Pia Robbins opened Little Timbre Studio in the fall of 2008 to provide a safe, creative and engaging place for children and their families to discover and explore music and music making. Her teaching combines her lifelong love of the performing and creative arts, along with her knowledge and understanding of the learning process and child development. Since opening just two years ago, Little Timbre Studio has serviced over 100 families in Eugene.

At Little Timbre Studio the teaching is student-centered, exploratory-based with the development of the "whole child" as the goal. Music instruction does not exist in isolation. Your child will learn skills through music such as improvisation,  creativity, listening skills, language and reading skills, cognitive and emotional skills that help develop the "whole child," not just the musician.


Lessons and classes include drumming, singing, movement, rhythm/tonal instrument exploration, improvisation, focused listening, composition and games. Each child brings their unique strengths to music class. Pia works to develop each child's potential by incorporating the ideas of Dalcroze, Suzuki, Orff, Gordon and Montessori in her teaching. She develops lesson plans that engage the whole child and designs her lessons around the learning styles of each individual student.


Little Timbre Studio is a home-based studio located in a quiet, forested setting. Natural light fills the teaching space through several large windows and skylights. Music lessons have been know to draw in attentive, local audiences of deer and wild turkey!

To schedule an intro piano lesson/meeting please contact me.

All Musikgarten classes are held at the beautiful, Tamarack Wellness Center in South Eugene.

Pia specializes in: young beginners, elementary piano, early childhood music/family music, folk music for children

Pia is available for music presentations at schools, libraries and community groups.

Please contact for more information.



Pia Robbins
Licensed Musikgarten Teacher
Oregon State/California State Educator
Member: Early Childhood Music and Movement Association
Musician, Songwriter, Performer


Pia grew up in a musically rich environment in Los Angeles, California  She began singing and dancing at the age of 6 and began seriously studying music and voice at 11. As a young performer in Los Angeles she had the opportunity to study with working professionals in the music and entertainment industry. As a young singer she sang in the Deutsch Opera Berlin and Los Angeles Opera production of Die tote Stadt, performed at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center and traveled and played in various performing troupes across the U.S. She has studied and performed all styles of vocal performance.

Pia received her BA from the University of California, Irvine's School of the Arts and graduated with honors. Pia studied abroad during her junior year at the University of Hull in England. There she had the opportunity to study music for the theater with composer Gary Yershon of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Upon graduation from university she moved to New York City and was hired as a vocalist and performer for a national Broadway tour. She spent the next few years honing her skills on the road and in New York City.

Pia returned to California and completed a graduate program in education with additional studies in language and literacy development. Pia has taught general music, choir and grades K-8  in the public schools. She spent several years using music as a tool to teach reading and math. While teaching, she also began writing and producing original music with husband, producer/engineer Jason Robbins. Jason and Pia have co-written numerous songs and instrumental musical pieces, released an original CD, Transplants and have played up and down the west coast as The Comforters. Their music has received radio play across the United States, in Europe and even in Asia. It has been licensed for use in television, film and online media and was recently featured in a film at the 2010 SXSW film festival. The Comforters' second album, Two Piece Orchestra will be released on August 3, 2010. Pia is currently working on a new folk music album and concert series for children to be released in late 2010.

The Robbins moved to beautiful Eugene, Oregon in 2004. They run a project-based recording studio, Big Timbre in town. Big Timbre Studio has come to be known as a relaxed, creative, affordable and professional environment for artists looking to record in the greater Willamette Valley. Pia manages the business aspects of the studio and has worked as a studio vocalist, arranger and keyboardist on several Northwest projects.
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          Photo by Claire Flint Last (2010)