Music Lessons West - Winter Recital 2-13-21

Winter Recital 2-13-21

Today (Saturday, February 13th, 2021) was the first of our three-weekend 2021 Winter Recital at Knoxville Academy of Music. It was also our first recital in a year, since our summer recital in August 2020 was cancelled due to COVID-19. In the past, our Winter Recitals were all scheduled for one long day of back-to-back
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Selfie of music instructor Ryan Byrne standing in his new studio with lots of musical instruments behind him.

In-Person Music Lessons Available at New Studio!

After several months of online-only music lessons due to COVID-19, I am happy to report that in-person music lessons are available again – IN A NEW STUDIO! Knoxville Academy of Music (KAM) relocated to 165 West End Avenue in the West End Center shopping center near the Farragut High School entrance. Yes, those are floor-to-ceiling
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Featured image for article about online music lessons depicting young girl practicing classical girl while looking at the screen of a laptop computer.

Coronavirus Prompts Temporary Shift to Online Lessons Only

(By Ryan Byrne – 3/19/2020) We recently had our Spring Break at Knoxville Academy of Music (KAM) from March 14th – March 18th, during which time it was decided that, due to Coronavirus, all lessons would be online-only beginning March 19th until further notice when it is considered safe to return to in-studio lessons. We
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Music instructor Ryan Byrne pictured with his students at Knoxville Academy of Music's 2020 Winter Recital at Concord United Methodist Church in Farragut, TN.

Winter Recital 2-15-20

Well, this post is a little late going up (I’ve been a bit busy), but it doesn’t make me any less proud of my students, so I wanted to go ahead and put this post up anyway – “better late than never”. Knoxville Academy of Music (KAM) held their annual Winter Recital on 2-15-2020 at
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Featured image for Summer Recital 2019 - Music Lessons West depicting smiling teen boy in nice collared shirt and sweater playing a nylon string classical guitar.

Summer Recital 7-27-19

FARRAGUT / KNOXVILLE, TN: Knoxville Academy of Music (KAM) presents their annual summer recitals on Saturday 7-27-19 starting at 10:00 AM at Westside Unitarian Universalist Church. My recital is the first one of the day, and will feature student performances on bass guitar, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, banjo, piano, and drums. We will also be
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