Abby Buchanan

Piano, Guitar, and Ukelele Teacher

Abby Buchanan has served her community for over 20 years as a musician, educator, healer, mother, and neurodivergent creative. She has worked as a Waldorf teacher, music teacher, painter, and facilitator of personal development experiences. Abby has spent 25 years performing as a singer/songwriter. Currently, she performs in the band Fortresses with fellow Resound NW instructor, Courtney Freed.

Abby is delighted to offer piano, guitar, and ukelele for youth and adults alike! Abby teaches singers/songwriters who want to learn to self-accompany, develop their ear training, read music and chord charts, or practice harmonizing. Abby draws on her background in early childhood development, including decades of experience working with neurodivergent students, to create an atmosphere that is playful, safe, sensory-based, and engaging for kiddos.

Abby’s extensive experience in a variety of fields lends itself to her warm presence and insightful feedback in music lessons. She began her career in 1999 as a massage therapist and has provided professional bodywork, sound therapy, energy work, and intuitive guidance to thousands of clients. Abby studied Sound Therapy with Singing Bowl Master Shree Krishna Shahi in Nepal at the Kathmandu Center of Healing, and was featured in Portland Monthly Magazine's Top Doctors issue as a Top Natural Practitioner. She is a proud member of the Association for Size Diversity and Health, and an advocate for the Health At Every Size approach to care. Abby studied Early Childhood development at Sunbridge Institute and holds a Bachelor of Music in Composition.

For the Personality test nerds out there she’s a 2/4 Emotional Generator, Kapha Dosha, INFJ, Enneagram 9.
Learn more about Abby and her offerings: www.abbybuchanan.com/
Pronouns: she/her/hers

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Nepali Singing Bowls

Abby studying sound therapy at the Kathmandu Center of Healing

Abby in Nepal