About us

Based in Miranda, NSW, Kennedy Music Academy offers quality, fun and engaging lessons for young aspiring musicians. Our qualified and passionate teachers provide Piano, Singing, Guitar, Bass and Drum lessons for students of all ages. We offer group and private classes, an early learning music program, Birthday Parties and School Holiday programs all year round!

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Music Lessons

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Early Learning Music Program

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Guitar Lessons

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Singing Lessons

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Drum Lessons

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Birthday Parties

◼ Music Lessons ◆ Early Learning Music Program ▲ Guitar Lessons ◼ Singing Lessons ◆ Drum Lessons ▲ Birthday Parties

Our Teachers

Tiffany Kennedy (BMus.)

Director, Piano/Keyboard, Vocals Tutor

  • Tiffany began learning the piano at age 7 and has always loved singing. She pursued her love of music and completed a Bachelor of Music, majoring in Piano Performance and Vocal Studies at Wesley Institute (now Excelsia College) where she performed at various iconic venues around the world like the Sydney Opera House and toured Europe with the college choir.

    Tiffany has also performed professionally with various musicians at events, functions, funerals and weddings in Sydney. With 13 years of teaching experience and a Masters of Teaching in progress, she has taught children and teens of all ages as well as adults.

    Kennedy Music Academy has been a long term goal and dream for Tiffany and she is thrilled to play a part in nurturing aspiring musicians of the next generation in the beautiful Sutherland Shire.

Lane Sinclair

Vocals Tutor, Performance and Artist Coaching

  • Lane is a singer songwriter from Tamworth. She has been a singing teacher for 7 years now and has also been a creative workshop instructor and mentor, working closely with young talented students over the years.

    Lane holds a graduate degree in Creative Arts & Industry from The Talent Development Project Foundation (TDP), the most successful youth training and development program in the music and entertainment industry in Australia.

    She has released various EPs and projects with different bands and is currently the lead singer of the rock band - Lazuli Mood. You may also remember her from the Top 10 of The Voice in 2017!

    Lane is passionate about educating and training young voices to help them evolve into healthy and confident singers whilst having lots of fun along the way!

Katie Walshe

MusikMakers Toddler Class

  • Katie is a qualified MusikMakers Teacher with over 5 years experience teaching the program and taught the MusikMakers Program at the Australian Institute of Music (AIM) for over 2 years. Katie has also taught piano to children and adults for many years. She has conducted piano lessons at AIM, local music schools & her private studio in Peakhurst. Katie has completed her 8th Grade Piano examination with the Australian Music Examination Board (AMEB).

    Katie is also an accomplished live performer – playing keyboard, guitar and singing her own original compositions.

    Katie has a passion for sharing her love of music and creative expression with her students and she loves bringing joy and helping our toddlers grow through music!

Jacqueline Torrisi

Piano/Keyboard Tutor

  • Jacque is a KMA alumni and was taught and trained by our Director Tiffany since she was in Primary School! She is currently studying a Bachelor of Music, majoring in composition, at JMC Academy. Jacque has always had a love for music and teaching, learning multiple instruments, including piano and violin, since the age of 9.

    Jacque has participated and performed in various music ensembles including chamber groups and bands during her secondary and tertiary education and has also been an active member of local community musical theatre groups, working backstage with performers and audio equipment.

    With a couple of years of teaching experience already, Jacque understands the importance of expressing one’s self through music and hopes to guide those who are both new and interested in learning in a way that is fun and creative!

Nicholas Vanderjagt

Acoustic, Electric and Bass Guitar Tutor

  • Born into a musical family, Nic started learning piano at 6 years old, before switching to guitar at age 9. He developed a love for Rock and Heavy Metal, and would spend hours learning and jamming along to his favourite songs. He would later go on to achieve band 6 in Music 1 in the HSC, and go on to study at the Australian Institute of Music, receiving his Bachelors in Contemporary Music. During his time at uni, he was a member of a function band, playing the bass guitar at parties, weddings, and even at a festival.

    Nic is currently working towards his Masters of Secondary Education at UNSW, and has been teaching guitar for 3 years. Through teaching, Nic hopes that he can instill a genuine passion for music in his students, and inspire them to jam along to their favourite songs.

James Donald

Acoustic, Electric and Bass Guitar Tutor

  • James Donald is a multi instrumentalist from the South Coast of New South Wales. He cut his teeth busking on the streets of Nowra and Sydney, and his strengths lie with Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar and Electric Bass. He’s released music on Spotify under his name: “James Donald”, recording and producing each of the projects himself including a jazz album “Jazzified”, an album of Christian music called “Firesides”, and the next project soon to be released will be a Folk album titled “Wanderlust”.

    James received a Bachelor of Music from UNSW majoring in Jazz Performance and Sonic Arts, graduating with Second Class Honours Division 1.

    James has been teaching for 13 years now. He has a deep passion for music and for teaching the next generation of musicians, and has taken the time to hone his teaching craft, making sure to tailor lessons to each individual student.

    He is very much looking forward to working with KMA for the foreseeable future!

Aimee Michaels

Drums and Percussion Tutor

  • Aimee has been playing drums for as long as she can remember, learning from her professional drummer dad as well as other local prominent pro drummers including Andy Mosely (drummer of The Veronicas!)

    She has been the section leader of percussion sections in bands such as the Sydney Southeast Symphonic Winds Orchestra, Shire Concert Band, and school concert and stage bands. Aimee have also had the opportunity to assistant tutor the SSSW percussion section. This year, she has even started up a drum squad at Port Hacking High School to give any kid the opportunity to learn the basic skills of drums and get involved in extra-curricular activities at school. Aimee is passionate about bringing the beat to all her students at KMA!

Bree Miles

Admin Staff

  • Bree is the admin queen! Previously a director of a local day care, her leadership, organisational and wonderful people skills help run the admin and processes of our school. Outside of KMA, she keeps busy with her almost 2 year old daughter and enjoys living in the South Coast of NSW.

““The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.””
— Mark Van Doren

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