Adkins Music Lessons has 40 professional, background-checked music instructors teaching across our four Omaha-metro studios — Omaha, Bellevue, Elkhorn, and Gretna. Between them they cover piano, guitar, voice, drums, violin, bass, woodwinds, and most school band and orchestra instruments. Every student is matched to a teacher based on their instrument, age, goals, and personality — not just whoever has an open slot. Teachers are listed alphabetically with their studio locations.
All Teachers
- Alec Narick — Bellevue — Guitar: Alec Narick teaches guitar at our Bellevue studio. Background-checked like every Adkins instructor, with lessons matched to each student’s goals, age, and experience level — from first chords to real progression.
- Alex Villa — Gretna
- Angelica Gonzalez — Bellevue — Piano, Guitar, Voice, Band & orchestra instruments: Angelica Gonzalez teaches piano, guitar, and voice at our Bellevue studio, plus a wide range of band and orchestra instruments. A band and orchestra teacher in local public schools, she can genuinely teach across the instrument families — one teacher for the whole family’s instruments.
- Arianna Grimes — Bellevue — Violin, Piano: Arianna Grimes teaches violin at our Bellevue studio, with piano as a second instrument. Classically trained, she gives students a solid technical foundation at a pace that keeps them confident — a strong fit for students ready to read, count, and really learn the instrument.
- Ashley Ashmore — Elkhorn — Voice: Ashley Ashmore teaches voice at our Elkhorn studio. A choir director and choir teacher for Omaha Public Schools with strong musical theater experience, she runs lively, performance-focused lessons — a great fit for singers who want high energy and real vocal growth.
- Benjamin Wright — Elkhorn — Piano, Band & orchestra instruments: Benjamin Wright teaches piano at our Elkhorn studio, plus most band and orchestra instruments — saxophone, trumpet, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and more. A music-education graduate and former public-school band teacher, he is the go-to for school-band students on less common instruments.
- Blaire Bruening — Omaha, Elkhorn — Violin, Piano: Blaire Bruening teaches violin and piano at our Omaha and Elkhorn studios. Teaching since she was 15, degreed, and playing in community orchestras, she re-explains a concept a different way the moment a student is stuck — effective from beginner through advanced.
- Brianna Wright — Elkhorn
- Brooklyn Williamson — Bellevue
- Carter Reichenberg — Gretna
- Chase Jensen — Gretna — Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar: Chase Jensen teaches piano and guitar at our Gretna studio, plus bass guitar. Calm, laid-back, and grounded in theory, he breaks concepts down so anybody can understand them — and changes his approach on the spot when a student needs a different angle.
- Chris Goulet — Bellevue, Elkhorn, Gretna, Omaha
- Claire Dobson — Bellevue, Omaha — Woodwinds, Clarinet, Saxophone, Piano: Claire Dobson teaches woodwinds and band instruments at our Bellevue and Omaha studios — clarinet and saxophone especially — plus beginning piano. She plays in the United States Air Force band, and her organized, structured lessons work for everyone from little kids to adults.
- Colin Freeman — Elkhorn
- Daniel Mecek — Bellevue — Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums: Daniel Mecek teaches guitar and bass at our Bellevue studio, plus drums. Song-focused and fun but with notation and tablature taught properly, he connects especially well with young kids picking up guitar for the first time — lessons stay exciting while skills actually build.
- Diego Guevara — Omaha, Bellevue — Voice, Guitar: Diego Guevara teaches voice at our Omaha and Bellevue studios, plus beginning guitar. Diego started as an Adkins student himself — two years of lessons here before becoming a teacher — and it shows in how he works with young singers: structured, technical, genuinely fun.
- Donovan Andrews — Gretna
- Emily Schwaiger — Omaha
- Hannah Gammill — Bellevue, Omaha — Voice, Piano: Hannah Gammill teaches voice at our Bellevue and Omaha studios, plus piano. Finishing her music-education degree at UNO and performing in several ensembles, she covers a genuinely broad range of vocal styles — upbeat, theory-grounded lessons with visible progress.
