MEET OUR TEACHERS

Triumph Music Academy is a musical collective. Our teachers, each professional musicians in their own right, teach you how to make music a part of your life.

James Hughes

Studio Director & Owner

Guitar, Bass, Ukulele, Piano, Songwriting, Recording, Artist Development, Live Sound, & Student Bands

Drawing from his own experience touring, recording, and songwriting, he started teaching his students not just how to play music, but how to do music—how to balance a group, how to engineer sound, how to prepare a performance. Before long, he had amassed a following.

 

Sierra Piersma

Studio Director

Voice & Piano

Sierra Piersma has been a private music teacher over 15  years teaching piano, voice, guitar, and ukulele. She attended Trinity Christian College for music with a focus in music history. She also has a minor in education.
Sierra taught as the music director of the Sandbox Daycare for two years and taught Kindergarten for 10 years. She also studied improv at Second City in Chicago and has performed an original composition at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Sierra loves to perform in casual settings but her passion is in teaching music and literacy. It is her joy to bring these experiences to you so that you can start or continue your musical journey through Triumph Music Academy.