MILLENNIUM MOMENT
Holly Lash Visel, a Balboa Island voice teacher, coaxed beautiful
music out of her students for more than 60 years, sharing her own
experience in drama and song.
Visel moved to Santa Ana at the age of 15, graduated from the Cumnock
School of Expression in Los Angeles and sang professionally all over
Southern California. In her subsequent teaching career, she worked with
people aged 3 to 73, finding talent in even the unlikeliest candidates.
Discovering a singer’s musical prowess, Visel said, was like digging
for diamonds. It was only a matter of searching long enough to find the
treasure.
* MILLENNIUM MOMENT celebrates the people who have made a major
contribution to the Newport-Mesa community during this century.
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