- ILLiana Hammers (Director & Teacher) — Bellevue — Violin, Piano, Voice, Guitar, Ukulele: ILLiana Hammers directs our Bellevue studio and teaches violin, piano, and voice, plus guitar and ukulele. Playing since age four, she has performed in professional operas, plays in current orchestras, and helps teach with the Omaha Area Youth Orchestras — polished, rigorous instruction at any level.
- Jason Barker — Bellevue — Guitar: Jason Barker teaches guitar at our Bellevue studio. Meticulous and system-oriented in rock and country, he keeps students engaged by pivoting to the songs they actually want to learn — a strong fit for teens and adults who want focused instruction.
- Jolie Breinholt — Bellevue — Piano, Guitar: Jolie Breinholt teaches piano at our Bellevue studio, plus guitar. Playing piano since she was very young — while also competing as a professional soccer player — she brings serious energy to lessons and moves easily between beginner, intermediate, and advanced material.
- Jonathan Deleski — Gretna — Guitar, Bass Guitar: Jonathan Deleski teaches guitar at our Gretna studio, plus bass. Lead guitarist in a working band, he runs laid-back, play-along lessons with real theory and technique built in — especially strong for teens and adults who want to play rock and actually progress.
- Jordan Taylor — Gretna
- Katie Azevedo (Director & Teacher) — Gretna — Voice, Piano, Band instruments, Drums: Katie Azevedo directs our Gretna studio and teaches voice and piano, with broad band and orchestra coverage. She has performed voice work for Disney and acts in musicals at the Omaha Playhouse — musical theater students get a teacher who does this for real.
- Kaytelynn Webb — Bellevue, Elkhorn, Omaha — Voice, Piano, Ukulele: Kaytelynn Webb teaches voice and piano at our Bellevue, Elkhorn, and Omaha studios, plus ukulele. A choir director with deep community-music experience, she builds lessons around the individual student — game-driven for kids, technical and theory-grounded for singers who want to go deep.
- Kellen Barker — Bellevue — Violin, Guitar: Kellen Barker teaches violin at our Bellevue studio, plus guitar. Kind, technical, and book-based, he specializes in younger beginners — lessons paced so students build real confidence without ever feeling rushed.
- Laura King — Bellevue — Piano: Laura King teaches piano at our Bellevue studio. Like every Adkins instructor, she is background-checked and matched to each student by goals, age, and personality — not just whoever has an open slot.
- Leo Monardo — Elkhorn — Piano, Saxophone, Trumpet: Leo Monardo teaches piano and saxophone at our Elkhorn studio, plus beginning trumpet. Playing piano since age three with a background in musical theater and performance, he adapts every lesson to how that student learns best — from the book, by ear, or both.
- Matt Osborn — Elkhorn — Drums, Band percussion: Matt Osborn teaches drum set and band percussion at our Elkhorn studio. With 17 years behind the kit and a calm, structured style, he is the teacher for students ready to take drums seriously — clear, informative lessons that build real skill.
- Mier Dier — Bellevue
- Mili (Joshowah) Dobson — Bellevue
- Nathan Wolf — Bellevue — Drums: Nathan Wolf teaches drums at our Bellevue studio. An outstanding player who performs in bands across many styles, he pairs serious technical instruction with genuinely fun lessons — beginners get a solid start, and advancing drummers get pushed properly.
- Noah Zywiec — Omaha, Bellevue — Drums, Percussion: Noah Zywiec teaches drums and percussion at our Omaha and Bellevue studios. Playing since childhood and studying music education at UNO, he runs laid-back, genuinely funny lessons full of practical tricks — experienced drummers especially like working with him.
