Run by local professional musicians.

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Family Owned and Operated

The Priddy Music Difference

Since 2000, Priddy Music Academy in Millersville, Maryland, has been more than just any ordinary music school. We have taken students beyond fundamentals, while gaining wisdom from working with efficient and attentive teachers that encourage confidence in being part of a musical community. We have gone from “The Place for Guitar” to “The Place for Bands,” and now, “The Place for Guitar, Bass, Piano, and Voice.” We have the finest instructors Maryland has to offer, many of whom are household names.

If you have a young musician in your home, chances are you have spent some time trying to force them to practice. Over and over again our parents tell us this is what makes Priddy Music Academy stand out. Our students love to practice. Because they are working with a band they grow to love and respect, and because they are picking the music they will play on stage, they are excited to hone their skills on their instrument. Many of our students love practicing so much they ask to pick up a second and sometimes even a third instrument.

Priddy Music Academy has been featured in The Capital, Maryland Gazette, and Severna Park Voice for our innovative approach to forming, teaching, and producing student rock bands. Our scheduling is flexible and our fees are reasonable. We teach all levels. Whether you or your child are an absolute beginner or you are a professional musician who needs to sharpen your technique or theory, we help you progress faster.

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Teachers

We have a low turn-over rate for our teachers, Our teachers are professional musicians. We even are proud to have on staff teachers who have trained or been a part of national TV competitions.

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Lessons

We offer lessons for most genres of music. At Priddy Music Acedemy we encourage our students to be part of a band and perform live at local venues, once they feel comfortable.

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Location

Our facility fosters a creative environment and is the home to multiple rooms equiped for band and individual lessons.

Locally Owned

Lee Priddy

We are passionate about music and teaching. Our family is an active member of the Priddy Academy Community. – Lee and Tricia Priddy

Lee Priddy

Owner, Teacher

Lee Priddy is a guitarist based in the DelMarva region. He started playing guitar at age 12 learning Rush, Santana, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Van Halen, Joe Satriani, and anything that he could find that inspired him. He began performing professionally at age 15 with some high school friends. By the time he was 19 he was playing in bands with seasoned professionals and started touring at age 21. Lee has studied Jazz at AACC, PJC, and Towson University plus under a handful of teachers, including Jim Cunningham (U.S. Naval musician) and Sheryl Bailey (Berklee Instructor, featured in Guitar Player Magazine). He plays fluently in the styles of Rock, Jazz, Fusion, Funk, R & B, Blues, Reggae, and Latin.

His playing has taken him from the southeast thru the mid-Atlantic region playing in notable venues such as Club La Villa in Panama City, The Dock in Jackson Mississippi. He has graced the same stage as Prince, Cheap Trick, Hootie, and the Blowfish, The Counting Crows, BB King, and many more. Lately can be seen performing at local festivals and venues such as Eastportarockin’, Nextival, Burgers & Bands For Suicide Prevention, MD Food Truck Festival, Anne Arundel County Fair, First Sunday Arts Festival, Inion Stage, Baltimore Soundstage, Rams Head On Stage, Rams Head Live, Union Stage, 49 West, and others alongside notable acts including Collective Soul, Live, 311, Kool and the Gang, Aaron Neville, Jimmie’s Chicken Shack, Kelly Bell Band, and many more.

Whether it’s performing with a band, playing a solo gig, teaching, or just strumming by the campfire, Lee’s easy-going mannerisms and dedication to his craft have inspired countless students to realize their own musical potential, goals, and dreams. Apart from the Priddy Music Academy, he has also been the guitar instructor at Indian Creek School in Crownsville Maryland 2005-2014 where he also conducted after-school music programs. Lee also serves as a clinician in guitar workshops at the Paul Reed Smith Factory in Stevensville and many times at the Broadneck Guitar Festival in Anne Arundel County. He is credited with helping several students get accepted to music programs along with scholarships at Berklee, Towson, UMBC, and Peabody Conservatory and many more.

Lee is currently is a member of Honey Sol a local well known family band and the Lee Priddy Trio. Recent local projects include Area 301, John Van Dyke Band, and The Linwood Battle Band. He also fills in on short notice for several bands.

Some of his recording credits include several side projects and a self-produced album entitled, “Colors of Rhythm” by the Melons, Area 301, and Linwood Battle Band. Currently, he is recording with Honey Sol and a solo project he hopes to complete this year. However, the school and his students remain his top priority.

The Priddy Family