M.M. MusEd. Kent State University
B.M. MusEd. Otterbein University
clarkm2@qvsd.org
Mrs. Molly Clark is the elementary band and orchestra director at the Edgeworth and Osborne Elementary Schools in the Quaker Valley School District. She earned her Bachelor’s in Music Education from Otterbein University and her Master of Music in Music Education from Kent State University. While at Otterbein, Mrs. Clark was the Eb clarinet soloist in the CBDNA Small College Intercollegiate Honors Band in 2008 in Austin, Texas and in Normal, Illinois in 2009. She was awarded the Women Band Director International scholarship award in 2008. She was the drum major for the Otterbein Cardinal Marching Band in 2008. She studied clarinet under Dr. Anthony Costa and Robert Jones.
Prior to coming to Quaker Valley in 2019, Mrs. Clark taught for 9 years in the Midwest. Mrs. Clark began her teaching career in 2010 in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin where she created the Wilmot Area Band-o-Rama, which featured five feeder schools and one high school performing together. While at Twin Lakes, Mrs. Clark taught 3rd through 8th grade orchestra and 4th through 8th grade band. Her middle school band earned top ratings at adjudicated events. Mrs. Clark taught for five years in the Lexington Local School District at Eastern Elementary as the 5th and 6th grade band director and the 4th through 6th grade general music teacher. She was also the woodwind specialist for the Lexington Band of Gold competitive marching band. Mrs. Clark also taught in the South-Western City School District as an assistant high school band director at Central Crossing High School, assistant middle school band director at Pleasant View Middle School, and the woodwind specialist at Holt Crossing Intermediate School. She has extensive experience in the competitive marching band style, taking both Central Crossing and Lexington to Band of America competitions and OMEA adjudicated events.
While in Lexington, Mrs. Clark has a successful private clarinet studio, where her students performed at OMEA solo and ensemble events, earning top ratings. She has also performed with the Lake Geneva Symphony Orchestra as the principal clarinetist. Mrs. Clark has been a member of professional music education associations, such as WMEA, OMEA, and PMEA and has been the woodwinds instructor for the QVMB since the 2022-23 season. Mrs. Clark resides in Economy, PA with her husband, Dave, and their dog, Enzo.