
Bite-sized inspiration #1:
The days when families sang together around the piano don’t have to be over.


You remember being bored and frustrated.
Eventually, your parents let you quit.
…and you’ve regretted quitting ever since.
Now, you either want to return to lessons yourself, or you want to give your kid an experience of music that’s joyful, creative, and long-term.
I can help you with that.
I’m Melissa, and I’m passionate about nurturing lifelong musicians in a creative, supportive, and empowering environment.

…but that’s not all I’m known for!
I can help you with that.
I’m Melissa, and I’m passionate about nurturing lifelong musicians in a creative, supportive, and empowering environment.

…but that’s not all I’m known for!







So who is this lady, anyway?
Well, let’s start at the very beginning. (A very good place to start…)
(And if you sang that in your head, you’re DEFINITELY my people!)
When I was in 8th grade, my school did The Music Man, and I was chosen as the “assistant music director.” My main responsibility was helping the girl they cast as Winthrop learn “Gary, Indiana,” even though she appeared to be tone deaf. Every day after school, while the teachers were blocking the show and working with the leads, they would send me off to the music room to work with Winthrop.


Fast forward ten years, hundreds of voice and piano lessons, a Bachelor’s and Master’s in music, and countless hours of practice later…
I opened my first music studio in a little cottage in Indianapolis, Indiana. A couple years after that, I moved here to Silver Spring with my husband and started Melissa McMahan Music Studio as it exists today.

Oh, and for what it’s worth?
If a seemingly tone deaf 8th grader comes to me tomorrow, needing help with “Gary, Indiana”? I’ll be able to help her sing the whole thing in tune this time.







©2018 Melissa McMahan
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