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Molly is highly regarded as a teacher, chamber music coach and mentor.

For the past 21 years she has taught cello performance and chamber music to students at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music and in 2007 also served as Acting Head of Strings. In 2019 she was a Senior Lecturer at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University and has also tutored students at The Australian National Academy of Music and Monash University.

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Molly's extensive musical knowledge and experience as a professional musician have helped create her philosophy of cello playing along with the inspiration and wisdom she received from some of the most well-known and respected pedagogues and professors in the United States, Britain and Germany (Irene Sharp, Laurence Lesser, Joan Dickson and Wolfgang Boettcher). She  implements a healthy, balanced and practical approach to the setup, sound quality and the technical individual needs of each student as well as promoting  overall musical growth through learning and questioning narratives within the music and encouraging self-awareness of strengths and weaknesses which help to drive personal development.

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She enjoys working with students of all ages and abilities and has coached various chamber music ensembles, directed and led large cello groups and string orchestras including the Melbourne University Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra 21 and the Southbank Players. She has tutored various youth ensembles including ACO Academy, Australian Youth Orchestra and the Strike a Chord chamber music competition, serving often as an auditioner, adjudicator and jury member.

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