Specialties
We're a music school whose goal it is to teach you the styles and techniques you want to learn. We offer a wide array of services ranging from one-on-one lessons to group singing, guitar, and ukulele. We shape well-rounded musicians out of all sorts of people: young, not-so-young, pre-professional, and casual. Vocal coaching is our specialty, but we're more than happy to provide you with top-notch guitar and piano lessons.
We can honestly say we've taught students all across the board, including ones who sang on Broadway, rocked out in metal, country, rock, and pop bands, attended elite music conservatories, and performed on the Disney Channel and Nickelodeon. All of our lessons are focused on the personal development of the individual student, taught at his or her own pace and rate of progression. We focus on artist development, and believe the first step to becoming a musician is to foster a love of music.
History
Established in 2005.
If you had told us ten years ago that one yoga intensive would give rise to one of the most established music schools in Orange County, we would've said you'd confused the word yoga for something else. But it was a yoga intensive where Molly, an idealistic voice and piano teacher, met two people who would make Molly's Music possible. The first person was Travis, an academic and martial arts buff who would eventually marry Molly and run the 'business' side of the school. Second, came Janelle, a singer-songwriter who would become the first teacher to work by Molly's side. And so it all began.
They cobbled together a Molly's Music brand and continued to do what they did best--teach what they loved. Soon the tiny team had more students than they had room in their schedules, and it was time to recruit more help. Molly's mother, a music teacher herself, assistant-directed OC Glee; Eric, Travis's surrogate brother, built them a website; and Gracie, Molly's sister, took charge of marketing.
Meet the Business Owner: Molly W.
Molly has been a musician for over 20 years. She was trained in vocal technique by a number of voice teachers--most notably, Rachael Lawrence, the voice teacher to a number of "Glee" stars. She studied vocal performance techniques in New York City under vocal coach, Jay Bradley. She was also classically trained in piano by teachers Rizia Lin and Ron Anderson and has progressed up to level 10 in the Certificate of Merit program.
In 1999 and 2000, she apprenticed at Ann Reinking's famous Broadway Theatre Project, hailed by Playbill as "the world's most prestigious musical theatre arts education program for high school and college students." There, she trained with such notables as Julie Andrews, Gwen Verdon, and Ben Vereen.
After approximately a decade of teaching students all over Orange County, you can find her students on Broadway; in movies and television; in successful bands; studying at prestigious music conservatories; and in nearly every conservatory at OCSA.
