Molly DeLorenzo is coming into her fourth year as the Assistant Orchestra Director at Forestwood Middle School. She is the low-strings specialist and teaches beginner cello/bass, the intermediate orchestra, and the Pop Rock orchestra. She teaches privately, as well as performs regularly with the McKinney Orchestra. Ms. DeLorenzo received her Bachelor of Music Education from Ithaca College where she had the opportunity to perform with the Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes, Colgate University Symphony, and the prestigious Ithaca College Chamber Orchestra as principal chair cellist. She was also a finalist in two consecutive years for the Ithaca College Concerto Competition.

Ms. DeLorenzo is an avid musician as well as a life-long learner. At Ithaca College, Ms. DeLorenzo  received a distinguished award in student research for her presentation entitled “The Role of Empathy, Dignity, and Evolution in Effective Classroom Management” at the 2018 Whalen Symposium. She has spent time in Kosovo and Ghana studying and performing the music of the culture and regularly attends conferences held by the Texas Music Educators Association. She is a member of TMEA and TODA, and alumni of the professional music fraternity Mu Phi Epsilon.

Ms. DeLorenzo began playing the cello at the age of five and comes from a teaching family. She loves teaching middle school students because she loves working with their inquisitive minds, and nurturing their budding musical journey. Her favorite part of teaching is watching the students grow as musicians and human beings. When she is not at school, Ms. DeLorenzo likes spending time at home with her lovable corgi, reading, watching reruns of the Office, or eating a really good hamburger.