Zeeland Academy of Music

10/21/2025

Canvas Rebel (online magazine) interviewed me. They interview artists and creatives to find out their "why" as a way to help them network and meet new prospective clients.

I have a hunch AI is in on this and it decided I'm from Downtown Zeeland rather than Zeeland Academy of Music. hehe

Jeff Costello shared their story and experiences with us recently and you can find our conversation below. Jeff, we’re thrilled to have you with us today. Before we jump into your intro and the heart of the interview, let’s start with a bit of an ice breaker: What’s the most surprising thing y...

08/14/2025

Student Anna performing at the Dekker Huis Museum ICE Cream Social

07/27/2025

ZAM Welcomes Mrs. Nichole Bier to our teaching staff!

We are super excited to welcome Nichole to our team! She brings decades of expert beginning band experience and has been a highly respected colleague of ours for years in the West MI music community.

Mrs. Bier is looking forward to building a teaching studio at ZAM starting in August and moving into the Fall season. A woodwind expert, Nichole also plans to offer beginning brass and (school) percussion lessons with us at ZAM.

Sign up at zeelandacademyofmusic.com to get started!

05/19/2025

The ZAM band did great last night at Park Theatre Open Mic Jr!

Together.

04/25/2025

https://youtu.be/DTWpeu1csV4?si=tK92usSSgFezBg8s

I was interviewed for a Podcast!
So much fun chatting about several passion areas of mine when it comes to voice teaching and music teaching.

Thank you to Nikki and the Full Voice team for inviting me!

205 | Using YouTube As A Teaching Tool With Jeff Costello⭐ Find links mentioned in this episode here: https://www.fullvoicemusic.com/podcast/205/ ⭐In episode...

04/01/2025

Like nothing else can.

03/09/2025

It’s found in music and the arts.

03/08/2025

Our hero!
Jason slayed as Percy Jackson in ZHP's performances of The Lightning Thief.

02/27/2025

Music is for every child.

12/13/2024

My favorite thing about music is that it can be so many things to so many different people based upon the situation in which we're hearing it.

It was always a hard sell getting middle school kids to be interested in any music that was slow. I would say, "this is absolutely NOT a song the high school football coach would play in the locker room to fire up their players before a game. But... it's definitely beautiful and it serves a different musical purpose."

Music helps people get through the day like nothing else.