About Trala

Trala is a tech-powered online music school headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 2017, our mission is to make world-class 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 violin students in 193+ countries, Trala has received support from top musicians and investors at Duolingo and LinkedIn. Trala violin 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.

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Our team

Sam
Sam
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CEO
Violinist and engineer. Architect of Trala’s musical pedagogy. Uses words like ‘pedagogy’.
Vish
Vish
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CTO
Signal processing expert. Armchair economist. Private pilot in the making. Vibes: 00000KT 10SM CLR.
Erik
Erik
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VP of Operations
Avid traveller, aspiring drummer, and constantly in search of the perfect oneliner. Won Wheel of Fortune. Lowkey.
Molly
Molly
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Executive Assistant / People Ops
Reads psychology research for fun, teaches yoga, and hosts french baking shows with her cat.
Jeremy von Halle
Jeremy von Halle
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VP of Growth
RevOps nerd turned growth leader. Picky eater turned Chicago foodie. Considered a rebel for preferring Excel on a Mac vs a PC.
Mariah
Mariah
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Lead Android Engineer
Former D1 Athlete at Princeton. Named after Mariah Carey. Spongebob Enthusiast. Believes in the sanctity of Arby’s.
Josh
Josh
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Lead iOS Engineer
Programmer of things that go “bleep” and “bloop” (and things that could go “bleep” or “bloop” if they really wanted to).
Matthew
Matthew
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Lead API Engineer
Boilermaker. Enjoys golf, video games, and piano. Suspiciously good at poker. Knows dogs are better than cats [editor's note: thinks]. Rescues pitbulls. Sometimes builds websites.
Sean
Sean
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Senior UX Designer
Student experience advocate, stripped-down drummer, and owner of too many black t-shirts.
Rachael
Rachael
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Head of Teaching
Professional Violinist. Played at that white-tie gala we weren’t invited to.
Rasa
Rasa
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Violinist, Educator, and Project Manager
His violin case is open 16 hours a day. Master of bad paintings, sending links on the internet, beginner Oud player, and makes a dish out of any ingredient.
Mark
Mark
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Operations Associate
Saxophonist, vocalist, actually thinks Excel is pretty cool. Loves pizza and bagels, lukewarm on pizza bagels.
Jessica
Jessica
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Marketing Coordinator
Likes being outdoors, especially with a cup of tea (or four). Has too many plants and pins.
Brian
Brian
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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.
Katherine
Katherine
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Sales Development Representative
Harpist, violinist (ish), pianist (ish), loves planning and thinking about the best way to plan. Looks forward to hearing about science from her 4th grade sons after school. Is spoiled by her husband who cooks 29 meals out of 30.
Lima
Lima
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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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