"Composing Joy Through Music" - Meet Tamara

As founder and owner of Totty Studio of Vocal & Piano Artistry, Tamara Wise Totty has established an exceptional array of music-related offerings and commands a well-developed network. 

Tamara is from a family rich in musical heritage.  Because she was trying to “plunk out” songs by ear, her parents decided it was time to teach her to read music, and so at age three Tamara began her life-long commitment to and love of piano. Dance lessons of many styles soon followed as well as gymnastics. As a young teen Tamara’s love of music blossomed to include french horn and vocal training.  

Tamara received her BFA (Vocal Performance, DePauw University). Here she also studied technical theatre areas such as lighting, set, and costume design. Tamara then continued training in New York City. She studied voice with renowned Broadway vocal coach, Joyce Hall, dance with Holly Lanoue, and acting at Lee Strasberg. Multi-Tony Award winning set and costume master designer, Tony Walton, invited Tamara to work as his intern. She assisted Mr. Walton and his team with Broadway shows such as “A Day in Hollywood, a Night in the Ukraine”, “Sophisticated Ladies”, etc.

These unique experiences, plus many others including internationally, have allowed Tamara to develop a broad perspective with her students and their lifetime music goals in the performing arts.