Gretta Harley
Piano, Guitar & Voice · North Beacon Hill, Seattle
About Gretta
Gretta Harley teaches piano, guitar, voice, theory, composition, improvisation, songwriting, and ear training from her home studio on North Beacon Hill, Seattle. She has been teaching children and adults for decades and is also a performer and composer. She was a ranked adjunct professor at Cornish College of the Arts for 11 years (2002–2013) and was invited back to teach at Cornish College, now Seattle University, in the winter of 2025. She holds a Dalcroze Teaching Certificate.
She designed music programs at Seattle Emergency Housing, First Place School, Happy Medium (Giddens School), and Seattle Conservatory of Music (for toddlers and young children), and has taught workshops at the Experience Music Project (now MoPOP) and Boys & Girls Clubs of America (Bonnie Raitt Guitar School for Girls).
Her students have ranged in age from 19 months to 70+ years old. She teaches all levels, multiple neurodiversities, and all tastes in music. She has also started teaching on the Olympic Peninsula.
What I teach
Lessons & locations
- StudioNorth Beacon Hill, Seattle (email for address); walking distance to Beacon Hill Light Rail
- OnlineZoom lessons available; asynchronous lessons also offered
- Lesson lengths30, 45, or 60 minutes
- RecitalsHoliday Recital in December and End of School Year Recital in June