Hawk Music Academy

Missed the sign up for our June Musical Theatre Camp? We have another one in July! Spend 20-24 with professional musicians Miss Sally Walsh and Mrs. Emily Whitney and delve into some Musical Theatre MAGIC! ✨Visit our website at hawkmusicacademy.com/summer-camps or contact our office at [email protected] for more information on how to register!

There are only 2 more camps for our Music Arts and Explorers Camp! Sign your little one up for games, arts and crafts, and more kid-oriented fun! hawkmusicacademy.com/summer-camps

Do you love to sing? Do you always find yourself humming show tunes — or dancing on your own? Hawk Music Academy has a summer camp for you: introducing our brand new Musical Theatre Camp led by our own Hawk Music Academy voice teachers that will include lessons and coachings, mock-auditions, prop-making, choreography, staging, as well as a final performance of popular Broadway Musical scenes! Come join the singing with us at Musical Theatre Camp from June 22-26 and July 20-24! This camp is available for grades K-12. Visit our website for registration and more info on all of our summer camps! hawkmusicacademy.com/summer-camps

A little about our teachers for the June 22-26 camp:

Ms. Sally Walsh is a talented voice teacher and has been involved in theatre since a young age. She’s performed roles like Annie (Annie), Liesel (The Sound of Music), and Hodel (Fiddler on the Roof) to name a few favorites! Ms. Sally has had students continue on in music working for The Walt Disney Company, on Broadway, and one even became a professional stage manager at the Metropolitan Opera! Ms. Sally holds a voice degree from Western Carolina University (B.M).

Mrs. Emily Whitney is a classically trained professional operatic soprano known for her powerful high notes and passionate acting. Her notable work includes performances at St. Petersburg Opera Company in the title roles of Lucia di Lammermoor and Alcina, as well as Capitol City Opera in Atlanta reprising her signature Lucia, debuting Elvira in I puritani in May of this year, and at the beginning of this 2026, she debuted Leonora in Il trovatore with Sarasota Opera as a Studio Artist. She specializes in advanced bel canto technique but enjoys teaching all types of voices the beautiful sounds they can make, no matter what the genre! Mrs. Whitney holds voice performance degrees from Northwestern State University (B.M.) and Georgia State University (M.M.).

Our first Music Explorers Camp of the summer is approaching! We have some fun themes planned for this summer for all of your kiddos' ages 4-9! Check out our website for more camps that are available or scan the QR code! https://www.hawkmusicacademy.com/summer-camps

Don't let the fun stop just with the school year ending! The deadline for the 1st half of the summer was today, but it's still not too late! You can register at anytime during the summer. The 2nd half of the summer is due by June 20!
If you book 4 or more lessons, you can be a part of our Summer Jam concert on August 1!

We can't wait to be a part of your summer plans! ☀️

Summer Camps are just around the corner at HMA - and registration is open! Head to hawkmusicacademy.com/summer-camps for more information or email [email protected] for even more!

We can't wait to see all of your shining faces at our camps - don't forget to sign up for summer lessons, too! Keep an eye out next week for a feature highlighting one of our upcoming camps.

Introducing, HMA instructor, Ms. Martha Carroll!

Martha Carroll was born in the White Mountains of New Hampshire and began piano lessons at age 6. After moving to Georgia during middle school, she also began playing the violin in the Gwinnett County School System and played through high school. She loved playing by ear, composing, and dabbling with other instruments, such as her dad’s guitar. Her mom taught her to draw and write, and Martha had a passion for art with dreams of one day animating for Disney. She also loves writing books and short stories. Her time spent at the exclusive Georgia Governor’s Honors Program as a violin major, however, helped solidify her love of music and was the final decision-maker to pursue a degree in music.

She earned a Bachelor of Composition at Syracuse University with Honors in Piano
Performance. As a freshman, she began playing piano for church services and served as a
church pianist for 32 years. Over those years, she wrote and arranged many hymns and secular
songs for church choirs, friends, and students. She especially loves creating a new piece of
music from century-old lyrics.

With a passion for writing fantasy, Martha is the author of The Diamond Series, Imagine Role Playing’s official novel series. She has written three books so far, with three more planned to complete the series. Besides her love of music, art, and writing, Martha enjoys rockhounding with the Georgia Mineral Society.
Martha has now been teaching piano, violin, viola, cello, guitar, theory, and composition for 28 years. Music and writing are her passions. She believes the greatest reward as a teacher is seeing her students grow up and use what they learned in music lessons – self-discipline, self-expression, perseverance, and discovering the joy of accomplishing a goal - to fulfill their dreams in whatever path they choose in life.

Our teachers and students are so talented at Hawk Music Academy, and we couldn’t be more elated to show them off!

Introducing, senior piano student, Niyathi Gorthi!

Niyathi Gorti is a senior piano student of HMA instructor, Martha Carroll. Under her instruction, she has evolved from a beginner/intermediate pianist to tackling advanced music in less than 4 years. She has participated and received a Superior rating every year in the Cu***ng Federation Festival. In addition to piano, she is also a Bb and Eb clarinetist, and violinist. Niyathi has a skill for learning instruments quickly – she excelled quickly in piano, becoming advanced in 4 years, and in clarinet, only for 2 years. Some of her favorite composers include Gustav Holst, Frédéric Chopin, Koji Kondo, and Frank Ticheli. When not playing music, Niyathi spends her time teaching at a martial arts studio, or curls up with a Nintendo game.

We are so proud of Niyathi for all of her accomplishments at the end of her high-school career, and are honored to have her as a member of the Hawk Music Academy family!

Here's our End-Fall 2025 / Start-Spring 2026 Newsletter! Includes a "Catch-Up" Newsletter for End-Spring and Summer 2025!

End-Fall 2025 / Start-Spring 2026 Newsletter Email from Hawk Music Academy Upcoming Events, Summer Camps, Buttons, News, and More!   End-Fall 2025 / Start-Spring 2026 In this Issue:  Letter from the Executive Director End-Spring & Summer 2025 "