- Payton Hammers — Omaha — Drums, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Ukulele, Mandolin: Payton Hammers teaches guitar and drums at our Omaha studio, plus bass, ukulele, and mandolin. Technical and theory-driven but a jokester at heart, he explains how music actually works in language any age understands — a great match for teens and adults.
- Ray Worden — Gretna — Drums, Band instruments, Strings: Ray Worden teaches drums and school band instruments at our Gretna studio, with strings through intermediate. A public-school band director for 30 years, he is exceptional at spotting exactly where a student is and moving them forward — a natural fit for band students and serious drummers.
- Sam Howdle — Gretna — Voice, Piano, Flute: Sam Howdle teaches voice at our Gretna studio, plus flute and piano. An accomplished vocalist who is always learning new styles and songs herself, she takes singers of any age or level with great energy — encouraging first, real technique underneath.
- Samyak Pandit — Gretna
- Sarah Cornell — Omaha — Piano, Violin: Sarah Cornell teaches piano at our Omaha studio, from first-time beginners through advanced players, plus beginning violin. Classically trained with professional performance experience, she pairs deep musical knowledge with a patient, encouraging style — one of the strongest piano instructors at Adkins.
- Tessa Seifried — Elkhorn, Omaha — Voice, Piano: Tessa Seifried teaches voice and piano at our Elkhorn and Omaha studios. Every Adkins teacher is background-checked, and students are matched to her by goals, age, and personality — not just an open slot on the calendar.
Teachers at Adkins Music Lessons
4862 S 96th St Ste 1, Omaha, NE 68127 · (531) 270-0848 · Omaha studio page
Blaire Bruening (violin, piano) · Chris Goulet · Claire Dobson (woodwinds, clarinet, saxophone) · Diego Guevara (voice, guitar) · Emily Schwaiger · Hannah Gammill (voice, piano) · Kaytelynn Webb (voice, piano, ukulele) · Noah Zywiec (drums, percussion) · Payton Hammers (drums, guitar, bass guitar) · Sarah Cornell (piano, violin) · Tessa Seifried (voice, piano)
Teachers at Bellevue Music Lessons
1311 Harlan Dr, Bellevue, NE 68005 · (402) 960-2808 · Bellevue studio page
Alec Narick (guitar) · Angelica Gonzalez (piano, guitar, voice) · Arianna Grimes (violin, piano) · Brooklyn Williamson · Chris Goulet · Claire Dobson (woodwinds, clarinet, saxophone) · Daniel Mecek (guitar, bass guitar, drums) · Diego Guevara (voice, guitar) · Hannah Gammill (voice, piano) · ILLiana Hammers (violin, piano, voice) · Jason Barker (guitar) · Jolie Breinholt (piano, guitar) · Kaytelynn Webb (voice, piano, ukulele) · Kellen Barker (violin, guitar) · Laura King (piano) · Mier Dier · Mili (Joshowah) Dobson · Nathan Wolf (drums) · Noah Zywiec (drums, percussion)
Teachers at Elkhorn Music Lessons
1820 N 203rd St, Elkhorn, NE 68022 · (402) 249-9671 · Elkhorn studio page
Ashley Ashmore (voice) · Benjamin Wright (piano, band & orchestra instruments) · Blaire Bruening (violin, piano) · Brianna Wright · Chris Goulet · Colin Freeman · Kaytelynn Webb (voice, piano, ukulele) · Leo Monardo (piano, saxophone, trumpet) · Matt Osborn (drums, band percussion) · Tessa Seifried (voice, piano)
Teachers at Gretna Music Lessons
20615 Highway 370, Gretna, NE 68028 · (402) 580-9702 · Gretna studio page
Alex Villa · Carter Reichenberg · Chase Jensen (piano, guitar, bass guitar) · Chris Goulet · Donovan Andrews · Jonathan Deleski (guitar, bass guitar) · Jordan Taylor · Katie Azevedo (voice, piano, band instruments) · Ray Worden (drums, band instruments, strings) · Sam Howdle (voice, piano, flute) · Samyak Pandit