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

CEO

Violinist and engineer. Architect of Trala’s musical pedagogy. Uses words like ‘pedagogy’.

Vish

CTO

Signal processing expert. Armchair economist. Private pilot in the making. Vibes: 00000KT 10SM CLR.

Erik

VP of Operations

Avid traveller, aspiring drummer, and constantly in search of the perfect oneliner. Won Wheel of Fortune. Lowkey.

Molly

Executive Assistant / People Ops

Reads psychology research for fun, teaches yoga, and hosts french baking shows with her cat.

Jeremy von Halle

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

Lead Android Engineer

Former D1 Athlete at Princeton. Named after Mariah Carey. Spongebob Enthusiast. Believes in the sanctity of Arby’s.

Josh

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

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

Senior UX Designer

Student experience advocate, stripped-down drummer, and owner of too many black t-shirts.

Rachael

Head of Teaching

Professional Violinist. Played at that white-tie gala we weren’t invited to.

Rasa

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

Operations Associate

Saxophonist, vocalist, actually thinks Excel is pretty cool. Loves pizza and bagels, lukewarm on pizza bagels.

Jessica

Marketing Coordinator

Likes being outdoors, especially with a cup of tea (or four). Has too many plants and pins.

Brian

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

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

Llama

Don’t know how I got here and neither do they. Enjoys awkward stares and the sound of crunching carrots.

About Trala

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Trala brings funding to $15M to make music education accessible to everyone on Earth.

Trala brings funding to $15M to make music education accessible to everyone on Earth.

The 10 most innovative education companies of 2022

The 10 most innovative education companies of 2022

Trala Raises $6.9M Funding

Trala Raises $6.9M Funding

Sam Walder Discusses the Trala App — Taking The Violin World by Storm

Sam Walder Discusses the Trala App — Taking The Violin World by Storm

Trala Holds Event Building the Future of Music Education

Trala Holds Event Building the Future of Music Education

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