This is an introduction to our teachers. Kevin and Olga Jellison share a common passion for music. Both have been teachers on their respective instruments for many years, and are committed to providing you with the highest quality instruction. Scroll down for individual bios.

Kevin Jellison Kevin began playing guitar at 12 years old. It became his passion. In high school he was awarded the Louis Armstrong Jazz Award and a Sentinal Award for excellence in instrumental music. This tradition continued as Kevin pursued performing with various blues bands around L.A. and Orange County. Kevin began working with the original pop/rock band Moisture. Moisture gained a large and devoted following. They recorded two albums, the first one catching the interest of Interscope Records which began a roller coaster ride for the band! They performed on the USA Network which garnered more acclaim, and demands for the band to perform all over the country. During this period Kevin did recording sessions with Rod McKuen and worked with Dave Tyson (Black Velvet-Allana Myles). After the demise of Moisture, Kevin continued performing and recording in various projects, and began teaching guitar at Lifetime Music Academy. He also began studying classical guitar under John Schneiderman (UCI guitar program). Today, Kevin continues to record and perform with Bob Gentry (formerly of Moisture) and continues to teach. Many of his students have been with him for many years, and are beginning on their own musical journeys!

Olga Jellison After completing a seven year music program at the Verkhnyaya Salda Performing Art School in Russia, Olga attended Nizhnii Tagil State Pedagogical Institute pursuing an undergraduate degree in Education with a minor in Music Education. She earned an equivalent of a Master's degree focusing on the specialty of Applied Psychology in the System of Education. After ten years of private, elementary and middle school teaching experience and six years of work in the psychological field, she moved to the USA and worked as an English and Music Tutor for a year and a half at Golden West College in Huntington Beach. After becoming a Certified Kindermusik Educator, she continued her career working for three years as a music instructor for younger children at Lifetime Music Academy in Also Viejo. Since 2004, she has been holding some teaching hours at Pacific Conservatory in Costa Mesa. To combine her passion for both music and psychology, Olga completed the Music Therapy Program at Chapman University where she was conducting research on "The Trauma of Immigration". She presented the result of her research in Sacramento at the Regional Conference of American Music Therapy Association in April 2005 as well as the National Conference in Orlando Florida in November 2005. In March 2007 she presented her complete work at the Western Regional Conference in Hawaii. During 2007-09 Olga was interning with Mobile Music Therapy Services of Orange County working with different types of populations: developmentally disabled adults and children, elderly adults with dementia, Alzheimer's and psychiatric units, and clients with neurological traumas. In October of 2009, Olga received her national Board Certification as a Music Therapist. Currently she is developing her own practice as a music therapist, as well as being the founder and director of Rainbow Bridge Music Studio.