About
Hello! I’m Pia, and thank you for visiting!
About Little Timbre Studio:
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, Little Timbre Studio has serviced nearly 200 families in the Eugene/Springfield area.
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 known to draw attentive, local audiences of deer and wild turkey! Musikgarten classes are held at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in downtown Eugene.
To schedule an intro piano lesson/meeting please contact me.
To register for classes – visit here.
A bit more about me:
Pia Robbins is a musician and educator who works with children of all ages. She is the owner of Little Timbre Studio, a music, movement and piano studio for children and Little Timbre Music, a content and workshop provider for schools, libraries and community groups.
She resides in Eugene, Oregon where she teaches, blogs, writes, plays and creates music-based content. In addition to her work with children, Pia is a professional musician and has released two albums of original material with her folk/roots duo, The Comforters. Their music has received radio play all over the world. It has been licensed and used in award-winning films, television and online media. Pia is also working on a series of folk music for children. The first album, Skip to my Lou is available now.
Pia has presented workshops for educators, parents, and librarians , discussing the benefits of early childhood music and movement, music for the whole child, and helping parents and caregivers incorporate music into their daily interactions with children.
Licensed Musikgarten Teacher
Oregon State/California State Educator K-8, Music
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 piano and voice at 10. 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 early childhood music and language/literacy development. Pia has taught general music, choir and grades K-8. She spent several years using music as a tool to teach reading, math and English to second language learners.
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.
Thank you!