Our mission is to provide everyone, no matter their age or experience, an enriching music education through instrumental or vocal study, ensemble participation and/or music classes.
Established in 1995, the Academy of Music is Richmond's premiere classically based music school and has taught hundreds of students to develop their musical talents by providing lessons, classes, ensemble opportunities, summer programs, master classes and workshops in music, as well as free concerts and special cultural events. The Academy of Music offers quality music education in a supportive environment so children and adults can discover, enjoy, explore and expand their musical abilities. Any student is welcome here, from the complete novice to the professional.
Established in 1995, the Academy of Music is Richmond's premiere classically based music school and has taught hundreds of students to develop their musical talents by providing lessons, classes, ensemble opportunities, summer programs, master classes and workshops in music, as well as free concerts and special cultural events. The Academy of Music offers quality music education in a supportive environment so children and adults can discover, enjoy, explore and expand their musical abilities. Any student is welcome here, from the complete novice to the professional.
Highlights and features
- Clarinet, Flute, Guitar, Harp, Percussion, Piano, Violin, Voice
Services
Private Instruction
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Private instruction is a crucial element in the proper skill development for both vocalist and instrumentalist. We offer private lessons in piano, voice, guitar, harp, flute and winds, strings, percussion, organ and brass. Students receive individual attention and training that emphasizes rapid technical growth, as well as artistic and personal growth. Our private teacher will work with you individually in lessons a half hour, 45 minutes, or an hour in length.
Group Classes
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People
Lynnelle Ediger
Harp
Founder and director, Lynnelle Ediger-Kordzaia, is a nationally recognized educator. She has taught the harp, voice and piano and directed harp ensembles and children's choirs for over 20 years. In 1999 she founded the American Youth Harp Ensemble (AYHE). The AYHE continues to dazzle audiences around the world as America’s premier youth harp ensemble.
Ron Alig
Guitar
Ron Alig has been playing classical guitar in the greater Richmond area as well as northern VA for the past 4.5 years. He has a Bachelor degree in Music Performance from the VCU School of Music where he studied with David Toussaint and John Patykula. In 2007 he joined the Richmond Guitar Quartet and has performed for the Charlottesville Guitar Society, Randolph-Macon College, the VCU Guitar Series, as well as many other concerts and events in the area.
Grace Bauson
Harp & Piano
Grace Bauson, a doctoral candidate in harp performance, has performed extensively as a soloist and ensemble player. She won fourth place in the 2004 Anne Adams National Harp Competition and was a national finalist for a Fulbright Award in 2005. In 2008 she was a semi-finalist in the William C. Byrd International String Competition and a winner of the Ball State University Graduate Concerto Competition.
Amanda Ellerbe
Strings & Music Theory
Violinist Amanda Ellerbe is a graduate of the Master of Music Teaching program at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where she was the recipient of the Clifford Cook Memorial Merit Scholarship in String Music Education, Statler Walker Scholar, director of the Camerata Chamber Orchestra (a training orchestra for young musicians), and assistant director of Oberlin’s String Preparatory Program.
Reviews (9)
Brent I.
Aug 10, 2022
Kathy M
Aug 10, 2022
Jennifer
Aug 10, 2022
Nicholas Cantwell
Feb 24, 2021
I don't often leave reviews on google, but I thought I would share my thoughts on GreenSpring from a faculty members point of view. This is such an incredible place to work and there is no shortage of opportunity. GreenSpring offers a welcoming environment and there is never a dull moment here. It's been professionally and personally fulfilling to be a part of the GreenSpring team!
Erin Gallion
Nov 09, 2019
We are so grateful to have our daughter (age 8) attend GreenSpring International Academy of Music, where the enthusiasm and love for music shines! Because of Ms. Ediger (the founder) our daughter has been introduced and immersed into such a special music community! Our daughter has grown so much musically and personally over the past year and a half, since starting piano lessons and attending summer music institutes.
She has had incredible teachers (their biographies are so impressive!) whom have really shared their passion and gift for music. We have been in awe seeing the older students perform at recitals and concerts, knowing that many, too, had attended GreenSpring from an early age. Please do not hesitate in contacting GreenSpring to begin this special journey. There is so much to explore here. This has been a life-changing decision and has given our daughter and family so much joy through music. Thank you!
She has had incredible teachers (their biographies are so impressive!) whom have really shared their passion and gift for music. We have been in awe seeing the older students perform at recitals and concerts, knowing that many, too, had attended GreenSpring from an early age. Please do not hesitate in contacting GreenSpring to begin this special journey. There is so much to explore here. This has been a life-changing decision and has given our daughter and family so much joy through music. Thank you!
Claudia Sachs
Jun 04, 2018
Aelan Snyder
Mar 07, 2018
Isabelle Fogleman
Oct 23, 2017
Elizabeth Smartt
Nov 20, 2016
Harp lessons, piano lessons, and harp ensemble are the only activities our daughter wants to do after school now! She loves the Academy of Music, and her teachers there are truly mentors in her life. I can't recommend this school more highly. Lynnelle Ediger is a Richmond gem. We are so lucky to have her and the Academy of Music right here in RVA! They are world-class.