Ji-Eun Lee Music Academy was founded in 2004 by pianist Ji-Eun Lee and her husband Doug Whisman.

Originally from Seoul, South Korea, Ji-Eun (pronounced June) came to the United States in the early 1990’s to pursue a career in piano performance and teaching.  She was graduated with a Masters of Music from Indiana University and continued her Doctor of Music at the University of Cincinnati. Two years later Ji-Eun returned to Indianapolis to pursue teaching in the private sector.  To Ji-Eun, music a fundamental element of a happy, healthy life and she wanted to work to expand the area of music through education and performance, while bringing the joy of music to as many people as possible. Her busy schedule of teaching, accompanying, and performing limited the number of students she could teach.  This motivated her to found the Ji-Eun Lee Music Academy in 2004.

Today JLMA has over 18 instructors teaching hundreds of students in piano, voice, orchestra (violin, viola, and cello), guitar, drums, flute, and other instruments. We offer many group classes including Youth Orchestra, Piano Prep, Violin Prep, Guitar Prep, Kindermusic, preschool dance, show choir (Broadway Saturdays), Friday Night Rocks.