Origins Music Academy
“Elemental music is never just music. It's bound up with movement, dance and speech, and so it is a form of music in which one must participate, in which one is involved not as a listener but as a co-performer.” - Carl Orff
Jamie played such an important role in our daughter's vocal progress! She is very supportive, encouraging, and knowledgeable! She's especially good at getting your kiddo ready for auditions!
- Liz M. (Parent to M, age 12)
Services Offered
Music Circle group sessions (local preschools only)
If you run a daycare or preschool, consider hiring Jamie to visit your students for a music-focused circle time session. Sessions can be contracted individually, weekly or monthly and can range between 15 to 25 minutes depending on the needs of your students. Included in these sessions will be activities such as story songs, whole-body movement songs, fingerplay and interactive music games.
Individual Music Enrichment In-Home Lessons (Ages 3-10)
Jamie will travel to your student and conduct lessons in the comfort and familiarity of your home. During these lessons students will have the opportunity to explore musical concepts such as high/low, slow/fast, short/long and sound timbre through play. Each student will be provided a folder with learning materials to keep, as well as opportunities to explore instruments like the ukulele, recorder, keyboard and various percussion instruments.
Voice Lessons (Ages 10+)
Offered at the students' homes, Jamie will conduct lessons at your keyboard/piano. If the student does not own a piano, a keyboard will be brought to each lesson by the teacher. The structure of voice lessons include a warmup that engages the voice, body and mind, a short segment in developmentally appropriate music literacy, and technical work in learning songs of the student's choosing.
Pricing - Individual Lessons
- 30 minutes - $35
- 45 minutes - $50
- 60 minutes - $60
Preschools - Contact for pricing.
About the Instructor
As a mother of four, Jamie brings insight and skills into teaching young children that parents can appreciate. Combined with her passion for singing and choral music, her experience working in early childhood education makes for a comfortable, fun and memorable experience for her students. Holding a firm belief that all young children possess innate musicality, she strives to nurture a child's curiosity about music, so that their curiosity may grow into a more sustainable interest over time.
A classically trained vocalist under the tutelage of Grammy award-winning mezzo-soprano Milagro Vargas, Jamie enjoys singing everything from German lieder and Italian and French arias, to jazz, blues and bluegrass. For two years she sang alto for the University of Oregon Chamber Choir under the direction of internationally-acclaimed conductor Sharon J. Paul, which included a summer tour where the choir won first place in the 2019 Grand Prix of Nations in Gothenburg, Sweden. She has sung as a chorister in the annual Oregon Bach Festival for both UO's Chamber Choir and the Stangeland Family Youth Choral Academy. Outside of her strong background in choral and solo singing, she has also dedicated time to learning the guitar, ukulele and piano. In addition to working with children in a musical climate, Jamie has also worked as a Lead Teacher and Lead Float teacher in Eugene and Springfield preschools, and holds a special fondness for working with younger age groups.
Currently, Jamie sings alto in the Women's Choral Society and Eugene Symphony Chorus. While she does not yet possess a degree in music, Jamie has studied Choral Music Education at the University of Oregon intermittently between 2017 and 2023 with plans of returning to finish her degree in the near future. She has made the decision to step away from collegiate studies to dedicate time teaching in the community and supporting her own children in their academic endeavors, but looks forward to completing her Bachelor's degree in Music Education when the appropriate time presents itself.