Arts & Entertainment
Wow! Music Studios Turns Music Education On Its Ear
Longtime Mill Valley couple's 12-year-old business draws rave reviews for its alternative approach to teaching kids how to play music.
Mill Valley native Emily Siskin-Toy met her future husband and fellow UC-Santa Cruz senior Tommy Toy on October 17, 1989, her 21st birthday and the actual day of the Loma Prieta earthquake.
“The earth literally shook when we met,” Toy says with a laugh.
Fast forward nearly three decades, and the couple still oozes that sense of humor and an infectious enthusiasm at their 12-year-old Wow! Music Studios on Lomita Drive. The school has made its mark for its alternative, less rigid take on musical education that mixes “school of rock” fun with an individualized approach. Wow has drawn rave reviews in doing so.