Violin Lessons - International Award Winning Teacher

Stephanie Brown is an award-winning international music teacher and the Founder and Director of Bella Quattro Strings. Stephanie is passionate about teaching and combines this passion with knowledge gained from 6 years tertiary study and over 30 years experience working in the field of Music Education. 

Stephanie holds a Bachelors Degree in Early Childhood Education from Macquarie University (NSW, Australia) and an Associate Diploma in Music Teaching (ADMT) with a major in Violin Pedagogy from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music (NSW, Australia).
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Stephanie has 15 years international teaching experience working in Carmel, California where she owned and operated a music school between 2005 - 2020, offering violin instruction and early childhood music classes. During this time she taught several students from early childhood through until the end of their schooling. 

She has also been a private violin tutor at the exclusive Stevenson School, located in Pebble Beach, California. 
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Stephanie's teaching experience in Australia spans 13 years working at one of Sydney’s most prestigious private co-educational grammar schools (S.C.E.C.G.S Redlands). She was a music scholar at Redlands and was invited back shortly after graduating as the Preparatory Music Specialist (K-1) and also as a violin tutor offering individual instruction. 
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Stephanie studied violin from 4 1/2 years old to 15 years old under the tutelage of John Speer who taught the Suzuki Method of instruction. During Stephanie's final 3 years of high school and throughout university, she studied the traditional method of violin instruction with Phillipa Paige, former member of Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Phillipa is a master of violin pedagogy and is currently writing the Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB) syllabus for 2022.

Stephanie relocated to Freshwater, NSW from Carmel, California in August of 2020. She has successfully taught students remotely via the Zoom video platform, including students who reside in the US. 

Stephanie currently offers individual violin instruction to both children and adults from absolute beginners through to advanced students.   

Stephanie is accredited as a violin instructor through the Music Teachers' Association of California (MTAC) & is a member of the Australian Strings Association (AUSTA).  

Stephanie's first album endeavor titled, "Californian Journey" was released globally on June 3, 2011. The album is a collection of soothing Classical music, American fiddle favorites and an Australian classic.