Our Story
Hello everybody!
We are the family behind Olive Branch Music located in the beautiful Temecula Valley. Our music classes are crafted to spread the joy of making music with your little ones - extending our family's love to yours! We are thrilled to connect with each of you and share in the experience of making music together!
Our Teachers
Our combined backgrounds in music and child development inspired us to open our music school! Making music part of our family's every day rhythm has brought us so much joy and creates such special bonding time. We both hold Music Together® Teacher Training certificates and love to co-teach classes together whenever our family schedule allows!
Andrés (Teacher Andy) is the Co-Owner and Co-Director of Olive Branch Music. He is a multi-instrumentalist specializing in piano, guitar, and drums. He completed the Certificate of Merit (CM) program for piano and enjoys organizing at-home jam sessions with his boys every week. Music has always been his passion but he found himself rebelling against overly formalized instruction.
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After having his second boy, he joined Music Together classes on paternity leave. These high-energy classes reignited his search for a more creative musical outlet. He was able to experience the developmentally appropriate approach to helping children achieve musical competency and fell in love with the program.
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He values the importance of Music Together's play-based model as a way to build a strong musical foundation before formalized instruction and is so excited to bring the highest quality music and movement class to the Temecula Valley where he grew up.
Molly is the Co-Owner and Community Director of Olive Branch Music. Building a strong family and mama community is near and dear to her heart as she became a new mom during the height of the pandemic. Molly believes we were created to be in community and leads walks and park play dates throughout each semester.
A Bay Area native and boy mama, she holds a degree in Early Childhood Development. When she became a mom, she felt called to put a pause on building businesses in the startup world to build her family. She started attending every type of parent and me class with her oldest and was blown away by Music Together! She was inspired by how the program supported him musically, verbally, and from crawling to dancing. Music Together was the class!
She has a passion for working with children and helping them build socialization skills and confidence by supporting them in their musical journeys. She looks forward to welcoming you and your little olive into the Olive Branch Music community!
