Perfect Harmony Academy of Music

Perfect Harmony Academy of Music Not your average music school. 🎸 Learn, perform, grow, and join a music family that rocks. Real progress. Real confidence.

Free trial lessons β†’ [https://camasmusiclessons.com/free-trial/] Perfect Harmony Academy of Music is a Camas, WA music school serving Camas, Washougal, Vancouver, and east Portland since 2014. Founded by Chris Merrill β€” a working musician with nearly 15 years performing professionally, including dates opening for Maroon 5, John Legend, Counting Crows, and The Flaming Lips β€” PHAM was built around a simple idea: real teachers, real instruments, real stages. What we offer:
β€’ Private lessons in piano, guitar, voice, drums, bass, and ukulele
β€’ RockStar Band Programs β€” the only private band program in Camas/Washougal, with kids forming real bands that perform live at Star Theater in Portland twice a year
β€’ The Harmonics β€” our group vocal ensemble for singers who want to perform together
β€’ Music Makers β€” early-childhood music for ages 4-8
β€’ Adult music lessons β€” first-timers and returning learners both
β€’ In-house luthier services from Jared Anderson β€” setups, repairs, restorations

Our teachers are working musicians, not college kids killing time. We don't believe in babysitting with a guitar β€” we believe in helping every student find what they love about music, then helping them get good at it.

πŸ“ 2459 NE 3rd Loop, Camas WA 98607
πŸ“ž (360) 210-4134
🎸 Free trial: camasmusiclessons.com/free-trial/

08/09/2026

"Sea turtles, swimming through the water… we're all the same, we help each other out."

Clarke came to camp already scribbling songs in a notebook. She left with "We Are All The Same" β€” a whole ocean of creatures looking out for each other, written, polished, and recorded in five mornings. Sea turtles, jellyfish, a deer and her dog β€” all just one big family.

🎧 Sound on for an original song by Clarke.

Songwriting Camp 2026 is a wrap. 🎢Five mornings. A pile of "terrible first drafts" (it says so on the shirts). And by Fr...
08/07/2026

Songwriting Camp 2026 is a wrap. 🎢

Five mornings. A pile of "terrible first drafts" (it says so on the shirts). And by Friday β€” real, finished, recorded songs, written entirely by kids, played for a room full of families.

These songs did not exist on Monday. We'll be sharing them here over the next few weeks β€” trust us, you want to hear what these songwriters made.

P.S. Can't wait until next summer? Songwriting lessons now run year-round at PHAM. Write it in one lesson, record it in the other. 🎧

The most common message we get at our Camas voice studio: "I used to sing all the time β€” choir, karaoke, band β€” and then...
08/07/2026

The most common message we get at our Camas voice studio: "I used to sing all the time β€” choir, karaoke, band β€” and then life happened. Am I too late?"

You're not. Chris's new post walks through the three-week reset we use with adult returners β€” the students who haven't sung in five, ten, or twenty years β€” to get their voices back without straining and without pretending they're picking up right where they left off.

Camas Β· Washougal Β· Portland-Vancouver metro. Full playbook at the link.
Learn more β†’

The exact routine I use with adult students in Camas who haven't sung in five, ten, twenty years. No shame, no strain, just a clear way back to your voice.

08/06/2026

This song did not exist on Monday.

By Friday, Alli had written it, worked it, and recorded it β€” melody, chords, lyrics, all hers. Five mornings at Songwriting Camp.

Turn your sound ON for this one. 🎧

Your kids wrote real songs at camp (plus a drummer you should meet) -
08/04/2026

Your kids wrote real songs at camp (plus a drummer you should meet) -

We marched in a parade, met a lot of you at our Camas Days booth, and then turned right around and spent the last week of July watching kids write their very first original songs at Songwriting Camp β€” and share them with their families at Friday's showcase. Somewhere in there, two brand-new lesson...

Day 3 of Songwriting Camp: the day the songs found their chords. 🎢Monday these songs were scribbles in a journal. Tuesda...
07/30/2026

Day 3 of Songwriting Camp: the day the songs found their chords. 🎢

Monday these songs were scribbles in a journal. Tuesday they got melodies. Today, Jamie showed our songwriters how chords carry the feeling of a song β€” and suddenly those melodies had somewhere to live. Circle of fifths on paper, guitars and keys in hand, and more than one "WAIT, that sounds like a real song" moment.

Friday, they play them for their families. We can't wait.

P.S. Yes, that's a star sticker on one songwriter's face. It was earned.

What a day! πŸŽΈβ˜€οΈπŸŽ‰A huge thank-you to everyone who marched with us, stopped by our booth, grabbed some candy and guitar pi...
07/27/2026

What a day! πŸŽΈβ˜€οΈπŸŽ‰

A huge thank-you to everyone who marched with us, stopped by our booth, grabbed some candy and guitar picks, and helped make Camas Days such a blast. Seeing our students, families, teachers, and friends out there together is exactly what Perfect Harmony is all about.

Music, community, a whole lot of blue shirtsβ€”and only a little chaos. πŸ˜‚

We’re incredibly grateful to be part of this community and proud of every kid who walked that parade route with us. This is what community sounds like. πŸ’™πŸ€˜

πŸŽ‚ Happy birthday, Clarke!That smile is exactly what walks into the studio every week. She started in Mini-Mozart, and no...
07/26/2026

πŸŽ‚ Happy birthday, Clarke!

That smile is exactly what walks into the studio every week. She started in Mini-Mozart, and now she's writing her own songs β€” watch out, world. We can't wait to hear what you write next, Clarke. Have the best day. πŸŽ‰

Hey gang! We’re hanging out at our super-sweet booth at 2026 Camas Days! πŸŽ‰We’ve got free candy and guitar picks, some sw...
07/24/2026

Hey gang! We’re hanging out at our super-sweet booth at 2026 Camas Days! πŸŽ‰

We’ve got free candy and guitar picks, some sweet new merch, and an extremely good-looking, charismatic staff. 😎

Hunter and Sawyer are jamming if you hurry up🎸

Come by, say hi, and hang out with us! πŸ‘‹πŸ€©

07/24/2026

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2459 NE 3rd Loop
Camas, WA
98607

Opening Hours

Monday 12pm - 7:30pm
Tuesday 11am - 7pm
Wednesday 11am - 7:30pm
Thursday 11am - 7pm
Friday 12pm - 7pm
Saturday 10am - 3pm

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