Molly Bendrick is a flutist, vocalist, and early childhood music educator. Molly currently teaches flute at Crescendo Academy of Music, where she promotes a well-rounded flute education. Starting her flute studio in 2014, she has taught in Kansas, Pennsylvania, and Michigan. She is proud of her students, who have achieved principal chair positions, made it into district, state, and honor bands, and have also received superior ratings at solo festivals. Along with private lessons, she has also been a part of Topeka Youth Flute Choirs, where she was Assistant Conductor for the years of 2014-2016.

Molly is an advocate for promoting new contemporary music which pushes the musician to new levels. In 2019, she commissioned the piece ‘Progressively Smaller TV’s’ by Kristopher Bendrick, a solo piece for flute, voice, and piano. ‘Progressively Smaller TVs’ won the Franklin G. Fisk Award in 2020 and the SEAMUS ASCAP Award in 2022. Molly was the flutist and a founding member of Found Sound New Music Ensemble. Established in 2018, Found Sound has premiered over 10 pieces to help promote new music. As a soloist, she was a performer for the Beyond The Masterclass in 2016 where she performed for Jim Walker and Denis Bouriakov. In 2014 she was a semi-finalist for the NAFTZGER Young Artist Competition.

Molly is also a Music Together® Specialist, currently teaching at Crescendo Academy of Music. She teaches weekly classes at Crescendo and at preschools throughout Kalamazoo County, where children (ages 0-5) get to learn all about music through play. In classes, you will sing, dance, and have fun! For more information about Music Together®, click here.

Molly, a Kansas native, holds degrees from Washburn University in Topeka, KS, and Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, MI. Her flute studies were with Geri Turvey, Dr. Rebecca Meador, Dr. Martha Councell-Vargas, and Jeff Zook. She currently resides in Kalamazoo with her husband, where they enjoy spending time together creating music, snuggling with their cat, and playing board games in her spare time.