Stephanie is a graduate of SUNY Purchase. She finished her college education with a master’s degree in Piano Performance and a Bachelor of Music with an Outside Field from Ithaca College. The outside field consisted of business, psychology, piano pedagogy, and education classes. Although piano became her main focus in college, she was also an active violinist from the ages of 9 through 18. Music has always been a big part of her life, through private lessons, ensembles, music classes, festivals, and recitals. Since 2012, Stephanie has helped many young students with performances in school ensembles. It was through these experiences that she decided to become a teacher. Stephanie has had experience teaching students of all ages the music they feel passionate about.

After pursuing teaching as a full-time job, Stephanie has had the pleasure of meeting a wide variety of students who come from different backgrounds. Every student has their own goal when stepping into the music world, and she believes it is important to help each student discover and reach that goal. She has prepared students for music festivals, judging, competitions, and recitals. She believes that ensuring the students’ joy and love for music is the most important aspect of teaching. If the student is happy then their musicality and dedication to their instruments will fall into place by themselves