Michelle Brayson
Michelle Brayson has had a lifelong love for music and officially started taking lessons at the age of seven for voice. She spent the first part of her training focused mainly on musical theater and choir.
Years later she joined School of Rock Portland, where she enrolled in vocal, keyboard and guitar lessons. Through School of Rock she has played with Frank Black of the Pixies, Page Hamilton of Helmet, Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie and Kelly LeMieux of Goldfinger.
Michelle has lent her skills to multiple bands spanning a wide range of genres from funk to heavy metal and has played events such as the Nike Olympic Trials, Bumbershoot, Folklife and Fall into Darkness Metal Festival.
Michelle moved to Seattle, WA to get her A.M. degree in Classical Voice and has loved the city so much she hasn’t left. Michelle loves to teach music theory, sight-singing and healthy voice techniques in everything from musical theater to contemporary pop singing. She also has a deep love for pop-synthesizer riffs and blues piano improvisation for her keyboard students. She loves helping both keys and vocal students find their unique sound and reach their musical goals.
She currently plays keytar in Lady Gaga tribute Poker Face and sings and plays keys in Top 40 Band Haus of Sound. She’s working on original songs of her own and in other various bands around Seattle.