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Parents & Students:  If you are looking for a teacher, you may use our “Find a Teacher" link or contact our Teacher Referral Chair,  Kirsten Strouble (Phone: 941-925-1173 or email)

Below is the membership roster for the Sarasota Music Teachers Association. Click on any hyperlinked name to send an email message to a member. 
Berenson, Gail..........740-707-0486
  • ​Nationally Certified Teacher of Music (NCTM)
  • University Park, FL  34201
  • Teaching fields: Piano, Piano Pedagogy, Accompanying
Brantley, Mary Jane...........941-924-5955(H) or 941-320-9439 (C)
  • Sarasota, FL 34233
  • Teaching fields: Piano, Theory, Music Education
Burns, Ruth Ann..............941-355-7956 (H) or 941-544-5545 (C)
  • Sarasota, FL  34243
  • Teaching fields: Piano
Choe, Sung..........941-447-8164
  • Bradenton, FL 34203
  • Teaching fields: Piano, Piano Accompaniment, Theory
Cox, Marian ……….. 941-365-6949
  • Nationally Certified Teacher of Music (NCTM)
  • Sarasota, Florida 34237
  • Teaching fields: Piano, Organ  ​
  • President of Seminole District, National Federation of Music Clubs                                                            
  • Co-Chairman of Sarasota Student Federation Festival 
Cupicha, Donna  ………..941- 306-7059 
  • Sarasota, FL 34231
  • Teaching fields: Piano, Theory
  • ​Student Activities Co-Chair
Folkert, Amy..............941-739-6494 (H) or 941-807-4420 (C)
  • ​Nationally Certified Teacher of Music (NCTM)
  • ​Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202
  • Teaching field: Piano
Fullerton, Priscilla..........941-486-5114 (H) - RETIRED
  • ​Nationally Certified Teacher of Music (NCTM)
  • Venice, FL 34285
  • Teaching fields: Piano, Organ
​Gaillard, Kira..........941-302-0027
  • Sarasota, FL  34236
  • Teaching fields: Voice, Piano
Gensmer, Julie……..941-.379-0030 (H) or 941-320-9511 (C)
  • Sarasota, FL 34240
  • Teaching fields: Piano, Theory
Gershfeld, Tatyana.............941-544-5598 (C)
  • Sarasota, FL 34241
  • Teaching fields: Piano, Chamber Music
Hall, Tatiana........405-216-9041 (H)  941-413-8170 (C)
  • Sarasota, Fl 34243
  • Location: Private Studio in North Sarasota
  • Bachelors Degree  in Piano Teaching, Piano Performance. Tchaikovsky Academic Music College at the Moscow State Conservatory, Russia
  • Masters Degree in Piano Teaching, Piano Performance. State Institute of Arts, Frunze, USSR
  • Ph.D in Pedagogy. Academy of Pedagogical Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Kraft, Evelyn……….941-966-6227
  • Teaching fields: Piano (classical, jazz), Keyboard, Flute, Theory
  • Teaching locations: Studio in Nokomis​ and Sarasota at Yamaha Piano Distributors
  • Music Education at Stuttgart, Vienna/Austria and University of Music, Heidelberg-Mannheim in Germany
Lawler, Sandra......................941-921-1256 
  • Sarasota, FL 34238-2817
  • Teaching fields: Piano, Theory
Levando, Eleanora…………941-927-6627 (H) or 941-726-6931 (C)
  • Sarasota, FL 34238
  • Teaching fields: Piano, Theory
Manalili, Cecilia..................206-271-9137
  • Port Charlotte, FL  33948
  • Teaching fields: Piano, Therory
Mason, Gretchen……….941-349-6261
  • Sarasota 34242
  • Nationally Certified Teacher of Music (NCTM)
  • Teaching fields: Piano, Theory
  • Bachelors degree, piano performance
  • Masters degree, theory and composition
  • Private studio - Siesta Key 
McNiven, Wendy..........925-2728 (H), 856-628-5542(C)​
  • Sarasota, FL 34233
  • Teaching fields: Piano, Theory, Voice
  • ​Bachelor and Master of Music, piano performance: Brigham Young University
Miller, Laura..........941-539-1112
  • ​Sarasota 34234
  • Teaching fields: Piano, Voice
Morgan, Bobbi……….941-377-8242
  • Musikgarten Early Childhood Music, Group Piano
  • Sarasota, FL  34232
  • www.SarasotaSuzuki.org
  • Teaching fields: Group Piano, Early Childhood Music Education, Musikgarten
  • President of the Sarasota Music Teachers Association
  • Recipient of the Musikgarten Exemplary Program Award
Roche, Sarita...........941-954-1197

Romm, Avis…………941-346-1592
  • Sarasota, FL 34242
  • Teaching fields: Piano, Chamber Music, Vocal Coach
  • ​​BM, MS - The Juilliard School
  • Steinway Artist - www.MusicRomm.com

Rudzinski, Linda……….941-538-9561 (H) or 941-730-4278 (C)
  • Nationally Certified Teacher of Music  (NCTM)
  • Bradenton, FL
  • Teaching fields: Piano, Organ
  • B.S. Education:  Duquesne University, Pittsburgh
  • B.A. Music : Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
  • Chairman of SMTA Composition Contest
Scharnbeck, Tina..............941-313-1418 (C)
  • Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202
  • Teaching field: Piano
Schuefftan, Larissa............941-321-2983
Schulha, Lesia.............941-761-2440 (H) or  941-518-9973(C)
  • Bradenton, FL 34209-9772
  • Teaching fields: Piano, Voice, Piano Pedagogy
Shackford, Martha...............503-430-7228 (C)
Strouble, Kirsten…….. 941-925-1173
  • Sarasota, FL 34231
  • Teaching fields: Piano, Theory
  • Bachelor of Arts in Music from FSU
  • Offering piano lessons in the comfort of your own home.
Strogovska, Yuliya................. 301-659-0719
Theriot, Leiland.............914-266-7316
  • Sarasota, FL 34237
  • Teaching fields: Guitar, Voice, Strings
Vasilaki, Dr. Linda.....................941-924-4261 
  • Sarasota, FL 34232-3058
  • Teaching fields: Violin, Orchestra, Viola
Verheul, Denise................770-335-4247(C)
  • Sarasota, FL  34237
  • Teaching fields: Piano, Musical Theatre Voice, Songwriting, Music Theory
Wertz, Seth.................941-371-2120 (H) or 928-4758 (C)
  • Sarasota, FL  34232-3058
  • Teaching fields: French Horn, Piano
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