Tanya Irwin is a graduate of the Tchaikovsky School of Music in Ekaterinburg, Russia, where she majored in music science, composition, and pedagogy. Following her graduation, she taught piano, music theory and music literature at the Russian Children's Academy.

Tanya moved to the United States in 1996. For the past seven years, she has been teaching piano to children and adults. During this time, she has developed her own methodology for early childhood music education.