Mod Instructors

Dave Wilbur, Director, guitar, bass, voice, keyboards

Dave Wilbur… That’s a busy guy. As a performer, he has shared the stage and/or recorded with a great variety of artists, like the amazing Marie Osmond, R & B legends “The Drifters”, nylon-string jazz guitar guru Gene Bertoncini (Look him up if you don’t know Gene’s work… he’s amazing), The Jonas Brothers and a boat load of country stars [...]

Kyle McCann, guitar, bass, ukulele

Kyle has been playing for over 10 years, and has taught private lessons for 7 years. He started on bass guitar and quickly moved to guitar and other fretted instruments (including ukulele, and touchstyle instruments). Kyle studies music at Utah Valley University, and has taken private music lessons from several different teachers, (one of which [...]

Mike Waldvogel, voice

Studio Recording Artist – (2005-Present) Power Music, NextFit, SAIFAM, DiCappo Records; English & Spanish. Rap, Hip Hop, Pop, R&B, Reggae and Country Live Vocalist – performs primarily with Metro Music Club; lead vocals Vocal Coach – has instructed vocal performance and technique in music schools and studios. Studied under Gayle Lockwood. Professional Lyricist & Performer [...]

Melanie Shore, keyboards, piano

Melanie Shore holds a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Composition and a Master of Music in Jazz Studies from the University of Utah. She is known for her versatility on the piano and is active in the music community where she can be found performing everything from classical to pop to jazz. She has also [...]

Mod Interns

Our Interns are in training!

Randy Graves, digital recording

Randy Graves comes to the Rock Lab teaching staff with over thirty years of experience working in the recording industry. In addition to producing dozens of projects and albums for artists in genres from rock and pop to country and classical opera, he also composed, recorded performed and produced all of the prog-rock band Kalaban’s [...]

Spencer Sherwood, guitar

Our FIRST graduating INTERN! (We’re so proud!)

Emily Golightly, guitar, keyboards

Bio coming soon …

Shannon Ricks, voice

Bio coming soon …

Rachel Curtis, keyboards, piano

Rachel started playing piano at the age of 8 and harp at the age of 9 and has had music in her life ever since! She received her Bachelor’s of Music and teaching diploma from the Royal Academy of Music in London, England. While there she studied classical, jazz and musical theatre and had many [...]

Rachel Ker, voice, performance coaching

Rachel Ker, this year’s winner of the Scera Shell Celebrity Idol competition, is “the most energetic vocalist you’ve ever seen, hands down.” The energy she brings to the floor (literally, as she often jumps off the stage and dances with the crowd) is infectious. But this mother of two boys is more than just a [...]

Danielle Aslett, drums, percussion

Danielle Aslett is an up and coming musician specializing in Drums and Percussion. A recent graduate in music from Utah Valley University, she has a vast scope of experience ranging from all genres on all percussion instruments. She continues to stay busy teaching private drum lessons for the Modern School of Music, playing for recording [...]

Bogie Bowles, drums

Bogie Bowles began playing drums at the age of thirteen. A native of Greenville, South Carolina, Bogie’s earliest influences were heavy metal bands like Judas Priest and Black Sabbath. He remembers wanting to play drums at age eleven and bugging his parents for a set. His Dad finally gave gave in. Bogie credits MTV as [...]

Jenny Jenson, voice

Jenny Jenson earned a Bachelors of Music and Masters of Music in Vocal Performance from Brigham Young University . At BYU, she performed Frasquita in Bizet’s Carmen and Mabel in Pirates of Penzance. Other solos include the soprano roles in Handel’s Messiah with Provo City and Bach’s St. Matthew’s Passion with the Wasatch Chorale. Recipient [...]

Guy Golightly, guitar

Guy has had a passion for music his whole life. He started to play the guitar at about 15, attacking it with a vengeance during his high school years to make up for lost time. Having been in a veritable plethora of bands throughout his guitar career, Guy has had the opportunity of playing many [...]