About Trala

Trala is a tech-powered online music school headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 2017, our mission is to make life-changing music education accessible to every single person on Earth. For most of the world, accessible, affordable music lessons are hard to come by. In the next 20 years, over a billion people will pick up an instrument for the first time. Imagine if every single one of them could become the musician they want to be. That’s the future we’re obsessed with realizing. With over 600,000 downloads and students in 193+ countries, Trala has received support from top musicians and investors at Duolingo and LinkedIn. Trala students are surgeons, moms, graphic designers, truck drivers, grandparents, middle schoolers, martial arts teachers, and CEOs. They live and make music in rural Montana, Beirut, Juneau, Perth, and our hometown of Chicago.

Our Team

Sam

CEO

Violinist and engineer. Architect behind Trala’s musical pedagogy. Uses words like ‘pedagogy’.

Erik

VP of Operations

Avid traveler, aspiring drummer, and constantly in search of the perfect one-liner. Won Wheel of Fortune. Lowkey.

Mariah

Lead Android Engineer

Named after Mariah Carey. Spongebob Enthusiast. Believes in the sanctity of Arby’s. Somewhere chasing Kaytranada.

Ryan

Product

Pandemic Pizza-Preneur. Prefers post-its and Sharpies. New sharpei dog dad to Oolong.

Josh

Lead iOS Engineer

Programmer of things that go “bleep” and “bloop” (and things that could go “bleep” or “bloop” if they really wanted to).

Johnny

Lead Front-End Engineer

Avid basketball fan who loves watching and playing. Often plans vacations around favorite artists' tour dates and interesting hikes.

Val

Executive Assistant

Named after a Steve Winwood Song - you know the one. Has unfinished business with the piano. Actually enjoys playing calendar tetris.

Mary

Teacher Growth

Jigsaw puzzle devotee. Will organize your junk drawer. Dependable second violinist.

Rachael

Head of Teaching

Professional Violinist. Played at that white-tie gala we weren’t invited to.

Jessica

People Operations Coordinator

Currently browsing the DOL website. Cellist and amateur guitarist. Big fan of the word “hootenanny”, Arsenal football, and all things vintage.

Seina

Program Manager

Violinist, violist, dabbler of various other instruments. Headshot photographer for musicians & artists. Obsessed with her Golden Retriever, Cooper. Former gymnast turned outdoor enthusiast.

Lance

Lead Back-End Engineer

Senior developer specializing in authentication/authorization and distributed systems, in particular instant messaging and media conferencing.

Rasa

Violinist, Educator, and Project Manager

Violinist, Educator, and Project Manager. His violin case is open 16 hours a day. Master of bad paintings, sending links on the internet, beginner Cuatro and Oud player, and makes a dish out of any ingredient.

Mark

Teacher Operations

Saxophonist, vocalist, let me put that in a spreadsheet for you. Loves pizza and bagels, lukewarm on pizza bagels.

Brian

Sales Development Representative

Composer, Keyboardist, Conductor, and proud father. Loves to perform all styles of music and write music for documentary films. Avid movie buff and super-amateur chess player. Has an Emmy but won’t bring it up. On the freaking Academy for the GRAMMYs.

Aaron

Enrollment Advisor

Singer, guitarist, songwriter, teacher, seeker. Down with books made of paper, largemouth bass, saying “yes, and”, Buckeyes, and The Beatles.

Lima

Llama

Don’t know how I got here and neither do they. Enjoys awkward stares and the sound of crunching carrots.

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