Teachers
Meet the teachers
Hunter Music Academy is led by Micah and Jane Hunter in Weston, with Callum Allinson teaching guitar in Singleton.
More tutors coming soon!
Skilled • patient • encouraging
Micah Hunter
Clear foundations, sight-reading, and independence with calm, practical guidance.
About Micah
Micah has taught 100+ piano students since 2020. He holds AMEB Grade 8 in piano and is working towards his AMusA.
Teaching approach
- Calm environment, clear structure, enthusiastic progress, patient encouragement
- Emphasis on musicianship and musical independence
- Training well-rounded pianists who love their craft
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Personal touches
- Favourite composer/musician
- Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Currently listening to
- Tommy Emmanuel's It's Never Too Late
- Currently playing
- Beethoven Piano Sonata Pathetique
- Teaching superpower
- Patience and consistency
Warm • fun • creative
Jane Hunter
A supportive vibe that fosters a safe environment full of banter and steady progress.
About Jane
Jane has taught 275+ students across private lessons and school programs since 2020. Her experience includes tutoring with Sydney Youth Orchestra and The Arts Unit’s Bandlink program, and conducting the intermediate Singleton Town Band.
Teaching approach
- Fun, gentle, motivating vibe that keeps students engaged
- Student-led repertoire within a structured plan
- Fostering competent musicians with a lifelong love of music
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Personal touches
- Favourite composer/musician
- Roo Panes
- Currently listening to
- Roo Panes' The Summer Isles
- Currently playing
- "Experience" by Ludovico Einaudi
- Teaching superpower
- Je ne sais quoi
Relational • practical • student-centred
Callum Allinson
Relational, teacher-directed lessons based around student interests.
About Callum
Callum has a Bachelor of Education (Primary) and six years’ experience teaching in primary and high schools. He joined HMA as a guitar teacher in 2026.
Teaching approach
- Relational, teacher-directed lessons built around student interests
- Emphasis on practical musicianship, listening skills, and musical independence
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Personal touches
- Favourite composer/musician
- Jon Bellion
- Currently listening to
- Jon Bellion's Why
- Currently playing
- Norah Jones, Come Away With Me
- Teaching superpower
- Approaching guitar from an audio engineer's perspective and audio engineering from a guitarist's perspective
Teach with HMA
More tutors coming soon!
More teachers will be joining HMA. If you’d like to teach with us, see our tutor vacancies.
Our teaching philosophy
Teaching for musical independence, taste, and a lasting love of the craft
We want students to become musicians in their own right: thoughtful, capable, creative, and able to make music with confidence beyond the lesson room. Technique and reading matter, but they serve a bigger goal: forming people who love their craft and can fill the world with excellent music.
We also work to nurture each student's own love for music by placing beautiful, worthwhile repertoire in front of them, and by giving them music to listen to as well as music to play. Over time, that shapes not only skill, but musical taste, curiosity, and delight.
Guiding idea
"For a lifelong love of music"
What that looks like
- Independent musicianship, not just lesson-to-lesson progress
- Excellent repertoire that trains both the hands and the ear
- Students growing in taste, confidence, and joy as musicians
From Micah’s journal
Why My Teaching Style Focuses on Sight-Reading
Micah explains how reading music helps students become independent musicians.