mentorship. That combination is what turns a student into a musician.

An instructor teaching guitar one-on-one

Individual Instruction

Private lessons that build real, lasting fundamentals at each student's pace.

A band collaborating and performing together

Group Collaboration

Making music with others — the fastest, most joyful way to grow.

Real Performance

Regular chances to take the stage and turn practice into confidence.

A teacher celebrating with a young student

Mentorship

Instructors who know each student and guide them as people, not just players.

Every student deserves a place to learn, grow, perform, and belong.
That place is Greeneville Music Academy.

Study

What do you want to play?

Find your instrument. Find your voice. Find your sound.

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Guitar

Acoustic, electric or bass — from first chords to full songs, riffs, solos, and playing with others.

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Piano & Keys

Build skills in chords, melody, rhythm, reading, and the music you actually want to play.

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Drums & Percussion

Develop groove, timing, coordination, and the skills to confidently lock in with a band.

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Voice

Discover your range, build confidence, and learn to sing the music you love with strength and control.

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Group Vocals

Learn harmony, blend, confidence, and performance skills while making music as part of an ensemble.

Don't see your instrument?

Tell us what you want to play.

GMA is built to grow with our community. If there's enough interest in an instrument — and we can find the right instructor — we'll work to bring it to the Academy.

Request an Instrument

See where your music can take you.

As students move along the pathway, lessons open into collaboration, creativity, and performance.

Songwriting Ensembles Workshops Camps Performance Opportunities

Explore the GMA Pathway

Community Campuses

Music, all across Greene County.

We're building a network of community-based learning locations to make music education accessible throughout Greeneville.

Trinity United Methodist Church, Greeneville

Interested in hosting music education at your church, school, or community space?

Become a Host Campus

Additional community partnerships — coming soon

GMA at 2026 Pioneer Pitch Day and Co.Starters Pitch Night

Our Story

Built for this community.
Believed in by this community.

Greeneville Music Academy was founded to give Northeast Tennessee a true community music academy — not a lesson studio, but a creative home where students are mentored, collaborate with other musicians, and step on stage.

That vision has already been met with incredible support. In 2026, GMA earned 1st Place at Co.Starters Pitch Night and was recognized with Best Community Pitch and 3rd Place Overall at Pioneer Pitch Day.

But the awards mean more than a place on a podium. They are a reminder that this community believes in what we are building: a place where a young person can pick up an instrument, find their people, build confidence, and discover just how far music can take them.

This is only the beginning. And we're building it together.

Joshua Shores Founder & Executive Director

Start a conversation

Teach at GMA

Help shape the next generation of musicians.

We're building a team of passionate instructors who believe in mentorship, creativity, and community. Whether you teach guitar, piano, drums, voice, strings, brass, woodwinds, or a specialty instrument, we'd love to start a conversation.

Become an Instructor

FIND YOUR
SOUND.

Roots → Sessions → Stage