AMANDA ARMSTRONG
Amanda is an aspiring music teacher from Bend, Oregon living in the beautiful West Seattle area. At the age of nine, music started to become a major staple in Amanda’s life. She took a strong interest in guitar, being shaped from many well known musical influences. Amanda expanded her string family, adding violin/fiddle and ukulele at an early age, as well as studying classical piano. Amanda loves writing and recording her own music, working with various genres such as Folk, rock, pop, indie, country, alternative and various Spanish and classical style guitar. Sharing her love for music is one of Amanda’s absolute passions, and being grateful to have had the opportunity to teach others over the past 7 years locally and internationally. In 2015 she spent a few years living and teaching music in Thailand, Australia, and different areas in England offering guitar, ukulele, piano and vocal lessons. Amanda enjoys adapting her music lessons to the style and genre of music her students love and enjoy learning. In turn, she wants to help people find a love and joy for music, just as she does!
MITCHELL SIBURG
Mitchell grew up in West Seattle and had a passion for music at a young age that shaped his creative composition. In 2009, Mitchell placed 1st in the Washington state solo and ensemble contest and has been teaching in the West Seattle and Boston area for well over 12 years. He is a classically trained guitarist and an alumni of Berklee College of Music. While at Berklee, he studied classical and jazz music theory, as well as guitar performance. Proficient in guitar, bass, piano and drums Mitchell has a passion for teaching all styles of music, and knows how to help students achieve their musical goals.
He also has a passion for recording and producing all different genres of music. He has a music studio in West Seattle where he records various local artists, along with his original compositions.
Additionally, Mitchell maintains his educational qualifications for sound and audio engineering.